We got a message Wednesday morning from Rachel Bruce, who lives near the mixed-use project at the Johnson Ferry-Shallowford intersection being proposed by North Point Ministries, which wants to build the East Cobb Church there.
Yesterday we posted our interview with East Cobb Church Pastor Jamey Dickens; Bruce tells us she’s part of a group of more than 200 residents opposed to the project who have been gathering online.
They’ve also started an online petition to oppose Z-72, which includes townhomes and retail, “due to the high density, and not being in line with the JOSH study.”
That’s the Johnson Ferry-Shallowford master plan that was adopted last year, after more than two years of community input, and reflects a desire to keep a single-family residential area that way.
A number of the petition’s signatories have expressed that sentiment.
There’s also a petition that’s been created to support the rezoning, saying the project “will bring a community-centric church” and other amenities to property where “dilapidated homes and property have existed for over a decade.”
Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson is holding a virtual town hall Thursday at 5:15 p.m. that will be streamed live on her Facebook page.
She’ll be joined by Cobb Planning Commission member Tony Waybright; and Dickens told us the meeting includes a presentation of the project by Kevin Moore, North Point’s attorney.
The town hall also will take questions from the public, pro, con or undecided.
The zoning case, as we noted yesterday, is being continued to March.
You can sign up for Richardson’s town hall by clicking here. Her office will send out an e-mail prior to the meeting with a link to the event and information on the meeting structure.
Here’s the latest site plan for Z-72 and here’s the initial zoning analysis; as well as traffic analysis. You can look through all the related files by clicking here.
Dickens said in our interview that numerous changes are in the works, and what they’re including thus far will be presented by Moore at Thursday’s town hall.
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“Dilapidated homes”. LOL, gee I wonder why? Maybe because the developer bought them all up, and turned them into short term rentals while he waited to find a buyer for all the land?
Our very own little E. Cobb slumlord looking to make big bucks.