Wendy Martin is worried that a proposed 246,000-square-foot shopping center on Dawsonville Highway will destroy the neighborhood she’s lived in almost her whole life. The Gainesville City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing and take the first of two votes that will determine whether a developer can build a commercial retail center that abuts the Lakeshore Heights subdivision off Ga. 53/Dawsonville Highway. The developer and other supporters said the project will add hundreds of jobs to the city and increase the local tax base.
Lakeshore Heights fights developer
Residents worry about effects of planned shopping center