A developer wants to build 280 homes next to Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Gwinnett County community that has supported the sanctuary for 40 years has questions.
Middleburg Communities is asking Gwinnett County to rezone nearly 30 acres along Stone Mountain Highway near Lilburn for a mixed-residential development including single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes. The property sits along the Yellow River, a few hundred feet from the fence line of Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary.
Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson talked to Jonathan Ordway, who has owned the sanctuary for seven years. Ordway said he has concerns about noise, security and what hundreds of new neighbors would mean for the 150 animals in his care, including bears, wolves, spider monkeys and river otters…