{"id":2671,"date":"2010-07-13T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T13:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/vdt-on-foxborough-v-mcdonalds.html"},"modified":"2010-07-13T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T13:27:01","slug":"vdt-on-foxborough-v-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/vdt-on-foxborough-v-mcdonalds.html","title":{"rendered":"VDT on Foxborough v. McDonalds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>
\nIt looks like the strategy I recommended
\n
\nto the Foxborough opponents<\/a> to McDonalds worked:
\ngo to the County Commission work session and you may get in the newspaper.
\nKay Harris writes in the VDT about
\n
\nIssues with development,
\nNeighborhood upset about commercial encroachment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nAccording to Vince Schneider, the spokesman for the residents, the majority of
\nthe neighborhood is opposed to the possibility of a McDonald\u2019s restaurant openin
\ng there. The property is currently listed with Lowndes County as owned by First
\nState Bank, but the county engineer, Mike Fletcher, confirmed Monday at the Lo
\nwndes County Board of Commissioners work session that he has received a plat fo
\nr the proposed development.<\/p>\n

\nSchneider appeared before commissioners at the work session to request they rec
\nonsider the commercial zoning in the area.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many of the residents only found out aboout the proposed McDonalds from
\na cryptic mention by Kay Harris in the VDT a few weeks ago.<\/a>
\nNaturally, the VDT ends the current story on a note of finality:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nChairman Ashley Paulk reminded Schneider that since the zoning is already in pl
\nace, the issue will not come before the commission for a vote. As long as the o
\nwners comply with the county zoning regulations, including setbacks, easements,
\nbuffers, etc., there is little the county can do as the property has been zone
\nd for commercial use for many years.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed, Vince Schneider already knew that.
\nHowever, Commissioners have told the various county departments to cooperate
\nwith Foxborough residents in supplying whatever information they need.
\nThat’s a benefit for the county right there.<\/p>\n

\nAnd of course this is not the end of the story regarding McDonalds.
\nFoxborough residents continue to organize.
\nAshley Paulk also told the residents the same thing I did:
\ntheir best bet is to get McDonalds to agree to relocate.
\nStay tuned.<\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n

\nPS: I’m for stores in neighborhoods that serve the neighborhood.
\nI don’t see how a McDonalds drawing traffic off I-75 onto the entrance
\nof the neighborhood does that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It looks like the strategy I recommended to the Foxborough opponents to McDonalds worked: go to the County Commission work session and you may get in the newspaper. Kay Harris writes in the VDT about Issues with development, Neighborhood upset about commercial encroachment: According to Vince Schneider, the spokesman for the residents, the majority of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,48,16,321,3982,2,11,2583,21,73],"tags":[679,3765,300,8880,8701,876,548,135,8702,7,8857,2873,4659,8731,5595,513,1168,2900,8742,4230],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-code-enforcement","category-environment","category-food-and-drink","category-foxborough","category-government","category-lake","category-mcdonalds","category-planning","category-safety","tag-ashley-paulk","tag-board-of-commissioners","tag-development","tag-foxborough","tag-georgia","tag-health","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-kay-harris","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-county","tag-mcdonalds","tag-neighborhood","tag-odor","tag-safety","tag-school-bus","tag-subdivision","tag-traffic","tag-valdosta-daily-times","tag-vdt","tag-vince-schneider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}