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13 candidates, 5 elections
Council candidates answer the important questions ►►PAGES 4, 6, 9, 10
Regions look for champs Friday football has playoff implications ►►PAGE 26
Local teen gets national recognition Evan Barnard named Eco-Hero ►►PAGE 32
October 29, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 43
Council turns focus to economic development Consultants give city strategies for economic development plan By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek is in a war – a war for economic prosperity –and the City Council has made it a “high priority” for the city to
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Elena Araoz as Peter Pan gets some instructions from technical director Andrew Howard. Araoz is filmed digitally on the white backdrop. The scenery is added digitally later, and she will appear to fly.
Christian Youth Theater brings ‘Peter Pan’ To Johns Creek You will see children fly By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Do your children really believe kids can fly? Well, they will after the Christian Youth Theater’s production of “Peter Pan” coming in November to Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church. Yes, Peter, Wendy Darling and her brothers Michael and John will soar – with a little digital help. And young and old will be amazed.
That’s right. Peter and the Darling children will fly digitally with the help of 21st century special-effects magic. After nine years of appearing at the Milton Center in Alpharetta, CYT could not even get a return call about using the theater this year. But it all turned out for the best, said Artistic Director Pat Valleroy. “I guess it was a God thing,” Valleroy said. “We are doing something incredible with the help of Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church. We’ve waited 11 years to fly, and now we’re going to do it.” Lacking a stage with the space to allow “traditional”
stage flying, the CYT group is using 21st century technology to tell the 20th century story of the boy who refused to grow up. CYT Atlanta produces five productions a year but this the first that will use digital special effects to make the actors fly. They stand and act before a white screen to be filmed. Then they are digitally placed in front of the digitized scenery and viola: they fly. “It is a huge cast – we have 74. But we have lots of Lost Boys and lots of Indians,” Valleroy said. “And Pirates
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be competitive. That is why the council enlisted the services of the Strategic Planning Group to help formulate a strategy for economic growth. What the
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Parsons Rd. Bridge open at last GDOT gives final OK for delayed project By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The sun didn’t come out Monday, Oct. 26, but commuters were
singing a happy tune after Johns Creek Public Works employees removed the barriers and opened thru-traffic on Parsons Road again after nine months. The road had been closed after it was deemed the 50-year-old bridge had served its usefulness and a total replacement was required. The
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Monday, Johns Creek Public Works employees take down the barriers to open up Parsons Road again.