Quick Poll
Have you ever served on a jury?
- Yes: 188
- No: 126
- I've been called, but not seated: 88
- I've been called, but excused: 47
- No opinion: 1
Total Votes:
Published Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Local
Photo by Jeffrey Leo
Walls were going up recently on the northwest corner of Fischer Road and Hwy. 34 for a new Sam’s Club. This view is from Fischer looking west toward Hwy. 34. A “Development of Regional Impact” review was approved by Three Rivers Regional Commission this week for a project across Fischer in the northeast quadrant adjacent to Wynn’s Pond.
Development proceeds at Fischer/Hwy. 34 East
The Newnan Times-Herald
The developers of Fischer Crossings want to expand the proposed development at Fischer Road and Ga. Highways 34/54 by approximately 40 acres, which will include the abandonment and relocation of a significant portion of Wynn's Pond Road.
At one time, the Fischer Crossings development would have encompassed three corners of the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 34 and Fischer Road, but the third corner is no longer part of the project.
A Sam's Club and a few smaller projects are proposed for the northwest corner. The construction of the Sam's Club is well under way.
The proposed changes for the Fischer Crossings development affect the northeast corner at Fischer/Hwy. 34, adjacent to Wynn's Pond. The front part of the property nearest Highway 34/54 was rezoned for commercial in 2006. As a condition of the zoning, no access to or disturbance of Wynn's Pond Road was to be allowed.
In 2007, approximately 40 acres, on the north side of Wynn's Pond Road, was approved for a decentralized sewer system to serve the two developments.
However, the developments will now be served by public sewer, through an agreement with the Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority.
So the developers now want to rezone about half of that 40 acres to the north in order to enlarge the development.
Shown on the new site plan are a Kohl's department store, an arts and crafts store, a sporting goods store, and several other shops, in addition to the outparcels, a theater, and an aquatics center proposed for the front portion of the development.
Under the plans, a large portion of Wynn's Pond Road would be abandoned. The developers originally wanted Wynn's Pond residents to use the Hwy. 54 end of the road. However, according to Coweta County Planning Director Robert Tolleson, the Georgia Department of Transportation wouldn't grant a median break permit for the road. Therefore, the developer plans to reroute Wynn's Pond Road around the edge of the development for access to Fischer. To be allowed to move Wynn's Pond Road, the developers are asking that the condition prohibiting disturbance be removed.
Because the project qualifies as a "Development of Regional Impact," a new DRI study had to be completed. The DRI was approved Thursday by the Three Rivers Regional Commission.
Tolleson said Friday the rezoning petition is expected to be filed Wednesday. The request will likely go before the Coweta County Board of Commissioners in September.
The plan also calls for 21 acres to be used for soccer fields and a 12,522-square-foot daycare center. Both the day-care center and the soccer fields can be located on land zoned rural conservation, with a conditional use permit. Tolleson said it is his understanding that the request for the conditional use permit will be filed sometime in the future.
Comment On This Story
Times-Herald.com does not necessarily agree with the comments posted below. Responsibility of comments rests solely with the writer. Comments posted in ALL CAPS will be deleted.
Submission of a comment does not guarantee publication. Comments will be posted by a moderator after being scanned for abusive language, relevance, etc. See our Comments FAQ for more details.
Building another Kohl's in Newnan is ridiculous!!!! There is already one 5-6 miles down the road. Looks to me like we're putting all these new businesses in to make it easier on the Peachtree City people. Their building resrictions are so tight, no one can build there. We will end up having more empty buildings in Newnan. County Commissioners need to get it together.
Posted by Mike Luff at 10:32 AM
Gosh Newnan Resident - I agree with everything that you said AND how you said it - we have E-N-O-U-G-H vacant buildings! Thank you! You should be on one of the City Planning Committees, your sound ideas should be put to good use.
Has anyone thought of making a Property Available list - and keep it current & up-to-date?
- Avail: Downtown Costume Shop
- Avail: (old) Rite Aid Warehouse on Sprayberry Road
-Avail: (used to be) Carabba's Restaurant, in front of KOHL's
-Avail: most of the shops in Center by Home Depot
And we DON'T NEED another KOHL's, 1 is enough.
Posted by No more buildings! at 5:14 AM
Why not a Trader Joe's? We need a cheaper and fresher place to buy food instead of clothes. There are a million places to shop for clothes in Newnan - we don't need another Kohl's!!!!
Posted by Carolina Girl at 5:21 PM
I have to agree with the others.... WHY, WHY, WHY. We have a Kohls, we have 2 arts and craft stores, we don't need anything else in this county. Though I agree, Aldi would be nice, but they could move into the old SaveRite building ... if the owners there weren't so greedy and wanted WAY too much money for the building. Still charging pre-recession prices.....
Posted by Just another voice at 12:55 PM
True, what's with the Khol's? I have only been in that store once. Aldi would be much better. At least you can buy something from there.
Posted by DJ at 9:11 AM
what can't they use some of the
abandon building, leave some green space on that end of the county.Growth follow jobs. No jobs in the county so stop building retail.
Posted by b. smith at 4:34 AM
I don't know why I bother writing this because I know every decision made by every commissioner is based on greed and tax revenue, not common sense -- but I will make a desperate plea to the commissioners to exercise a bit of common sense anyway.
I agree with the previous comments about these new places not being sustainable. Drive through the PetSmart shopping center and you'll see nearly everything is vacant or soon-to-be vacant. Old grocery stores just sit around all over town, rotting. And yet we keep clear-cutting hundreds of acres to build MORE that will ALSO be vacant in a year or two?
Developers are looking out for themselves and they will destroy our county, take their money and run. Anyone would have to be seriously greedy or seriously foolish to think we need anymore SHOPPING CENTERS in this town.
Posted by Newnan Resident at 4:03 AM
I said it over and over again. This will be the final nail in the coffin for Coweta County. This should have never been approved in the first place.
Guess what folks, this change to the original request was known about years ago, the original rezoning was just a band aid to get it done. Seymour will do whatever he wants because our county commissioners dont have any guts except to fight Starship.
Coweta will become Clayton County within 5 years. You heard it hear first.
Posted by Jock at 3:27 AM
Please stop this explosion of construction and more building.. We have enough vacant properties/buildings that are just sitting unused and overgrown.... And those vacant buildings started out just like this property is right now.. Enough is enough..
Posted by Lori at 1:10 AM
The last thing we need is a Khol's. What about a Trader Joe's or an Aldi grocery store?
Posted by Coweta Dawg at 1:09 AM
I hope the commercial development will also be accompanied by some high quality job corridors...We could really use quality jobs in Coweta.
Posted by Citizen at 11:36 PM
Traffic gridlock!
Posted by Joe Schmoe at 10:05 PM
Commissioners read your writing.No changes to Wynn's road. Now beend down and comply with the developers wishes. Nothing new about this. The salve to cure the change is an offer of soccer fields?
Posted by Disgusted at 9:03 PM
Mike makes a good point: Coweta County is beautiful and a nice place to raise a family. Growth brings a lot of challenges with it - it seems like this development has had its share of problems and re-starts.
Question: what is going to happen to the new (but vacant buildings), that are already there? They are a reminder, 'why did we develop this area, in the 1st place?'
Posted by Coweta resident at 7:19 PM
I agree with you Mike. In this economy who's to say those businesses are going to make it. Then they tore all that landscape down for no reason.
Posted by kim at 5:34 PM
This growth sounds good but once you drive by and see the destruction and bareness of the intersection and Fisher rd. you begin to realize the impact this project is havingon the very thing people move here to enjoy. When we moved to Gwinnett County in 1978 there were fewer then 100,000 people and now there are over 800,000.Here's hoping our County Commissioners have better foresight and don't just count the tax dollars when approving new commercial growth.Having conveniences is one thing, Having everything at your doorstep is entirely different and much less enjoyable.
Posted by Mike Merget at 5:14 PM
Most Popular
- Viewed
- Emailed
- Commented
- Senoia's second Southern Living Idea House set to open June 2
- Store clerk shot during robbery; non-life threatening injuries
- Blunt force trauma killed wreck victim
- Driver faces weapons and drug charges
- 11-year-old charged after bringing toy gun to school
- You will have to renew driver's license in person starting July 1
- Motel Fire: Three families displaced; fireman's injuries minor
- Suspects sought in T-Mobile robbery
- 'Drop Dead Diva' films in downtown Newnan
- HGTV's Green Home at Serenbe open through June 24
- You will have to renew driver's license in person starting July 1
- HGTV's Green Home at Serenbe open through June 24
- Chattahoochee "endangered river?" Planned water reservoirs seen as hazard by national group
- Senoia's second Southern Living Idea House set to open June 2
- A tribute to Robert Wood
- Suspects sought in T-Mobile robbery
- Top-ranked Brentwood too much for Heritage in state baseball semifinals
- Registration open for virtual schools
- Samaritan Clinic needs our support to expand its free health services
- New kid in town: Newnan sophomore QB to get his shot under center
- Officers watching you to ensure you buckle your seat belt
- Do our police put too much emphasis on seat belt law?
- Pastor's Corner: Are you born that way or not?
- Georgia to launch seat belt campaign Monday
- Coty wants Grantville charter amended; Sells objects to 'micromanaging'
- You will have to renew driver's license in person starting July 1
- Railroad crossing now open
- High school graduation a significant milestone in the life of a student
- Chattahoochee "endangered river?" Planned water reservoirs seen as hazard by national group
- Northgate Spring Football Practice: Working on an encore
Mike's Right!
7/2/2010
Link To This Comment
Mike, you make a good point - the developers are coming here, because Peachtree City has too stringent building restrictions.
No wonder - the current KOHL's location hardly has any traffic, now they want to build another one, five miles away?
The building in front of KOHL's (on Hwy 34) still sits vacant, for years - it housed a Carabba's Restaurant and then a seafood restaurant.
All the vacant buildings - then they want to build more?
Why?
Posted by 'Junior' PTC ? at 12:11 PM