Fairburn residents

may soon look back at the 1990s growth rate of 34 percent as the "good

old days" of slow growth.

City Administrator

Tony Cox delivered a growth update to the City Council Monday night, and

the results are astounding.

In the report,

Cox said the city has seen 500 new housing units completed in the last

few month. He said the average household in the Atlanta region has 2.5

members, so Fairburn has grown by 1,250 residents since the U.S. Census

figures came out last year.

"We've

grown another 23 percent in the last year," Cox said.

But the staggering

figure is that there are still 2,219 homes approved that are still in

the construction phase. Using the same household numbers, 5,547 more residents

will soon call the city home.

"Can we

go