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Residents boo as Buford planners approve contentious warehouse

Hall County residents react in disappointment Tuesday, July 20, 2021, during a Buford Planning Commission at the Buford Arena. Dozens of residents attended the meeting to oppose a controversial warehouse development proposed on McEver Road. The planning commission approved the proposal which will go before the Buford City Commission next month. - photo by Scott Rogers

07212021 WAREHOUSE 8.jpg — Hall County residents react in disappointment Tuesday, July 20, 2021, during a Buford Planning Commission at the Buford Arena. Dozens of residents attended the meeting to oppose a controversial warehouse development proposed on McEver Road. The planning commission approved the proposal which will go before the Buford City Commission next month. - photo by Scott Rogers

Dozens of Buford and Hall County residents filled up one side of the bleachers Tuesday July 20 at Buford Arena in anticipation of a controversial plan to annex land in order to build two warehouse buildings totaling nearly 400,000 square feet.