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Statham election to bring changes

Wednesday, July 17. 2019
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The Statham City Council faces big changes starting in January.
The city election in November will choose at least two new members to council. The council could have four new members, or more, elected since November 2017.
Mayor Robert Bridges has said he won’t seek re-election and neither will incumbent councilman Perry Barton.
Qualifying for the November election is Aug. 19-22. Terms that expire in January are Bridges, Barton and incumbent Hattie Thrasher.
Thrasher did not answer a question July 11 about whether she will seek another term.
Eddie Jackson, elected to the council in November 2017, has said he almost certainly will run for mayor.
Jackson operated The Grocery Store from 1978 to 1995 and had dirt track racing in Winder for 11 years. He said his mother served on the council. He said he probably would not have run in 2017 if the incumbents had qualified. Two council incumbents, David Huth and Gayle Steed, did not seek new terms.
“I decided it was a good time to step in,” Jackson said said.
Gary Venable, who has been attending council meetings for the past few months, said he is running for a council seat.
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Winder panel recommends rezoning approval for townhome development

Wednesday, July 17. 2019
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A metro Atlanta developer’s plan to build more than 100 townhomes off Highway 211 in Winder garnered support from the city’s planning board July 16 as the panel approved a rezoning request for the property.
The board approved a rezoning of 23.72 acres from Neighborhood Commercial to Multi-family Residential at 305 Hwy. 211 NW, adjacent to the Bellingrath Plantation subdivision. Duluth-based Rocklyn Homes plans to utilize roughly two-thirds of the tract to build 141 townhomes with a density of 5.94 units per acre, while the remainder will be green space.
The rezoning request heads to the city council for a vote at its 6 p.m. meeting Aug. 6. The applicants are seeking the rezoning because topographical conditions, along with easements, “do not allow for reasonable commercial economic uses,” according to the application.
See more in the July 17 edition of the Barrow News-Journal.
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