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Operation Save Clayton County, Georgia

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Real Estate Agent with The Real Estate Gallery of Georgia, LLC

Clayton County, Georgia is a wonderful place to live.  I've lived in the county now for about 13 years.  Clayton County is only 15-20 minutes from downtown Atlanta and is within close proximity to Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport; in fact, a portion of the airport lies within this county. 

The biggest advantage of this county, in my opinion, is its 'affordability'.  The property taxes are lower and an individual or family can buy a larger house for less money than its neighboring counties.  It's also common to have a house with a good amount of land.  There are also many beautiful areas and sights to see.

Unfortunately, reports of crime and low test scores in some of its schools have had a negative impact on the county.  My hope is that the school system, city and county officials and the community at large will ban together to fight crime and to improve education so that Clayton County will become a more desirable place in which to live.

As a Realtor, I enjoy selling 'good real estate' - properties that have stood the test of time.  Clayton County has some beautiful homes.  I've had the privilege to list many homes in Clayton that were of quality construction with beautiful land. 

In my mission to save the integrity and property values in Clayton County, I recently coordinated a Special Town Hall Meeting for Realtors.  In this meeting, school and county officials gave the vision and plans for the new Clayton County, which will include improved schools, reduced crime, new mixed-use developments and desirable shopping areas.  These plans will hopefully begin soon. 

Please join me in my mission to save Clayton County and if you are looking to move to South Atlanta, consider Clayton County, the beautiful.      

 

Anonymous
Michael Byrd
I'll try this again.  I am a retired Army Officer and have resided in Clayton County since 2002, two years prior to retiring.  When I was a Lieutenant, I was stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia and would come to the metro Atlanta area at least once a month.  There was absolutely nothing for a 22-25 year old black professional male to do in Hinesville, Ga., so I came here to enjoy myself.  Back then Clayton County was a place great for shopping, visiting, etc.  Again in my military career, I was stationed at Fort Stewart from 1995 to 1997 and I would come to Clayton County for entertainment, visitation with old college friends, etc and I enjoyed the area.  As my career was winding down in Wiesbaden, Germany, I decided to use Fort McPherson as my culminating assignment and bought a house in Clayton County.  I officiate college and high school basketball so I wanted to be near the interstates to facilitate travel to and from my game sites.  My sponsor told me "if you have kids, you don't want to live in Clayton County" but I chose this county anyway based on several factors, none the least.   It is amazing that over the last several years, it seems to be getting worse and not better.  I recently received a telephone call from one of my college classmates while I was out of town on business with the words, "what in the hell, is going on in Clayton".  He proceeded to tell me about the father being killed in front of his kids and the realtors meeting with elected officials.  There must be some strategic plan and process initiated to clean this image.  The image is tarnished based on views of both internal and external on lookers.  I put little blame on educators as they can only teach the students assigned to them and the police only can pursue criminals based on community support and information retrieved from the scenes.  We all have a role to fix the problems here in the county. 
Jun 24, 2007 01:40 PM
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Altimese Dees
The Real Estate Gallery of Georgia, LLC - Jonesboro, GA
Thank you for replying to 'Operation Save Clayton County, Georgia.'  You gave some very interesting points.  Specifically, in your last sentence, you say, "We all have a role to fix the problems here in the county?"  Please explain those roles.  Thanks.
Jun 25, 2007 04:07 AM