St. George Crossing Workforce Housing

At a glance

  • What: Workforce housing at St. George Crossing under the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative: 24 townhomes and 27 single-family homes priced from $125,000 to $290,000.
  • Where it stands: A June 15 agreement with the developer, Abebe Ventures LLC, set funding at $3,020,000 (OneGeorgia grant $2,496,190, City $100,000, developer $423,810). On September 21 Council awarded the infrastructure contract (project PE24218) to the low bidder, Shockley Plumbing, at $2,930,454.00.
  • Next: Construction progress and any change orders.

Details

  • Figures are from draft minutes read from a scanned document and may contain small OCR errors.
  • Built from the City's posted agenda packets and the draft (unapproved) minutes embedded in later packets, read from scanned documents; no approved minutes or video exist.

Sources

Log

2026-06-15 - City Council

  • Agreement with the developer approved; funding split recorded.

2026-09-17 - Utilities Committee

  • Bids opened.

2026-09-21 - City Council

  • Contract awarded to the low bidder with Resolution 2026-09-01.