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Tiny Rest Haven is at crossroads between history and progress
New Road, Bufords influence are hamlets future
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Angels of Earth owner Billy Angel has seen many changes throughout the years in Rest Haven. He is aware of the road-widening project that will put a sidewalk directly in front of his store front. The Ga. 13 road widening from Buford to Lanier Islands Parkway/Ga. 347 in South Hall could start late this fall or spring 2017.
Landy McDaniel hasn’t seen much change in his 33 years pastoring the church that sits atop a hill above Rest Haven, a tiny city straddling Gwinnett and Hall counties. “There’s just a whole lot more used car lots in it,” he said. Car lots and other businesses now dominate about a 1-mile stretch of Atlanta Highway/Ga. 13, which threads through the center of the town.