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February 13, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 32, No. 7
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Tiny Town teaches tykes Church stresses community integration By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Kindergartners at the Alpharetta Presbyterian Church Day School were given a tour of the town Feb. 4 and 5 as part of their Tiny Town program. Miniature storefronts and a City Hall kept the kids entertained while they learned about the places they might go during a day. They could do everything from a landscaping business where they plant pansies, to a hardware store where they
can hammer in plastic nails to a post office where they can make and send their own postcards. “This gives the children a chance to learn more about their community and be involved,” said Lara Moore, one of the organizers of Tiny Town, along with Ashley Edney and Crystel Patrick. “The stations encapsulate places where they might go.” For 20 years, APC has run a day school for kindergartners, and they have 124 kids currently. For the last 10 years, APC
has had Tiny Town, allowing children to learn about the stores and people they might come into contact with, while also having fun. Along with the stores, members of the Alpharetta Public Safety Department helped teach safety. “They learn how and when to dial 911 and what to do in a fire,” said Officer Vincent Johnson with the Alpharetta Public Safety Department. Johnson, Officer John Allen and Deputy Fire Marshall John Kepler showed the kids safety tips and made sure to give out coloring books and stickers.
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to spell out the mechanics and standards expected in the construction, said Roswell Transportation Director Steve ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell’s City Acenbrak. Council agreed Feb. 10 to have “The discussions were another go at putting a traffic good,” Bodker said. “We not signal at Brumbelow Road and only covered this item, but Nesbit Ferry Road. Mayor Wood brought up the The newly configured Johns potential for working on other Creek City Council took a step border issues with Roswell.” Jan. 27 toward laying to rest The advantage of a joint one of the controversies of project is that it receives a higher the recent city elections when priority for federal funds if it is a it signed off on a memorantraffic improvement for multiple dum of understanding (MOU) jurisdictions. Other traffic issues between the city and Roswell could become joint North Fulton that will clear the path for a projects. Roswell and Alpharetta traffic signal at have both exBrumbelow Road pressed interest and Nesbit Ferry in working more Road. closely on joint In a Jan. 27 projects of mutual workshop, Johns interest. Creek Mayor Mike “Once two or Bodker brought more cities are for approval a involved, the feds memorandum consider it a reof understandgional project and ing that he and it gets a higher Roswell Mayor priority as well as Jere Wood had federal money,” MIKE BODKER hammered out. It Bodker said. Johns Creek Mayor followed closely “Traffic doesn’t the original MOU recognize borders. proposed by RoIf all parties agree swell with some modifications to the projects, it’s a win-win for made. everybody.” Johns Creek would build Also at the meeting, the the improvements, however vote on Roswell’s Unified Debecause the entirety of the velopment Code (UDC) was deintersection resides in Roferred to Feb. 24, after changes swell, Roswell wanted the were made to the ordinance intergovernmental agreement and its accompanying map.
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