In a win for Black landowners, Georgia’s highest court unanimously sided with Gullah Geechee communities in a long-standing zoning battle on Sapelo Island. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had stopped a referendum to consider repealing a revised zoning ordinance passed by McIntosh County officials two years ago. A […] The post Georgia’s Highest Court Sides With Sapelo Island Residents to Put Land Battle on Ballot appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
LaFayette Food: Pilgrim’s is investing $400 million to build a prepared foods facility in Walker County in several phases. The company, which already operates seven food production facilities in the state employing some 7,500 people, will begin hiring in 2027 for the first phase, creating 630 jobs at full capacity. The facility will produce a variety of fully cooked chicken...| Georgia Trend Magazine
A petition filed in probate court met the signature threshold to force a county-wide vote on Hogg Hummock zoning, but the county is suing to prevent a referendum.| The Current