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A pitcher for Alabama Impact faces off with an Atlanta Vipers batter during the Triple Crown Softball Southeast Nationals at Cumming’s Central Park July 14. The weekend event, held at select parks in Alpharetta and Forsyth County, drew an estimated 3,500 people from across the country to the area. Read more, Page 6.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – More than 125 Alpharetta community members dialed in for a virtual hearing July 13 to vent frustrations over a hotel development proposed along Alpharetta’s border with the city of Milton. Local developer Rob Forrest is planning a multi-faceted development with an 80-room hotel, amenities, meeting and event spaces, as well as a restaurant and rooftop bar and pool. The development would occupy 1.3 acres off Crabapple Road, in between the Crabapple Government Center and The Goddard School Crabapple. Forrest said the project was shaped around input from local business owners, restaurant owners and community members. Another meeting has been
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Wanted man discovered riding bike along Ga. 400 ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police arrested a man wanted in South Carolina after they found him riding a bicycle along Ga. 400 July 7. Police received a report about the cyclist around 7:15 p.m. and found him near the overpass at Old Milton Parkway. The man initially did not stop when the officer flashed his lights and chirped his siren, but eventually stopped and threw his bike to the ground. The man told the officer there were no signs that said he could not ride his bike on the highway. He initially told the officer he was going to Savannah, then said he was actually headed to Charleston. The officer suspected the man was under the influence of a drug, noting that his “eyes were large and bugged and he was extremely sweaty.” The man said he was wanted out of Charleston and that “he wanted to go and see his family before he turned himself in.” Upon checking, the officer found that he was wanted for forgery and possessing a firearm. While occupied running the background check, the officer noticed the man begin walking toward the wooded area on the side of the highway. He was ordered to return, and then broke out into “erratic movements and almost dancing,” according to the report. He then began to walk away again. The officer attempted to detain the man, who allegedly resisted until the officer used a Taser to subdue him. The officer arrested the 27-year-old Johns Island, South Carolina, man and charged him with being a pedestrian on the highway, violating bicycle light
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Woman accuses movers of stealing valuables ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 35-year-old Alpharetta woman reported July 9 that nearly $4,000 in jewelry had been stolen from her new home off Cricket Lane. The woman said she had placed a box containing five rings in a bedroom in the home the evening before. She had hired a moving company to move her belongings into the new house, and that when she returned to the box, the five rings were missing. The woman said the rings went missing while the movers were at the house, so she called the moving company. The five rings ranged in value from $70 to $1,100 and totaled a value of $3,970, according to the report. The woman said she wants to press charges if the offender is located.
Woman reports assault at Alpharetta restaurant ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Johns Creek woman reported that an unidentified man hit her in the face during an altercation at Mercantile Social July 9. The woman called in just before 2 a.m., about an hour after the alleged fight occurred. Police had responded to the incident around 1 a.m., but none of the involved parties were on the scene when they arrived. The woman said the man was “acting vulgarly due to someone calling him a derogatory name but insisted it was not her,” according to the report. She said the man got in a position to strike a friend she was with. She said she tried to get in between them, and the man hit her in the face. The officer went to the woman’s house in Johns Creek to see if she had visible injuries. While he was there, the woman’s friends showed the officer a
video of the interaction, which showed the woman “moving toward the male in a threatening manner” before he slapped her in the face, according to the report. The officer noted that the woman’s face was visibly red and had slight bruising.
Statesboro man reports car stolen ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A Statesboro man reported that his car had been stolen July 9 after he parked it in a lot off North Point Parkway the night before. The man told police he had parked the car around 10 p.m. and returned the next morning around 11 a.m. to find that it was missing. He said he contacted several local towing services and none had records of his car. The man provided police with the license plate number of his 2005 car, which was valued at $5,000. Police could not find any recent hits on the car from license plate readers. The most recent hit was from late June, according to the report.
Roswell woman reports phone stolen from car ROSWELL, Ga. –– Police received a report July 12 that a Galaxy S22 cell phone, valued at $1,000, had been stolen from a woman’s car. Police met with the woman at her apartment on Hembree Road, and she stated that the phone had been taken sometime after July 9 when she was visiting the Alpharetta Library. The woman told police that, while at the library, she noticed a person parked behind her taking pictures of her vehicle. She was not able to provide a description of the person or vehicle. She also stated that on a recent occasion, she entered her vehicle and noticed the dome light on and the sunroof partially open.
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Woman found dead at Alpharetta hotel ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Authorities say that the body of a 35-year-old woman was found at a hotel in Alpharetta over the weekend, prompting a death investigation by the Alpharetta Police Department. According to Detective Lt. A. Splawn, the woman was found deceased by her boyfriend at the Comfort Inn on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta at about noon on July 10. Splawn said that they have not discovered any evidence that the death is a result of foul play. Investigators are awaiting an autopsy by the Fulton County Medical Examiners Office to determine the woman’s cause of death. “We are still actively investigating the facts related to the victim and her personal circumstances,” he said. – Alexander Popp
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Continued from Page 1 scheduled for July 20 at Alpharetta City Hall at 6 p.m. Most community members viewing Wednesday’s meeting expressed opposition to the development, citing traffic concerns, objecting to its scale and character and questioning whether the 1.3-acre project could handle parking from guests and employees. Opposition grew even more fervent over the fact that the hotel would be next door to The Goddard School Crabapple. “We can talk about congestion and parking, fit to the area, the noise, the traffic, the zoning ... but plain and simple it’s dangerous.” Debra Braun, owner and operator of The Goddard School Crabapple said during the session.
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An application filed with the City of Alpharetta proposes a boutique hotel on Crabapple Road in downtown Milton, though the parcel falls under Alpharetta’s jurisdiction. since it opened in 2003, said the hotel would have huge impacts on the school and could put children and families at risk. Even without the addition of a hotel next door, Braun said that surrounding development has already caused dangerous situations at the school, due to unsafe drivers and people cutting through the roads connecting The Goddard school to the adjacent developments. “Whether we need a hotel or not, I don’t know. I know nothing about that. But, this is not the location for it,” she said. “There are shootings at schools, there is potential voyeurism by being able to see into a playground, into classrooms, to say nothing of the congested area.” Alpharetta resident Clifford Martin laid out his own objections to the development, emphasizing that any project built in Alpharetta must be consistent with what residents envision. He said the project doesn’t fit the community’s needs. “This is not the city of Milton,” Martin said. “... What Milton does is what Milton does, but this is Alpharetta, and you need to be respectful to the people of Alpharetta.” Addressing the community’s comments and objections, Forrest said that
We can talk about congestion and parking, fit to the area, the noise, the traffic, the zoning ... but plain and simple it’s dangerous.” DEBRA BRAUN owner and operator of The Goddard School Crabapple while the development seems out of character by Alpharetta zoning standards, the project isn’t too out of keeping with businesses in the surrounding area. Forrest said the property is in a unique position, because it sits on an island that is part of Alpharetta but surrounded by the city of Milton. “Yes, we are zoning this in Alpharetta but that’s because this is a pocket, 100 percent surrounded 360 degrees by the city of Milton,” he said. “So, this really isn’t Alpharetta – legally it’s Alpharetta, but it is in the center of downtown Milton.” Parking at the establishment could be doubled with valets and a lift system, similar to that used at The Hamilton hotel in downtown Alpharetta, he said. Any
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concerns about the size of the development, he said, could be alleviated in the planning process when they have a more realistic picture of what the project would look like. “It’s very residentially sized, so it’s not a big building, I know it looks like it on the renderings, but these renderings are not final by any stretch,” Forrest said. “These are just talking points to get started with.” The Zoom Hearing on the hotel development was interrupted and discontinued after about 30 minutes, when the session was “Zoom-Bombed” by uninvited attendees who disrupted the discussion. City staff said unanswered questions would be addressed by Forrest and shared online at a future date. The proposal will go before the Alpharetta Planning Commission on Aug. 4, and before the Alpharetta City Council on Aug. 22.
Mid Broadwell project
In other matters brought up at the Wednesday session, Toll Brothers pitched a proposed development off Mid Broadwell and Wills Road in Alpharetta. Attorney Don Rolader, representing the developers, said that if granted a rezoning, Toll Brothers would develop the property into a project with 54 town-
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A 1.3-acre property off Crabapple Road in Alpharetta is now the subject of public scrutiny after community members learned of plans to erect a hotel on the Alpharetta/Milton border.
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Continued from Page 4 homes and 20 separate single-family homes. Rolader said that the project spans 10.7 acres from The Lex Apartment Complex on Mid Broadwell Road to Cronan’s Cabinet Shop at the corner of Mid Broadwell and Wills Roads and abutting the Hunter’s Oaks Subdivision in the south. Townhomes in the development would be priced from the mid-$700,000s with 2,400-square-foot floorplans, and detached single family homes would be priced from the high $900,000s at 3,100 square feet, according to Toll Brothers Land Acquisition Manager Cassie Fitzgerald. Questions and comments from community members focused on traffic impact, how the new development would affect the community and what density the development would be zoned for. Most residents who weighed in, objected to the proposal or questioned its suitability for the area. “We’ve been here a little bit less than a year, and frankly the traffic is so bad it’s a living hell,” Wills Road resident Michael Bergman said. “I’m really disappointed to hear that this is even a possibility,” resident Lindsey Bergman said. “We can’t even pull out of our driveway during a workday or at 5 o’clock when school is in session. It is a parking lot. I think this is a foolish decision and a foolish idea in general.” Rolader countered that the developer would be conducting a traffic study in the area in the next week to find out more about what the impact of their project might be, and what traffic mitigation
techniques would need to be deployed. “Right now, it’s zoned more intensely than what we propose for development, and in my developer’s opinion, if you were to develop it for commercial and office purposes, it would yield much more traffic than what we’re proposing,” he said. “We think that our traffic study will indicate a way in which do this development and maintain the stability of the traffic in that area.” However, opponents questioned running a traffic study during the summer and not when the roads are at their peak use during the school year. Like the proposed Crabapple hotel, this item will go before Alpharetta officials at their meetings in August for further discussion and a vote.
Yes, we are zoning this in Alpharetta but that’s because this is a pocket, 100 percent surrounded 360 degrees by the city of Milton. So, this really isn’t Alpharetta – legally it’s Alpharetta, but it is in the center of downtown Milton.” ROB FORREST Local developer
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Triple Crown tourney swings into Alpharetta, Cumming By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — More than 115 girls’ fastpitch softball teams packed into Alpharetta and Cumming July 14 -17 to compete in the Triple Crown Softball Southeast Nationals. Tournament officials, coaches, players and families came to area parks from 14 states including California, Illinois and Michigan. Games took place at North Park in Alpharetta and Central Park, Fowler Park, Sawnee Mountain Park and Sharon Springs Park in Cumming. The event consisted of brackets for players aged 18 and under, 16 and under and 14 and under. The Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates that the tournament brought around 3,500 people into the city over the weekend, driving an estimated economic impact of nearly $200,000 with visitors patronizing the city’s hotels, restaurants and attractions. “Alpharetta is grateful for the 8 years we have had the opportunity to host the Triple Crown Southeast Nationals event,” Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Janet Rodgers said. “3,500 individuals associated with the event also shopped, dined, visited attractions and stayed in Alpharetta hotels making a large economic impact on the tourism and hospitality industry in our community. We hope to secure many more years of this wonderful tournament.” Alpharetta has hosted Triple Crown events since 2014 and is in negotiations for another multi-year contract with the sporting organization. Local teams had mixed performances through the four-day tournament. Geor-
gia Fire and Georgia Intensity KOD, both 16-and-under teams from Alpharetta, were unable to pull out a win during their three days of play at Sawnee Mountain Park. GA Power Fastpitch ‘07, a 14-and-under team from Cumming, pulled out two wins in their six games at North Park. The Atlanta Vipers 18-and-under team from Buford was one of Metro Atlanta’s highest performers, losing only to the top-ranked Rock Gold team from North Fort Myers, Florida during two games at Fowler Park. On July 13, just before the tournament kicked off, Triple Crown Sports partnered with the nonprofit Beautiful Lives Project at Fowler Park to hold a “Field of Dreams” event which gave individuals with disabilities the opportunity to join players on the field to learn softball basics.
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investigated. Police said they couldn’t determine whether the fingerprint may have belonged to any of the passengers who had been with her on the park visit.
Builder reports theft Vehicle break-in reported of building supplies at Garrard Landing Park ROSWELL, Ga. –– A 39-year-old woman visiting Garrard Landing Park July 12 told police someone broke into her vehicle and removed her purse containing $120 in cash. The woman said she arrived at the park shortly after noon, and when she returned to her Chevy suburban a couple of hours later, she noticed the passenger side window had been broken and forced inward. Police said they found a fingerprint on the door handle, but the victim said she did not want the incident
ROSWELL, Ga. –– A contractor reported $15,000 in decking supplies stolen from his job site on Huntwood Way July 12. The contractor told police he had signed a recent contract with a couple that wanted work done at the residence. The couple paid a $500 deposit to start the work, but they later notified him that they wanted a different architect, claiming he was in breach of contract. The contractor said he then went to the job site to retrieve his items, but they were gone.
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Whitetail Bicycles mixes bikes, beer and java By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — If you’re thinking about a place to buy a bike, a place to pick up coffee and a place to grab a beer, you’re likely thinking about three different places. But nestled in downtown Milton is a unique shop where you can do all three. For six years, Whitetail Bicycles & Coffee Company has been serving up java and selling bikes on the corner of Mid Broadwell Road and Mayfield Road. Owner Shaune Huysamen’s original idea was just to open a coffee shop, but he felt the building’s lack of parking would make it hard for a standalone coffee bar to thrive. That’s when his love of bikes came into the picture. Huysamen, a native of Capetown, South Africa, started racing bikes at age 10. He moved to North Fulton County in 1999 after graduating secondary school. He originally intended to return to South Africa to attend the University of Capetown to study sports medicine or physical therapy after a year, but he fell in love with the U.S. and decided to stay. “Honestly, it sounds corny, but I love America,” Huysamen said. “I think it’s a great country. A lot of opportunity and good culture. It’s very similar in a lot of ways to South Africa, but also big, big differences in some other aspects.” After relocating permanently to Georgia, Huysamen spent years in the real estate business before deciding to open Whitetail. The shop focuses on selling high-end road bikes and gravel
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Whitetail Bicycles & Coffee Company owner Shaune Huysamen stands behind the store’s coffee counter July 13. Huysamen opened the store six years ago and has since expanded it to Canton. bikes. It also offers bike repair services. Huysamen said the gravel roads in Milton have helped the shop carve out a niche in the market.
Mixing it up
On the beverage side of business, Whitetail had to stick to coffee its first two years of operation. When the city loosened some of its regulations and
allow open alcohol containers in the Crabapple district in 2017, Huysamen was able to obtain a limited tap license that allows him to serve limited amounts of beer from local Georgia breweries. Huysamen said the bikes drive the business because not many customers come in just to buy a coffee or a beer. He also noted that Whitetail’s limited
java selection is primarily aimed at “coffee snobs.” “Being in Milton, most of these people, they’re not really coffee drinkers, they’re like dessert drinkers,” Huysamen said. “They go to Starbucks. I hate to say it, I’m a huge coffee snob. That’s not coffee. This is kind of for pur-
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Bicycles and accessories sit on racks at Whitetail Bicycles & Coffee Company on Mid Broadwell Road July 13.
Whitetail: Continued from Page 8 ists, people who know coffee. It’s not Starbucks where you have a frappe, a Frappuccino. We just don’t have that.” Huysamen said the retail bike industry is difficult to break into, and he opened Whitetail with no prior experience. Some of the bicycle brands he wanted to sell wouldn’t work with someone who wasn’t established, he said, and the business operated at a loss the first three years. But, business took off soon after, he said, especially in 2020 when the pandemic forced people to search for more outdoor activities.
Huysamen said running such a small business takes a lot of work, but his family’s support has helped him succeed.
Relocation in the works
At the end of the 2022, Whitetail’s Milton location will move down the street to Crabapple Road, near Nest Cafe. He said the owner of the building he now rents on Mid Broadwell Road has sold the property, a development he didn’t see coming until he noticed surveyors outside the building two days in a row. Huysamen said he was luckily able to find the new location with the help of a developer he knows, and that the new location will offer him more space.
Whitetail offers a small selection of coffees, which owner Shaune Huysamen says appeals to “coffee snobs.” “It all worked out well,” Huysamen said. “Something really sucky turned into a positive. It’s a bigger space, it’ll be better parking. We’re going to expand on the coffee. I think we’ll have a lot more walk-up traffic.” In addition to his new opportunity to expand in Milton, Huysamen also opened a new branch of the business in Canton, where he lived briefly. The current space is solely a coffee shop, under the name Whitetail Coffee Company, but he’s also working on opening a chapter of the bike shop in the same development. “It’s been fantastic,” Huysamen said. “Canton is definitely on the move, too. It’s really cool to see these little towns blowing up.”
Honestly, it sounds corny, but I love America, I think it’s a great country. A lot of opportunity and good culture. It’s very similar in a lot of ways to South Africa, but also big, big differences in some other aspects.” SHAUNE HUYSAMEN Whitetail Bicycles & Coffee Company owner
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Eagles Nest Church eyes East Roswell Kohl’s site By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Eagles Nest Church is under contract to purchase the Kohl’s lot off Holcomb Bridge Road that has been vacant for close to six years. Senior Pastor Lee Jenkins told Appen Media July 13 that the 15.5-acre site in East Roswell consists of three separate buildings but declined to share details about the church’s plans for the property. “We have been pursuing this property for years and will be closing this fall,” Jenkins said. “Once we close on the property, we will be providing more information about our plans. Please know that we are committed to greatly enhancing this property and making it something that Roswell will be proud of.” Jenkins founded Eagles Nest Church in 2012, and it has since grown to more than 1,000 members. The church previously leased a space in Alpharetta but moved its services to Centennial High School in July after the property sold to another church. Jenkins says in a video uploaded to YouTube that the church in Alpharetta sold about a year ago. While Eagles Nest was allowed to keep holding services there, it was asked to move them to the afternoons. Roswell Community Relations Director Julie Brechbill said the former Kohl’s property is zoned as commercial mixed use. As of July 13, nothing has been filed to go before the Planning and Zoning
Division. Kohl’s announced in 2016 it would close 18 under-performing stores as part of the company’s plan to venture into the outlet business. One of those locations was in East Roswell. Then, in February, the City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit to convert the property into a pickleball sports and recreation facility called Pickle and Social, hoping it would become a destination site for East Roswell. But, the following month, developer Competitive Social Ventures announced it had deemed the property “too cost-prohibitive” and that it had decided to look at other locations in the city. The site is one of two empty big box stores in East Roswell that are set to be replaced after being vacant for more than half a decade. ECI Group and joint venture partner Phoenix Capital announced in June they had started construction of a $101 million luxury apartment and townhome development to replace the East Village Shopping Center on Holcomb Bridge Road. The shopping center is at the site of a former SuperTarget, which had been vacant for the past five years. The Avery East Village mixed-use development is expected to be completed in late 2024. Plans call for 335 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, 74 townhomes, 75,000 square feet of retail and a large public central green with pavilion.
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Winder man hospitalized Cumming motorcyclist dies in construction site attack in Forsyth County wreck By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 23-yearold Barrow County man was admitted to Northside Hospital Forsyth with a skull fracture and possible brain bleeding, after allegedly being attacked by four men at a Forsyth County construction site on July 12. According to Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office reports, Adebowale Adegbesote, a construction worker from Winder, was hit with a piece of wood, knocked to the ground and beaten by four other workers in an argument over
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Slaying victim’s family calls out to community for assistance By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The family of a 23-year-old Roswell woman fatally shot on July 6 is raising funds to help pay for her funeral expenses and support her two children. As of July 13, the family had raised more than $20,000 out of their $50,000 goal. The GoFundMe page states any excess funds will go toward Johana Samantha ‘Samy’ Cabrales-Hernandez’s 2-yearold daughter and 7-month-old son. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo told Appen Media on July 11 officers are still searching for Cabrales-Hernandez’s boyfriend. Fabien Malik Perry, 27, is accused of fatally shooting CabralesHernandez inside their home on the 100 block of Old Ferry Way just after midnight on July 6. Police have since expanded their search outside the state, but Lupo said there are no additional public updates on the case at this time. “We continue to actively seek Perry’s apprehension,” Lupo said. “We have been in contact with our federal partners, along with local and state contacts toward those ends.”
Cabrales-Hernandez’s sister, Miriam Cabrales Jaimes, describes the incident on GoFundMe as a “senseless act of violence.” “We are kindly asking for your help and cooperation in raising funds for Samy’s funeral expenses,” Jaimes wrote. “Any funds that are left over from her funeral expenses will be used to help support her babies.” To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/ help-for-samys-funeral-expenses. Perry is described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing approximately 165 pounds. Anyone with information about the incident or Perry’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be shared through Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or online at StopCrimeATL.org. Anyone experiencing domestic violence or concerned that a friend or family member might be experiencing domestic violence can call 1-800-3342836 to speak with an advocate. To find a shelter, visit gcadv.org/domesticviolence-centers/. Jaimes did not respond to a request for comment.
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Deadline approaches for elderly to vacate building Roswell residents seek city’s help By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Sheila Richards is living among carboard boxes stacked across her living room. At 75, she says she’s ready to move out of her apartment at 199 Grove Way if only she could find a landlord willing to take her government-subsidized Section 8 voucher. Richards is one of 33 residents at the complex who has until Sept. 1 to relocate after the City of Roswell deemed their building structurally unsound four months ago. The property, owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell, is managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is supposed to be on-site every weekday to answer residents’ questions, help them find housing and explain to potential landlords how the government-subsidized Section 8 voucher program works. Richards moved into her apartment in 2002, a couple years after her husband died. Before that, she was a university professor with a PhD and costume designer, a calling she says she answered when she was in high school. Richards said she’s open to moving outside the area, but it isn’t feasible because she has friends nearby who help her get to her doctor’s appointments in Atlanta. She said she gets so “violently sick” afterward, her doctors won’t let her take an Uber or taxi home. “In 2000, I was given two years to live by Emory University Hospital,” Richards said. “They had a guinea pig program that they were asking those of us that were waiting for a transplant to take. I signed the contract that I would do all eight [procedures], and that’s how my liver started regenerating. I’m the lucky 1 in 10,000. All the rest of them are gone and dead.”
A futile, costly search
Richards said she’s already spent hundreds of dollars on rental application fees, only to discover that management won’t take a Section 8 voucher. While she and many of the other residents at 199 Grove Way are eligible for up to $1,300 for moving expenses, only $100 of that money can be used for application fees. She thought she found an available
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Sheila Richards has carboard boxes stacked across her living room at 199 Grove Way so that she’s ready to move out at any given moment. The City of Roswell has deemed the property structurally unsound and given the residents until the end of August to relocate. unit at the 1660 Peachtree Midtown Apartments, but Richards said it differed from the ones advertised online and so dirty and small she would have had to rent a storage unit to cache the rest of her belongings. Richards said she is No. 161 on the waiting list at the Renaissance affordable housing community and three months out on another. Her neighbor, 74-year-old Michael Dowda, has had his own troubles finding housing. Richards said she used to cook him dinner, but she’s had to stop because all her things are packed away. These days, she eats off paper plates. They admit their apartments are in bad shape. Richards said her screen door doesn’t close unless she forces it, and she can no longer place an egg on the countertop without it rolling onto the floor. The brick wall outside Dowda’s apartment is cracked, filled only with a small piece of cardboard. Richards and Dowda say they’re run-
ning out of time, but that Leumas isn’t being very helpful. “They won’t even tell us how much our vouchers are worth,” Richards said. “And to be truthful, [Leumas] is only here about three hours a day.” Dowda said there’s a list of phone numbers outside the complex’s office door, but nobody ever returns his phone calls. At the July 11 Roswell City Council meeting, Dowda asked for help, saying he had experienced homelessness before, for almost four years. “I’m not going to be homeless again,” Dowda told council members. “I’ll soon get my home in heaven, but we’ve got to solve this problem.” Dowda said no one from the city has reached out to him since. He said he’d like to see the mayor and City Council tell him and the other residents, “This is how we’re going to get you from point A to point B.” “We’re running against a brick wall, and the brick wall just doesn’t want to collapse,” Dowda said.
Mayor shares frustration
Mayor Kurt Wilson said at the July 11 City Council meeting he’s been working with the Housing Authority of Roswell since he was sworn into office in January, because he quickly realized he had “inherited dozens of years of issues” with the agency. “The first thing that was very apparent to us – to myself and the city administrator – was that we had [approximately] 40 residents that we considered to be in immediate peril from a potential collapse of a building,” Wilson said. “To your point, why wasn’t that addressed in the years past is part of the story that should be written.” Wilson said because the Housing Authority of Roswell is a HUD program, the city does not have purview, except to deem the building unsafe. He said the pleas for help are not falling on deaf ears.
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Continued from Page 14 “I’m responsible for the fact that your building got condemned,” Wilson said. “That was a matter of safety. It was a matter of I was concerned that building would collapse, and I would lose 40 Roswell residents.”
No money to move
Meanwhile, another resident, Wanda Wilbanks, 86, said she’s been given a unit at one of the duplexes across the street, where she previously lived for 37 years with her kids, but that she’s not eligible for the funds to hire movers. “They said I wasn’t eligible for it, but I still have to move,” Wilbanks said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Wilbanks retired in 1999 after driving a school bus for 45 years. She moved to 199 Grove Way in 2011 but said her apartment was never painted, and when the carpet was replaced, it was installed on top of the old one, making it difficult to clean. In 2017, her ceiling fell, breaking her dining room table and ruining her furniture. Wilbanks said she never got reimbursed and the ceiling has started to crack again. The Housing Authority of Roswell and Leumas have told residents that once the property is redeveloped in a couple of years, they will have first dibs on the new apartments. Wilbanks said she doesn’t think she’ll still be alive when that happens. Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Housing Authority of Roswell, said the goal is to have everyone placed by Sept. 1. Anyone who has not secured housing by that date will be addressed on a caseby-case basis. “We have residents with specific special needs that we know will be difficult to place and are hopeful to find suitable housing for each resident as soon as possible,” Parrish said. “This timeframe has been established through working jointly with HUD and the City of Roswell as well as the Marietta Housing Authority who is issuing the vouchers.”
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Areas around the 199 Grove Way apartments are held up by metal supports after being deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell in March.
The first thing that was very apparent to us – to myself and the city administrator – was that we had [approximately] 40 residents that we considered to be in immediate peril from a potential collapse of a building.” KURT WILSON Mayor of Roswell
The office at 199 Grove Way closed for the day at around 4 p.m. on July 14. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is supposed to be on-site every weekday to help the residents relocate.
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Roswell resident Michael Dowda addresses Mayor Kurt Wilson and the City Council July 11 about the challenges he’s faced trying to find an apartment to relocate to after 199 Grove Way was deemed structurally unsound.
Records chart downward path for Grove Way apartments Calls for rehabilitation extend back to 2017 By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Housing Authority of Roswell, said she’s in discussions with the mayor and City Council to redevelop 199 Grove Way, but their focus right now is on the safety of the residents. “That’s why we’ve been fighting so hard since we found out about this to try to help them land a new place the best way that we know how, given the circumstances,” Parrish said. The board, she said, learned about the building’s structural issues in 2019, a year after she became chair. The complex, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, includes 55 other income-based housing units owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell. Parrish said because the agency is so small and has faced numerous challenges over the years, a previous board called on the Marietta Housing Authority to help the complex pass inspections. The Marietta agency is providing the Section 8 vouchers to help the residents relocate.
Parrish said the board also commissioned an engineering report in 2017, which revealed several structural issues at 199 Grove Way, but it wasn’t until 2019, when the Gainesville Housing Authority got involved, that it was brought to her attention. “After that, we just got to work as quickly as we could,” Parrish said.
Report reveals issues
In a March 9 letter to Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, Roswell officials stated multiple reports on the facility’s conditions have been produced between summer 2017 and this past January, all citing deficiencies that affect the viability and safety of the building. Appen Media obtained a copy of the March 9 letter from Roswell Community Development Director Jason Gaines and Chief Building Official John Boland through an open records request. It states the most concerning deficiency is advanced corrosion at exterior stairways, which was identified in a July 7, 2017, letter from Norton, Schmidt & Warden Consulting Engineers LLP with the recommendation they be removed and replaced. But, as of March, the letter states the recommendation had not been followed and was even cited in a subsequent Sept. 30, 2019, report by NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC as being in “immediate need of removal and replacement due to severe corro-
sion.” It states NOVA identified it as a “life safety item.” The letter also states each of the buildings on site have multiple instances of distress to the exterior brick veneer, cracks and displacement of elevated balconies and interior walls, displacement of entry porch concrete floors and other visual signs indicative of “significant structural deficiencies.” However, none were deemed as being in “need of immediate attention or as a life safety issue.” A NOVA geotechnical report, dated October 2019, alludes to potentially under-compacted soil beneath the building foundations that may be contributing to settlement issues, requiring further, in-depth investigation of its footing and support systems to determine the long-term stability of the structures and any need for immediate repairs, the letter states. On Feb. 28, city staff toured the property, which they said corroborated much of the information in the reports. The letter states that during the tour, staff also noticed one of the two on-site elevators was out of service, “leaving but one functioning elevator in a complex that houses 100 percent senior citizen and/ or physically disabled tenants.” To date, the elevator has not been fixed. Then, on March 8, Parrish and the Housing Authority of Roswell’s attorney, Stewart Duggan, met
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Apartments: Continued from Page 16 with city officials to review a new report from NOVA. The report reiterated concerns with the structural integrity of the egress paths and recommended that maintenance staff perform monthly inspections of all the stairs to ensure they were safe. It also recommended for soffit finishes to be removed from all the walkways and stairs to expose the underside framing so a structural inspection could be conducted and for shores to be installed to temporarily support any deficient walkway and stair components for 120 days. In a letter from city officials to Brown, dated March 23, the city agreed to a deadline extension beyond the initial 14 days it had to set to implement the recommendations.
Board members resign
Andrew Leonardi and Trent Perry were appointed to the Housing Authority of Roswell’s six-member board last year. They resigned months later because they disagreed the building had to be demolished, based on their understanding of the NOVA reports. Leonardi and Perry said they tried to convince Parrish to repair the building so the residents wouldn’t have to move, but they were turned down. “The thought process was to replace all of the buildings at Pelfrey Pines … and everything was going to look great, but there was never an option, really, to repair what was going on,” Leonardi said. HUD then called one Friday afternoon in April, Leonardi said, and announced the complex was unsafe, and everyone needed to get out within 72 hours. Leonardi said that caused a mass panic, but the board quickly began calling around to try to find a hotel for the residents. Parrish said HUD backed off after the housing authority did further research. She said the agency was very open to working with them to try to find a proper solution. But, Leonardi said, he took issue with Parrish meeting with the mayor and City Council in private, allegedly leaving the board “in the dark.” “That freaked me out to be honest with you,” Leonardi said. “That was one of the reasons I resigned – there was a huge lack of transparency. … I love helping people. That’s why I volunteered to be on the board, but then I [asked] why is the board not being told information?” Leonardi resigned one month after Perry. They said that while on the board, they don’t remember ever voting on any course of action for 199 Grove Way. Perry, a 35-year resident of Roswell, previously served on various other committees and even authored the final report of the East Roswell Economic Action Committee. He said Parrish recruited him based on his experience. But, when he read the technical reports and learned that the housing authority was applying for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program to enter into contract with Penrose development to demolish and replace its existing housing stock, he thought “none of them, in my opinion, defined a catastrophic situation.” The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program provides tax incentives on new construction and substantial rehabilitation on existing properties with an eye toward the underprivileged. It would have provided the Housing Authority of Roswell with about $18 mil-
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lion to redevelop, Parrish said, but it failed to meet the requirements by half a point. Perry said his time on the board should have been very fulfilling and satisfying, but it wasn’t “The housing authority has the power to do a lot of good and meet a lot of needs for mid- and low-income disabled and elderly residents,” Perry said. “I just don’t think, in my personal opinion, that it has met its goals … or that they have the right idea of what they’re there for. It’s not a real estate business. It’s a residential rental business for the people that need the most help.”
Parrish turns to Roswell for help
As chair of the Housing Authority of Roswell, Parrish said the plan has always been to either significantly modify the complex or tear it down, with more units added to it. The agency had hoped to build a new complex across the street and have the residents move there while 199 Grove Way was being redeveloped, but those plans changed after their application for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program was denied. Then, in May, Parrish said the board found out their application for $9 million in American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funds from the state had also been denied. The funds would have gone toward addressing some of the deferred maintenance needs of the property. That same month, the City Council awarded $450,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to city water line replacement projects instead of local nonprofits. Records show the Housing Authority of Roswell applied for $36,758 for security cameras, roofing repairs and an intensive after-school program targeting reading and math skills for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Parrish said none of it was for 199 Grove Way, because the board was already in conversation with the city “about getting millions of dollars.” She estimates the project could inject $40 million into the area. “In the meantime, we are still working and calling every legislator from the city, county, state and congressional representatives to help us in our situation,” Parrish said. “… I’ve seen some say we haven’t done anything, and that’s interesting because we may not be in the media, we may not be pounding podiums, but we’re definitely pounding doors and making calls to move the ball forward.” Parrish said the city is encouraging the board to move forward with a 4-percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit application due Oct. 14. If approved, the funds would come from the city and local charitable organizations to redevelop the property, add more units and even do some “significant rehabilitation” on some of the other units that house individuals and families, including a total gut rehab. As of July 18, Parrish said 18 residents are in the process of moving and 15 are still looking for units that meet their needs or wishes.
Elected officials get involved
Mayor Kurt Wilson said that until now, the Housing Authority of Roswell’s pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears, but he promised during his campaign to do whatever he could to help. Wilson said there has historically been little engagement between the mayor and City Council and the housing authority. That’s because while the housing authority has the city’s name in it, the City of Roswell does not have any purview. The agency is
In the meantime, we are still working and calling every legislator from the city, county, state and congressional representatives to help us in our situation.” KAREN PARRISH Chairwoman, Housing Authority of Roswell responsible to HUD. Roswell is the only city in North Fulton County with a housing authority. It was established in 1950. Wilson said unless the federal government under HUD takes action, the city is not allowed to, which is why it cannot legally put up a loan to help finance a project. Wilson said the plan now is to help the housing authority attain enough points to qualify for a development deal under the HUD program, with the condition that there be a “higher level of engagement” between the city and the housing authority within all the legal boundaries. “I have lauded Karen Parrish’s efforts in the past as a resident who’s gotten highly engaged, highly informed and highly active in trying, in my mind, to save that housing authority single-handedly,” Wilson said. “… This is a person that’s doing superhero work with, frankly, almost no love or help from her city.” Wilson said some of the agency’s financial issues stem from a deal struck almost a decade ago with a local developer to build the Veranda Groveway apartments to the west of 199 Grove Way, which “basically bankrupted” the Housing Authority of Roswell. “The people that were perhaps knowledgeable about the system got an incredibly favorable, super profitable deal for themselves, and that includes local people here in Roswell, and took advantage of the housing authority and left it in a financial mess,” Wilson said. What he wants to avoid now, he said, is an incident like the 2021 Surfside condominium collapse in Miami in which 98 people died. “We don’t have a lot of legal jurisdiction here, but we’re not going to have a Miami where we have a building collapse and 40 people die,” Wilson said. “That’s not going to happen. … We got to find a way even if includes reaching out to the press, reaching out through churches and synagogues and mosques.” State Rep. Mary Robichaux said she only learned about the situation at the complex this month. Since then, she’s contacted Christopher Nunn, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, to explore what can be done to help the residents. DCA serves as a state liaison to HUD. “I’ve also placed a call to Sen. [Jon] Ossoff and Sen. [Raphael] Warnock’s offices, and they are also talking with the residents and with HUD to see what can be done,” Robichaux said. “… I’m just opening as many doors as I can.” Ossoff and Warnock’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment by press deadline July 19. The Housing Authority of Roswell meets at noon on the second Tuesday of every month in the Community Room at 199 Grove Way.
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Stage Door play to support work by area nonprofit to end addiction By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody’s Stage Door Theatre will host a performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “August: Osage County” Aug. 17-28. The play takes on heavy subjects and themes, focusing on addiction, trauma and recovery. Showrunners have partnered with Dunwoody-based Atlanta Recovery Place to raise funds with the performance to support addiction recovery treatment in the Dunwoody and greater Atlanta communities. Kennesaw-based Greenlight Acting Studios partnered with The Living Room Theatre to bring a star-studded cast to the production. Audiences will recognize actors such as Alpha Trivette, Rebecca Coon, Drew Waters and Erin Bethea, who have acted in works such as “Breaking Bad,” “Ozark” and “New Life.” Bethea also serves as one of the co-producers for the upcoming rendition of “August: Osage County.” She said the idea of putting on a show amid the continued prevalence of COVID-19 was daunting, but that the pandemic just made the play’s themes more relevant than ever. “One of the central themes of ‘August: Osage County’ is isolation and how isolation breeds mental health issues and addiction issues,” Bethea said. “It kind of felt like there may not have been a more opportune, interesting time in history to tackle a play with a subject like this. It’s about family trauma and isolation and what we’ve all kind of lived with in the
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last few years.” Co-producer and actress Michelle Neil said the themes hit home for her because she is a recovered alcoholic. It felt important for her to partner with a local recovery organization to let the audience know that support is available for those struggling with addiction — and luckily, the showrunners found Atlanta Recovery Place less than half a mile from the theater. Cody Davis, director of business development for the drug rehab organization, also said the timing of the partnership is opportune. He said mental health and substance abuse are topics within the national interest at the moment, and the Georgia Legislature recently passed a bill aimed at improving access to mental health care. “It couldn’t have been better timing,” Davis said. “The fact that they’re doing this in a local theater right down the street from our facility, it just made sense.” Atlanta Recovery Place focuses on treating individuals who suffer from substance abuse. Its treatment programs aim to uncover the underlying causes of substance abuse, such as trauma and mental health disorders, and help patients overcome them. The organization does not limit who can receive care there, and Davis said about half of its patients are Dunwoody locals. Though “August: Osage County” was adapted into a film in 2013, Bethea said the audience will have a much different experience seeing the live show. She said the play is far more humorous and light-hearted than its adaptation, despite its dark themes. She said the feeling of gathering in-person with a community to
High school students named as winners for Merit Scholarships
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Alpharetta - Samuel A. Risner Cambridge - Zachary W. Rose Chattahoochee - Shruti Nemala, Nicole J. Jhun, Rahul Peddu, Erin Suh Milton - Luke C. Ortwein. Andrew A. Vlasenko Northview - Shana Lee, Raul S. Sankhe, Srikent Siruvella The students were first selected as semi-finalists after being among the top scoring students on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) which they took as juniors. About 3.5 million high school students take the PSAT, and fewer than 1 percent are selected National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Semi-finalists then advanced to finalist consideration, where information on their academic record, extracurricular activities, awards, leadership positions and SAT or ACT scores were reviewed before being selected as winners.
ATLANTA — All eight traditional high schools in the North Fulton region landed on the list of public high schools across the state selected as Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2022 by State School Superintendent Richard Woods. Only 88 out of the nearly 500 public high schools in Georgia received the distinction. In total, 12 high schools in Fulton County Schools were named to the AP Honor Roll for 2022, including Alpharetta, Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek, Milton, Northview and Roswell high schools. “I am very proud of our students, teachers and staff at these schools and how they’re keeping Fulton’s standards high in difficult times,” Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said. “They prevailed academically despite another incredibly complicated year with the COVID-19 pandemic.” AP exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT, and are a way for students to receive college-level instruction at the high school level. Students who receive a score of 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam may receive college credit. Fulton County School Board president Julia Bernath said the commitment by the board to fund AP testing has led to high levels of participation and achievement by students. “Our students’ perseverance in their college-level
ATLANTA —Eleven Fulton County Schools students were among the 2,600 recent graduates from across the country named 2022 National Merit Scholarship winners. These top students will receive annual scholarships of up to $2,000 a year from their selected college or university as they complete their undergraduate studies. Scholarship winners from area high schools include:
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The cast of Stage Door Theatre’s production of “August: Osage County” will perform 12 shows of the award-winning drama Aug. 17-28 at Stage Door Theatre, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. see the play only feeds into its positivity. “There’s tons of healing that happens through laughter,” Bethea said. “You know, when people are gathered in a room together and they’re enjoying something, even if they’re squirming in their seats a little bit while they’re enjoying it.” Stage Door Theatre is at 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. Tickets are available for purchase online at augustosagecounty.com/tickets.
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Everybody knew Billy Bates: Part 2 In a previous column, I described Billy Bates’ experiences as a sailor during World War II. The story continues today about his passion for life as expressed through his wide-ranging interests and through some of the people who played BOB MEYERS important roles in his life. Billy had many hobbies. He traveled all over the Southeast searching for geodes and other rocks and minerals. Following his death, his large collection was donated to the Cobb County Geological Society. He made beautiful furniture from trees cut down on his large property on Mayfield Road and from rare wood he collected and stored in his well-appointed workshop. He collected many varieties and colors of bamboo from around the world and had a neat circular garden devoted to them. He had to plow the garden every year to keep the bamboo under control. He helped catalog all the cemeteries in the area, often trapsing through thick underbrush to locate long forgotten graves. His research and exploration helped locate the first settlement of Alpharetta, known today as Farmhouse. Phil Benton, husband of Billy’s daughter Shirley, first met Billy in 1968 when he and Shirley were students at North Georgia College. After their marriage in 1972 they moved into a house next door to Billy and his first wife Dorothy Mae Sims (1926-1989). Phil enjoyed visiting Billy’s workshop which contained lots of tools. “I would hold boards while he sawed, helped in the garden and helped him crank small engines such as wood splitters, tractors and chain saws. He was always in motion which was one reason he stayed in great shape for most of his life,” Phil said. He called Billy “Papa.” Shirley says that her father wanted “three educated, productive children. As a child I loved the road trips we so often took to historical sites, Civil War battlefields, Indian burial grounds, family cemeteries, gold mines, caves, rock quarries, old-growth forests and family home places. Every place we went seemed to be ‘just a little bit farther’ down some unused, well-rutted, red dirt road. I suspect in his own way he was teaching us to be good stewards, to respect and honor our history. He took us to ‘natural history museums,’ not in structured buildings
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Billy made many large and small hunting knives out of old saw blades, wood and leather. Here is one example. but out in natural settings.” Billy’s youngest child, Lynn Bates, recalls attending the Birmingham Baptist Church growing up, noting that Billy was a religious man. Lynn left home to become a teacher in Fulton County and moved back to live in a house adjacent to Billy’s property when she retired. She often helped Billy clear woods and worked in Billy’s large garden. He even bought her a Kuboda tractor with scoop and taught her to drive it. “Those were very special years for
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The only story that really matters Last week, a resident called our managing editor and said he was worried about his future. He lives in an affordable housing complex that was shut down, and now he and his neighbors weren’t CARL APPEN sure where to go. Director of Content & DevelopPat Fox took that ment carl@appenmedia.com call from Michael Dowda, typed out the information and sent it to Chamian Cruz, our Roswell reporter. A few days later, we published a story about Dowda and the 32 other residents of 199 Grove Way, an apartment complex owned by the Roswell Housing Authority. The building is 40 years old, sits within a half-mile of City Hall and is in such disrepair that the city has ordered it unsafe for occupancy. The apartments are reserved for lower-income residents. Many of the tenants have lived there for 20 years and are elderly or disabled. Now, they must all find a new place to live. They aren’t having much luck. Georgia does not require landlords to accept vouchers, and not many are willing to do it. As a result, 15 of the 33 Grove Way residents still have no place to go. Chamian attended a community meeting, interviewed tenants and spoke with housing administrators. She walked through the complex with Dowda, experiencing firsthand the condition
Bates: Continued from Page 30 me,” Lynn said. Norm Broadwell, who taught two of Billy’s three children as a history teacher at Milton High School for 40 years, became close friends with Billy through their mutual love of history. They were among the co-founders of the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society in 1979. In 1991 Billy married Marjorie Moore who in the 1970s worked for five years in the Bates and Wood Super Market with her brother Bobby, both as butchers. She later worked for the Post Office for 11 years and then for a private company doing computer data entry. She recalls that Billy loved to take long drives, and that twice a week they would spend the day in the car. “Billy could navigate by rivers and streams that he knew by heart,” she said.
of the building and its units. Then, she wrote about it. Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson took a few minutes out of last Monday’s City Council meeting to address Chamian and the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald. He said there was a story that should be told, “a fantastic expose to be written,” about the Roswell Housing Authority. But it wasn’t written, he said. Instead, we focused on the current situation — where we are, not how we got here. Part of Mayor Wilson’s goal, I think, was to point out that his administration inherited the problem. He walked into a situation that instilled genuine, dire concern for the safety of his residents, and he acted on it. I commend him for it. But I push back on his other point. Michael Dowda’s story did need to be told. In fact, I think it’s the only one that really matters. A small part of what we do in local news is investigative journalism. We spend money on FOIA requests and PACER access. Reporters comb through budgets, monitor indictments and read countless police reports. We compile hundreds of excel documents to find patterns in municipal data. We’ll even take a city to court if we think they’re breaking the law. “Watchdog journalism” is important. Some newspapers even use it to drive subscription campaigns. But it’s not all there is. The reality is that most of our stories are from, and about, the community. Your valedictorians, Rotary Club meetings and back-to-school drives.
Within our pages, you’ll find columns about the area’s history, photos from Fourth of July events and reports of teacher burnout. We try and profile a local business every week – picked by the newsroom, away from the sales department, I might add. Those are the stories that relay the face of a community and what it’s like to live there. As Michael Dowda stood at the podium in Roswell City Hall, his face conveyed much to me. He looked right at the City Council and Mayor Wilson, as they insisted they inherited the problem. Investigate the Roswell Housing Authority, they said. That’s the real story. “I was homeless for almost four years,” Dowda said. The Vietnam War veteran had slept in cars, warehouses and hotels until a spot opened at Grove Way. “I will not be homeless again. I’ll soon get my home in heaven. But we’ve got to solve this problem.” I truly share Michael Dowda’s optimism that this mayor and council, city staff and “especially the residents, other citizens of Roswell,” will find a solution. Optimistic, yes, but it will take work. Since the story has come out, we have heard a lot of folks calling for a fix. Senators, representatives and other elected officials have expressed concern. Community and nonprofit leaders say they are willing to lend a hand. But there is still no clear resolution. Part of local news is calling out wrongdoing. It’s an important part of this story, and as Mayor Wilson said, there is no shortage of it. How did we
get here? How did this property get to be in such bad shape? Why is the move being handled this way? To say nothing of the larger questions of this issue. What’s going on with housing in Metro Atlanta, or around the country? Why are we treating our elderly, our veterans, our vulnerable populations so poorly? Those are all questions we need to ask. But we can’t lose sight of the real story. On Sept. 1, Michael Dowda and his neighbors must leave their homes and they don’t have anywhere to go. That’s the story we must tell. We must also work together, as a community, to find a solution. Chamian, Pat and I want to hear from anyone who wants to help. Developers, Rabbis, officials, therapists, soccer coaches. If you have an idea, let us know. If you don’t have one, but you still want to help, let us know that too. If you’re a property owner or landlord willing to take a Tenant Protection Voucher, contact Beth Brown at the Gainesville Housing Authority: 770536-1294, Ext. 205, bbrown@gainesvillehousing.org. Two things make me optimistic; I know people in this community will want to help, and there absolutely must be a solution. I refuse to concede these residents are destined to be without a place to sleep. In talking with folks over the past week, I have remarked that this is the most important work we’ve done in local news. I’m beginning to think it’s the only story that matters at all.
“He never needed a map. We always went to someplace new.” He made hunting knives out of the used saw blades. Marjorie sewed leather sheaths for the knives. Connie Mashburn, another close friend and local historian, thought of Billy as a teacher. “He brought more people into genealogy and history than anyone I have ever known,” said Connie, who treasures a chair Billy made for Connie’s grandson. Barry Mansell, Billy’s first cousin, has fond memories accompanying Billy on trips with his brother Marcus, and his father William, son Bill and several others in the 1970s to Horseshoe Beach and Steinhatchee, Florida, for sea bass and the inevitable fish fry. Billy was the chef. Billy will be long remembered for two unique contributions to the community: his research and depth of knowledge of local genealogy and his key role in the development of the Alpharetta Fire Department. Billy suffered a heart attack in the early 1980s. While recovering, son-in-law
Phil, who worked for Honey Baked Hams for 16 years in their computer department, set up a Compaq computer in Billy’s office. Phil bought a $3.50 genealogy program for Billy. In the early 1990s Phil built custom computers for Billy who had two computers going at a time using specialized software packages. He followed the genealogy of many local families and had copious notes about people, eventually accumulating 50,000 entries. Billy became the acknowledged expert in local genealogy and frequently gave public presentations on the subject. In 1944 a handful of local business leaders obtained sufficient surplus war material from the U.S. government to start an Alpharetta Volunteer Fire Department. It gradually grew in size and capability, and in 1957 Billy was one of several local men to volunteer as part of a reorganized department. The details of this time are contained in the book “Alpharetta, Milton County – The Early Years,” by Connie Mashburn, © 2008 by City of Alpharetta. Billy devoted
more than 25 years to the fire department. Bill Bates followed his dad into the department. At the age of 10 he would accompany his father to fires several times a week but had to stay in the car and watch from a distance. As he got older, he was allowed to get out of the car and eventually joined the department and worked his way up the ladder. He became a battalion chief, then fire marshall and was responsible for building six fire stations. He became the first salaried chief of the department in 1989, a position he ably held until his retirement in 2006 ending a career of 43 years in the fire service. Billy’s final years were marked by health setbacks. Marjorie was his devoted caregiver, always available to make him comfortable and as productive as possible. Friends often came to pay their respects to Billy Shirley Bates, truly one of a kind. Bob is Director Emeritus of the Milton Historical Society. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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Come enjoy a family and community event of live multi-cultural music for all ages sponsored by the Roswell Organization for Community Development (ROCD). “A Festival Of Music” will feature the Trey Wright Trio, Jazz Saxophonist J Henry, the KT Collaborative, Mariachi Guadalajara, a silent auction of wonderful items, including a Mariano Rivera autographed jersey, a mountain cabin retreat that sleeps 10, plus more surprises. The event will take place at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA on July 31, 2022, at 6:00. Doors open at 5:00 for cocktail hour and silent auction bidding. This is a personal invitation to support ROCD’s first major fundraiser, as we continue our work in North Fulton to facilitate such programs as: the Jasmine Stewart Community Garden, Mobile Market Food Giveaways, COVID Education, fresh vegetable giveaways to senior citizens and first responders, just to name a few. ROCD extends special thanks to A Festival Of Music corporate sponsors: 1. 3Hermanos Supermarkets 2. Asbury Legal LLC 3. Atlanta Benefits Group 4. Big Oak Tavern 5. Casa Robles 6. Chole Kristyn
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Winston Lee North, age 87 of Roswell, GA, passed away on July 3, 2022. He is preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Ann North; parents, William and Dovie North; sister, Betty Jeanette “North” Owens. He is survived by his children, Timothy (Dawn) North of Woodstock, Tammy (Keith) Christian of Canton, Todd (Missi) North of Kingston, TN; grandchildren, Daniel North, Alex (Alyse) North, Kaitlin Christian, Kaleb (Audrie) Christian, Kullen (Kayla) Christian, Sarah (Adam) Jones
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Joyce Cohron Creel, 92 of Roswell, Ga. passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 30,2022 surrounded by family. She was born in Mobile, Ala on November 7, 1929. She attended Montevallo University and Auburn University. She was a proud and devoted Air Force wife and active in the military community. Being stationed at various bases, she also made countless friends over the years. Joyce was an avid fan of Auburn football, loved reading mysteries and enjoyed being with family. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren brought her much joy and laughter. She was full of humor and sharp-witted. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
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