All utilities in the development will be underground, and water and

sewer services will be provided by the City of Fairburn.

David Williams, Killearn president, noted that Durham Lakes is the organization's

seventh golf course community. He added that 2004 is not only the 150th

anniversary of Fairburn but is also the 40th anniversary of the Killearn

organization.

Pointing to work already underway on the golf course, he also told the

crowd that the first 10 homes in the community are already under construction

Killearn founder J.T. Williams expressed appreciation to the City of

Fairburn for allowing the groundbreaking to be a part of the city's

sesquicentennial celebration. "We're delighted to be part of

Fairburn," he said. Williams also thanked the city officials for

taking part in Killearn's event. "I want to thank the mayor

and council for taking part in the celebration. If we don't have

the cooperation of the government, we just can't make a success

of it," he said, adding that "Fairburn is a great place for

a Killearn community."

Golf architect Pool described the new Durham Lakes course as "a

championship golf course that everyone can play." He said the course

will have deep bunkers, large greens, and wide fairways."

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the crowd moved to a tee which had

been set up for the occasion at the future site of the 18th hole's

tee box, and led by Fairburn Mayor Hannah, the officials and other attendees

were able to hit some of the first tee shots ever at the Durham Lakes

course.

Killearn was founded in 1964 in Tallahassee, Fla., with the idea of

creating communities catering to the lifestyles of the upwardly-mobile

middle class in Florida's capital city. Among the Florida projects

were two 4,000-acre master planned communities, Killearn Estates and

Killearn Lakes Plantation, which includes Golden Eagle Country Club.

Since entering the Georgia market and relocating its headquarters to

the Eagle's Landing area of Stockbridge in the late 1980s, the company

has developed four Georgia golf club communities, including Eagle's

Landing in Stockbridge, Eagle's Brooke in Locust Grove, and Waterfall

Country Club at Lake Burton and Kingwood Golf Club and Resort in the

North Georgia mountains near Clayton.

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