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Old 09-17-2013, 07:41 PM
 
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Please help us to gain control over the thousands of new homes the county commissioners are approving to develop. Go to forsythhoa.org and sign the petition. Join our Facebook page and get involved before it's too late!! There is an article in the Cumming Patch. Not sure if I'm allowed to leave the link?

Forsyth HOAs Team To Oppose High-Density Developments - Government - Cumming, GA Patch
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Old 09-17-2013, 07:53 PM
 
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Please help us to gain control over the thousands of new homes the county commissioners are approving to develop. Go to forsythhoa.org and sign the petition. Join our Facebook page and get involved before it's too late!! There is an article in the Cumming Patch. Not sure if I'm allowed to leave the link?

Forsyth HOAs Team To Oppose High-Density Developments - Government - Cumming, GA Patch
I hate to say it but Forsyth is a victim of its own success. High quality living is always going to attract increased density and urbanization.

And just to put it in perspective, think about all the poor souls who moved to Forsyth county a dozen years ago, thinking they were finally going to get some permanent elbow room. Suddenly 100,000 new people moved in on them, without any warning whatsoever! Talk about being crowded it out.

In all fairness, can these newcomers now turn around and complain that the next wave is going to destroy their quality of life?

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Old 09-18-2013, 08:03 AM
 
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We aren't against new development. We are against new development of 2000 homes all at once with no new schools planned, no new roads planned, no roads planned to be widened, no new sports facilities etc etc. The planning board is even against some of them but the county commissioners don't care and just pass them all. One even admitted that "he was given money by developers to be re-elected so he has a responsibility to developers as well as the citizens he represents", really?
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Old 09-18-2013, 08:43 AM
 
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We aren't against new development. We are against new development of 2000 homes all at once with no new schools planned, no new roads planned, no roads planned to be widened, no new sports facilities etc etc. The planning board is even against some of them but the county commissioners don't care and just pass them all. One even admitted that "he was given money by developers to be re-elected so he has a responsibility to developers as well as the citizens he represents", really?
Well, I'm a strong neighborhood advocate.

But you have to remember that on average Forsyth county adds about 10,000 new residents a year. That's what has enabled Forsyth to achieve the high standard of living and excellent schools that it has today.

Accommodating those 10,000 new residents every year requires a lot of sustained, high speed building. As land becomes more scarce it also requires more density and urbanization. To be honest those 2000 homes will barely put a dent in next year's demand.

It's growing pains and there's no way around it.

Fortunately the government and the board of education up there don't mess around. They've been dealing with this kind of growth for a long time. It may take a brief catch-up period but history shows us they will get the job done. After all, they've been absorbing 10,000 a year for over a decade.

In my opinion, Forsyth would be best served by laying down the bones for good development while it still has the chance -- street grids, light rail and BRT corridors, livable town centers, and so forth. In another 20 years Forsyth will be larger than the city of Atlanta, and you can see how much difficulty we've had trying to retrofit for infrastructure after the fact.
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Old 09-18-2013, 09:23 AM
 
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My question is with all of the new residents moving into Forsyth will it continue to be the most staunchly Republican county in metro Atlanta?
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Old 09-18-2013, 10:08 AM
 
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As a potential buyer, if we don't want our middle & specially high school to be redistricted, should we not buy in Forsyth? Thanks
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Old 09-18-2013, 01:21 PM
 
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When you've got 10,000 people a year moving in there will always be change and diversity. For Forsyth that breaks down down to nearly 200 new people every week!

So it's hardly surprising that developers and the county are scrambling to get some higher density developments out of the ground. At some point you simply have to start putting folks a little closer together or the tsunami of low-density, auto-based sprawl will overwhelm everything.

Fortunately Forsyth has become very good at handling this sort of wildfire growth. They got in on the ground floor and created a modern zoning code designed to create walkable, livable communities. It's the envy of many other jurisdictions.
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Old 09-18-2013, 02:04 PM
 
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As a potential buyer, if we don't want our middle & specially high school to be redistricted, should we not buy in Forsyth? Thanks
A friend of ours has 5 kids living in N Fulton county. The first 2 kids graduated from Roswell HS. The next 2 kids went to Milton HS (one graduated). Now the last 2 kids will graduate from Roswell HS. All while living in the same house and the boundaries changed during the re-districting and the new Cambridge HS opened up fall of 2012.

People will flock to areas with excellent schools - it could in N Fulton, Forsyth, Cobb, etc.

How old are your kids?
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Old 09-18-2013, 05:01 PM
 
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@mich2fla 12 & 6 years old
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Old 09-18-2013, 05:26 PM
 
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A friend of ours has 5 kids living in N Fulton county. The first 2 kids graduated from Roswell HS. The next 2 kids went to Milton HS (one graduated). Now the last 2 kids will graduate from Roswell HS. All while living in the same house and the boundaries changed during the re-districting and the new Cambridge HS opened up fall of 2012.

People will flock to areas with excellent schools - it could in N Fulton, Forsyth, Cobb, etc.

How old are your kids?
I have a similar story-- friend with 4 kids, 3 high schools, three middle and two elementarys. Same house all those years.

Again, you should buy in a strong, healthy school district and be confident that all the surrounding attendance zones are good.
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