construction moratorium: GREAT NEWS for Duluth, Georgia | 6-month Construction Moratorium on "Big-Box" Construction Projects Means No Wal-Mart! - 08/01/07 07:10 AM
According to today's issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the city council of Duluth, Georgia has put a moratorium on "big-box" construction projects - in other words, construction projects of greater than 75,000 square feet in size - for 6 months.
Three projects that were currently in the works that will be affected by this moratorium are:
•A Wal-Mart Supercenter on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
•An assisted-living center, also on Peachtree Industrial
•A hotel development, on North Berkeley Lake Road
Residents of the Duluth area, especially near where the Wal-Mart had been proposed, have been extremely concerned about the impact of such construction on their home values.
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