Planning Commission recommends approval of Etowah Village

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DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend approval of what was once known as Etowah Village – a massive 518-acre mixed use development – to the Board of Commissioners. But first, the developer had to agree to some major concessions.

The development is bordered on the east by Ga. 400 and Lumpkin Campground Road and on the West by the Etowah River. It is expected to include 338,000 square feet of retail and service space, with second- and third-floor residential spaces, 243,200 square feet of Class A office space with buildings up to ten stories; a hotel with convention center; 770 units of multi-family residences, 254 units of single-family attached home residences, a 350-unit continuing care retirement community with both independent and assisted living, 265 single-family homes dividing into three separate neighborhoods, 156 acres of parks and green space and a site dedicated to a future fire station.

One major concession is that there will be no building west of the Etowah River, a site where a trading post, and Indian burial ground once stood.

The developer also agreed there will be no access point at Hwy. 53 or Grant Road as originally planned.

Commissioner Neil Hornsey, who voted against recommending approval last April said the developer’s decision not to build west of the Etowah River and the removal of access points off Hwy. 53 and Grant Road convinced him to vote in favor of the project.

“We know something is coming here and we got some concessions, so I’m willing to support it,” he said.

Commissioner John Maloney agreed. “The biggest concern I hear is about a lot of traffic. Them being willing to make project improvements in order to maintain the system and the level of service, and continue to look at that as the development develops addresses a lot of those concerns.”

The Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on the development during its October meeting.

 

 

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