By JOHN THOMPSON
Staff Writer

Curious Tyrone residents may want to make the trek to town hall Thursday night to get a glimpse at a possible new subdivision for the town.

Joel Cowan Jr. is asking the town's planning commission to rezone approximately 287 acres near the Windsong subdivision from its current category of a two acre building lot to a one acre minimum.

Town manager Barry Amos said Cowan's plan calls for building 169 houses on the tract located between Ashland Trail and Line Creek on the town's western border.

Since the site features some wetlands and a lake, the buildable area would only accommodate 169 building sites, Amos said.

Cowan is also asking the planning commission for a land map use amendment that would designate the property residential, instead of its current agricultural and forest listing.

If the name of the applicant sounds familiar to you, it should. Cowan is the son of Georgia Regional Transportation Authority chairman and Peachtree City founder Joel Cowan. GRTA was established by Gov. Roy Barnes to find a solution to the gridlock gripping the Atlanta region, and the senior Cowan is a proponent of quality development that will fit into a comprehensive traffic plan for the region.

Thursday night's planning commission meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Tyrone's town hall.