From the anit-truck stop mailer

Do you want a truck stop in Farmington?

How about another convenience store?

What about a convenience store complex with 28 pumps for passenger cars, 6
pumps for diesel trucks, three other buildings for retail/office space, and 190 total
parking spaces?

Well that is the proposal soon to be considered by the county government!

A request for rezoning from A-1 to B-2 is posted at the corner of Branch Road and
US441. The proposed 14.22 acre development consists of a large retail complex
(see the picture below). The Planning Commission meets January 17th at 7:00 p.m.
in the county courthouse. All of us need to be there to voice our disapproval of this
rezoning request and the proposed development. The Future Land Use Plan for
Oconee has reserved the southern third of the county for agricultural zoning. The
county government must be held to this plan and not allowed to parcel out land for
business development in southern Oconee when other regions of the county have
the necessary infrastructure and are already appropriately zoned. Let’s protect
Farmington and the rest of southern Oconee County from this type of development!

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