Fair Play braces for change

Change doesn’t stand still for anyone. And that may especially be true in Fair Play, a community with an interstate running thru it. Those at yesterday’s community meeting learned of a major highway project in the works. Fair Play residents also were told that the availability of piped sewer and the eventual development of the Golden Corner Commerce Park mean development for what still is quiet and rural. But, for how long? Tony Adams of the Fair-Oak Youth Center said the coming of sewer and a spec building will mean change. And Edda Cammick, chairwoman of Oconee County Council, said engineering work is about to start on a project to upgrade the tricky intersection of highways 59, 182, and 243—also known as the Yoder store intersection. Fair Play resident Marty Wallen loves Fair Play life and doesn’t mind it all driving to work an hour and a half each day beyond the I-85/385 interchange, as long as he can return each night to the quiet of his community. Wallen also believes that fast-growing Greenville will reach a saturation point in home building and eventually people will turn to places like Fair Play to get away from the fast pace of a large city.