Cave Spring to Hold Solar Farm Q&A on Monday

The Cave Spring City Council will hold a special called meeting Monday, primarily to hear from a Georgia Power Co. representative about solar farms. A rezoning at the historic Vann Cherokee Cabin downtown also is on the agenda.

Council members are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. in City Hall, 10 Georgia Ave. The gathering — billed as a combination work session and meeting — is public.

A question and answer session with the Georgia Power representative will focus on the pending rezoning request to allow a solar farm on the edge of the city limits on an undeveloped Mill Street tract.

Connecticut-based TRC would have a 25-year lease on the property and representatives have been talking to the council about the site plan, technology, access road, erosion control, buffer, grading, and the extension of the project. Georgia Power is involved in the final design and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division also is monitoring the plans.

Two items are scheduled for action.

A first reading is expected on the Cave Spring Historical Society’s request to rezone 24 Broad St. to allow for construction of a 20-foot by 20-foot pavilion at the historic 1810 Vann Cherokee Cabin site.

Officials confirmed that the initial zoning of the parcel was incorrect and a resolution to start the rezoning process was approved earlier this month. Plans are for a second reading and adoption at the board’s regular August meeting.

Also, the Cave Spring Downtown Development Authority is asking permission to use city hall property for a Haunted History trolly tour on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The route will have 10 stops and a Confederate/Union soldier reenactment referencing the Civil War hospital that was operated inside the 1848 building that now serves as city hall. Details are still being finalized but they expect to set up tents that Friday night and to use table-top grills instead of open fires to cook food.