| Dear Neighbors:
Georgia Power has stated their intention to build an Electric Substation at the corner of of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center Parkway.
This proposed construction is a potential threat to our neighborhood. Similar projects in other parts of our community have resulted in the deterioration of the residential nature of the neighborhood which is so important in maintaining the quality of life that we enjoy now. Please join me and others in protesting this blight on our community. Visit the http://nosubstation.org web site today and complete the online petition. Let Georgia Power and your state and local representatives know how you feel about this proposed plan.
Ashford Forest, Oak Forest and the other neighborhoods that straddle Ashford Dunwoody Road are very residential areas. Our close proximity to large corporate and commercial centers makes our location enviable from a residential standpoint, but also makes us prime candidates for industrial encroachment.
Nevertheless, the division between the corporate, commercial, retail and residential areas could not be more starkly evident. As Ashford Dunwoody Road crests the hill at Perimeter Summit Parkway (aptly named), it becomes very obvious that you’ve entered into a residential area, where children ride bicycles and walk to the local elementary school. To this point, the division between the residential and commercial areas has been well maintained by the greenspace buffer that makes up the southern border of Perimeter Summit Parkway. We, the residents of this community, believe that this division needs to be maintained.
Georgia Power's Proposal Georgia Power has already addressed the challenges they would face in building a substation on this portion of land. They have admitted that they have never attempted to build a substation of this magnitude on a piece of land roughly only one acre in size. According to Georgia Power representatives, they recognize that they might have to take different measures to erect the substation and guarantee its success. The implications of these admittances are unclear, but residents might postulate the company’s future interest in buying up more space. If so, the amount of possible industrial sprawl is uncertain, but the impact of the sprawl on the entire community would most certainly be detrimental. There is simply no way to guarantee how and when industrial growth could be curtailed once it gets a foothold in our door.
There are already two different Georgia Power substations in a close proximity, and it is important to note their more appropriate location. The first substation lies within the 4600 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road, across from the California Pizza Kitchen restaurant. The second substation lies behind the Cambridge Square shopping center off of Johnson’s Ferry Road. Both of these substations sit a discrete distance off of the road, and both substations are surrounded by commercial, not residential, areas. Can Georgia Power not find a similarly appropriate location now?
Please act now before it's too late... the future of our neighborhood is at stake.....
Sincerely,
Citizens Opposed to the Ashford Dunwoody Electric Substation
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