Sunday Edition June 30, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Bartow County proposes INSIDE Allatoona Overlay District Th e 2019 BY JAMES SWIFT junk vehicles. Summer
[email protected] “This should be our nicest part of the county on the lake, this edition of the The way Bartow County Zon- would be our highest value real ing Administrator Brandon John- estate,” he said, “and it’s not.” Th e Daily son sees it, the southernmost part A desire to change that is the of the county abutting Lake Alla- impetus behind what County offi - Tribune News’ toona ought be the most coveted cials describe as the proposed “Al- magazine, piece of property in Bartow. latoona Overlay District,” which Instead, it’s one of the most would cover large swaths of Bar- Discover heavily blighted parts of the com- tow’s southern tip from Cherokee RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS munity, pockmarked with dilapi- Street to Twin Pines Road. County offi cials have plans for a new “Allatoona Overlay Bartow dated mobile homes and car lots District” that would impact developments in southern Bar- that are essentially boneyards for SEE ZONING, PAGE 8A tow. DA discusses Holiday drug cases, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST brings mental increased health at public forum GSP BY JAMES SWIFT presence,
[email protected] When it comes to crime in closings Bartow County, Cherokee Ju- dicial Circuit District Attorney BY DONNA HARRIS Rosemary Greene said one com-
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