Fox Creek Properties is attempting to rezone 518 acres of pristine Dawson County woodland in order to build a mixed-use village, an endeavor that will take between 10 and 12 years to complete. The impact of such a project will lead to increased congestion, increased crime, and have a negative ecological impact on the Etowah River and surrounding area. Worst of all, if the rezoning is passed in its current form, the taxpayers of Dawson County will be forced to foot the bill. Dawsonville has no need for more single family homes/apartments.
Sign this petition to oppose this rezoning and, at the bare minimum, demand the following:
- An increase in the buffer to 600 feet
- No apartments be built in this complex
- Sizable impact fees be paid by Fox Creek so that taxpayers are not burdened with the cost
https://www.dawsonnews.com/news/government/dont-fu...
This petition was published by a local taxpayer.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
April 15, 2022
April 12, 2022
The attention this project is finally receiving from our community is evidence that we will not let Fox Creek Properties push this rezoning through without a fight. Use the link below to email the county commissioners and demand they prioritize our taxpayers instead of developers.
April 4, 2022
The feedback from local neighbors continues to prove that we do not want or need this massive development. I am currently prepping our formal arguments for the next planning commission meeting to ensure the commissioners understand this burden falls squarely on our taxpayers. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook wall today and email your district representative to ask them where they stand on the Fox Creek rezoning.
Reached 100 supporters
March 25, 2022
March 24, 2022
We are approaching one hundred signatures and this is the time to turn up the heat on the Planning Commission. Post the link to your Facebook page and text three neighbors who live near the woods to get our numbers climbing faster.
348 Comments
As a Dawsonville native with a family tree rooted here it hurts me to see what Dawson County is becoming. I wanted to raise a family in a place that I could be proud to call home. Dawsonville is painfully becoming worse than I believe any of us ever imagined it would be.
This county is out of control, county manager and commissioners could care less about Greenspace or our streams, I'm constantly fighting to keep my stream silt free, Amicalola runs red every rain we have, just build build build, no silt control at all, as well as the city of dawsonville
Balanced growth. I would be in favor of more condominiums and single home dwellings. Enough rentals apartments and single family rental homes already built along 400. Balanced mix between retail/ restaurants and home dwellings.
Established communities and neighborhoods should not be held hostage by developers who see a chance to make a lot of money. Current residents should have the ability to help shape the future of our communities and community voices should have more impact than any developer's voice and plans.
Infrastructure has to be brought up to an acceptable level before anymore subdivisions are approved in Dawson county, especially a large one such as this. The roads, water, sewer, sanitation, internet, school, police, fire, ems, health care are all over capacity and stressed already.
Why is it that county after county make the same mistakes time and time again when it comes to development. Or more accurately, over development. North Fulton, Forsyth and soon Dawson County will join the plethora of other Georgia counties which have succumbed to the pressure of developers and permitted unbridled and ill conceived development. It is sad to see that Dawson County is permitting excessively dense development, allowing absolute clear cutting of each and every single tree no matter how many acres are denuded. There are ZERO requirements which limit the percentage of hard surface building per lot which increases the certainty of flooding, erosion and increasing the reflective and absorption temperatures of the area. Dawson County is going the way of Dekalb, Clayton, Henry, Fulton, and Forsyth Counties and we can look forward to the same choking traffic, smog, crime, higher taxes and a lower quality of life which those counties 'enjoy' now. How about a moratorium on larger developments until a sensible overhaul of the building codes, density formulas and the like are implemented .
Dawson County unprecedented growth in Developments is due to poor 5-year Planning and lack of accountability and fees for Developers. Instead they tax the Taxpayers who I've been here and are already affected by all these new Developments, massive influx of people and lack of Infrastructure and Services to sustain all the growth.
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Fox Creek Properties is attempting to rezone 518 acres of pristine Dawson County woodland in order to build a mixed-use village, an endeavor that will take between 10 and 12 years to complete. The impact of such a project will lead to increased congestion, increased crime, and have a negative ecological impact on the Etowah River and surrounding area. Worst of all, if the rezoning is passed in its current form, the taxpayers of Dawson County will be forced to foot the bill. Dawsonville has no need for more single family homes/apartments.
Sign this petition to oppose this rezoning and, at the bare minimum, demand the following:
- An increase in the buffer to 600 feet
- No apartments be built in this complex
- Sizable impact fees be paid by Fox Creek so that taxpayers are not burdened with the cost
https://www.dawsonnews.com/news/government/dont-fu...
This petition was published by a local taxpayer.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
April 15, 2022
April 12, 2022
The attention this project is finally receiving from our community is evidence that we will not let Fox Creek Properties push this rezoning through without a fight. Use the link below to email the county commissioners and demand they prioritize our taxpayers instead of developers.
April 4, 2022
The feedback from local neighbors continues to prove that we do not want or need this massive development. I am currently prepping our formal arguments for the next planning commission meeting to ensure the commissioners understand this burden falls squarely on our taxpayers. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook wall today and email your district representative to ask them where they stand on the Fox Creek rezoning.
Reached 100 supporters
March 25, 2022
March 24, 2022
We are approaching one hundred signatures and this is the time to turn up the heat on the Planning Commission. Post the link to your Facebook page and text three neighbors who live near the woods to get our numbers climbing faster.
348 Comments
The schools cannot support the current rate of growth happening in Dawson County as it is right now. We need to elect representatives that value our county and think ahead to do what is best for our residents instead of only seeing dollar signs.
As a Dawsonville native with a family tree rooted here it hurts me to see what Dawson County is becoming. I wanted to raise a family in a place that I could be proud to call home. Dawsonville is painfully becoming worse than I believe any of us ever imagined it would be.
This county is out of control, county manager and commissioners could care less about Greenspace or our streams, I'm constantly fighting to keep my stream silt free, Amicalola runs red every rain we have, just build build build, no silt control at all, as well as the city of dawsonville
Balanced growth. I would be in favor of more condominiums and single home dwellings. Enough rentals apartments and single family rental homes already built along 400. Balanced mix between retail/ restaurants and home dwellings.
Established communities and neighborhoods should not be held hostage by developers who see a chance to make a lot of money. Current residents should have the ability to help shape the future of our communities and community voices should have more impact than any developer's voice and plans.
Infrastructure has to be brought up to an acceptable level before anymore subdivisions are approved in Dawson county, especially a large one such as this. The roads, water, sewer, sanitation, internet, school, police, fire, ems, health care are all over capacity and stressed already.
Why is it that county after county make the same mistakes time and time again when it comes to development. Or more accurately, over development. North Fulton, Forsyth and soon Dawson County will join the plethora of other Georgia counties which have succumbed to the pressure of developers and permitted unbridled and ill conceived development. It is sad to see that Dawson County is permitting excessively dense development, allowing absolute clear cutting of each and every single tree no matter how many acres are denuded. There are ZERO requirements which limit the percentage of hard surface building per lot which increases the certainty of flooding, erosion and increasing the reflective and absorption temperatures of the area. Dawson County is going the way of Dekalb, Clayton, Henry, Fulton, and Forsyth Counties and we can look forward to the same choking traffic, smog, crime, higher taxes and a lower quality of life which those counties 'enjoy' now. How about a moratorium on larger developments until a sensible overhaul of the building codes, density formulas and the like are implemented .
Dawson County unprecedented growth in Developments is due to poor 5-year Planning and lack of accountability and fees for Developers. Instead they tax the Taxpayers who I've been here and are already affected by all these new Developments, massive influx of people and lack of Infrastructure and Services to sustain all the growth.
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The schools cannot support the current rate of growth happening in Dawson County as it is right now. We need to elect representatives that value our county and think ahead to do what is best for our residents instead of only seeing dollar signs.