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Planning board gives thumbs-down to poultry plant
Proposal now goes before Hall County Board of Commissioners
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People raise thier hands at Monday night's Hall County Planning Commission meeting to indicate their oposition to a proposed poultry processing facility in East Hall. - photo by J. Bryan Stiles
The Hall County Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend denial of a poultry company’s proposal to build a 5,000-square-foot processing plant off Timberridge Road near Joe Chandler Road in East Hall. Z-H Farms LLC, represented by Gainesville lawyer Ryan Reid, met a roomful of opposition to its proposal to “produce an all-natural, organic, antibiotic-free, free-range chicken” on an 81-acre site. “In order to meet customer (specifications), we are going to process the birds on the farm,” states paperwork filed with the county.