CANTON — Residents in northeast Cherokee County are gearing up for the latest round in their years-long fight against a planned 1,400-acre development on the Etowah River near Ball Ground, which they worry will be out of character for the largely rural area.
Community activist Linda Flory, who lives near the development site, said Thursday she expects more than 50 residents to turn out to the Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday for the next public hearing on the Etowah River Tract community development, which was originally approved by the county in 1990 under a now outdated zoning class.
For years, Flory has opposed the community near the intersection of Georgia Highways 372 and 369 and is now rallying other residents against the development, which she said is “totally inappropriate” for the area.
“It’s going to kill this area,” she said. “It’s absolutely going to destroy everything these people value. They’re going to leave a scar on the land (and have) lights shining on the sky. We’ll never see the stars again the way we do now.”
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