Pine Mountain residents fight plans for children's community
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Posted 11:42AM on Tuesday, February 4, 2003
PINE MOUNTAIN - Residents of Pine Mountain in west Georgia are trying to derail plans for a community that would house abused, neglected and orphaned children from around the world. <br>
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Some say the proposed 910-acre World Children's Center would disrupt the quiet town in Harris County. The center is projected to cost $250 million. <br>
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Opponents also question businessman Donald Whitney's motives. <br>
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They plan to fight the plan Tuesday night during a meeting by the Harris County Commission on whether to rezone 541 acres from agricultural to Planned Commercial Development. <br>
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The county's planning commmission already has denied Whitney's zoning request, but the county commission is not bound by that decision.