January: Dennis Trudeau stepped down after 20 years as Grovetown mayor, with George James as successor.

A Publix supermarket planned for the intersection of Washington Road and William Few Parkway received preliminary plat approval Thursday from the Columbia County Planning Commission.

Deanne Hall officiated her last Columbia County Planning Commission meeting Thursday. A new county ordinance, recently approved by the U.S. Justice Department, required Hall to step down as chairwoman.

Columbia County Planning Commission recommended a rezoning Thursday that will allow for a new Evans shopping center.

...for commercial in mid-2007 for a proposed Tractor Supply store, said Jeff Browning, the county's director of planning and development. That plan did not materialize. The additional 10 acres would allow developers to shift the apartment...

The application to rezone 1,500 acres of land slated to become the second phase of Riverwood Plantation will go before the Columbia County Commission at a 2 p.m. meeting Tuesday.

Design guidelines for commercial developments near the intersection of Evans to Locks and Furys Ferry roads might soon undergo changes.

Columbia County Commission agreed to withdraw a proposal to rezone 27 acres of residential property on Blanchard Road for professional use at its meeting Tuesday.

The rezoning application for Riverwood Plantation West goes to the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 20 for approval after clearing the planning commission at its meeting Thursday.