Woodstock is deciding how to zone 90 acres that include Dixie Speedway and a construction-and-demolition transfer station. The proposal would move the property into Heavy Industrial while dropping many protections that applied under Cherokee County, including buffers, screening, truck-routing rules, and access restrictions. It also expands what can operate without public hearings. Here’s what residents should know and the 12 questions to ask before the vote.

Cherokee County commissioners voted unanimously August 18 to extend the data center moratorium 180 days. Eleven residents spoke, none in favor, and several asked for a permanent ban. Chairman Johnston: "I'd rather pay the higher property taxes than have the data center." The board also enacted a 30 day apartment moratorium, denied the BridgeMill townhome size reduction, approved the TJDJ rezoning 4 to 1, and heard a 13 year firefighter say public records cost her nearly $10,0

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.

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

On the night of Monday, July 27th, Woodstock City Council votes on a three year contract connecting our police department's records to a platform run by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and built by Peregrine Technologies, a San Francisco company valued at $6.8 billion. The contract has no stated price for years two and three. The County sets it, with no cap and no Council vote. It renews itself automatically. It contains no retention limit, no audit requirement, and no d