The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 357

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The small lots, Roberts said, don't meet today's standards for enough land for a septic field. "The city has lots of problems," Roberts said. Ball Ground now has about 400 water customers. Roberts said city leaders have yet to decide whether all would be required to sign on to sewage or they would be given the option. Roberts said it's probable that residents would be required to connect to the system because the grants the city is applying for require a minimum of about 70 percent participation, he said.

Also yet to be decided is how much city residents who hook on will have pay for the service. The county water authority now charges a $1,800 tap-on fee for new customers. Homeowners also pay the cost to run lines from the street to the house and make the needed connections. Roberts said the city would allow residents to finance the costs when it is finally determined. He said the council would probably waive any tap-on fee as well to make it more affordable.

"We are still putting this thing together. There are still a lot of answers yet to be found," Roberts said. By D.L Bennett STAFF WRITER For more than 20 years, Ball Ground officials have been eyeing sewage service as a way to energize the sleepy little hamlet. A city of about 1,000 residents, Ball Ground is much the same as it was 60 years ago, when the city population was 706. The population remained at that level until the 1990s, when the growth which has overwhelmed south Cherokee began creeping north.

Now, the City Council is looking to use sewage service as a way to attract commercial and residential development. "This is the future," said Mayor Rick Roberts. "This is so important for the future of the city. It's critical to the city's very existence." City residents will be invited to give their opinions at a public meeting set for Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

at the city library. The mayor said plans are now being drawn for a $2.2 million system that would allow the whole city to connect to sewer service at a line near the Cherokee County Airport. The city expects to take out a loan for about $600,000 and pay for the remainder with grants. The system would not only help city leaders attract growth, I Tn Village Blvd. i I I Holcombfoldae3L Georgia Backyard! (ALL ALL LOCATIONS AT 770-09-9000 PQQQ Visit us on the web www.geotgiobockyQid.com' Vertiport funding denied not share same vision that we did for the future of the state." The proposal was endorsed by companies including Lockheed Martin, as well as the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration and the county commissions of Chatham, Cherokee, Cobb and Fulton.

A vertiport would generate $175 million for the four counties, Johns said. The state instead awarded roughly $1.7 million in regional assistance funding for six other projects, including two in North Georgia. The northeast Georgia counties of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton will receive $37,000 for a feasibility study for the development of a research and industrial park. Hall, Rabun and White counties will receive $50,000 for a study of potential tourism attractions. Although Cherokee's failure to obtain regional assistance funding will delay development of the vertiport, its economic development team will look for other state and federal grants.

By Cheryl Crabb STAFF WRITER Cherokee County suffered a rnjor setback this week when the state denied funding for its proposed high-tech aviation center. The county had sought $1 million in Regional Assistance Program grants from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority to begin work on a vertiport to 1 accommodate vertical-takeoff "jets. The project would enable corporate executives to travel easily to other high-tech areas, as Research Triangle in 'North Carolina. It is considered a critical element of the county's proposed Technology Ridge busi- ness corridor along I-57S. "It would have created a hightech nonpolluting transportation 'system," said Kevin Johns, Cherokee's director of economic 'development and planning.

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