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Madison, Ga., Tries to Head Off Willy-Nilly Development.(Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)

MADISON, Ga.--Jun. 16--This town, which survived Sherman's march to the sea, is preparing defenses for an enemy far more insidious -- urban sprawl.

About 60 miles east of Atlanta off I-20, this historic town of 3,000 looks over its shoulder and sees suburbanization coming like kudzu. But leaders here and in surrounding Morgan County will not just let it happen; they are devising a strategy to manage it.

They started by forming Morgan County by Design, a nonprofit development corporation whose 14-member board of directors represents a cross-section of the county's working people. It is led by prominent Madison attorney E. Roy Lambert Jr., a native son and ...

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