Many residents opposed to development, commission votes 4-1 to give approval
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Commissioners Will Nichols, left, Kent Woerner, Chairman Greg James, and Tom Garrison, far right, vote to approve a rezoning request from Taywood, LLC to rezone the property 8118 Bridge Creek Rd. from Agricultural to Commercial Business at Tuesday’s commission meeting. Commissioner Scott Crane voted against the motion.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Lake Burton resident Gerald Hulett has a passionate discussion with Planning and Zoning Officer Les Neely about the commissioners vote to approve the rezoning request from Agricultural to Commercial Business for a property on Bridge Creek Rd., on the courthouse steps Tuesday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A crowd of people from Lake Burton and other parts of Rabun County attended Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting and spoke passionately for or against the agenda item to rezone the property at 8118 Bridge Creek Rd. from Agricultural to Commercial Business.
CLAYTON-- The courtroom at the Rabun County Courthouse was packed for Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting as commissioners passed a motion to rezone land located at 8118 Bridge Creek Rd. fro...

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