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What's next for the park and recreation bond funds?
Click here for a LanierLifestyle
position statement
CLASS ACTION
CERTIFICATION vs LANIER GOLF CLUB UPDATE
APPEAL PENDING
FORSYTH COUNTY COURT RULES AGAINST CERTIFYING THE CLASS ACTION STATUS
Click here for the judge's decision
PLEASE
NOTE: Although LANIERLIFESTYE has [and continues to] support this effort, The
Class Action effort is an effort outside the LanierLifestyle mission and
objective to
PREVENT THE REZONING OF THE LGC PROPERTY AND
PROTECT THIS PROPERTY FROM DEVELOPMENT
THAT IS THE LANIERLIFESTYLE MISSION
WHICH CONTINUES WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE
COUNTY TAXPAYERS SEEKING GREENSPACES AND INTELLIGENT GROWTH IN DISTRICT 5
Forsyth
County - County Golf Course
Referendum
Question: Should the county buy the
plot of land known as Lanier Golf
Course and keep it as a public golf
course, placing it in a green space
bond for the benefit of all?
(Note:
This question appeared only on the
Democratic Primary Ballot - Jon
Flack is the Democratic candidate
for District 4 Commissioner)
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Response |
Votes |
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Yes
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1,078 |
74% |
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No
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376 |
26% |
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Click here
for LanierLifestyle Responds to the County's Need for a public golf and park
facility
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Did you receive a property 2008 tax
increase from Forsyth County?
Click above for LL's
thoughts
Click here for a
Sample Letter to use to appeal your property assessment
Click here for the LL Vision
Document
~ A Vision for the Future ~
“Lifestyle Center of Forsyth County”
Forsyth-Lanier Golf Course and Community Center
Encourage Commissioners and
candidates to
take a position on the issues
that concern you
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Lanier
Golf Club vs Forsyth County
Click here
for Lanier Lifestyle's LEGAL RESPONSE to
the LGC Appeal/Lawsuit against the County
More News - Click Here
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Next Up
The LGC appeal of the denial of their rezoning
application continues
and Lanier Lifestyle legal counsel has filed a brief
in that matter to the County attorney.
Your donations support legal efforts such as this
response on behalf of your community
Read the Legal Brief by Lanier Lifestyle counsel
in the matter of the LGC/Wellstone Appeal
CLICK HERE for
Lanier Lifestyle's LEGAL RESPONSE
Please
donate
today - legal documents and actions like the above cost money - your donations
help with these efforts - you must see there are golf carts, not bulldozers, on
the fairways and paths of Lanier Golf Club - please donate
today and support the activities that benefit all surrounding communities
and residents.
Lanier Lifestyle also supports the McFarland/Peck
vs. Lanier Class Action Lawsuit
Lanier Golf Course Opens For Business
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WHY DONATE $100 or MORE TO LANIER
LIFESTYLE?
If there's any question as to where your contributions and
donations have gone, come on out with your clubs and take a look for
yourself. Excluding the thousands of hours of volunteer time,
talent, and efforts, do you want to know how much it has already cost
your neighbors to keep the rezoning action at bay?
Have questions? Just ask ..
Click here and get out your checkbooks.
Your support is still needed.
We must elect the candidates that support
our concerns and who will protect our future.
The LL activities continue - lobbying
for your interests, marketing/signage/flyer expenses,
and legal fees continue
to mount as the courts are still entertaining an appeal by the LGC
owners
following their zoning application's denial by the Commissioners
this past September.
Whether you live on The LGC or in the area,
just how much more is your property worth today,
with a golf course in your neighborhood? Please support these efforts
with your contribution.
If you want this property to remain parkland or a
golf course, please donate today
We've accomplished everything we've set out to do ..
but cannot let up until the property is permanently zoned for its
current and best use - recreational park or golf.
This requires additional funding and support.
Thank you for your donation!
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Click Below
County-wide Comments on the Future Land Use Map
From Lanier Lifestyle, on behalf of area
communities and future development options
MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING AROUND LANIER GOLF
CLUB
WE DON'T THINK SO!!!
And about that "Activity Center"
The Forsyth
County Planning Commission held the first public hearing in order
to consider changes to the Forsyth County Comprehensive Plan on
Tuesday, March
25, 2008, at 6:30p.m.
The second public hearing before the Board of Commissioners is currently
scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2008, at 5:00 p.m.
There was a decision to continue accepting comments from the public for
another month before taking any action on the proposed changes. We
were successful in having a large portion around the LGC property
designated "Low Density Residential" in the Canongate area. The
Habersham On Lanier community is continuing to be reviewed as well.
 
Click here for the full County map and
proposed zoning changes
The purpose of these public hearings shall be to present changes related
to the Future Land Use (FLU) map and receive public comment on these
proposed changes. All proposed changes are based on approved rezonings
or residential densities for completed subdivisions since the last
update to the FLU.
All
residents and any other affected and/or interested persons are invited
and encouraged to attend.
Both hearings will
be held in the Forsyth County Administration Building,
110 East Main Street,
Commissioners Meeting Room, Room #220, Second Floor, Cumming, Georgia.
LANIER LIFESTYLE RESPONDS
AND PUTS THE COUNTY ON NOTICE:
We have reviewed the proposed FLUM with special attention paid to the
area surrounding the Lanier Golf Course property and found that it does
not accurately portray the development of the area.
The proposed map shows much of the land adjacent to the golf course as
medium density (over 1.5 units per acre) while in fact 95% of the
property adjacent to the golf course is developed as low density (less
than 1.5 units per acre). LanierLifestyle is in possession of copies of
all the platted developments surrounding the golf course that we have
offered to share with the Planning Dept. and Commissioners. As
such, we respectfully request a meeting in order to correct these
obvious errors.
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YOUR CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS?
If not,
click
here
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To support
the County Commissioner's decision of Sept. 20, 2007 to deny Wellstone's rezoning and development proposal,
here is the County's attorney's response to the appeal lawsuit filed by
Lanier Golf Club and Wellstone - click below
 AND
THE COUNTY RESPONDS - 12/28/2007
Jim
Quinn addresses the appeal with a letter to the Commissioners
Click here for the Wellstone/LGC
Complaint and Appeal
A response message from
LanierLifestyle regarding the LGC/Wellstone appeal of the Commissioner's
decision to deny rezoning the LGC property for the purpose of
development as proposed:
Zoning is a legislative power of the elected officials,
commissioners, of local government. The courts should be mindful and
usually are that zoning is a power of the legislative body and not the
judicial. As such, the current zoning is presumed to be valid. When a
land owner seeks a change in zoning he is first challenging the validity
of the current zoning and asking the BOC to change the official county
zoning map, a legal document. In order to successfully challenge the
current zoning the land owner must prove with clear and convincing
evidence that the current zoning is a significant detriment and is
unrelated to the health, safety, morality and welfare of the county
residents. Simply showing that he could achieve a higher price with a
different zoning is not the detriment test.
In the case of Lanier Golf Course, the landowner's application for
rezoning provided absolutely no credible evidence that the current
zoning is a significant detriment nor did they show that the current
zoning is substantially unrelated to the health, safety, morality and
welfare of the county residents. Their challenge to the current
valid zoning failed.
The BOC exercised their legitimate power, considering all the rights of
the land owner in the light of Georgia law and the Comprehensive Plan
and the Unified Development Code of Forsyth County. After reasoned
consideration of the facts the BOC rightfully denied the land owners
application for rezoning.
The land owner now has the right to appeal that decision to the Superior
Court. Unless they can provide new clear and convincing evidence to
support their challenge to the current zoning a reasonable court should
deny their appeal.
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CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED IN FORSYTH
COUNTY COURT
AGAINST LANIER GOLF CLUB OWNERS
More information available at
Peck
vs Lanier Website
No rush to judgment for golf course
Decision on class action status will wait after
both local judges step aside
By Julie Arrington, Forsyth
News, 11/16/2007
A
lawsuit has been filed against
Lanier Golf Course in Forsyth County
Superior Court under Michael D Peck
vs Lanier Golf Club. Attorney Bob
McFarland aims to get class
certification for this action.
The complaint cites ‘implied
easement” exists with residents
adjacent to the course, preventing
the land from being used as anything
but a golf course. Implied easement
is a concept that has some legal
precedent in the county ....
more on cumminghome.com
This suit is
an independent action
filed on behalf of all homeowners adjacent
to Lanier Golf Club ("Defendant"). The purpose of the
litigation is to have the courts declare and enforce against
the current owner (Defendant) and any subsequent owners an
implied restriction limiting use of this property to golf
course purposes only.
Read about it ...
Published
on: 10/11/07 on
www.cumminghome.com
What's Up with
Housing in Forsyth County? Here are
current facts:
Sales over the last
6 months have declined by nearly 27% over this
time last year
resulting in a
current overall (MOI) months of inventory of
12.9 in Forsyth
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of
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your lifestyle
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LATEST NEWS STORIES
Golf
course may not be green space: Opinion divided over whether site would
be best use of bond money
By Julie Arrington
and Frank Reddy From Sunday,
April 27, 2008 Forsyth County News
Is Lanier Golf Course Greenspace?
By
Susan Rolfs,
Originally Published
Feb 1, 2008, CummingHome.com
Community Meeting
Agenda
Meeting Draws All Five
Commissioners
click above to read
about it from the 2/3/08 Forsyth County News by Julie Arrington
Money
at root of golf decision: Lanier owners cite financial woes for
reopening course -
By Julie
Arrington, Forsyth County News, January 18, 2008
No rush to judgment for golf course
Decision on class action status will wait after
both local judges step aside
By Julie Arrington, Forsyth
News, 11/16/2007
Developer
sues Forsyth commissioners over golf course land
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 10/18/07
Lawsuit
demands Lanier Golf Club be preserved
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Published on: 10/10/07
County
may face $100M lawsuit: Wellstone, course owners claim violation of
rights
By Julie Arrington,
Staff Writer,
The Forsyth
County News,
Published on: 10/10/07
Developer threatens $100M suit over Forsyth golf course
By
Nancy Badertscher,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 10/08/07
Click here to see the
original Wellstone/LGC Threat Letter to the County
Links litigation likely: Board's decision to deny golf course plan
headed for court -
By Julie Arrington,
published Sunday, September 23, 2007
To no one's surprise, the
battle over the Lanier Golf Course site is headed to court.
more»
Panel votes to keep golf course intact
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution -
Published on: 09/21/07
Forsyth Commission denies Wellstone rezoning
By Jerry Gunn,
www.accessnorthga.com
Click Here for More News
Stories
See the zoning maps -
then and proposed - click here
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UPCOMING EVENTS ~ STAY INFORMED
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Envision Green Forsyth
Super Tuesday in February will not only allow Forsyth
County residents an opportunity to vote in the presidential primary, but
also an opportunity to approve a $100M bond to purchase land and create
more active and passive parks.
"Envision Green Forsyth", a citizens committee, will be presenting
information on this site about the bond issue as the February election
approaches. The ballot language approved by the commissioners reads:
"Shall there be issued up to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of Forsyth County general obligation bonds for the purpose of financing
parks and recreational areas, programs, and facilities, including, but
not limited to green spaces and conservation areas for the protection of
lakes, river, forests, and wildlife habitats?"
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What's Next for Lanier Golf Club?
The community and this
organization are ready, as always, to sit with the owners and support
efforts, based on the Commissioners' decision, to sell their property and business to another 18-hole
golf course operator or to support County acquisition as a permanent
golf/recreational resource to serve County residents and visitors. Just tell us where and when and allow us to
work together for a reasonable, mutually beneficial result that allows
this property to continue to remain green space per its zoning
designation.
 
What's Next For The Lanier Golf Club Property?
Cemetery, Horse Stables, Chicken Farm?
How about a .... duhhhh ..... 18 hole golf course?
As
expected, Wellstone and the Lanier Golf Club owners, refusing to take
"no" for an answer from their fellow residents, legal opinions, elected
officials, and the overwhelming desire by area communities to limit
development in this area of Forsyth County, are following up on the
Commissioners' rezoning denial with a complaint and appeal that attempts
to reverse the County's decision of Sept. 20, 2007. See the full
copy of the latest effort by the LGC owners to capture a windfall profit
and disturb the surrounding community with their development dreams.
Residents remain confident the Commissioners' ruling will be upheld by
any court, that the property serves a viable economic use as currently
zoned, and that the owners should simply move on and sell their golf
course to another golf course operator.
Just say, "NO" to LGC's and Wellstone's alternative development proposal
for
484 Homes + 9-hole golf
green space
THIS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER
and has all the same flaws
as the original plan for which zoning was denied
click
here for our opinion comments
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THERE'S MORE WORK AHEAD
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MORE NEWS
The Commissioners'
Vote
Wellstone LLC's proposal
to turn Lanier Golf Course into a residential development is denied
unanimously by the Commissioners - 5 to 0
Tune in to
www.cumminghome.com for the latest local news
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Links litigation likely: Board's decision to deny golf course plan
headed for court -
By Julie Arrington,
published Sunday, September 23, 2007
To no one's surprise, the
battle over the Lanier Golf Course site is headed to court.
more»
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Panel
votes to keep golf course intact
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution -
Published on: 09/21/07
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Both sides dig in as vote on golf course site nears
By Julie Arrington,
Staff Writer - Published 9/20/2007
Forsyth County News
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Watch the County Commission Meeting
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Developer revises plan for Forsyth golf course
Alternative version of
retirement community fails to win opponents' approval
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 09/20/07
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"Stay The Course" Residents Cry as They Await Critical Commission Vote
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Course vote nears: Compromise begins to emerge
The Lanier Golf Course may be closed, but the
fight over its future continues.
Published Sept. 16, Forsyth County News
By Julie Arrington
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Forsyth Republican Party Calls for Investigation of Land Use Map Changes-
From www.cumminghome.com
click here
READ THE
COMMISSIONERS' RESPONSE - CLICK HERE
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Teeing
off for the last time: Closing of Lanier Golf Course latest round in
feud over fate of site By
Julie Arrington, Forsyth County News, 9/7/07
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Lanier Golf Course to Close Effective Monday from
www.cumminghome.com 9/6/07
-- The Committee to Save Lanier Lifestyle responds...click
here
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Lanier
Golf Club to close next week
Closure comes before commission's decision on
rezoning Forsyth's oldest golf club
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER -
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution - Published on: 09/05/07
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From
WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News – Hundreds Of
Residents Opposed To Sale Of Lanier Golf Course
–
click here to see the video
Click below to see the
Channel 2 Video
Photo/Jim Dean,
Forsyth County News
Opponents of the Wellstone proposal, most wearing green shirts to
show their support of the Lanier Golf Course, packed the planning
meeting this past Tuesday.
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LOOKING
AHEAD: Planning board rejects retirement development
By
Nancy Badertscher,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 09/02/07·
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Planning
board votes to deny golf course redevelopment
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 08/30/07
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Developer
loses first round in Lanier Golf Club battle
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER,
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 08/28/07
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Forsyth golf club fans fight to keep it
Site's owners want to sell course to Wellstone, which plans to build a
huge retirement community. No way, foes say -
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 08/27/07
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Residents unite, planners deny rezoning plea: Final call on fate of
Lanier Golf Course to go to commissioners - Published
Thursday, Aug. 30, Forsyth County News,
By Julie Arrington
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Forsyth planners reject subdivision plans -
Posted Wednesday, August 29 at 3:26 AM
By Jerry Gunn - From the Local News section at
http://www.accessnorthga.com/
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Forsyth
golf club fans fight to keep it
Site's owners want to
sell course to Wellstone, which plans to build a huge retirement
community. No way, foes say.
By
NANCY BADERTSCHER -
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Published on: 08/27/07
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Request
to redevelop golf course returns to county planning board -
By Julie Arrington,
Forsyth County News, Sunday, 08/26/07
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Changes
to map questioned: Opponents of golf course plan target land-use
designations - From Forsyth County
News, August 17, 2007
Click here for
more news
See the zoning maps -
then and proposed - click here
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Moratorium on new zoning considerations is requested
Through our legal counsel, and due to
suspected prior
improprieties in the process, we have requested that the Board of
Commissioners immediately impose a moratorium on accepting any new
rezoning applications in the Buford/GA
20 East Subarea until a revision of the Comprehensive Plan for
the subarea can be completed through a meaningful public participation
process and be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs for
approval by that body.
Local, area, and state authorities, news agencies,
and media are being informed and invited to attend upcoming meetings of
Forsyth Planning & Zoning, and the BOC
Forsyth Republican Party Calls for Investigation of Land Use Map Changes
- From www.cumminghome.com
click here
WE'VE DONE
EVERYTHING WE'VE PROMISED!
NOW, WE
NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TODAY
THE
EFFORTS
CONTINUE ... WE STILL MUST LOBBY SO NO OTHER RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPER LOOKS AT PROPERTIES, WHERE THEY BEST SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES
AS CURRENTLY ZONED.
HELP US
SUCCEED IN SHUTTING DOWN ANY PLAN(s)
INCONSISTENT WITH THE 2003 RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE
SEND YOUR LANIER LIFESTYLE FUND
DONATION TODAY
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2003 ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS
(The way it was supposed to be)
2004
ZONING CHANGES - WHO DID IT?? WHY??
How did the map get to look like
this?
(The way it might be
without community awareness and input)
THE REAL
WORK REMAINS AND THE DECISION TO INTELLIGENTLY MANAGE FORSYTH GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH YOUR HELP
WE NEED
YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT NOW!!
DONATE TO THE LANIER
LIFESTYLE FUND
click here for secure online payment -
tell your neighbors
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OLDER ITEMS POSTED FOR
YOUR REVIEW
-
Zoning
Moratorium Request
- improprieties seen in the process for
the rezoning of Forsyth County Comprehensive Land Use Plan for GA20
East Subarea
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Friends
of Prescott Eaton
- see the original resolution and maps for rezoning (and
recommendation to not rezone GA20 East Subarea)
A civil lawsuit has
been filed in Superior Court in an effort to stop the city of
Cumming from condemning Deborah Fox’s property in order to
expand the city’s sewer service. The property,
approximately six acres, is located on Samples Road across from
the Lanier Golf Course.
More ....
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YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?
If not,
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to our list and receive
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The fight to PRESERVE our
Lanier Lifestyle continues on track!
DONATE TO THE LANIER
LIFESTYLE FUND
click here for secure online payment -
tell your neighbors
Continue to
support the
effort through your donations
The communities interests
are being heard and we are on the fair and right side of these efforts
to stop development that makes no sense!
TODAY, NO REZONING OF LGC HAS BEEN
APPROVED
The LGC property continues
to be zoned agricultural and can serve its owners with an economically
feasible use as a private or public recreational facility.
Any developer would be well advised to look
elsewhere
in Forsyth County for such commercial or
residential density as Wellstone and the current owners of LGC have
proposed in their plans to date
Your support is critical - Wear a
GREEN shirt - Get a MUG!
DONATE TO THE LANIER
LIFESTYLE FUND
click here for secure online payment -
tell your neighbors
 Right
The Wrong - Letter to Commissioners
Letter
to the Citizens of Forsyth County GOP
Resolution to Save Lanier Golf Course property from development
Forsyth
County News on Wellstone Rezoning Application 09/20/2006
Forsyth
voters break tradition - read about it in the AJC
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