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April 1, 2015 | forsythherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 14
Dudgeon introduces bill to incorporate Sharon Springs By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com
The Forsyth Central Silver Bulldogs 12-U team parades into Central Park.
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Central Park opens for the season By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — It’s time to play ball at Central Park, 2300 Keith Bridge Road, now that the spring season has officially started. On March 21, teams gathered for a parade and seasonopening ceremony at the park. Greg Blitz, president of the Central Park Baseball and Softball Booster Club, said they are the only county park that puts on an opening ceremony for baseball and
softball. “We’re all about making sure you have fun here at Central Park,” Blitz said. “This is where it starts with days like this.” Clayton Munnell, the youth supervisor for Central Park, said there are almost 370 baseball and softball teams playing in Forsyth County in the spring. “Without the volunteers, coaches and board members all over the county at all of the parks, we wouldn’t be able to put on a quality program and
have the amount of fun you have out here,” Munnell said. County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills was at the ceremony to give insight on youth sports and the beginning of Central Park. “This park really means so much to me because it almost wasn’t,” Mills said. “The thencommissioners did a bond and decided after the voters voted that they wanted to make it an amphitheater.” At the time, the county
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January of 2016,” Dudgeon said. ATLANTA — State Rep. Mike Until Dudgeon (R-South Forsyth/ then, DudJohns Creek) introduced geon plans House Bill 660 on March 25, on holding legislation that would initiate at least three a referendum to incorporate public meetthe city of Sharon Springs in ings, two of DUDGEON southern Forsyth County. which he “We have discussed this hopes to hold in the fall. idea for several months, and “During this time of year, based on the positive results people get distracted with from the Carl Vinson survey, summer and we have a lot of I have decided to begin this people in our area who go out legislative proof town for the cess,” Dudgeon summer and said. “I am esit’s hard to get pecially encourtheir attenaged that the tion,” Dudgeon study showed said. “We will no property tax have the most would be necesdebate in the sary to fund the fall when people city.” are back and The stanin the swing to dard cityhood talk about this process in the issue.” House requires Along with proposed citythe public STATE REP. MIKE DUDGEON hood legislation R-South Forsyth/Johns Creek meetings, Dudto be introgeon is hoping duced a year to gauge his before it can be considered constituents’ views on the for a vote, so although the possible city. bill was officially introduced “I am looking not to my March 25, it cannot be colleagues but the communiconsidered for passage until ty first,” Dudgeon said. “The 2016. way I look at it is in multiple “I want to have a robust phases. First, we started with public debate over the pros an idea. Then we need to get and cons of a new city for the support for the idea. We used rest of this year before maka study to see if it’s feasible, ing a final decision to push and I got enough positive the bill when we return for the next legislative session in See BILL, Page 4
I am looking not to my colleagues but the community first.”
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