Field Notes
What we have actually learned, published.
Occasional notes on how these projects actually go — what the ordinances say, what the opposition is made of, and what keeps working when everything else stops. No client work appears here.
Five kinds of opposition, and why they need five different answers
The people in the room at a contested rezoning are not one group, and the most common mistake a developer makes is answering all of them the same way.
18 September 2026
Where Georgia stands on data centers
A running list of Georgia moratoria, bans, and pending regulation affecting data center development, with the date of each action and a link to the source.
18 September 2026 · updated 18 September 2026
Corrections
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