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An agritourist magnet in Bulloch County
Hunter Cattle has grown in unexpected ways
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Thousands of school children from multiple counties have come to Hunter Cattle Co. for a sample of the farm experience. Here, Richmond Primary School students ride in a trailer for a tour in March.
Hunter Cattle Company didn't start out to be a magnet for agritourism, but it didn't start out to be an award-winning natural-fed meat business, either. Between days when she takes groups of 100 to 150 or more school kids on tours, Kristan Fretwell gave a reporter and his son a short tour and talked about how her family's business keeps developing in seemingly accidental ways. "Whenever we started, we started raising the meats just for our family, and never intended on having this business, and sure enough people just kept on asking to buy meats, and we just keep growing and growing," she said.
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Development chief and commissioner report: Homes ‘in pipeline’ exceed Bulloch’s alleged ‘housing deficit’
Private investors’ Statesboro, Brooklet and rural area projects could yield 8,800 residences in 5 years
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James Pope, center, Bulloch County's planning and development director, and Dal Cannady, left, communications director, position the slide for Pope's Aug. 5 update on the number of housing units in various permitting stages through to construction. Behind them, on the dais, is Commissioner Ray Davis, who requested the report and commented on it. (AL HACKLE/staff)
A recent report by the county's Planning and Development Director James Pope with commentary by Commissioner Ray Davis suggests that developers already have more than enough homes planned and "in the pipeline" to meet Bulloch County's alleged housing deficit — that is, based on raw numbers of housing units. The brief, informal report and summation during the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners regular meeting on Aug. 5 did not address housing types or affordability.
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