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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Church vs. garbage facility
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today may be the day a Catholic congregation learns if gabarge facility will open up next door to their church.
Members of The Holy Vietnamese Martyrs’ Mission, which is in an old car dealership near the intersection of I-85 and Beaver Ruin Road, has vehemently opposed the facility. A developer wants to build the garbage transfer station on abandoned property down the road from the church. The 4,000-member church has been there two years.
The Gwinnett County Commission is to vote on the issue during its 2p.m. meeting today. County officials can expect a large turn-out from the congregation; on Sunday, the church held a vigil to draw attention to the issue.
“We’ve got a garbage problem in the county, but you don’t put a transfer station next to a church,” said Archdiocese spokeswoman Patricia Chivers.
Amen.
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