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🌱 How a line drawn at Leesburg still shapes your tax bill

Leesburg, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Leesburg! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a line drawn at Leesburg still shapes your tax bill

Also on today's calendar: Safe Haven Teen Event and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 89 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 73.
  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 95 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The industrial park filled, Lee County's tax base didn't notice (albanyherald.com) — Lee County leaders are debating whether two decades of planning around Leesburg have truly shifted the tax burden off homeowners, even after filling an industrial park and expanding utilities and emergency services. A 2002 decision using Leesburg as the dividing line for dense subdivision growth preserved rural land but left residential property carrying nearly 70% of the tax digest. Officials now argue over whether limited industry, stalled hospital plans, and rising home values were ever within the county’s control.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Albany

  • SmAlbany Poets Gives Voice to Albany's Youth (southgatv.com)
  • New name, same mission: Albany soup kitchen reopens on the Southside (walb.com)
  • Dougherty County superintendent to answer parents' biggest questions before new school year (walb.com)

Dawson

  • $7.2 Million Bridge Replacement Project Awarded for Dade County (discoverdade.com)

Ok Leesburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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