The people lost this round.
More than a dozen College Lakes residents showed up to a Fayetteville City Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 25, carrying signs that protested a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station proposed for the entrance of their north Fayetteville neighborhood.
The neighbors, many of whom are retirees, are worried about traffic congestion and environmental concerns at an already-busy intersection of McArthur Road and Stacy Weaver Drive. They opposed a rezoning request that would allow the store and gas station to be built…