the development is finished, Senoia will have a very upscale entrance

to the city.

That's the

assessment of landscape architect Dennis Drewer, who has designed plans

for a new commercial development rising on Senoia's western border on

Ga. Highway 16.

The development

has come under fire from Cumberland residents, who are at the back of

the new development.

Residents started

complaining when the site was levelled last year and were demanding a

stop work order until the site was replanted.

Drewer told

the City Council Tuesday that he could only work with the present site,

and could not go back and replant it like it was.

But, he pledged

the landscape would be very eye-appealing and said the plan actually goes

above the requirements in the city's landscape development ordinance.

He said the

back part of the property would be planted with a variety of trees, and

the rows would be spaced to offer additional screening for residents in

the subdivision.

The entrance

to the property would feature a row of oaks, which he said would make

a nice entrance to the city.

Barry Hulsey,

who lives in Cumberland, said he hoped this council would be different

than the past one who allowed the property to be levelled.

"The previous

council sucked up to developers," he said.

Mayor Dianne

Cleveland made it clear where she stood on the issue.

"We're

not going to suck up to anybody," she said.

The planting

at the development will start in the early spring, after the paving work

and sprinkler installation is complete.