At the August 17 work session, Woodstock's mayor announced that Weekley Homes asked to send the Ansley Park case back to Planning Commission, likely pushing it to November. Mayor Pro Tem Colin Ake said applicants should not be able to skip Planning Commission. But the August 24 agenda still shows the final vote, and nothing has been tabled. Our Saturday in person prep and Sunday Zoom call are unchanged, and we are still asking you to be in the room Monday.

Woodstock council was set to vote on The Pitch on August 10. Two members were absent, so it was tabled indefinitely with no new date. We read all 105 pages. The applicant's own engineer sizes the stadium for 4,500 people, the site plan gives it zero parking spaces, and the DDA owes Woodstock City Church $250 an event for twenty years whether the soccer club pays or not. City policy lets four council members order a second public hearing.

The developer says Woodstock gets a stadium "while providing no public money." His own packet says a $3.0 million land transfer to the DDA, $75,000 to a church, and $250 every time its lot is used, for twenty years. Zero parking spaces on site for a 2,500 seat venue. A cemetery surveyed only to the fence line. Council votes Monday, August 10. Here's what's actually in the 105 pages, and what you can do before seven o'clock.

Woodstock's Planning Commission approved the annexation and rezoning for Ansley Park, denied the variances, and stripped all sixteen conditions. We read the filings. The applicant admits the hardship is self created, misstates two comprehensive plans, proposes a density the city caps at 4, and still has no relocation agreement for 130 families. Council votes August 24. Email your ward member.

The Planning Commission takes up the annexation, rezoning, and variances that would clear Ansley Park and replace it with 220 houses tonight at 7:00. City staff is recommending approval. The Commission recommends, the City Council decides on August 24, and both rooms need to be full. We read the entire 81 page agenda packet. Here is what is in it, what staff got wrong, and what happens tonight. Read the packet yourself: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/woodstockga/ad909a

Cherokee County is rewriting its entire zoning code for the first time since 1992. The new Unified Development Code will shape growth here for decades. We need residents to weigh in on housing affordability, data centers, environmental protections, and more. Take the online survey before June 30 or attend today's community workshop at 1130 Bluffs Parkway in Canton, 4 to 6 p.m.

There is a major development proposal going before the Woodstock City Council tonight, and if the past few years have taught us anything about how this council operates, it is that the decisions they make in that chamber rarely reflect what residents actually want. The least we can do is make sure our voices are in the room. The hearing is at 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, April 27, at Chambers at City Center, 8534 Main St. in downtown Woodstock. Be there. Here is what is on the t

There is no shortage of fights right now. Congress is home on April recess, which means this is one of the highest-leverage weeks of the entire year for constituent pressure. And while Georgia's legislative session ended April 2 at Sine Die, the action has not stopped. Three harmful bills that passed both chambers are sitting on Governor Kemp's desk, and he has until May 12 to sign, veto, or allow them to become law without his signature. Here is where things stand as of tod