Oconee County late last month issued a building permit for the third of three permitted buildings in the long dormant Legacy Building Park on Hog Mountain Road east of Butler's Crossing.

The exteriors of two 1,735 square-foot-buildings are completed. They were permitted in November of last year.

The third building, 2,950 square feet in size, was permitted on Feb. 28, and construction is underway.

The activity at the business park is reflective of the upturn in commercial construction in the county since the first of last year.

The 3.3-acre-tract was rezoned from residential to Office-Institutional-Professional use over the objections of some residents in nearby subdivisions in March of 2008 but was only partially developed and sat neglected until late last year.

For more, visit Oconee County Observations.