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Walton County board conditionally approves Holiday Inn Express; staff to verify paint colors, signage deferred

Walton County Development Review Board · November 7, 2025
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The Walton County Development Review Board recommended approval of a 104-room Holiday Inn Express conditional on staff verification of Munsell/Sherwin Williams color matches and with monument and directional signage excluded from tonight’s approval. Board members raised lighting and mechanical-screening visibility concerns.

The Walton County Development Review Board recommended approval of a major development application for a 104-room Holiday Inn Express on about 2.57 acres in District 5, with conditions requiring staff verification of the building’s Munsell/Sherwin Williams color matches and deferral of monument and directional signage. The decision moves the project forward to the Planning Commission and, later, a special magistrate and the Board of County Commissioners.

Curtis Smith, a civil engineer representing the project team, told the board the applicant has time under state rules but warned of a new state requirement: “there’s 180 day time…

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