By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com

Growth near the South Fulton Parkway is starting to move forward.

Last week, the Fulton County Commission gave approval to a 600-home development near the parkway called Cedar Grove.

The development features single-family homes, and Commissioner Bill Edwards said the development was approved only after the developers and residents near the property met.

"We sent them in the back room and they finally agreed on what the development should look like," Edwards said.

The residents got the developers to agree to build the homes with at least three sides bricked.

But the fulton County Commission was not so charitable with other developers who wanted to build in unincorporated South Fulton County.

"We turned down a project on Will Lee Road. They wanted to build 45 homes, but it just wasn't right for the area," Edwards said.

The commissioner is encouraged by the number of developers who are looking at South Fulton, but said other considerations need to be discussed.

"We need to also be talking about quality of life issues. It doesn't do any good to build a $300,000 home on a landfill," he said.

Edwards chaired a meeting Tuesday night (see related story) to address such issues as traffic, health and other quality of life issues.