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Tammy and David Owens (right) point out details about their rezoning request to Commissioner Tracy Norman as county attorney Chip Ferguson looks on at the BOC meeting on Monday. The commissioners voted 4-1 to waive paving requirements for a Yancey Road property. (ANDY JOHNSTON/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Tammy and David Owens (right) point out details about their rezoning request to Commissioner Tracy Norman as county attorney Chip Ferguson looks on at the BOC meeting on Monday. The commissioners voted 4-1 to waive paving requirements for a Yancey Road property. (ANDY JOHNSTON/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

BOC approves withdrawal of Bowen Farm cell tower request

Bridget Goodman
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
The Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners unanimously accepted APC Towers LLC’s withdrawal of a request Monday night to put a 259-foot communications tower on Bowen Farm Road.
A public notice sign for the cell tower stands along 202 Bowen Farm Road in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on March 23. The tower is proposed to be built beyond the sign in the open land behind. (Photo/Emilie Sullivan)

A public notice sign for the cell tower stands along 202 Bowen Farm Road in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on March 23. The tower is proposed to be built beyond the sign in the open land behind. (Photo/Emilie Sullivan)

Residents oppose, board denies cell tower on Bowen Farm Road

Emilie Sullivan
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Two cell tower proposals met different fates at the Oglethorpe County Zoning Board meeting on March 19.