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Hall County's 'Mayberry,' Clermont is in no big hurry to grow
North Hall town bucks development as other areas speeds ahead
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Jo Carroll pulls off the side of the street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Clermont to get a newspaper from the box along Main Street. Clermont has more than 50 businesses spread across its city limits.
With its farms and quaint homes lining Main Street, Clermont is resisting the march by other Hall County cities toward progress with their fancy Starbucks coffee shops and homemade gelatos. And that’s OK by residents. “It’s just an old laid-back town,” said Eugene Turner, whose Whole Word Ministry runs a thrift store off Cleveland Highway/U.S. 129.