Monday, March 18, 2013
The City Council is scheduled to consider approval or denial of a request by WellStar to obtain a permit to allow the company to build a health park and hospital.
A proposed development that's become a point of contention between Cherokee County and Holly Springs will come up for a vote tonight. The Holly Springs City Council will meet tonight and will consider WellStar Health System's requested the city rezone 62 acres at the southwest corner of Sixes Road at Interstate 575 from general commercial and mixed use to entirely general commercial. WellStar has also requested to obtain a conditional use permit to operate an institution similar to a hospital and a hospice facility or personal care home. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the Holly Springs Municipal Court chambers. If approved, WellStar would like to build the health park first and follow up with a hospital within the next seven to 10 …
The council will hear from staff at their work session at 6:30 p.m. today.
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Monday, March 18
Holly Springs City Council will hear a lot from Community Development Director Nancy Moon at their work session tonight. Moon will start the discussion on three agenda items: But she'll get a bit of a break when City Manager Rob Logan takes over to discuss a dumpster pad at City Hall. The work session starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Holly Springs Municipal Complex.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
The Marietta-based health care provider has penned a letter responding to some of the concerns laid out last week by the Cherokee County Commission.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Mayor Tim Downing is critical of the county's letter to the city that spells out its concerns about WellStar's proposed development.
Friday, March 15, 2013
The City Council and city staff will hold a one-day retreat on Saturday in Young Harris.
The Holly Springs City Council will head to Young Harris to plan for the year ahead. The council, along with the city's department heads, will hold a one-day retreat on Saturday at the Brasstown Valley Resort at 6321 US Highway 76 in Young Harris. The retreat will start at 9 a.m. City Manager Rob Logan said the council will hear from Stephen Macauley of Macauley-Schmit, who will discuss the proposed redevelopment project in downtown. The company has a proposal to redevelop land near the Community Center the city and the Downtown Development Authority owns into a mixed-use project that would possibly include multi-family residential rental, single family residential fee simple, retail, municipal government use and assisted living, Logan …
The Marietta-based health care provider has penned a letter responding to some of the concerns laid out last week by the Cherokee County Commission.
In what's becoming a war of words, WellStar Health System has written its own letter responding to concerns outlined by the Cherokee County Commission in the company's request to build a health park and hospital on Sixes Road at Interstate 575. WellStar is taking issues with County Chairman Buzz Ahrens who, on behalf of the commission, stated concerns about the development's impact on surrounding infrastructure and the impact of building a tax exempt hospital would have on the county's tax digest. WellStar's letter, penned by Marietta attorney Richard Calhoun, points out that Holly Springs records don't indicate the county expressed concerns about a 2005 rezoning of the property to general commercial to accommodate a 422,000 square foot …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Mayor Tim Downing is critical of the county's letter to the city that spells out its concerns about WellStar's proposed development.
Holly Springs Mayor Tim Downing is not mincing words in his response to a letter written by Cherokee County Commission Chairman Buzz Ahrens raising concerns about WellStar Health System's request to rezone property to build a health park and hospital on Sixes Road at Interstate 575. Reached on Monday, Downing took issue with the county's concerns about the development's impact on surrounding infrastructure and on the impact of building a tax exempt hospital would have on the county's tax digest. Downing said when Northside Hospital-Cherokee acquired property between Georgia Highways 20 and 140 to build their replacement hospital, the company did not have the appropriate infrastructure in place. "There was sufficient amount of time" to put…
Sunday, March 10, 2013
The Cherokee County Commission has drafted a letter to express reservations about WellStar Health System's proposal to build a health park and hospital in Holly Springs.
The Cherokee County Commission is weighing in on a Marietta-based health company's proposal to build a health park and hospital in Holly Springs. Cherokee County Chairman Buzz Ahrens, on behalf of the commissioners, has drafted a letter outlining its concerns about a request from WellStar for the city to rezone 62 acres at the southwest corner of Sixes Road at Interstate 575 from general commercial and mixed use to entirely general commercial. WellStar has also requested to obtain a conditional use permit to operate an institution similar to a hospital and a hospice facility or personal care home. If approved, WellStar would like to build the health park first and follow up with a hospital within the next seven to 10 years. The hospice …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Holly Springs City Council will hold its retreat next Saturday in Young Harris.
The Holly Springs City Council is planning a one-day trip to the north Georgia mountains for its retreat. The retreat will be held at the Brasstown Valley Resort at 6321 US Highway 76 in Young Harris. The retreat will start at 9 a.m. Saturday March 16. The council will discuss a slew of topics and informational items brought forth by city staff. Each city department head will discuss their specific departments with the council. The council will also review a downtown redevelopment project, which will be presented by Stephen Macauley. Keep up with Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch news by subscribing to our newsletters and following us on Twitter and Facebook!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Representatives with Northside Hospital-Cherokee expressed skepticism to the Holly Springs City Council about WellStar Health System's proposal to build a health park.
Dozens of residents who showed up at the Holly Springs City Council work session to hear what WellStar Health System has in store for the city were greeted with Northside Hospital-Cherokee raising questions on the company's proposals. WellStar has petitioned the city to rezone about 62 acres at the southwest corner of Sixes Road at Interstate 575 from general commercial and mixed use to entirely general commercial. It also requested to obtain a conditional use permit to operate an institution similar to a hospital and a hospice facility or personal care home. The City Council on Monday reviewed the request and is slated to vote on the proposals during its meeting on March 18. Officials with Northside expressed concerns over WellStar's …
