Planners: Braselton to have 10,300 citizens by 2023

BRASELTON - A planning expert predicts a population boom in Braselton over the next 20 years. <br> <br> By 2023, according to the report, the town is expected to hit 10,300 residents; the 2000 Census reported Braselton&#39;s population at just over one thousand. <br> <br> &#34;And there&#39;s nothing you can do about it,&#34; Joe Tichy is quoted as saying by Norton Native Intelligence Market Watch, a Norton Agency publication. &#34;You&#39;ve already plotted those lots.&#34; <br> <br> Tichy is Special Projects Coordinator for the Athens-based Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center, and he spoke recently at a public hearing on Braselton&#39;s comprehensive plan. <br> <br> Braselton now spans four counties and projected population numbers don&#39;t include the possibility of future annexations, according to the report.