Some Gum Branch residents want their city to stay the way it is. City Council and community members gathered Monday evening at City Hall to discuss the future of the small, rural city just west of Hinesville.The Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission held its ninth of 12 community-planning meetings in Gum Branch to gather input for the 2040 Liberty County Comprehensive Plan. The plan acts a guide for the development of the county during the next 25 years.