Want small town look? Stop all this building

Want

small town look? Stop all this building

This letter is in

response to a recent article I read in The Citizen. It

was about the city council wanting to restrict the number

of American flags a business is allowed to fly.

That is fine and good, but

what struck me is a quote from one to the members of the

council. He said, "We're adding more and more to the

sky glow, and getting further and further away from the

small town community that has made Fayetteville an

attractive community to move to."

I had to laugh and get mad

at the same time to that statement. Now is a fine time to

be worried about the "small town community"

thing, don't you think? I mean, you have gone way past

the small town pleasure Fayette County used to be 10 or

20 years ago. They have already gotten this town way past

the "small town community."

They have ruined that with

the building of the Pavilion and the other groups of

stores that have gone up in the past year or two. Now

they want to take a 110 acres of land and cram 203

houses, a hotel, offices and parks on it also, saying

that this will give an old town look to Fayette.

What is that? When has

anyone looked at a picture of old town Fayette and seen

110 acres of land with a bunch of stuff crammed on it?

That is not a small town look, I hate to tell them. What

a joke.

Fayette is overcrowded as

it is. It is time to stop all this building already and

time to stop clear-cutting subdivisions. I can remember

riding down Ga. Highway 85 and seeing nothing but trees,

and it not taking 15 minutes to do so. I am sure that

others can remember what old town Fayette really was and

what it really used to be. I have only lived here for 15

years or so and I know the changes that have taken place

since then.

These people need to

address the council and share with them what a

"small town community" is really supposed to

be, because I don't think they have any idea. Fayette is

starting to look a lot like Riverdale and, let me tell

you, that is not a pretty sight, nor is it anything close

to having a "small town community" feel to it.

I really just wish they

would stop this unneeded building already; they are

beginning to make this town undesirable. It isn't the

signs or what have you; it is all this building that is

ruining this town.

Angela Christensen

Fayetteville