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Mayor Wood sees vibrant, ‘walkable’ city center Will develop ‘Old Town Roswell’ By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
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In Milton, Hopewell Road was like so many others – clogged with traffic and abandoned vehicles.
Cities grapple with gridlock, snow
‘Frustrated’ crews respond to clogged traffic By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – If you ever wanted to know what Atlanta’s roads looked like with every resident driving on them, Tuesday, Jan. 28 should give a glimpse.
Schools, businesses and governments all shut down about the same time, turning workers out onto the streets at the same time. Variously called “Snowmageddon,” “Snowpocalypse,” or “SnOMG,” local governments were quickly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of motorists on the road and the worsening conditions throughout the day. A commute that would normally take 20 minutes turned into a 10-, 14- or 20-hour drive.
Alpharetta had 50 Public Works Department employees begin salting the roads as the snow began on Tuesday, said Public Works Director Pete Sewczwicz. Over the course of Tuesday and the following day, Sewczwicz said hundreds of tons of sand and salt were put down by workers working 12hour shifts. Unfortunately, as traffic grew, so did the problems.
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ROSWELL, Ga. – In Roswell Mayor Jere Wood’s annual State of the City address, Jan. 31, he spoke of new opportunities for the city to grow in its downtown area as part of a grand revitalization effort that is already underway. In addition to the vision for the City Hall green that will visually connect to Canton Street, Wood said the city will concentrate the city’s future growth primarily along the Ga. 9 (Atlanta Street) corridor south of Holcomb Bridge Road. “For 60 years, Roswell grew by converting vacant land into subdivisions and shopping centers. Today, there is almost no vacant land left,” Wood told business leaders of the city. “In the future, Roswell’s growth will occur in the corridor south of Holcomb Bridge including Canton Street.” Indeed, Canton Street will serve as a model of the kind of mixed-use environment in what Wood is calling “Old Town Roswell,” that will feature small-town living in a large suburban city. “Most of the area we are talking about is within the 1854 boundary of the city,” Wood said. “City growth will occur in Old Town Roswell by converting old strip centers and apartments into a walkable village.” The concept is to create a
2014 Capital Improvement Projects • $9M for Holcomb Bridge Road improvements • $3M traffic control system for Ga. 9; Ga. 92 • $1M roundabout at Houze and Hembree roads • $1.5M multipurpose trail east of Horseshoe Bend • $1M multipurpose trail along Eves Road • $700,000 bike track connecting Roswell Square and the river along Marietta Street • $1.5M for Old Alabama fire station • $3M to extend Chattahoochee Boardwalk to Nature Center • $2.5M for senior center therapeutic pool village-like atmosphere that will have the small shops, stores, businesses and restaurants that are close enough to visit by walking. People will be able to shop, do their errands and work without ever using their car. “In a walkable village, you can walk everywhere you normally need to go,” Wood said. “This means living close
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Two Johns Creek men went to the gym and returned with wallets a great deal lighter. Someone had stolen cash and credit cards. One victim said he was working out at the Lifetime Fitness on Johns Creek Parkway Jan. 12. When he finished his
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workout and returned to the locker room, he noticed $200 cash was missing from his wallet along with a credit card and license. The credit card was used to buy items at the Apple store and Best Buy for $7,000. Another gym member reported a
her front door was ajar. Looking inside, she saw the home ransacked. There was no sign of forced entry and no suspects. A $500 computer, $70 shark tooth, $750 in masks and a $750 ring were among the items listed as stolen.
Vacationer gets rude welcome home Man takes dozens of games, drops ID MILTON, Ga. – A Deer Point Circle resident received an unhappy welcome after returning home Jan. 20 from vacation to find it burgled. The victim told police she was on vacation from Jan. 11 through Jan. 20. When she returned home, she noticed
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DUI arrests ►► Margaret P. Graham, 42, of
Kingshouse Commons, Johns Creek, was arrested Jan. 12 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Jared Randall Hall, 30, of Wittenridge Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 15 on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane, headlight requirements and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. ►► Erin Fitch Jackson, 38, of Buice Road, Johns Creek, was arrested Jan. 14 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to obey a traffic
MILTON, Ga. – A Roswell man is wanted after allegedly trying to steal nearly $1,000 in video games. Police responded to the Windward Walmart Jan. 20 after a shoplifter was chased control device.
►► Emilio Javier Rodriquez,
26, of Atlanta was arrested Jan. 15 on Ga. 400 in Alpharetta for DUI, speeding and failure to maintain lane. ►► Christopher Todd Cagle, 42, of Atlanta was arrested Jan. 16 on Westside Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, open container, failure to maintain lane and failure to obey a traffic control device. ►► Nieka Abedinzadeh, 23, of Saddle Bridge Lane, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 16 on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane, expired tag and no license. ►► Joshua McCarthy, 30, of Tuxford Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 16 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and failure to dim headlights. ►► Kingsley E. Shannon, 39, of Breckenridge Lane, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 17 on Webb
similar incident that same day. He said he discovered a credit card missing from his wallet. Someone tried to make purchases on it at the Cumming Best Buy for $1,497, but it was declined. A charge for $331 was approved.
from the store. Stolen were nearly $1,000 in games and calculators. Employees said they saw Jonathan Abril, 24, of Singing Hills Drive, Roswell, take 23 games and three calculators and try to leave the store without paying for them. When they confronted him, he fled into a silver Honda Accord. While he fled, he dropped his driver’s license and a pawn shop ticket, both with his name and address on them. He also dropped the stolen goods. In total, the items were valued at $934.99. A warrant was taken out for Abril’s arrest. Bridge Road in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► April Kay Larson, 40, of Buford was arrested Jan. 18 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and obstruction of tag. ►► Jean Phillips Rogers, 42, of Saute Nacoche was arrested Jan. 18 on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI. ►► Bradley Tate Baker, 23, of Stanyan Street, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 18 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for DUI, failure to maintain lane and failure to obey a traffic control device. ►► Craig T. Weix, 40, of River Mill Circle, Roswell, was arrested Jan. 11 on Oxbo Road in Roswell for DUI and headlight requirement. ►► James Spencer Harris, 44, of Suwanee was arrested Jan. 12 on Magnolia Street in Roswell for DUI and failure to obey traffic control devices.
Uninvited guest stays night JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A Mount Katahdin Trail resident suspects someone was sleeping in a guest bedroom without her knowledge. The resident called police Jan. 16 after she awoke in the morning and noticed someone had entered the spare bedroom and slept in the bed, turned on one of the lights and used a computer. She claimed no one had been staying in the room for several days. A side door was noticed unlocked.
See BLOTTER, Page 26 ►► Jose Jesus Martinez-
Lopez, 34, of Roswell Creek Lane, Roswell, was arrested Jan. 12 on Alpharetta Street in Roswell for DUI. ►► Jacob Max Padgett, 24, of Canton was arrested Jan. 12 on Dogwood Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane. ►► Amy Elizabeth Tanner, 46, of Chamblee was arrested Jan. 10 on Atlanta Street in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
Drug arrests ►► Jesus Sanchez-Reyes, 23,
of Woodstock was arrested Jan. 18 on Alpharetta Highway in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana. ►► Justin Dewayne Newell, 27, of Marietta was arrested Jan. 16 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for possession
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Continued from Page 2 of marijuana and headlight requirements. ►► Rhonda Gay Pierce-Vaughn, 53, of Carversham Way, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 15 on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and suspended license. ►► David Paul Rexrode, 19, of Old Roswell Road, Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 13 on Mansell Road in Alpharetta for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items. ►► Pamela Ann Masterson, 25, of Jayne Ellen Way,
Alpharetta, was arrested Jan. 13 on North Point Parkway in Alpharetta for possession of a hallucinogen and failure to maintain lane. ►► Justin Taylor Holland, 18, of Duluth was arrested Jan. 12 on Jones Bridge Road in Johns Creek for possession of marijuana. ►► Thainkhane Ngaoluangrath, 34, of Kennesaw was arrested Jan. 17 on Webb Road in Milton for possession of marijuana, brake light violation and seat belt violation. ►► Sanabria Kimberly Rivera, 19, of Lawrenceville was arrested Jan. 17 on Webb Road in Milton for possession of a schedule IV controlled substance and possession of
drugs not kept in the original container. ►► Matthew John Wytanis, 23, of Suwanee was arrested Jan. 18 on Highway 9 in Milton for possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related items. ►► Bryan Anthony McLaughlin, 20, of Ivy Summit Court, Cumming, was arrested Jan. 20 on Bethany Bend in Milton for possession of marijuana, underage consumption of alcohol, possession of drugrelated items and tag light requirement. ►► James Carter Burdick, 21, of Sassafras Road, Roswell, was arrested Jan. 12 on Old Alabama Road in Roswell for possession of marijuana.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Coro Realty Advisors and the Alpharetta City Council struck a deal to work together to improve parking on Roswell Street in lieu of Coro contributing $36,000 to a downtown parking fund. The council at its Feb. 3 meeting agreed to allow Coro relief from contributing to the parking fund in return for an easement for his parking spaces on Roswell Street adjacent to city parking. Coro’s Alpharetta Town Commons, 10 Roswell Street, is one of the early new buildings built in the revitalization process that is ongoing in downtown Alpharetta. The building, which has most of its frontage on the south side of Milton Avenue, has had a sketchy time filling its 15,400 square feet. Originally the building was to have office use on the second floor and only retail or restaurant use on the ground floor. It is home to the popular Corner Deli. But a
5,000-square-foot space next to it has been vacant for some time. Coro Realty Advisors President John Lundeen sought and received permission from the Alpharetta Downtown Development Authority to change its ground lease to allow office use on the lower floor. Lundeen said he needed to amend the ground lease because he has been unsuccessful to recruit a restaurant, and his tenant upstairs needs to expand. “If they can’t expand, I will likely lose them to a place that has the space that will accommodate them,” Lundeen said. Council agreed that Coro had made good-faith efforts to lease the space as retail/restaurant. Councilmembers expressed an interest in combining the city’s parking area with the spaces Coro has. However, there is a difference in grade of several feet. The council said it would accept an easement to allow traffic in the city parking lot egress onto Roswell Street,
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Vote Key: Y = yes; N = no; A = abstain; R = recused; * = absent which would also mean access to additional parking on Roswell Street. Lundeen agreed. In other council business: • Council agreed to a $58,000 special events management contract with Premiere Events to manage the city’s Arts Street Festival, Taste of
Alpharetta and the Wire and Wood Songwriters Festival. Premiere Events would manage the events and sell event sponsorships at a 20 percent commission. • Council unanimously agreed to accept the RFP from Land Air Survey for its on-call surveying needs.
Roswell unveils ‘town green’ Hopes to revitalize downtown By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell’s economic heart and vibrancy is held on Canton Street, however the nearby city government buildings stand back, hidden by trees and facing away from the restaurant-packed street. City leaders hope to change all that with the building of a new town green and public
spaces. The $12 million “Roswell City Green” will sit between City Hall and Ga. 9, in what is now woods where the Faces of War Memorial stands. Around this green would be an openair amphitheater, pavilions and meeting space. “It’s an exciting concept,” said Mayor Jere Wood of the plan. “We’re finally connecting City Hall to Canton Street.” The hope, says Monica Hagewood, of the Roswell
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The scope of the Roswell town green reorients City Hall and the civic space to Canton Street. The Downtown Development Authority hopes the $12 million investment would spur $206 million in private investment in downtown.
The new town green in Roswell is expected to cost about $12 million over three phases: Phase 1: $3.4M – Relocate the Faces of War Memorial, build the town green and build the water feature. Phase 2: $1M – Build the amphitheater, build support buildings and restrooms and build an art studio or gallery. Phase 3: $2M – Build the DDA mixed use building containing meeting spaces and shops.* *Note: Grant monies may be used to supplement or pay for this phase. Land acquisition may be as much as $5 million.
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Price, Diamond provide answers on Roswell UDC Editor’s note: Roswell is nearing the end of an 18-month examination of its zoning code. It hopes to create a “Unified Development Code (UDC)” to replace its current codes. The issue has proven to be divisive. The new UDC will have its final vote before the mayor and City Council Feb. 10 at City Hall.
Property owners: read the fine print The UDC will give Roswell new life If passed, what will be the effect of the UDC on Roswell? Watching the UDC unfold will cause citizens to wonder how the elected officials can protect them from the bureaucratic nightmare as exhibited at last week’s council meeting. Roswell residents need to ask themselves why we paid an outside central planner (i.e. not in the real world) close to a halfmillion dollars to change our zoning ordinance for us. Every Roswell property owner must take heed if they received a “comforting” letter from the city that said, “All of the existing rights allowed on your property will remain.” Don’t be complacent. Property owners need to be very aware. The letter should have said, “Check carefully the proposed change in your zoning, because the use you currently have on your property may not be allowed in the future.” An example of this problem is a row of medical office buildings on the south side of Hembree Road across from the North Fulton Hospital that would no longer conform to the UDC designation that declares “all medical” uses are not permitted there.
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What is the greatest good/greatest concern you have about the UDC? The UDC solution was “sold” to the staff and council by claiming it would fix internal inconsistencies, simplify our current zoning code and make it user friendly. This proposed document currently has many inconsistencies, 2,700 amendments have already been proposed and outright changes in property usage are part of it. It replaces 18 zoning categories with 30 categories, and “overlay” districts still exist. A confusing conglomeration of alphanumeric and decimal outline forms obscure the lack of clarity between form and use. Churches will no longer be allowed in residential areas, but are
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If passed, what will be the effect of the UDC on Roswell? The UDC will encourage redevelopment of blighted strip centers into walkable mixed-use projects in the Ga. 9 commercial corridor south of Holcomb Bridge Road. This is the area of town that residents have told us time and again they would like to see redeveloped. For other commercial areas, the UDC will offer options for reinvestment in aging properties through the rezoning process. What is the greatest good of the Unified Development Code? As a city, we have had many public discussions about what we would like, but our old code has kept us from attracting the type and quality of redevelopment we want. By permitting what the city of Roswell would like to see built, the UDC will encourage redevelopment of old, vacant commercial property. By illustrating what the city would like to see built, the UDC will make it more likely that redevelopment will be in line with the city’s vision.
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erty rights of the citizens once this change goes into place? The UDC will not diminish property rights. It will not change the zoning approval process. Developers will still have to apply for rezoning and meet with affected neighborhoods, the Planning Commission and the City Council. Rezonings will still have to be approved by the majority of the City Council before changes are made. One complaint has been that the UDC requires a whole new terminology that is unfamiliar to most people. Doesn’t this help create a lot of confusion/suspicion? No. Actually the terminology in the
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Former Atlanta Athletic Club general manager in Golf Hall of Fame First club manager ever inducted By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chris Borders, for 35 years the general manager of the Atlanta Athletic Club, is the first club manager brought into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. Borders, who lives in Woodstock, joined architect Bob Cupp, PGA professional Stephen Keppler and longtime amateur competitor Frank Eldridge Jan. 18 at the 25th annual induction ceremonies at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Borders retired in March 2013. “This is pretty special, especially since it’s happening at the Atlanta Athletic Club,” Borders said. “To receive this honor and have it here could not be more special.” PGA Master Professional Rick Anderson, the director of golf at AAC since 1989, knows him as well as anyone. Borders came to AAC in 1976 as clubhouse manager, and Anderson came aboard as assistant teaching professional in 1981. They worked together until 1985 when each took a hiatus from AAC. Borders left to be general manager at Horseshoe Bend, and Anderson took the
job of head pro at a club in North Carolina. But in 1989, Borders and Anderson were back working at AAC where only Borders’ retirement ended their association. “So we spent the last 25 years here,” Anderson said. “As for what Chris meant to the Atlanta Athletic Club, I think the fact that he was here for 10 years, then they brought him back four years later to stay another 25 years says it all. “When the Board of Directors brought him back, it speaks to what they saw in him and the confidence they had in his leadership,” Anderson said. “There’s probably nobody that loves the Atlanta Athletic Club as much as Chris Borders.” In appreciation, the Board of Directors also gave Borders an honorary membership to the club. “I’ve had so many people who have lifted me up and helped my career,” Borders said. “And the Atlanta Athletic Club provided me with an amazing workplace.” The new General Manager and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Carroll has continued to
Chris Borders is the first club manager inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. take the club in the right direction, Anderson said. “But everyone misses seeing Chris every day,” he said. “But he still comes around every week to play a few rounds, and AAC still taps into his vast knowledge of the history of the club.” Borders should know a lot of the club’s history. He helped make a lot of it. “Chris was here for all of the major championships held here,” Anderson said. “He helped the club host the 1976 U.S. Open, the 1981 PGA Championship, the 1982 Ju-
nior World Cup and 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. And as general manager, he was involved in the 1990 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2001 and 2011 PGA Championships.” Borders grew up in the small town of Reynolds, and some personal star guided him to his career at an early age. He not only lettered three years in golf, but by the time he was 14, Borders was running the town’s nine-hole golf course. After attending Mercer University on a partial golf scholarship, he served as an officer
with the U.S. Army. There, someone knew what to do with Borders. During his time in service, he oversaw three Army courses in Hawaii and constructed and operated a driving range while serving in Vietnam. U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn was the next to spot his talent, steering Borders to be the general manager at Houston Lake Country Club in Perry. He stayed two years before leaving for Florida State University to earn a degree in hotel and restaurant administration. The degree in hand, he next landed at the Atlanta Athletic Club in 1976. Borders oversaw extensive renovations of the club’s two golf courses and the clubhouse. He also conceived and played a large role in creating the Bobby Jones Room, which houses much of Jones’ memorabilia. “Chris has an ability to organize things,” said Jim Thorne, a former president of the Atlanta Athletic Club. “He knows what works and what doesn’t work. It makes a big difference.” Borders was also involved in mentoring and professional development as a member of the Club Managers Association of America and was Club Manager of the Year in 1992.
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Bagel Boys owner John Lamb, right, greets his millionth customer, John Lewis.
Bagel Boys greets millionth customer By JADE RODGERS jade@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Saturday, Jan. 25, was a benchmark day for Bagel Boys, a locally owned and operated breakfast hub of Alpharetta. A collection of balloons, tied in place above the front register of the Haynes Bridge Road location, stood at the ready to welcome Bagel Boys’ millionth customer. The lucky winner came in to purchase his morning breakfast at 9:30 a.m., but John Lewis of WSB-TV had no idea that he would receive so much more than his morning bagel. As the register pinged in the millionth customer, the balloons cascaded down around a surprised Lewis, who received an iPod for the occasion as well as many pats on the back from fellow custom-
ers. The Haynes Bridge Road location of Bagel Boys opened in 2005, with the Kimball Bridge Road location opening five years later, and the business has continued to thrive since its introduction to the community. John Lamb, the owner of Bagel Boys, has worked in the bagel trade since he was 15 and dreamed of opening his own bagel shop. Now, Lamb lives his dream every day. “Bagel Boys Café is a neighborhood café that uses superior ingredients and provides great service in a warm, comfortable atmosphere,” Lamb said. “It is a place people can get in and out of quickly or take their time and relax over a bite to eat and a cup of coffee. The environment is suitable for families or business meetings.”
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Roswell: Continued from Page 1 enough to walk to work, school, the grocery, the cleaners. “To be walkable, a community must be compact,” he said. “Residential and commercial uses must be nearby and not segregated and spread out into subdivisions, retail centers and business centers. To be walkable, a community must be connected.” That means a grid system of streets, alleys and sidewalks. This is quite different from the one-way-in subdivision with most homes built in a cul-de-sac, he said.
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“Because walking is encouraged, walkable villages generate less traffic than subdivisions and shopping centers,” Wood said. They also require less land, less asphalt and less 21st century infrastructure such as power lines, water and sewer lines and gas and electric lines. In addition, Wood noted that in the recent recession, Old Town Roswell was the only area to experience growth in the city. “This trend is not unique,” Wood said. “The Atlanta Regional Commission reported more than 50 percent of new construction in metro Atlanta occurred on less than 5 percent of the land. All of that
land is comprised of 27 walkable communities identified by the ARC. Old Town Roswell is one of only three such walkable villages outside of I-285. Roswell has experienced population growth of about 1 percent a year for the last 13 years. Wood calculates that Old Town Roswell, because of its compact nature, could absorb all of this growth over the next 20 years. The benefits of this can be seen in the development and success of Canton Street. The area is trendy, chic and has among the highest property values in the city. South of City Hall, the area that stretches down to the town square is perfect for similar development
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Mayor Jere Wood, center, gives his State of the City address at Country Club of Roswell. Hosts Steve Stroud, executive director of Roswell Inc, left, and Ron Jackson of Historic Roswell Kiwanis Club greet the mayor. that Canton Street has experienced. “Converting half-empty strip centers and aging apartments into walkable communities will raise property values, lower crime rates and improve the health of nearby neighborhoods,” the mayor said. “Since the size of these walkable communities is limited, they would not encroach on established subdivisions. Single-family subdivisions will remain the primary source of housing in the city, but the concept of walkable villages will
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catered brunch, courtesy of Principal Tabatha Taylor, and a post-commencement reception hosted by St. James United Methodist Church. Independence High School, located in Alpharetta’s Historic District, is a fully accredited Fulton County public school. Its “mini-mester” format provides students with the opportunity to earn eight academic credits each year versus six in the traditional school setting. Thus, students enrolled have the possibilities of early graduation or credit recovery. To learn more about Independence High School, please visit the website at www.independencehighschool.org. —Lindsey Conway
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King’s Ridge wins big, signs two veteran football coaches ALPHARETTA, Ga. – King’s Ridge Christian School recently welcomed two new hires for the football program – Todd Mooney as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach and Cecil Flowe as defensive coordinator/linebackers coach. They will begin work immediately under the guidance of Jeff Pickren, KRCS football program coordinator and varsity coach. These names may be familiar not only to those who love the game of football but those who take note of the success of high school and college program growth. Mooney has a wealth of talent having been a football
coach at the collegiate level for the past 25 years. He most recently served as the head football coach at LaGrange College since 2005. He not only launched the LaGrange program, but in 2008 was also recognized as the Schutt Sports Division III National Coach of the Year, D3.com’s DIII South
Region Coach of the Year, the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and the Division III NCAA record holder for program turnaround (0-10 to 9-2). During his college coaching tenure, Mooney has also served in the roles of offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and strength coordinator. One of his most appealing strengths in this role is his tremendous heart to coach and lead young men. “Not only was I impressed with his football knowledge, but I was impressed with his faith and character,” said Pickren. “He is an outstanding Christian man who I would
want my son to play for.” Mooney will also be serving in the role of interim assistant athletic director, as well as teaching high school personal fitness and other classroom duties. Flowe comes to King’s Ridge with a well-known reputation for expertise and excellence in the coaching profession, most notably as the head football coach at Parkview High School for the past 21 years. Parkview High School has been the gold standard of Georgia high school football during this time. Flowe’s noteworthy career highlights include the second-longest winning streak in Georgia at 46 games with a coaching record of 197-66.
He also won the GHSA football state championship title at the highest classification in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and was a contender for the state championship in 1995 and 2004. Flowe led Parkview to the state playoffs in 19 of his 21 years and led Parkview to the quarterfinals 14 times, most recently in 2012. He has received dozens of Coach of the Year awards. “Coach Flowe’s record speaks for itself. He doesn’t talk all that much about winning,” said Pickren. “Rather, he prefers to talk about shaping and molding the lives of young men, which is a high priority in our program.”
Trainer to play Division I lacrosse JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Chattahoochee High School’s Katie Trainer has committed to play lacrosse at the University of Richmond in Virginia. The University of Richmond is an NCAA Division I school that competes in the Atlantic 10. Trainer, a four-year varsity letterman, was captain both sophomore and junior years. She made varsity her freshmen year and has started at midfield all four years. The Cougars were state semifinalists in 2011 and 2012 and quarterfinalists in
2013. In addition, the Cougars were area champions in 2011 and 2012. Trainer received the Coaches Award in 2012 and was named the team MVP in 2013. She holds the record for the most goals in a season (77) and most points in a season (105). Trainer also has broken the school record for the most ground balls in a career at (128). Voted to the 2012 and 2013 First Team All-State, Trainer was selected to the 2012 and 2013 National Team to represent Georgia. She plays travel lacrosse with XTEAM. – Staff
Katie Trainer, center, seated with her are her parents Pam and Nick Trainer. Standing, from left, are CHS Athletic Director Milo Mathis, sister Meaghan, CHS varsity coaches Ken Moore and Jack Mcllvain, brothers Danny and Michael and CHS Principal Tim Duncan.
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Roswell Woman’s Club offers Showcase Homes Tour 17th annual event Feb. 6-23
ROSWELL, Ga. – Roswell Woman’s Club will present their 17th annual Showcase Homes Tour at the Manor Golf and Country Club in Alpharetta Feb. 6-23. Thrive Homes has built two state-of-the-art homes that will showcase the latest in building products and design trends. The homes, located in the Manor Golf and Country Club, will be open for tours Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays
from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door, at The Chandlery in historic Roswell and online at www.RoswellWomansClub. org. Ticket proceeds benefit educational and charitable organizations through Roswell Woman’s Club. The tour will be two homes loaded with new design and decorating ideas, including refreshing new construction with stone and brick country exteriors. Inviting entries lead to gentleman studies, large dining rooms with butler’s pantry,
great room with fireplace and doors that open to private covered verandas. Spacious kitchens include professional appliances perfect for entertaining. Some of Atlanta’s best interior designers and furnishing companies are coming together to fully furnish the homes and provide visitors with an abundance of new ideas. Roswell Woman’s Club is an all-volunteer, nonprofit service organization whose common interest is to support the community in the areas of education, human services,
cultural arts, historical preservation and urban improvement. Thrive Homes is a respected luxury home builder, widely recognized for fresh, inspirational architecture, compelling floor plans and extraordinary interiors with unparalleled finishes. Thrive Homes is headquartered in Atlanta, with active community development in Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C. and in the greater Atlanta area. For more information, please visit www.HomeOfDistinction.com/14Atlanta. —Jonathan Copsey
If you go What: Roswell Woman’s Club Annual Showcase Homes Tour Where: The Manor Golf and Country Club When: Feb. 6 through Feb. 23, Thursdays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. Tickets: $20 at the door, The Chandlery in Roswell and www.RoswellWomansClub.org
Alpharetta Presbyterian offers Tartan service ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Alpharetta Presbyterian Church welcomes the community to a special Kirkin’ of the Tartans service honoring their Presbyterian heritage Feb. 9 at the 11 a.m. Sunday service. Get a brief history and taste of authentic Scottish music and a display of tartan banners. The Kirkin’ service was first introduced in the United States by Dr. Peter Marshall in
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‘Luminocity’ runs until Feb. 17 By LINDSEY CONWAY news@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – After performing last year at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Big Apple Circus has returned to Alpharetta with their brand new show “Luminocity.” The circus opened Jan. 31 and runs through Feb. 17. The show tells the tale of a busy day in New York City through the eyes of several talented characters. On opening night, the audience was entertained by a comical tourist clown and stunned by the strength and agility of acrobats who portrayed dazzling fireworks just before the entire cast joined the audience in the tradition of counting down from 10 like New Year’s Eve in Times Square. The Big Apple Circus really held true to its mantra of “instant connection” as the performers did their best to include the entire audience in the story and even draw a few individuals into the ring. Making the atmosphere that much more incredible was the circus band. Under the direction of Rob Slowik, the band helped bring the performance to life with their lively songs
and crescendos at intense, breathtaking moments. “I would say it was refreshing to have a live band playing music,” said opening night audience member Adam Fultz. Crowds came from all over to see the Big Apple Circus perform at Verizon Wireless on its opening night. Audience members included circus enthusiasts like Steve Langley from Huntersville, N.C., who came to Atlanta to see his personal friend juggle in “Luminocity” and to attend the Atlanta Juggling Festival. Local patrons also came to see the Big Apples Circus perform. “I’m always excited when the circus comes to town. I’ve been to Cirque du Soleil a few times, but I’m really excited to see the Big Apple Circus,” said Olivia Dooley from Roswell. Even the youngest of children were really excited to be at the Big Apple Circus, as Lorah Alice, 5, demonstrated, saying she was excited to see the gymnasts and the horses and to eat her cotton candy. “The circus is the best thing in the world,” said Aidan Woods, 7. For more information on performance dates or tickets, see http://bigapplecircus.org.
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Georgia Power’s President and CEO Paul Bowers speaks at the Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Club on Tuesday, Jan. 28. In 2010, there were 7,500 customers added and in 2011, for the first time in the company’s history, there were customers lost. “Jobs were not being created and households were being consolidated and people moved back home,” Bowers said. “We saw the children that were out come home and make a consolidation.” In 2012, the company began to see an uptick by adding 16,000 customers. In 2013, it had 21,000 new customers. “There’s a momentum through the marketplace,” Bowers said. “We are seeing signs that the economy is moving.” But Bowers said there’s still work to be done to affect un-
employment in the state, which hovers around 7 percent. “We have a marketplace, entrepreneurs starting to take off. We are seeing a new opportunity for our kids,” Bowers said. Bowers was named Georgia Power president and CEO in December 2010. Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company. Prior to his current position, he was chief financial officer of Southern Company Bowers also serves on the boards of Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd., the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, AFLAC and the Georgia Historical Society. He is chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, past chair of the Georgia Partnership for Excel-
lence in Education and vice chair of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Energy When it comes to energy, Bowers said, it’s critical to project 20 years to 30 years into the future. “We have to have affordable, reliable, dependable, sustainable energy,” Bowers said. Decisions made now, along with the Public Safety Commission, will affect prices. Energy consists of more than just electricity – it’s also coal, gas, hydro, solar, oil and nuclear. While coal plants, which used to produce 70 percent of the energy in the state and now produce 30 percent, have been closed around the state
because of more stringent environmental compliance standards, Bowers said the state has moved to a gas-dominant utility. About 50 percent of the energy produced in the state is coming from gas, he said. Renewable energy such as solar serve more as a supplemental source, Bowers said. Two additional nuclear units are being constructed at the company’s Plant Vogtle, located south of Augusta. The company expects to complete the plants by 2018. “It produces energy at 1 cent per kilowatt hour for the next 60 years,” Bowers said. “In America, there are four nuclear plants being built – two in Georgia and two in South Carolina.” Worldwide, there are 65 nuclear plants being constructed – with China building 29 nuclear plants, 10 in Russia, seven in India, four in South Korea and four in Turkey. Education Bowers called on Rotarians to set higher standards for education. While some who work for Georgia Power can make about $25 to $30 an hour, about 50 percent of applicants can’t pass a basic employment test. “We should be ashamed at the state; we’ve got to be engaged,” Bowers said. “We’ve got to be advocates and set the standards. “We as business leaders, me in particular, I want to make sure that every school in the state understands what we are looking for and hold them accountable for the output of the product.”
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Piece of Cake in Roswell has new manager ROSWELL, Ga. — Lynn Holdridge-Bechtel has been named manager of the Roswell location of Piece of Cake. Holdridge-Bechtel is the former owner and creator of Mittie’s Tea Room. Since 1985, Piece of Cake, which is headquartered in Decatur, has been baking gourmet cakes and delivering them to customers’ doors. In addition to cakes, the bakery sells cookies, cupcakes and specialty foods. The Roswell location is 10971 Crabapple Road, Suite 1300. Call 770-643-4999 or visit www.pieceofcakeinc.com for more information.
BusinessPosts A Dellisart spokesperson said they were proud to be included in this recognition. Dellisart is an owner, acquirer, manager and developer of hotels. For more information, call 770-558-4300, or visit www.dellisart.com.
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Medallion Inspections named Best of 2013 on Kudzu CUMMING, Ga. — Medallion Inspections was named a Best of 2013 winner for Atlanta-area home inspectors on Kudzu.com, a local business information and consumer reviews website. Winners were determined by votes from the Kudzu community in the metro Atlanta area. Medallion Inspections, owned by Jim Radcliffe and Joe Bettez, has been providing home inspection, radon monitoring and mold testing services since 2004. Visit www.kudzu.com/best for a full listing of winners.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The Comfort Inn changed flags from Holiday Inn Express in October 2013. With the new brand comes many renovations including new carpet, vanities, headboards, closet doors, lighting, sofa sleepers, refinishing all furniture and new linens. The fitness center also received a new elliptical and weights. Glynna Barrett, the hotel’s general manager, has worked in both full-service and limited-service hotels for the past 10 years. “I feel strongly that our recent renovations combined with our outstanding and friendly staff will assure that our guests have a memorable experience at an affordable rate,” said Barrett. Janet Rodgers, president and chief executive officer of the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said, “We are always excited when one of our hotels receives new renovations. Renovations make the hotel become new again, which enhances the guest’s experience and contributes to them telling others to stay in Alpharetta when visiting our area.”
ROSWELL, Ga. — The vice chairman for Kloeckner USA Holdings has resigned. Michael Hoffman, vice chairman for Kloeckner USA Holdings, resigned at the end of 2013, Kloeckner Metals, a Roswell-based metal distributor, announced. Hoffman was appointed as vice chairman after the sale and subsequent merger of Macsteel Service Hoffman Centers USA and Namasco Corporation in 2011. He is deputy chairman and a board member of both the Macsteel Global Group and Macsteel Holdings. He is winding down his term as chairman of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) and still sits on the editorial boards of Modern Metals magazine and Forward magazine. For more information, visit http://www.kloecknermetals.com.
Dellisart honored by Hotel Management ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell-based Dellisart was honored with a recognition by Hotel Management in its selection of “Top Third-Party Management Companies.”
Pearce to lead Tencarva Machinery ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Edwin W. Pearce III has been elected president of Tencarva Machinery Company by its board of directors. Pearce fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Rod Lee at the end of 2013. Lee served 16 years in the position.
northfulton.com | Revue & News | February 6, 2014 | 17 Tencarva, a Greensboro, N.C.based company, has an Alpharetta branch office of its GPM Division, located at 1370 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite G, Alpharetta. “I am honored that the board of directors of Tencarva Machinery Company has chosen me to be the company’s fourth president,” Pearce said in a press release. pearce “Our founders and past leaders have built a wonderful company, and I am very mindful of that. We have tremendous, dedicated employees; we represent the top manufacturers of engineered products; and we have a diversified and thriving customer base – all of which bode well for our future.” Pearce began his career with Tencarva Machinery in 1992 and has served as secretary/treasurer since 2000. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA), which are professional accounting organizations.
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Eat Here Brands raises $12M in capital ROSWELL, Ga. — Eat Here Brands, which has offices in Roswell and Jackson, Miss., announced the completion of a capital raise of $12.25 million in private equity. The financing will support the restaurant group’s plans for the expansion of three restaurant brands — Babalu Tacos and Tapas, Table 100 Restaurant and Bar and Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Eat Here Brands has entered into lease agreements for Babalu Tacos and Tapas restaurants in Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala. The company is also planning new Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurants in North and Central Mississippi in 2014. Eat Here Brands is searching for additional locations throughout the Southeast for both Babalu restaurants and Table 100 Restaurant and Bar. Visit www.eathere.com for more information.
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Condo and townhome sales remain solid Condominiums and townhomes, what we refer to in real estate as residential attached, remain in high demand and are often a great option for many types of buyers. For instance, they are a perfect option for young professionals or single buyers who don’t want the outside maintenance and lawn care. A townhome may be the most affordable way to get into a particular school district. Townhome and condo communities run the gambit, from small entry-level units with open parking to larger properties with one- or two-car garages, gated communities and luxury threelevel homes. Last year, there were 913 units sold in North Fulton, an increase of 25 percent, and 287 were sold in Forsyth County. The demand and number of sales has led to very low inventory in our area. Based on what is currently on the market, there are only 1.8 months of inventory for North Fulton and 2.5 months of inventory in Forsyth
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LOCAL LIVE MUSIC » LSO VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT
The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra presents “A Romantic Valentine’s Day” gala at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center. The evening’s performance features internationally renowned tenor saxophonist James Houlik from Chicago performing the Atlanta premiere of Russell Peck’s “Upward Stream” saxophone concerto. Mexican guest conductor Jose Luis Hernandez Estrada will conduct Tchaikovsky’s romantic “Romeo and Juliet” Overture-Fantasy and Atlanta Opera soprano Megan Mashburn will interpret two arias of Donizetti. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8. 950 Forrest Street, Roswell. Please call 770-623-8623 or visit ludwigsymphony.org.
explores various issues of special relevance to women in modern society. Through two- and three- dimensional works, Brenau University alumnae Heather Hanline, Karina Taylor, Jennifer Prince and Veronica Martin explore themes of body image, change and fear. Their art is inspired by the dichotomy of the perceived fragility of women and their incredible strength and resilience. The opening reception is February 6th 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Art events are free and open to the public. For information call 770.534.6263 or email amurphy2@brenau.edu.
HATS OFF TO DR. SEUSS
Ann Jackson Gallery, one of Atlanta’s premier fine art galleries, is honored to present Hats Off to Dr. Seuss. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s second book, “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,” Dr. Seuss’s never-before-seen hat collection will be exhibited at the gallery. An opening night reception with the curator of the exhibition will take place on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 5 to 9 p.m. The show runs 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 2 through Feb. 16. 932 Canton St., Roswell. Please call 770-993-4783 or visit annjacksongallery.com.
NORTH FULTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ART SHOW GRAMMY AWARD WINNING GUITARIST ED GERHARD The Six String Social
Club presents Grammy Award-winning guitarist Ed Gerhard. Performing on 6-string, 12-string, slide guitar or Acoustic Hawaiian Lap Steel, Gerhard captivates his audiences with virtuosity, generosity and sly humor. 7 and 9 p.m. Feb. 8. Ragamuffin Music Hall, 585 South Atlanta Street, Roswell. Please call 770-365-7738 or visit sixstringsocialclub.com.
ART » Fragile- The Delicate Balance Between Women and the World This exhibition at the Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery,
The Roswell Art Commission is sponsoring this year’s North Fulton High School Art Show with the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance and the Roswell Visual Arts Center located in Roswell Park. A total of $2,000 will be awarded to further a student’s art studies, and community businesses will give additional donations at a reception. 6 to 9 p.m. through Feb. 6. 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell. Please call 770-594-6122.
THEATER » BIG APPLE CIRCUS
Catch the high spirits and pulse-racing thrills of the world’s greatest circus artists in one ring under the Big Top, where no seat is more than 50 feet from the ringside. Watch rowdy pups
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perform amazing tricks, double trapeze artists soar high above and teeter-board acrobats fly through the air. Also: a bashful clown, a cavalcade of magnificent steeds and a couple of amazing wire-walkers. 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 17. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. Please call 678297-0102 or visit vzwamp. com.
than 110 of the world’s best performers, both human and animal, have been assembled to help build a super circus and showcase never-before-seen heartpounding performances. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 5 through Feb. 9 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center and Feb. 12 through Feb. 17 at the Philips Arena. The Arena at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. Please call 770-813-7500 or visit ringling.com.
‘THE BOOK OF MORMON’
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The nine-time Tonywinning show, including best musical, is coming to the Fox Theatre. Written by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the television show “South Park,” “The Book of Mormon” is a humorous story of two Mormon missionaries who travel to war-torn Uganda to share their scriptures, but have trouble connecting with the problems that the Ugandan people face. Show times vary. Through Feb. 9. 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta. Please visit foxtheatre.org.
AUDITIONS FOR ‘SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN’
Dahlonega’s Historic Holly Theater will hold auditions for their upcoming show “Smoke on the Mountain.” The play is a gospel and bluegrass musical adventure, following the tale of the Sanders family. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 15, and 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 16. Lumpkin County Parks and Recreation Building, 365 Riley Road, Dahlonega. Please call 404-435-9513 for more casting information.
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‘ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JR.’
The Off Broadway Kids Musical Theatre Troupe proudly presents “Once on This Island,” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 31 through Feb. 9, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Off Broadway Dance Theatre, 12315 Crabapple Road, Suite 122, Alpharetta. Please call 770-664-2410 or visit offbroadwaydance.com.
SOUTHEASTERN PASTEL SOCIETY EXHIBITION
WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY 5K The Will to Live
Foundation’s fourth annual 5K run will start at River Trail Middle School and will support the Will to Live Foundation, a group dedicated to educating on and preventing teen suicide. Sign up in advance for $20, or register for $25 on the day of the race. 9 a.m. Feb. 8. 10795 Rogers Circle, Johns Creek. Please visit will-to-live.org.
Pastel Renaissance is a juried event that features more than 50 pastel paintings by members of the Southeastern Pastel Society. Every Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25 – March 7. Johns Creek Arts Center, 6290 Abbotts Bridge Road, Building 700, Johns Creek. Please call 770-623-8448 or visit johnscreekarts.org.
‘I LOVE NATURE’ AT THE CNC
The Chattahoochee Nature Center will be showing Mother Nature some love during this fun-filled family event. Find out how great it feels to make rhythm with the people that you love. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 15 at 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. Please call 770-992-2055 or visit chattnaturecenter.org.
EVENTS » CHATTAHOOCHEE CHALLENGE 10K RUMC Job Networking
Roswell United Methodist Church will host the RUMC Job networking meeting February 10, 2014 from 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM. The event includes workshops and a keynote speaker. This program is open to all who want to attend. For the full agenda visit rumc.com/jobnetworking-learn.
‘BUILT TO AMAZE’
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey present “Built to Amaze,” an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where children of all ages can find out what it takes to build “The Greatest Show On Earth.” Unique in its design and awe-inspiring in its construction, more
5K FOR THE LANIER TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Lanier Technical College has partnered with King’s Hawaiian to present its first 5K to benefit the Lanier Technical College Foundation. The event will be held on the Oakwood campus. There will be a 1-mile fun run preceding the 5K. All proceeds from this race will go toward the Lanier Technical College General Scholarship Foundation. 8:30 a.m. Feb. 15. 2900 Landrum Education Parkway, Oakwood. Please call 770531-6396 or visit laniertech. edu.
This official qualifier for the 2014 Peachtree Road Race is along the Chattahoochee River. Registration is $28 in advance or $35 on race day for the 10K, and $15 for the fun run. 8 a.m. Feb. 8 at 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. Please call 770-992-2055 or visit chattnaturecenter.org.
MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF ROSWELL MILL
The Roswell Historical Society will host Cathy Hodge, who will present Mysteries and Secrets of the Roswell Mill. Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Historic Gardens of Great Oaks, 786 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell. Please visit roswellhistoricalsociety.org.
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Hardwood or laminate, natural tile or luxury vinyl (NAPSI)—Anyone can have beautiful, functional floorsonce you review your options. For example, you may have your heart set on hardwood, but laminate may be a better option given your lifestyle. Alternatively, you may admire tile floors, but you might be a lot happier with luxury vinyl tile (LVT). In order to make the right decision, consider three key factors-budget, wearability and maintenance.
Hardwood Hardwood floors are a great choice under the right conditions. Nothing compares to the natural beauty, color, intricate graining and depth of shine of a hardwood floor. Not only easy on the eye, hardwood floors tend to be warm underfoot too. Quality hardwood flooring is a big investment but will last a long time and add real value to your home. Hardwood is timely and timeless and completely authentic, and it comes in many colors, from nearly white to practically black and various warm shades of brown in between. Though there are many
pluses to hardwood, there are some minuses to consider when deciding whether it’s right for you. Bear in mind, all hardwood is not the same; quality and pricing are big factors. Depending on the species, some hardwood floors can take a great deal of wear and tear and still look good. Others, though beautiful at first, show the signs of wear very quickly. In any case, you have to clean and care for it properly. This includes not using ammonia cleaners, oil soaps or a wet mop; using a professional hardwood floor cleaner to remove scuffs and scratches; and cleaning spills immediately. For these reasons, hardwood might not be the best fit for every home.
Laminate In some cases, laminate is a great alternative. Fortunately, for people who really like the look of wood, there’s an excellent-and much less expensive-alternative: laminate flooring. Through highly detailed digitized photography, laminate floors of today duplicate
hardwood with tremendous realism that allows for a lower initial cost. What’s more, an inner cork subfloor on some laminate products helps tone down the noise and echoing attributes associated with laminates of yesterday. Unlike hardwood, a laminate floor will not fade. Pets can also be a problem for hardwood flooring. Laminate, on the other hand, offers a durable wear surface that is highly stain, scratch and moisture resistant. Because of its durability, hygienic nature and ease of installation and maintenance, laminate floors have become a low-cost alternative to hardwood, stone and tile.
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Is your heart set on stone? Natural stone and porcelain tiles are another popular way to pave your floors. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors, glazed or unglazed, and can be used plain, decorated or as part of a mosaic. Along with its beauty, natural stone flooring will likely increase your home’s resale value, and it only improves
with age. Stone is also popular because every piece of stone is unique so no two floors are alike. Natural stone varies in hardness as no stone floor has a perfectly smooth surface. There is always a possibility that small chips or pits may show up and be more evident in certain kinds of lighting. It’s a good idea to match the flooring with the kind of activities that will be taking place, as soft, porous stone flooring is probably inappropriate for a high-traffic area.
Ceramic tile Is tile the right fit for your family? A properly installed ceramic tile floor will outperform and outlast nearly any other. Glazed ceramic tile and porcelain resist stains, odors and dirt and can be cleaned easily. Environmentally friendly, ceramic tile is manufactured using natural materials and does not retain odors, allergens or bacteria. It also does not burn or emit toxic fumes. It can, however, be expensive and difficult to install, and some people find tile cold underfoot.
Vinyl Vinyl floors offer many perks. Luxury vinyl tile, which falls in the “resilient” flooring category, may be a flooring you should consider-especially if you’re concerned about pets and kids. Luxury vinyl tile flooring is a great choice for kitchens and bathrooms, as well, because it’s “no wax” and easy to keep clean. It’s durable, affordable, water resistant, easy to install and doesn’t fade or stain. LVT flooring comes in many colors, textures and patterns and can imitate wood grain, tile, even marble. Since it also comes in sheets, planks and tiles, there’s lots of room for self-expression. A talented installer can use contrasting sheet vinyl for large patterns. Tiles can be arranged any way you want, from checkerboard to stripes to diagonals. Plus, LVT are flexible and soft to walk on. They have a cushy “give” underfoot.
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Continued from Page 1 “We had all our trucks ready to go,” he said. “Our problem is we couldn’t get anywhere once we treated it once.” The worst intersections and bridges were hit first, however, with the sluggish lines of traffic, the salt trucks could not get to the hot spots quickly; nor could they return to those already treated. The trucks became as stuck as the traffic. It’s a problem a frustrated Sewczwicz said was unavoidable. “When cars are backed up and you cannot get your vehicles there to treat roads again,” he said, “and where people are stopped in snow and rain, you get ice. There’s nothing we can do with that. We were frustrated. Because of the saturation of traffic, we couldn’t do more.” A solution showed itself later in the day as the salt trucks began using police cruisers as escorts to move traffic aside. Conditions became so bad, local police departments refused to help stranded motorists or come to fenderbenders. “People didn’t know where to turn,” said Lisa Holland,
with the Roswell Police Department. 911 call centers were busy with endless calls for help and police. “We had to save our resources for the most serious calls,” Holland said. “In 30 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.” Instead, people began opening their doors to the trapped motorists. Local Home Depot stores, schools and businesses provided shelter, as people began walking along the streets offering food or water. Local government buildings, such as fire stations, also provided shelter from the storm. Milton’s Public Works Department hit the known trouble spots early on, such as hills or bridges that were sure to ice up quickly. Fire Chief Robert Edgar said Milton fared well despite the traffic. “We responded to several calls of people who ran off the road,” Edgar said. “Eventually, we couldn’t pass the roadways due to traffic.” Edgar said the city had no serious emergency calls during the storm, mainly fenderbenders or people stuck on the side of roads. In anticipation of the snow and ice, Milton deployed nearly double their normal number of firefighters and added another fire engine.
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Snow jam forces Fulton Schools to review decision-making Avossa: ‘We own the mistakes’ By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – By 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the last of the students who had been in school since the previous morning avossa were finally sent home. Administrators, teachers and staff who pulled 36-plus hour shifts alongside the students also gave up their posts and went home. But while the warm temperatures returned and “snowmageddon” gave up its hold on the region, the crisis moved inevitably to the blame game. The questions came easily: How did this happen? Who should be held accountable? The answers may be longer in coming as officials with the Fulton County School System reevaluate their decisionmaking prior to the Jan. 28 snowstorm. Superintendent Robert Avossa, along with key staff, remained in the system headquarters in South Atlanta until word came down that the last child had been safely transported home. The rumors Avossa had returned to his North Fulton home ahead of the storm were not accurate. Avossa is still working on answers, but readily admits mistakes were made. “We own the mistakes,” said Avossa on Jan. 30. “The communication should have been better…we should have called school [off]. Moving forward, we may change the way my team makes decisions in the process. We are going to look at everything.” In his defense, Fulton Schools was not alone in its perceived mishandling of the snowstorm. Criticism is being heaped upon the governor’s office, emergency management officials, the Georgia Department of Transportation, private industry and about anyone else who got in the way of people moving from point A to B. The process of cancelling or dismissing students early includes advice from staff who have looked at the situation from every angle. But, ultimately, the decision rests with Avossa. “At the end of the day, I am responsible and I am the one held accountable,” he said.
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“But I’m an educator…I don’t know a ton about transportation, so I’ve put the best people in those jobs to give me the best advice.” Transportation officials were taking the most heat, but Avossa defended Lynn Simpson, Fulton’s transportation director, saying she’s the “best in the business” with decades of experience in the transportation field. In a system of 95,000 students, about 93,000 spent the night in their homes, leaving the remaining 2,000 forced to stay in school overnight. Most were students who relied on bus transportation to get home, and the icy streets and gridlocked traffic made the trip impossible. Fulton Schools faces challenges no other school system faces, said Avossa. Hundreds of kids live in South Fulton and make the drive through the city of Atlanta to attend charter schools in Sandy Springs and North Fulton. In a typical day, the drive can take over an hour. During the snow storm, the trip took hours, or was impossible, forcing many buses to return to schools to offload kids. “In my 20 years of education, I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Avossa. While many, including Fulton officials, were quick to point fingers at inaccurate
weather reports, those assertions quickly fizzled. A timeline of alerts and warnings clearly indicate the National Weather Service predicted with accuracy the chain of weather events that occurred. Avossa said his big “take away” was the need to make decisions closer to the schools, in each of the four learning communities – not at the executive level. “The area superintendents have a better [sense] of their individual communities, and they know their schools and parents and their community reaction better than anyone,” said Avossa.
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Snowbound: You get what you pay for I awoke Thursday morning and turned on the morning network news. Never has the term “if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” been more a propos than the morning news. Isn’t it uncanny how all the networks lead with exactly the same story? I wasn’t really surprised that Atlanta led all the networks. The polar vortex has been video fodder for a month now. How many ways can you watch people walking down wind-swept concrete canyons in Chicago, Manhattan or Omaha (Omaha is really hot now, but mostly just on ESPN) interrupted intermittently by
real canyons burning in Southern California? So why wouldn’t the networks latch onto a snowstorm in Atlanta? Man, that’s really different. Of course the hook is, they only had TWO inches of snow and the whole metro area was paralyzed. It makes for a good “gotcha Atlanta,” but it does not really look at the real story. The real story is we are a network of relatively small cities surrounding a huge daytime populated work place, a.k.a. Atlanta. When everyone jumps up at 1:25 p.m. and heads for the suburbs in the
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middle of a snowstorm, we shouldn’t be surprised it took eight hours to decide to abandon the car by the side of the road and walk home. So why do we have to relearn how to deal with ice, snow and slush all over again when we get ice, snow and slush? Maybe it is because we only have to do that twice a decade. We could ramp up our fleet of sand trucks, stockpile 100 tons of sand and mobilize a small army of workers to spread it all over Ga. 400 when the first flake falls. But we don’t do that because we would rather spend the majority of our tax dollars on stuff we actually use. I don’t know that North Fulton could avoid gridlock in its cities if Atlanta suddenly vomited the entire commuter popula-
The networks pointing a finger at Atlanta for not being prepared for ice and snow is like ridiculing American Samoa for not fielding an Olympic hockey team. tion onto Ga. 400 and Highway 9 on the Fourth of July. Could we do better when it snows? Certainly. But the governor and the Legislature know the electorate has a short memory. So we don’t spend the dollars to have the equipment and the manpower to spring into action when a snowstorm does come along. Now, the metro school systems are all taking the hits for not closing the schools. I am not going to defend them. Yes, they get lambasted for closing the schools at the threat of bad weather, and then it doesn’t snow. Well, it is better to be chastised for doing something than for doing nothing. Kids on school buses on icy back roads are not a good
thing. Neither is having hundreds of students stranded in schools. The networks pointing a finger at Atlanta for not being prepared for ice and snow is like ridiculing American Samoa for not fielding an Olympic hockey team. We are never going to be good at dealing with winter. But then, that is why so many people from Chicago, Manhattan and Omaha come here to live. You would have to look hard to find someone from Hahira, Ga., or Two Egg, Fla., retiring in the other direction. When we talk about bad snowstorms, we say the Snow Jam 1982 or the Big Freeze of 1993. When they talk about their last bad storm, Yankees are talking about last week.
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I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have experience driving in the snow. I found this out three years ago when our area was hit hard by something dubbed Winter Blast 2011 that apparently everyone forgot about last week. So it’s time to revive Twitter hashtags like snocation, snopocalypse, snomaggeddon, snOMG, Cluster Flake 2014 and Hoth-lanta (in the Star Wars movie, Hoth is a remote world covered in snow and ice). It’s all pertinent, and some hilarious people posted witty comments about an eerily familiar situation. A failure to put down rock salt was quickly mixed with commuters’ fear, and everyone froze on the backstreets, highways and intersections. Even when most people with a television set knew there was a snowstorm coming, Tuesday morning looked so beautiful that there was no way anyone knew that by noon all hell would break loose. Hundreds of cars crashed or were abandoned, as 30-minute commutes became nine-
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When employees of the Target in Milton saw a school bus locked in traffic, they brought water and food for the students. hour-long hell rides. Two people died, and one
baby was born in traffic. For those who survived this, I want to remember the good in people. Through social media, we were able to keep people posted on the latest. But some went beyond, like Michelle Sollicito, who created the SnowedOutAtlanta Facebook page after she was able to connect one friend with the husband of another who needed help. Soon, hundreds of people were being helped and paying it forward. When employees of the Target in Milton saw a school bus locked in traffic, they brought water and food for the students. There was a friend’s neighbor who kept going out to give complete strangers a hand, and some opened their shops and even their homes to complete strangers. One recurring storyline this time around that we didn’t hear three years ago is how awesome people can be to each other. For the people handing out sandwiches, candy bars and drinks to those stuck in traffic – I applaud you.
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Disaster preparedness begins at home In light of the recent snowrelated events, several things were made clear. First, as bad as we often joke about Atlanta traffic, it could be much worse. Second, it only takes a little to create a catastrophe. We often forget about the human element in stressful events. Sure, only two inches of snow fell last week. But that, combined with the entire metro area taking to the roads all at once, creates problems no one foresaw. I covered a story a few years ago about disaster preparedness. A group of people hosted a conference on ways to stay safe in case of emergency. Sure, there were those who were arming themselves – figuratively and literally – against politicians taking their rights, but for most people, they wanted to know more basic skills. What food do you need? How much water? Where are the best places to find shelter? If this past week taught us anything, it’s to be prepared.
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Whether you are stuck in your car for five, 10 or more hours, out of fuel in a bitterly cold environment or stuck at home without food (as I was), you need a plan. I’m sure all those people who ended up walking miles home through the snow at night wished they had kept a thick coat or boots in their trunk, or an extra supply of gas. Those stuck at home with the local supermarkets closed wished they had stored up some extra food. Thankfully, I haven’t heard of anyone losing electricity or water; otherwise those add whole new problems to deal with.
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There are plenty of bogus and otherwise laughable shows and websites out there of people preparing for nuclear winter, or zombie hordes, but what we should not laugh about is the very-real and all-too-likely emergencies that may face us any season. Be it hurricanes, flooding, loss of power or snow (even in the Deep South), an emergency is just that; no one expects it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare.
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Thanks anyway Al Roker By GEOFF SMITH gsmith@lendtheway.com So yes, we are Georgia. We are not experts in how to deal with snow. Get over it America. We are, however, experts in helping each other out. I’m sure we all agree that if school was called off for Tuesday, we could have avoided most of what happened last week. After the national criticism the Georgia school systems received in the last few years for closing schools because it was too cold or for the very threat of a couple inches of snow, our school systems were probably a bit gun shy about calling off school. I don’t think they’ll have that problem going forward. By sheer coincidence, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce scheduled Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Keith Golden to speak at its Eggs and Enterprise Breakfast last Tuesday morning. During his speech, he said their biggest concern was that this storm kept moving and they did not have a clear indication of exactly where it was going to hit. I felt for him on Wednesday as I watched Golden, Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim
Reed get hammered by reporters on CNN. The bottom line is this: the last time this happened was 31 years ago. I don’t think anyone would vote to spend the $1 billion it would take to outfit the entire metro area with enough sand spreaders and snow plows to properly prepare and clean up all the streets. So, we are Georgia; we don’t do snow. I’m not expecting us to be experts in events that happen once every 31 years. That said, local school boards have my permission to risk being overcautious the next time we have snow in the forecast for the middle of the day. There were hard-to-hear stories like babies being born on I-285, and my wife Brenda spending five hours driving from her school in Alpharetta to my sons’ schools in Roswell, followed by another six hours back to our house. I drove for an hour and spent the evening with my boss’s family. Others had it much worse. But there were great stories too. The principal and some teachers stayed all night with students at Cogburn Woods Elementary – and other schools – until every last student was
...Local school boards have my permission to risk being overcautious the next time we have snow in the forecast for the middle of the day.
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safe at home. Bus drivers spent hours navigating the ice AND managing a bus-load of impatient students. My friend Beau Miller spent two days in his 4-wheel drive sport utility vehicle finding people to drive home – and he found them all over. He walked into the East Roswell Home Depot and found a large group of stranded people and got to say, “Hey, anybody need a ride?” I’m ignoring CNN, Matt Lauer and Al Roker. Yes, things got harried, but we pulled together and helped each other out. I’ve heard of Boston Strong – I guess we are Atlanta Tough. Nice work gang!
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Horse gear stolen from barns MILTON, Ga. – Several residents reported their horse gear
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That same day, a victim on Wood Road said someone entered his barn overnight and made off with more than $25,000 in gear taken.
Stolen ID used for student loans MILTON, Ga. – A Milton resident found out Jan. 26 someone had used his identity to sign up for student loans. The victim told police he received a notice that his wages were going to be garnished for failure to make payments on a $15,000 student loan. He said he had not taken out a loan. It turns out the victim’s estranged daughter had taken out the loan without the victim’s consent and allegedly forged his signature.
Clothing taken from home JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Thousands of dollars in men’s clothing was stolen from a Jones Bridge Place Drive home Jan. 13. The victim told police sometime overnight, someone had entered the home and taken a safe, Gici watch, Michael Kors watch and $6,000 in men’s clothing. The total value of the stolen goods was $9,450. There were no signs of forced entry.
Shots fired after bad drug deal CUMMING, Ga. — A man said someone shot at him, but he wasn’t exactly honest about why it happened, according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s report. At about 10 p.m. Jan. 21, deputies were dispatched to a home in the 4000 block of Longmont Drive because homeowners in the Starcreek Forest subdivision heard shots fired. The victim told deputies he was driving home from a friend’s house inside the subdivision when he saw a truck driving at him in the same lane. They pulled beside each other and exchanged a few words before the driver fired a shot at him. The victim said the driver followed him as he drove to his home. He said another shot was fired as he reached the home, and then the driver took off. Deputies again interviewed the victim, who was hesitant with his answers. Eventually, the victim told deputies he was waiting in the pool area of the subdivision for a drug dealer to sell him marijuana. The victim said the dealer gave him a bag of what looked like “Ramen Noodles,” so he tossed the bag and left. Deputies said they later returned to the pool area and found “a brick of Ramen Noodles, unwrapped with no flavor packet.”
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Snowstorm produces random acts of kindness North Fulton residents go extra mile to help out one another By HATCHER HURD NORTH FULTON, Ga. – The snow and ice of last week’s storm descended with surprising swiftness, leaving every resident with a story to tell about a miserable trek home. But there were moments when the human spirit triumphed over the trials of the storm. There is the case of Ali Moradi, owner of Seven Seas Mediterranean Café in Alpharetta. Last Tuesday, Moradi was busy with his normal lunch crowd when he looked out around 2:30 p.m. and saw how traffic was building up. “I told my guys to clean up and get ready to go,” Moradi said. Moradi, who lives in Marietta, normally gives his cooks a ride home, but heading south on Ga. 9, the gridlock was so bad, they got out to walk to Mansell Road where they lived. “By the time I got to Maxwell Road, they called me to tell me they were home,” Moradi said. As he plodded on down Ga. 9, his wife called to tell him
his brother was able to get his son home from school; that was at 9 p.m. After midnight, he was only at South Atlanta Street and Marietta Highway in Roswell. With his family all safe at home, Moradi decided to turn around and head back to his restaurant. “I lost hope of getting home. So I thought I could do some good if I went back and opened up for the people who were still out there,” he said. “I’m in the Alpharetta Rotary, and I remembered our motto ‘Service above Self.’” Around 3 a.m., he was back and had turned on the ovens and the lights to Seven Seas. But no one came in. “So I called the police department and asked how many officers were on duty and took them some sandwiches [about 55]. Then I asked if they had anyone in a shelter,” he said. • The Alpharetta Community Center was open and was sheltering around 25 people. Moradi took them sandwiches. It was getting close to 5 a.m., so he made another 45
who were stuck or who had run out of gas. And some folks just had no place to go. There were about eight members of the Community Development staff holed up in their office about two doors away. They volunteered to open the center up and take them in,” Drinkard said.
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Ali Moradi, owner of Seven Seas Mediterranean Café in Alpharetta, saw he couldn’t get home, so he opened his restaurant to feed others stuck in the snowstorm. sandwiches. When he got to Marietta Highway at Roswell Square, he passed them out to motorists there. In all, he made 125 sandwiches with pita bread, fries and salad. “It’s just part of being a part of the community,” Moradi said. “That’s the way it should be. I saw a lot of people helping
others, and I wanted to be a part of it.” The Alpharetta Community Center was opened to receive stranded motorists when Alpharetta Public Safety Director Gary George asked Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard if something could be done. “There were some motorists
• Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Director Mike Perry cooked up some sausages and biscuits and brought them to the center around 8 a.m. to distribute to the city’s “guests” at the Community Center. • Roswell opened its Cultural Arts Center to stranded people to keep them warm. Roswell Transportation Director Steve Acenbrak said at least two Home Depots stayed open all night sheltering around 350 people. • Johns Creek school bus driver Serge Renard called in to the dispatcher to get back on the road, as did other bus drivers. He drove 14 hours getting children home. Not one Johns Creek student had to spend the night at school. All of the Fulton County school bus drivers did an excellent job getting children home safely in adverse weather conditions.
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UDC is simpler and less confusing than the current code, with diagrams and illustrations to make the text easier to understand. The UDC is a much cleaner and clearer document than the existing zoning code and is much easier to understand.
iar to most people. Doesn’t this help create a lot of confusion/suspicion? It may surprise people that the term “density” is nowhere in the UDC, and there are no longer any “apartments.” Get used to the new terms – “walkup flat” and “stacked flat.” But since a sole owner cannot live in a “flat” because they are “horizontally and vertically integrated,” by definition they will be non-owner occupied and these “flats” (i.e. rentals) will be allowed in a number of new areas. It is the disingenuousness and lack of trust in who initiated each part of this debacle that brings us to the untenable situation of how to deal with an omnibus document with too many moving parts to address each one thoroughly in the time allotted. It is further suspicious that a particular zoning applicant was told to lobby the City Council to pass the UDC quickly so he would be able to get his zoning request considered. There is no moratorium on any new zoning requests regardless of the status of the UDC in process.
What do you say to the criticism that this will open up more apartments in the city? Is this a bad thing? The City Council never agreed or resolved that the proposed UDC would either merely transfer current zoning to comparable new categories with no substantive usage changes or if it is really to be used to create a new development environment with thousands of changes rolled into one document without adequate time to address each change. Property owners need to look carefully at how the properties around them will be zoned. Check to see whether the City Council would be authorized to “approve” any new development projects or if the UDC allows for administrative action to proceed without City Council input. The UDC may be fixable, but it is wholly unacceptable in its current state. It is scheduled for a final vote soon. Contact your councilmembers and ask them not to allow so many changes at once that have not been properly vetted that may have unintended economic and legal consequences.
What do you say to the criticism that this will open up more apartments to the city? Is this a bad thing? The UDC is not a license to build apartments. No new apartment zoning will be approved in the passage of the UDC. No more properties will be developed for apartments unless the developers convince the city that rental housing is the best use for their property
after going through the same rezoning process that they have to go through now. Criticism of the UDC is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it has encouraged discussion, furthered understanding and ultimately will result in a better Unified Development Code. The UDC is important for the future of Roswell because it will serve as the pattern for redevelopment, helping to strengthen neighborhoods in the city.
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Continued from Page 4 Downtown Development Authority (DDA), is to use the new civic space to spur public investment along Ga. 9. “When you control that much land in downtown, you’ve got to lead,” Hagewood said. The DDA argues that an investment of public dollars into a town center can spur reinvestment from the private community dozens of times over. In Greenville, N.C., the city spent $4 million on a plaza, which encouraged $100 million in private investment. Similarly, Norcross, Ga., invested $4 million in a public park. $100 million in development came around that park. In Roswell, Canton Street had $1.2 million in streetscape improvements and has turned
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the street into the heart of the city, with 21 restaurants and at least $20 million in investment. “That’s reinvestment that wouldn’t have happened without [Canton Street],” says Hagewood. Hagewood and her peers on the board of the DDA are tasked with revitalizing Roswell’s aging downtown. By creating this green space, they see the ripple effect encompassing all of Roswell. The town green would have a water feature that could double as a stage for events, an outdoor amphitheater, walking paths and plenty of green space. An outbuilding to the south of the green, along Hill Street, could be built to provide meeting space and cheap concessions – such as ice cream and snacks. This building would be owned by the DDA. The Faces of War Memorial, which stands between City Hall and Ga. 9, is the site of
Georgia’s largest Memorial Day event. The plan calls to move the memorial toward the Smith Plantation property. The total costs could be about $12 million and completed in three phases – the town green first, then the amphitheater and then the DDA building. Given Hagewood’s assertion of public money spurring private development, she predicted about $206 million in investment thanks to the new green projects. “This could have such an economic impact on Roswell,” Hagewood said. “The timing of this is so important.” One hurdle to clear is Ga. 9, that road which bisects downtown. People may not be willing to cross from Canton Street to the town green if the road is not made more pedestrian-friendly. A tunnel or bridge is possible, as are more improvements to the road itself to become
safer for pedestrians. Another hurdle is parking. City Hall has 400 parking spaces, and Canton Street has parking lots dotted around it. However, if the town green is as much a draw as it is hoped, more parking will be needed.
Christine Burkett, 61, of Duluth, passed away January 26, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Michael David Finley, 63, of Cumming, passed away January 24, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Jannie Milt, 91, of Alpharetta, passed away January 19, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Right now, the plans are simply conceptual. There will be much more discussion and meetings to come. “It’s easy to say we like the concept, but there are a lot of details,” cautioned Councilmember Rich Dippolito.
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Maxine Swope Biller, 93, of Roswell, passed away January 27, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Joseph Gerard DeLessio, 82, of Cumming, passed away January 27, 2014. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.
Janice Boyd, 74, of Suwanee, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Harry Brandt, of Braselton, passed away January 21, 2014. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home.
Eddie Dotson, Jr., 71, of Cumming, passed away January 27, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home. Nell Cliffease Farmer, 76, of Cumming, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Catherine J. Gossett, 72, of Roswell, passed away January 24, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home. Billy Lance Gravitt, 67, of Gainesville, passed away January 22, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home. Margaret Jones, 43, of Alpharetta, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Hazel Odell Kaspar, 99, of Cumming, passed away January 24, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home. Zachary Kyle Mankovitch, 28, of Norcross, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home. Sallie Manning, 69, of Alpharetta, passed away January 21, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Robert McMurray, 82, of Alpharetta, passed away January 27, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Dennis Morgan, 65, of Alpharetta, passed away January 19, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Charlotte L. Nix, 64, of Cumming, passed away January 28, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Shirley Mae Semler, 79, of Athens, passed away January 21, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home. Janet Simpson, 66, of Lilburn, passed away January 17, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Elizabeth Smith, 92, of Johns Creek, passed away January 19, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Nickolaos George Olympiadis, 79, of Milton, passed away January 23, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Hazel Ruth Sturdivant, 88, of Cumming, passed away January 21, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Stacey Lorraine Partain, 45, of Dawsonville, passed away January 26, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Deborah Darlene Tallant, 49, of Cumming, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Harriet Pinajian, 86, of Atlanta, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Angelina Wiggs Webb, 56, of Atlanta, passed away January 26, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Jackson Pruitt, 77, of Roswell, passed away January 26, 2014. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.
Anna Worrall, 88, of Dahlonega, passed away January 24, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Madie Ree Robinson, 92, of Marietta, passed away January 22, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Shanze Zhang, 84, of Alpharetta, passed away January 25, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
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