Forsyth push for cityhood gets thumbs-up

A group looking to establish a limited-services city in southern Forsyth County said a feasibility study by the Carl Vinson Institute shows the proposed city would be financially viable.

The Sharon Springs Alliance commissioned the University of Georgia study as part of the push for a new municipality that would handle planning and zoning, code enforcement and solid waste functions. The study concluded the city could stand on its own without the need for a large tax increase, use of local option sales tax money or a jump in property taxes. The study said annual city revenues would exceed expenditures by some $2.7 million.