South metro leaders to hold business development conference Tuesday
The event, set to begin at 7 a.m. at the Georgia International Convention Center, focuses on growth opportunities and ways to advance investment and business development for the city of Atlanta and Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Henry and Fulton counties.
The theme for the event, now in its 20th year, is “Transform. Innovate. Elevate.”
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Over objections from county officials, Republican state lawmakers in January moved up the election dates for three Cobb cityhood referendums to the May primary ballot, rather the November general election.","_id":"UEPIXFOPWVG7DJTQSGO2MBRZI4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650637518140,"type":"text","content":"With an abbreviated window, Lost Mountain supporters have been a frequent purveyor of misinformation. An AJC investigation found that the cityhood campaign has broadcast misleading and inaccurate information, claiming with little evidence that urbanization is coming to West Cobb.","_id":"5K6YRERH4VFFDLI45SFAPW6ZP4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650561719062,"type":"text","content":"When asked why voters should trust that a future city of Lost Mountain will protect West Cobb from development, state Rep. 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It’s happening everywhere.”","_id":"4XH62CDWHNCKXIZVVLUS7L3SHE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650298078749,"type":"text","content":"Since 1980, Cobb County has more than doubled in size, adding roughly 470,000 people. West Cobb, so far, has retained its rural-suburban mix, sustaining farmland and large residential lots alike. But elsewhere in the county, denser single-family subdivisions cover what was once empty land, while apartments and townhomes have joined what were once exclusively single-family neighborhoods.","_id":"FFSLJFSSBFBMVFNG3Q45AYGDXE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539372,"type":"text","content":"Overall, Cobb has added about 189,000 housing units since 1980, according to U.S. Census data. But the bulk of that growth has been single-family homes, not the apartments that cityhood advocates so often reference.","_id":"KZXU7CQCRRDDZBHB7QH43MS6VU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650293777851,"type":"text","content":"Detached homes today make up 66% of Cobb’s 303,000 total housing units, about the same as their 65% share in 1980. Condos and townhomes are up from 3% to nearly 9% of the total. Proportionally, apartment units actually dropped from 27% to 23% of all homes.","_id":"Z7J2MCVRTFFO7AAPRGWTZ7HT34","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650029477540,"type":"text","content":"It’s not clear how much responsibility either party bears for the market forces fueling the outward sprawl of metro Atlanta. But in Cobb, it has largely been Republicans at the helm. They controlled the county commission and guided its land use policies for decades.","_id":"U5CRM6VO6ZF6HEN6UBQVE75HBI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650029477541,"type":"text","content":"Still, there’s no denying that Democrats are steering the county’s policies to the left.","_id":"N3F34YJ2W5DSJG4QT7G3BX74NA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650030722449,"type":"text","content":"Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, a Democrat, has been a vocal proponent of affordable housing and mass transit since she took office in January 2021. But she says she has never targeted West Cobb for development that its residents don’t want.","_id":"LPWNCWY3N5AOVOEDYMBE52SNAU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539363,"type":"text","content":"“I don’t know where that assertion has come from because that is not anything I have ever stated,” Cupid said. “There has not been any intentional effort around that (industrial development), nor around putting high density residential development in West Cobb.”","owner":"id":"ajc","copyright":"2022 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":"locality":"Powder Springs","region":"GA","caption":"April 20, 2022 Powder Springs - Aerial photograph shows proposed area of the city of Lost Mountain in West Cobb on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Lost Mountain Park is shown in foreground. The story plays on a fear shared by many West Cobb residents as they decide whether to incorporate the city of Lost Mountain. 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But in it, she never called for industrial activity in West Cobb. She instead reflected on the tension it creates when industry is located too close to neighborhoods like her own.","_id":"TLWS2J2NYFD5VJNSX5YI7TICIA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539365,"type":"text","content":"In March, Cupid did make comments at her state of the county address aimed directly at cityhood advocates that oppose affordable housing.","_id":"6MLIQLS2Y5CHVLWOMDE2NCLUTA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539366,"type":"text","content":"“The concern is I am bringing affordable housing next door to you,” Cupid said. “I can tell you that if you want grocery stores next door to you, if you want schools next door to you ... affordable housing has to go somewhere.”","_id":"CA5XEC7VSRBQ7JQA67XKELR5YY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539370,"type":"text","content":"That somewhere is unlikely to be West Cobb.","_id":"ZRA6TWXPZBA6BNGGLF5UNM6BLE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650032007813,"type":"text","content":"Subsidized housing would be prohibitively expensive under the land use plan, which contemplates spacious lots, with fewer than 2 homes per acre. Federal and local affordable housing guidelines also prioritize proximity to jobs and transit — neither of which West Cobb has in abundance.","_id":"MHN5DTGIGVBOLPYNPA53BTW63I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650293777861,"type":"text","content":"Even the most ambitious transit proposals put forth by Cobb transportation planners envision little to no coverage in West Cobb due to its lack of density.","_id":"BFQLOZZPINGEBJMVVDYWUDYPGI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650032007814,"type":"text","content":"The county zoning code prohibits industrial and high density residential development within the proposed Lost Mountain city limits, and only allows commercial development at a handful of key intersections, like the corner of Brookstone Drive and Mars Hill Road, the site of the disputed former fire station.","_id":"3YRHRW4GYBADPP5NOCCNGGY5GM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539369,"type":"text","content":"When zoning changes are made, commissioners are supposed to follow the county’s future land use plan, which guides development through 2040.","_id":"4JRIL5NI2BEBFG34VZBLZWB7BU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650378263440,"type":"text","content":"An AJC analysis found that the document envisions 97% of Lost Mountain’s 28,000 parcels being rural, low or very low density residential, with no multi-family housing at all, with the exception of senior living.",{"_id":"E62Z6HGH3ZE2DG4USPDA6JEPIE","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"CV2J25P4BFDRFA4B57NTXPIFOU","type":"raw_html","content":""},"_id":"VMGSGHW6OZDJPOKWJHY5VZSY3Q","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650375335960,"type":"text","content":"The reason for that isn’t just political. Much of West Cobb lacks sewer lines and other infrastructure needed to support higher density development due to the area’s difficult terrain.","_id":"HSW5J475HBGQVBKJS34NJMYKYY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650375335961,"type":"text","content":"“I am confident not much will change in West Cobb pertaining to infrastructure — because it cannot,” Gambrill wrote in an email to constituents earlier this month. Publicly, Gambrill and the commission as a whole have taken a neutral position on cityhood.","owner":"id":"ajc","copyright":"2022 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":"region":"Georgia","caption":"Bill Hill plays tennis at Lost Mountain Park in Cobb County on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. 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A former community advocate with People Looking After Neighborhoods, she routinely introduces developers to neighbors so disputes can be resolved before the commission is asked to vote.","_id":"CCYAWJSSEZB4DDAF2OKGTJQXMI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650029477553,"type":"text","content":"Her voting record suggests her tactics are effective. She says she has allowed development that deviates from the future land use plan just once, and it was to approve a development for seniors that had the support of its neighbors.","_id":"CCYAWJSSEZB4DDAF2OKGTJQXMI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650029477553,"type":"text","content":"The AJC review found only a handful of the 39 zoning cases in her district from January 2021 through March 2022 involved housing, and none featured apartments. Just two were of moderate density: the senior housing near Kennesaw, and townhomes near Marietta.","_id":"DDYND3NWT5FOTPWGDDAX4LRW7I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650470105866,"type":"text","content":"But cityhood opponents say that’s not the impression voters receive when they hear the Lost Mountain sales pitch.","_id":"YORIC4Y7TRHERMPXDXGJQLF74A","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650029477554,"type":"text","content":"“They’re being lied to,” Locklear said. “I don’t like that they’re being lied to and led to believe that an additional layer of government is necessary to prevent re-zoning.”","owner":"id":"ajc","copyright":"2022 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":"locality":"Powder Springs","region":"GA","caption":"April 20, 2022 Powder Springs - Aerial photograph shows proposed area of the city of Lost Mountain in West Cobb on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. 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When asked about comments made to voters, Ehrhart told the AJC: “We never once said that she was outvoted. We said that there has been a concerted effort to push back on her.”","_id":"WX36EZNAYZCLVF6625EK22AI4E","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1649948539396,"type":"text","content":"A recording available on YouTube shows otherwise.","_id":"SRGBZY3N4FDWLL2R2B55YS73MU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1650293777870,"type":"text","content":"At a Feb. 17 virtual meeting, Ehrhart told the crowd: “The only person that is standing up to try to put the brakes on high density development in West Cobb is your single commissioner, and she’s outnumbered 4-1. 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Chief Bryant is a son of ATL w/ a heart & work ethic reflective of his love for our city. When asked to leave the comfort of retirement to lead @ATLCorrections & @Atlanta_Police, w/o hesitation he said, “I’ll do whatever you need for Atlanta.” I’m eternally grateful for him. pic.twitter.com/45IqXggiKv
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