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Alpharetta, Roswell best suburban cities By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Alpharetta has been named the No. 1 Best Suburban Atlanta City with Roswell close behind at No. 2. Johns Creek comes in at No. 10, but Milton was missing in action. Movoto, an Internet real estate services company, recently named the 10 best suburban communities in Atlanta and not surprisingly North Fulton
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Trevor Williams, supervisor of the Roswell Recycling Center, shows off pieces of broken plastic that cannot be recycled. Her facility turns 15 years old this month.
Happy birthday, Roswell Recycling Center! Hub of North Fulton recycling turns 15 in June By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. – Recycling has become a part of everyday life in the North Fulton communities. What used to be a fad is now commonplace – recycling bins come standard in many cities for trash pickup and the cities themselves hold regular recycling days.
See RECYCLE, Page 27
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Situated on 3 acres Facility is approximately 10,000 square feet In fiscal year 2014: The facility processed a total of 1,695 tons of recyclable materials; approximately 141 tons per month. ►► In order, the top three items recycled are cardboard (490 tons), metals (278 tons) and electronics (212 tons).
dominated. Alpharetta, Roswell and Johns Creek topped the list, but Milton was not among the 79 communities Movoto surveyed. It turns out, Milton missed it by a mile. That is, the survey looked at the top suburban cities within 30 miles of Atlanta’s epicenter. Milton is 31 miles from that point, so it never got to the starting blocks. “You have to draw the line
See BEST, Page 11
New hotel approved Offers ‘select service’ features By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A new 131-room hotel is approved to go across from the Avalon development. City officials heard the proposal May 26 for the “Even” hotel, 131 rooms and six stories tall. It would be situated on Kimball Bridge Road, near where it dead-ends on Westside Drive, and would be visible from Old Milton Parkway at Avalon. The approved version of the hotel is a slimmed down plan, said Kathi Cook, the city’s community development director. Originally, the applicant asked for 150 rooms and eight
It’s a new concept in hotel industry in the area. IHG will use it to market to their franchisees who want this use type.” KATHI COOK Alpharetta’s community development director
stories as well as parking on another parcel of land.
See HOTEL, Page 7