Residents of

the Rico community met last night to organize their thoughts for opposing

a proposed juvenile home detention center in their neighborhood.

The center

would be on Rico Road and house six juvenile prostitutes, said resident

Anna Reid.

Reid said Kadee

Blacksmith has mailed out 200 flyers to residents to inform them of what

could be coming to their neighborhood.

"It would

be one thing if it would be run by Fulton County, but this would be a

private individual," Reid said.

Reid said many

of the neighbors are concerned about security and the facility. Proponents

claim the girls would be under 24-hour security to keep the people who

prey on them from the neighborhood, but the residents aren't convinced.

"Who's

going to watch them?" Reid said.

Residents have

already organized one community meeting, and are figuring out their strategy

for discussing it with Fulton County's Planning Committee.

The Planning

Committee will discuss the home at the South Fulton Annex on Stonewall

Tell Road at 7:30 p.m. June 19.