Fourth and fifth graders from Atlanta Academy celebrate their first place win in the chocolate-based flavor category during the 20th Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ fundraiser Aug. 25 at Roswell United Methodist Church.
Miss Mary’s cranks out confection to perfection
Drake House fundraiser celebrates its 20th year
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Hundreds of visitors walked around the grounds of Roswell United Methodist Church Aug. 25, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’.
Miss Mary’s is one of The Drake House’s signature fundraisers, named after North
Fulton humanitarian Mary Drake. The nonprofit’s mission is to empower women and children experiencing homelessness to achieve economic independence and long-term stability. It featured more than 35 volunteer organizations, or “crankers,” that provided samples of their homemade ice cream, entered into four juried
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Drake House President Nesha Mason announces the winners of the different categories during the 20th Drake House Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ fundraiser Sunday, Aug. 25 at Roswell United Methodist Church.
Water tower work off Hembree Road draws nearby furor
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Repairs to two water towers off Hembree Road have caused issues for nearby residents and Fulton County officials.
The $1.6 million project, which includes work on one 1-million-gallon tank and another 200,000-gallon tank, began in May and is scheduled for completion Nov. 9. The towers, or pressure regulators, serve around 9,500 area residents.
Terry Peters, deputy director of Technical Services in the Fulton County Public Works Department, said the project involves blasting paint off the water towers and making minor repairs, providing
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Sephora reports theft of $700 in merchandise
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Sephora employees reported on Aug. 9 shoplifters had stolen about $700 in beauty products.
Two suspects concealed skincare and conditioner in their shopping bags in July, walking out with products, according to an Alpharetta police report.
The stolen items were Clarins Skincare and OUAI products. They range in price from $39-$180.
The store’s loss prevention manager said two suspects concealed the items in their H&M shopping bag while another made a purchase.
They walked out with the stolen items after the purchase.
Couple reports burglary upon return from vacation
ROSWELL, Ga. — Police are investigating a second-degree burglary after a couple returned from vacation Aug. 17 and found more than $7,000 in jewelry and electronics missing from their home in Roswell Village off Holcomb Bridge Road. They said they left for vacation the morning of Aug. 10 and returned the evening of Aug. 17.
The male victim said he noticed a hole was drilled through the wall near the patio door, which led to an outside storage room. He said he thinks the suspect used the hole to unlock the patio door and gain entry to the residence.
After observing the drilled hole, the man said he found several items out of place throughout his residence. The couple began searching other rooms.
The missing items include two wedding bands, a diamond ring, pearl earrings, a gold necklace, headphones
and an iPhone. The belongings total $7,740.
While the victims were calling 911, the woman said she noticed her house keys were missing. The victims said they think the suspect used the keys to lock the doors before leaving.
The male victim said a cat sitter visited the home each morning during the vacation. He said she told him Aug. 17 that she did not see anything out of the ordinary during her visits.
Sunglasses worth hundreds stolen from mall merchant
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Sunglasses Hut at North Point Mall reported the theft of almost $1,000 worth of merchandise Aug. 9.
Four pairs of Gucci and Prada sunglasses totaling $982 were reported stolen, according to an Alpharetta police report.
The Sunglasses Hut is located inside a Macy’s department store in the mall.
A store employee said two men entered the business, looked at sunglasses, then left with the products without paying.
Police watched security camera footage of the alleged theft.
Roswell Parks Department reports stolen equipment
ROSWELL, Ga. —Police are investigating the theft of $7,000 worth of landscaping equipment from the Roswell Parks and Recreation Department.
A department staffer told officers that he had security footage of the Aug. 18 theft.
The city employee said someone broke through a window to a storage shed and stole several Stihl and DeWalt tools.
The officer said the window is large enough for a person to fit through and access the offices within the building.
The missing tools include an edger, weed eater, trimmer, drills and several saws.
Clarification: An Aug. 22 Alpharetta City Council story incorrectly stated that a downtown parking study would require more than two years to gather, analyze and interpret data. The information came from a city official who misspoke. The actual term required for the study is a little more than six months.
The officer said the broken window and missing items total just under $7,000.
After canvassing the area, the officer said he took photos of the broken window and the suspect’s footprints and handprints left around the facility.
When reviewing security footage, the officer said the suspect entered the shed around 1:20 a.m. Aug. 18. He said the suspect, wearing a hooded jacket, gloves and a mask, took equipment out of the facility during three separate trips.
The employees said the facility was closed Sunday, and no one noticed the missing equipment until Aug. 20.
Man charged with battery after police view videos
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A man was charged with simple battery and cruelty to children after police received videos of him allegedly striking his wife.
Police were called to a home Aug. 7 after a woman reported her husband had hit her on the back of the head, neck and leg, according to an Alpharetta police report.
A security camera system installed in the home had been canceled and was not recording. The woman gave police two recordings allegedly showing her husband hitting her in June and July.
The husband told police his wife had pushed him, and he had pushed her away to create a distance between them.
Both videos showed the husband hitting his wife with a sandal while their children were near, according to the police report.
Police obtained warrants for the man.
THE PICTURE FRAMER
Contract awarded for downtown Alpha Loop sections
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The City Council awarded a contract Aug. 19 for design work on four connections to the Alpha Loop near downtown.
Duluth firm Keck & Wood won the contract, which is not to exceed $164,760.
The parts under study include trail lengths on Roswell Street between Old Milton Parkway and Devore Road, Devore Road from the end of the Maxwell Development to Haynes Bridge Road, Old Milton Parkway at Kingry Lane and the intersection of Haynes Bridge Road at Westside Parkway.
The project awarded to Keck & Wood will include work on sidewalks and crosswalks. Sidewalks will be 12 feet wide with landscaped buffers dividing them from roadways.
Keck & Wood will adjust the path in line with concepts already developed, further connecting the project, which includes two interconnected loops totaling about 8 miles.
“This is connecting the gaps,” said Pete Sewczwicz, director of Public Works.
Old Milton Parkway at Roswell Street in Alpharetta. The City Council
sections of the Alpha Loop near downtown.
Officials limit multifamily housing in East Roswell
K-9 retires after five years, department adds two more
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Following a vote Aug. 26, multifamily housing will be limited in future mixed-use development in East Roswell.
The City Council passed a text amendment in the Unified Development Code titled “Who Can Submit an Application” that would bar mixed-used development along Ga. 9 and Holcomb Bridge Road from having more than 49 percent residential. The provision is under Section 13.4.3 of the code.
Plans that include multifamily housing, or have majority residential, approved as of Jan. 1, 2020, will still be allowed. But, Deputy Community Development Director Jackie Deibel said any increase to the number of units would need to be approved as a conditional use.
City Councilwoman Sarah Beeson, who cast the lone dissenting vote, reiterated her perspective on the item, expressing the need to incentivize mixed-use to avoid exacerbating blight
in the area. She, again, cited examples of popular mixed-use development in Metro Atlanta that consists of at least 60 percent residential.
“With a background in city planning, I have different beliefs on how one would want to preserve these areas,” Beeson said. “Commercial corridors, especially ones that are exclusively commercial, incentivize sprawl, doesn’t create a sense of neighborhood. You have giant blighted shopping centers. I don’t know how many
more [Spirit Halloweens] we can handle here.”
Throughout a number of discussions on the issue, Beeson had also cautioned the City Council about contributing to the “missing middle” problem, or the lack of medium-density options for young professionals in need of workforce housing.
City Councilman Allen Sells, a proponent of the measure, said the council was only applying to East Roswell what is in place on the west side.
to allow Dovell to adopt Ivar. Council members also approved two new K-9s at a cost of $48,000, which includes training. The bill is being footed by the city’s Confiscated Assets Fund.
That evening, Mayor Kurt Wilson also swore in Joe Cusack to the Roswell Downtown Development Authority, a group tasked with stimulating and sustaining economic development in the downtown area. It has the power to accept grants, apply for loans and issue revenue bonds.
“The other thing is that anytime there’s a great project that comes to us, we’re more than happy to be flexible,” Sells said.
In other matters at the meeting, K-9 Officer Ivar, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, was recognized for five years of service in the Roswell Police Department. He had been diagnosed with immune mediated polyarthritis, forcing him to retire.
Cusack, who joined the city as an assistant city attorney in July, was previously with the State Ethics Commission as its general counsel and deputy director.
Before officially joining the city, Cusack had been asked to review and OK the city’s contracts with Seer World, the consulting firm overseeing the city’s economic development strategy and responsible for seating the city’s new chief operating officer.
Ivar was purchased in 2018 and placed into service the following August with his partner Officer Dovell. The K-9 officer is certified through the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association as a dual-purpose dog, used for narcotics detection and patrol.
The City Council, as part of the consent agenda, approved a contract
The company was also tasked with initiating the Roswell Public Facilities Authority, another bond-issuing agency.
The city’s first Public Facilities Authority meeting was scheduled to directly follow the regular meeting Aug. 26, to allow for the election of the group’s chairman. But, it was canceled.
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Roswell City Councilwoman Sarah Beeson expresses concern over the City Council’s decision Aug. 26 to limit multifamily housing in future mixed-use development in East Roswell.
CITY OF ROSWELL/PROVIDED Officer Dovell stands with K-9 Ivar, who retired after five years of service in the Roswell Police Department.
Roswell closes water access at Old Mill Park
State official says dam exempt from inspection
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — The City of Roswell suspended water access at Old Mill Park Aug. 16 and has not announced when that would change.
On its webpage for the Roswell Mill/ Vickery Creek Waterfall, the city says the decision to close water access is to ensure safety and park preservation.
“We encourage all visitors to continue enjoying the scenic beauty of the park from the designated trail system and viewing areas,” the city writes. “Your cooperation is essential in helping us maintain the integrity of this cherished natural site.”
Cautionary signs around the area say trespassers will be prosecuted.
The City of Roswell has not responded to questions from Appen Media asking for more details about the closure. The council was set to discuss the Old Mill Park at its Aug. 27 Community Development and Transportation Committee meeting.
While the city closed its access point, visitors can continue activity as usual from the other side of Vickery Creek — the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.
James Psillis, U.S. park ranger and law enforcement supervisor, told Appen Media nothing has changed for the National Park Service.
“There are medical calls that come
out there from time to time, from people frequenting the area, whether it be slips and falls on rocks or climbing on the dam, where they’re not supposed to be, things along those lines,” Psillis noted.
In August, Roswell Police conducted drone flights and foot patrols over the area.
According to an Aug. 9 incident report, officers were made aware of someone who appeared to be suffering from dehydration, and an ambulance was called to the scene.
That day, police also “addressed” an individual with two dogs off leash, another person with a vape, but not actively vaping, and three people carrying a grill and charcoal while playing amplified music on a small speaker.
According to an open records request submitted by Appen Media, the City of Roswell has not conducted any inspections of the waterfall dam in the past five years.
Neither has the Environmental Protection Division of the state Department of Natural Resources.
“The dam you referenced is exempt from regulation, so there is no requirement from Safe Dams for inspections of the dam by any party, and EPD has not performed any inspections of it,” said Sara Lips, the agency’s director of communications and community engagement.
Safe Dams is the state program that ensures compliance of all regulated dams.
To meet requirements for state regulation, Lips said a dam must be
more than 6 feet tall and store at least 100 acre-feet of water or be more than 25 feet tall and store at least 15 acre-feet of water, in addition to posing a probable
loss of life in the event of failure. She said the Roswell Mill dam, at 27 feet tall, holds back 8.1 acre-feet of water.
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City of Roswell signs posted around Old Mill Park say water access is restricted. Visitors can continue activity as usual from the other side in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.
Alpharetta officials debate need for short-term rental ordinance
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta City Council discussed an ordinance Aug. 26 that could cap short-term rentals at 5 percent per neighborhood.
The proposed ordinance would require short-term rental owners to license annually through the city, incur fines for violators and require compliance for a number of other rules. Apartments would not be eligible.
Alpharetta Community Development Director Kathi Cook presented work city staff have completed on the ordinance.
A City Hall forum held last October drew about 30 people, including shortterm rental property owners and residents leery of how they impact their neighborhoods.
City Attorney Molly Esswein said many residents were worried the rentals could change the character of their neighborhoods. Rental owners said their properties are safe, clean and in compliance with HOA and city rules.
Short-term rentals include properties offered for fewer than 30 days at residential properties. They are often advertised through online platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo at a rate cheaper than traditional hotels.
City staff identified 89 short-term rentals available in Alpharetta.
The ordinance would require owners to comply with various operational requirements and potentially fine owners for violations.
Overnight and daytime occupancy would be restricted based on the number of bedrooms and whether the property has sewage. In no case would more than 15 people be allowed to
stay overnight. The number of vehicles allowed at the property also would be limited.
The rentals also would be required to adhere to fire and safety requirements.
Those found in violation of the ordinance could be fined.
First time violators would be fined $250. A second violation would incur a $500 fee and 30-90 day license suspension. Third-time violators would be fined $1,000, lose their license and would be restricted from reapplying for 12 months.
Each day a short-term rental is marketed or rented overnight without
a license would constitute a separate violation.
City Councilman Brian Will said he had reservations about the ordinance.
“It seems very much like we are creating an ordinance for a problem that doesn't exist,” Will said.
Although he acknowledged members of the public had voiced concerns to the City Council at the forum last fall, he questioned whether they represented the city as a whole.
“Even if 30 or 40 people showed up, you're talking about 0.005 percent of the people who want us to pass an ordinance for a problem that doesn't
really exist,” he said. “And if we're saying we're going to do it because of the future … then that's a slippery slope we can go down.”
Councilman John Hipes disagreed, saying he believed the ordinance was addressing an issue that could affect many in the city. The October forum, he said, filled the room, indicating it was an important topic to many.
“If I'm next to a party that's spilling outside of the front steps of the townhome next to me, because it's permitted to be a short-term rental, … I want to listen and hear what our residents have to say,” he said.
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Alpharetta Community Development Director Kathi Cook listens to feedback from Alpharetta City Council members during her presentation about a short-term rental ordinance at an Aug. 26 meeting. The ordinance would cap rentals at 5 percent per neighborhood and require hosts to adhere to various rules.
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Alpharetta woman gifts painting to photographer who inspired her
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Something about the barn on the page caught Dianne Williams’ eye.
“That one just looked so different,” said Williams, an Alpharetta painter.
She had been flipping through a copy of “Barns of Old Milton County” after picking up the 263-page book at a Scottsdale curio shop. When she saw a photo of the squat, weathered barn with its wooden-slat walls and sheetmetal roof tinted a rusty red, she knew she had to paint it.
Barns have a way of fueling Williams’ artistic inspiration, she said. And the short, red barn on page 73, along with the dozens of others in the book, captured her imagination. She knew she had to meet the man who had taken its photo.
“Look at that one. You see, the roof line is really nice. And look at the lighting. That just caught my eye … That’s beautiful,” she said.
On Aug. 20, Williams got her wish, visiting the book’s author and photographer Robert Meyers at his Alpharetta home, where she gifted him the painting he had inspired. Meyers said he planned to hang it in his office.
Meyers grew up with barns. He remembers fondly his grandfather’s big barn and the corn cob fights he had in its hay loft. The farmland where the barn once stood is now a golf course in the Lake Windward area.
“Corn cobs are very hard,” Meyers said with a smile. “If one of them hits you, it leaves a mark.”
Meyers spent more than two years crisscrossing what was once Milton
County, taking countless photos and interviewing more than 200 people for his book. Some of the barns he visited more than once. For example, he also took a photo of the barn that Williams painted on an icy winter day, capturing the structure when it was blanketed in snow.
A passage in the book ponders the barn’s unique identity: “Good things come in small packages.” It also faithfully recalls the barn’s history from the 1910 purchase of the land to the year it was built to thoughts from a former owner.
“Many people in our community
have told us in so many ways how much it means to them by painting and drawing it and by having their Christmas pictures taken in front of it,” former owner Sonya Kennedy said. “As long as we own this property, we will keep the old barn intact for all to enjoy.”
Since the publication of Meyers’ book, the city of Milton has taken ownership of the barn and plans to keep it intact. The structure sits adjacent to the Milton City Park and Preserve.
“It’s not going anywhere,” Milton Communications Director Greg Botelho said.
Each of the photos in Meyers’ book communicates something special, Williams said.
On page 54, a dilapidated barn peeks from behind overgrown foliage with broken, weatherworn beams. On page 113, a corn crib sits in a lawn of green grass between two metal barns on the Hembree homestead. On page 138, early morning sunshine fills a barn built from cypress planks with an amber glow.
“The light in that is so warm,” Williams said.
The artistry captured in each of those photos convinced Williams to track down Meyers. She contacted the shop she had purchased the book from; talked with Milton’s library, which displays his photos along a hallway wall; and finally found him.
“I kept trying to find him when I decided I wanted to give him this
(painting),” she said.
Meyers said he was moved by Williams’ generosity.
“I was overwhelmed,” Meyers said. “I mean, really, the thought that someone would go to all that trouble to paint it, … and she chose to give it to me. I was just so touched.”
Meyers said he is glad Williams appreciates the beauty of barns, but the old buildings represent something else to him. Over the decades, he has watched the area transform from rural farmland to a bustling suburban community.
Pastures have been replaced by golf courses, shopping centers and neighborhoods. Many of the barns he remembers have been replaced to make way for development.
“The barns that I used to know as a kid are mostly all gone, right? None of them are left,” he said. “And that’s what persuaded me that I needed to document the ones that are still here.”
As times have changed, many barns have lost their original purpose. Some, which were built to house wagons, began holding tractors and then trucks and cars. Others were inherited by farmers’ children, who turned to different occupations and sold the structures and land to developers.
“That’s sad in a way,” Meyers said. Those that still stand, he said, deserve to be preserved or at the very least remembered.
“It’s a mix of nostalgia and missing them,” Meyers said.
Robert Meyers’ photos are displayed on a wall in the public library in Milton.
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Dianne Williams and Robert Meyers hold the painting his photo inspired at his Alpharetta home on Aug. 20. Williams decided to paint the barn after reading Meyers’ book.
COMMUNITY
Tech Alpharetta to relocate startup incubator
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Tech Alpharetta plans to move into a new, customdesigned space this fall.
The nonprofit startup incubator will move in October to 925 North Point Parkway, according to a statement issued Aug. 20.
The new location will offer ample free parking, Wi-Fi, high-speed internet as well as complimentary free snacks and coffee. A fitness facility is located next door.
Tech Alpharetta President and CEO Karen Cashion said the new, modern facility will enable the nonprofit to better serve the robust tech startup community in Alpharetta and north Metro Atlanta.
Since the incubator was established in 2015, the local tech community has grown rapidly, increasing the demand for startup office space, according to the statement.
The incubator is home to more than 50 tech startups. It has produced 21 companies, 1,462 new jobs in Alpharetta and 2,064 jobs in Georgia.
The first organization of its kind in the state, Tech Alpharetta aims to grow technology and innovation. It offers
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cathodic protection and recoating. It is interior and exterior work, he said.
Peters said repairs are recommended around every 10 to 15 years and that the tanks off Hembree Road needed to be coated for some time.
“When you first approached the site, you can just see, from some of the staining over the years, that this thing needed to be addressed immediately,” Peters said.
The noise caused by the blasting has riled up the neighbors.
One neighbor told Appen Media the sound has been “deafening,” bellowing from around 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
“This morning, my husband and I could not hear each other in the driveway talking,” longtime resident Anne Strauss wrote in an Aug. 12 email. Her home is near the site entrance.
Strauss also said she heard what sounded like a “collapse” or “explosion” before 8 a.m. one morning but never discovered its source.
“A bunch of us were worried,” Strauss said in a follow-up interview, adding that her neighbor texted her when the sound went off: “Are you up?”
thought leadership events for area tech executives, a STEAM mentoring program for high school students as well as its incubator.
“Tech Alpharetta’s new headquarters will allow for even more technology companies to call Alpharetta home,”
Mayor Jim Gilvin said. “Since its creation in 2012, the city has been a proud supporter and contributor to Tech Alpharetta’s success. We look forward to continued partnership and a shared mission for Alpharetta to remain a leading tech hub in the region.”
The city allowed Tech Alpharetta to occupy its current location at 2972 Webb Bridge Road rent free as part of a partnership agreement. The organization will pay rent at its new location, although it will continue to receive some financial support for operating costs.
“Tech Alpharetta is very grateful for its continued, longtime partnership with the city,” Cashion said.
Tech Alpharetta is accepting reservations for its new offices and hot desks. Contact Jade Rodgers at jade@ techalpharetta.com for details.
— Jon Wilcox
Peters also said he has received a couple of complaints thus far, mostly concerned with the racket, but that the noisy part of the project should be over soon.
“I am hopeful today is the last day of those activities,” Peters said in an Aug. 21 interview.
But, he said one of the complaints has prompted an investigation.
When a neighbor found black material in his pool, Peters said the senior project manager and the engineering administrator over the project conducted a site visit. While
he said the material appeared to be leaf debris, a round of soil and wipe samples intended for lab testing is forthcoming.
“We forced upon the contractor a third-party tester,” Peters said, adding that the consultant would ensure soil and water are meeting minimum standards.
Phillip Stearman, president of Tank Pro Inc., the Alabama-based contractor responsible for the project, declined the opportunity to comment.
The company had also performed work on Fulton County’s water tank in
Alpharetta, a project Peters said had less challenges because of its location in a more commercial area.
Fulton County’s water system is limited to areas north of the Chattahoochee River.
Two stop work orders had also been issued on Tank Pro for its job on Hembree Road, delaying a project Peters said should already have been completed.
The first was because of a safety concern. He said county officials noticed the contractor had lacked proper tie-off at a height.
“At the beginning of this project, we stressed our expectations as a county,” Peters said. “We have pretty high standards for safety. I’ve been involved in a project where we’ve had issues with safety and has resulted in a fatality. The culture of Fulton County is to make sure that nobody’s in danger. We want everybody to go home safely.” He said county officials have since demanded the contractor bring a safety supervisor on board.
The second stop work order came from Peters personally, though he rarely gets out in the field anymore. On a July site visit, following up on the first stop work order, Peters said he noticed black smoke leaking out of a containment vessel.
“I have been slightly disappointed in their performance here, to say the least,” he said.
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Two water towers off Hembree Road in Roswell are undergoing repair, a project that has led to neighbor complaints and an investigation.
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Tech Alpharetta’s new location at 925 North Point Parkway is a Class A office building located just off of Ga. 400 within a five-minute drive from Avalon and Plaza at Windward.
MURILO
SANTOS, co-owner, Boarding Pass Coffee
Boarding Pass coffee specialists share experience with Alpharetta
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — There’s no such thing as a regular cup of coffee at Boarding Pass.
“We love when someone comes in to try our coffee and says, ‘I just drink Costco coffee,’” co-owner Christine Santos said. “And then they drink ours. People will say to us, ‘I can’t go back anymore.’”
Since opening their first Boarding Pass in Milton in 2021, Christine and Murilo Santos have offered customers an international tour of coffee. The globetrotting couple’s focus on specialty coffees treats customers to a unique variety of quality beans, roasts and flavors from around the world.
The brew they sell doesn’t taste like your average cup of joe. Lurking in their java is a host of flavors, like raspberry, clove, chamomile, nougat, dried cherry and blueberry muffins.
Murilo says people often don’t realize that coffee, like wine and beer, has different flavor profiles.
Boarding Pass boasts shops in Milton, Alpharetta and Gainesville, but they source beans from a 480-acre coffee farm, 3,200 feet above sea level in Brazil. Fazenda Santana is a secondgeneration plantation about two hours from Sao Paulo run by Murilo’s family.
Mineral spring water feeds the trees there, allowing them to yield an exceptional quality and flavor.
Appreciation for quality coffee is becoming more important to residents,
Murilo said. Tastes are becoming more refined, and customers are learning the joy of parsing out subtle flavors.
“Everyone is kind of looking for some sort of connection, especially like nowadays,” Murilo said. “It’s becoming more common for people to want to know what they’re consuming.”
Although many of the roasts are derived from beans from the farm in Brazil, the couple offers roasts from around the world — Ethiopia, Peru, Kenya, Indonesia, Columbia and Costa Rica, to name a few.
“That coffee travels a long, long, long, long way to get here to us,” Murilo said.
The shop offers a passport book to customers, in which they can place unique logos representing a coffee they’ve tried along with the date it was roasted. Their downtown Alpharetta shop also features a travel-themed decor with seating reminiscent of vintage airlines and an aircraft fuselage hanging above the bar.
The Santoses receive the beans when they are still green. At their Milton location, they spend hours tasting and testing until roasts are perfect. Coffee’s complexity means a whole spectrum of flavors can be found within a single variety, depending on how it is roasted.
“It’s a mix of science, art and experience,” Murilo said.
The five house roasts, which all come from the same kind of bean from
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Christine and Murilo Santos stand behind the counter at their newest Boarding Pass Coffee location in downtown Alpharetta Aug. 22. The couple offers specialty coffees roasted inhouse at their Milton location.
Murilo Santos pulls an espresso shot at Boarding Pass’ downtown Alpharetta location on Aug. 20. The business was founded by him and his wife Christine Santos.
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the Santos farm, showcase a wide range of flavors, each a delight in its own right.
The lightest offers notes of honey and lemongrass. A darker roast tastes of dark chocolate and smoky caramel.
Boarding Pass invites customers looking for more in their coffee to explore those flavors with an hour-anda-half tasting class.
“You’re letting your tastebuds and
senses work … People end up learning a lot,” Murilo said.
But for all the complexity and opportunity for sensory exploration, Christine says coffee also serves a simpler but no less important purpose.
It’s also about sharing an experience with friends and community members, which is why the business donates to local organizations like Alpharetta’s Partners for Care. They also have created a roast specially made and branded for Milton firefighters.
“It brings people together. It’s a connection point,” Christine said.
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Memorial service honors fallen Kabul evacuation troops
By DAVIS WINKIE newsroom@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — More than a hundred people gathered at Newtown Park Aug. 24 to honor the 13 U.S. servicemembers who died during the Afghanistan War’s final days.
The ceremony commemorated the tragic event three years ago when the troops died while supporting civilian evacuations at the Kabul airport.
The Johns Creek Veterans Association and the Fr. Joseph T. O’Callahan Assembly of the Knights of Columbus organized this year’s annual memorial at the park’s Veterans Memorial Walk.
The emotional climax was a roll call led by retired Army Lt. Col. Michael Mizell, who heads the veterans association. Mizell called the name twice of each fallen soldier, Marine and sailor, followed by silence while a designated audience member would answer and deliver a portrait for placement in front of the park’s Afghanistan memorial. Afterward, two buglers played “Taps.”
“It’s said that if we don’t say their names, they’re forgotten,” Mizell said. “And four years ago … [we] made a promise to the parents of the 13 — their children’s sacrifice will never ever, ever be forgotten.”
Mizell said the fallen troops “were there to help people.”
The 13 killed by a suicide bomber Aug. 26, 2021, at the airport’s chaotic Abbey Gate, were:
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20
• Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23
• Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31
• Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23
• Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20
• Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan WilliamTyeler Page, 23
• Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25
• Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20
• Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, 22
The former head of the O’Callahan Assembly, Mitchell Touart, declared the annual event will continue “as long as we are physically able.” Representatives from the Marine Corps and the Georgia National Guard played ceremonial roles in the memorial.
Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen.
Arnold Fields delivered the ceremony’s keynote remarks. Fields, a Vietnam veteran who retired from the military in 2004, was the first presidentially appointed watchdog protecting more than $61 billion in Afghanistan reconstruction funds. The former twostar general hails from South Carolina’s Lowcountry and now lives in the Atlanta area.
Fields and the other speakers reflected on the twofold courage of those killed at Abbey Gate: They volunteered to join a military mired in a decadeslong war, and they tirelessly worked to evacuate civilians in Kabul at great personal risk.
“Those 13 could have been any one of our children, or any one of our neighbors [or] anyone that we may have loved,” Fields said.
In an interview after the ceremony, Fields emphasized the youth of those who died in Kabul — the average age of the Kabul 13 was slightly less than the reported average age of those killed in Vietnam, the retired general said.
“To the extent that we can accomplish our national objectives without physical combat, we should always strive for that,” he said.
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Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields delivers remarks during an Aug. 24 memorial ceremony for the Afghanistan War’s final U.S. fatalities at Newtown Park, Johns Creek.
A Marine Corps officer salutes the U.S. flag during an August 24 memorial ceremony in honor of the 13 service members killed at the Kabul airport in August 2021. The ceremony took place at Newtown Park, Johns Creek.
Johns Creek officials mark start of Creekside Park construction
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — After years of anticipation, Johns Creek officials broke ground Aug. 23 on Creekside Park, a 21-acre space behind City Hall set for the city’s future Town Center.
Situated on 192 acres, Town Center will also include Medley, a mixed-use development headed by Avalon’s Mark Toro, and biomedical engineering giant Boston Scientific.
In his welcoming remarks to a crowd of more than 50, Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry voiced his excitement over the “historic milestone.” State officials, such as Georgia House Rep. Michelle Au, were in attendance along with city staff and
other community partners to welcome the largest individual construction in the city’s history.
“Creekside Park is going to be our civic hub for our community here in Johns Creek,” Bradberry said. “I think it’s going to be a place of great relaxation, entertainment and just coming together as a community.”
Recreation and Parks Director Erica Madsen described the near$36 million project, which includes a 15-foot-wide elevated boardwalk, a trail encircling the pond and an amphitheater that can be positioned according to event size.
“It’s really going to be a wonderful place,” Madsen said.
Construction is scheduled for completion in 18 months.
Guests at the groundbreaking ceremony for Creekside Park Aug. 23 exit under an event banner attached to construction equipment.
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The Johns Creek City Council, city staff and other community partners throw dirt into the air during a groundbreaking ceremony for Creekside Park behind City Hall Aug. 23.
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categories: Best Vanilla, Best Chocolate, Best Fruit and Best Other Flavor.
Nesha Mason, president of The Drake House, said $50,000 was the fundraising goal that hot Sunday afternoon. Last year, Miss Mary’s cranked out around $44,000 to support families.
Mason recalled the beginnings of The Drake House, when community leaders fresh out of the Leadership North Fulton program realized there was a problem of homelessness that was disproportionately affecting single mothers and their children.
“So they thought: how can we raise funds and awareness to be able to provide the housing and resources needed, or even just to start remedying this problem,” Mason said. “And, Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ was formed.”
Visitors, with smiles on their faces conversing about the unique flavor they just picked up from a cranker, were from all over North Fulton. Monica Geddis and her 6-year-old daughter Mackenzie had moved outside of Roswell but returned for Miss Mary’s.
“My favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip,” Mackenzie said, in the middle of trying a sample, colorful and filled with M&M’s. “We’re trying to find peppermint.”
Many kids were on the other side of the event, serving up ice cream, like the fourth and fifth grade students at Atlanta Academy, who would later win first place in Best Chocolate.
Felicia Hutt, a fourth grade teacher at Atlanta Academy, said 30 to 40 students were signed up to volunteer throughout the two-hour event. Hutt said the school has participated in Miss Mary’s for about a decade. She, herself, has attended for seven years.
“This is a tradition that we do at our school,” Hutt said. “It’s for such a great cause, and it gets our kids to get a little bit of volunteer work in, and they have so much fun making the ice cream and coming up with the flavors.”
Not far from the Atlanta Academy team, the Rotary Club of Roswell members were on a mission.
“We’ve been test-sampling them at our weekly meetings for about a month,” said member Mary Price, who had been a judge at Miss Mary’s since it began. This year was the first time she chose to make the ice cream. “So, everybody would bring their flavor in, and we’d embarrass them or cheer for them.”
The Drake House is one of the main nonprofits the Rotary Club of Roswell supports. It, and more than a dozen others, will benefit from the club’s 2024 Charity Golf and Tennis Tournament at Brookfield Country Club Sept. 9.
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In a raised area above the sea of tents and visitors was the group of judges, featuring state Sen. John Albers, members of the Roswell City Council, pastors and other community partners.
Karen Faber, who’s been a volunteer at Miss Mary’s for the past 15 years, coordinated the group of judges. She said about every 15 minutes, crankers bring up samples for taste-testing. Using a score sheet, judges rated samples on a scale of one to eight.
“It’s a very competitive situation,” Faber said. “People fight to be a judge.”
Roswell City Councilwoman Sara Beeson, a judge for Best Chocolate, said the crankers “came to win.” Beeson shared her approach to distinguishing the many flavors of chocolate coming her way. She said the trick is to have an “open-minded palate.”
“I feel like I’ve watched a lot of ‘Food Network,’ that has prepared me for this moment,” Beeson said. “Really, this is my time to shine. I have been eating chocolate ice cream and chocolate my entire life, and so I feel like I was prepared for this role.”
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The Roswell Presbyterian Church team scoops up samples during the 20th Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ fundraiser Aug. 25 at Roswell United Methodist Church.
Helen Miller of Johns Creek samples one of the many ice cream offerings during the 20th The Drake House Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ fundraiser Sunday, Aug. 25 at Roswell United Methodist Church.
Johns Creek to test initiative aimed at growing businesses
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Businesses that can’t afford to move, but are growing out of their space, are set to receive more flexibility.
After months of debating the topic, the Johns Creek City Council agreed to an update of the city’s Zoning Ordinance to allow for outdoor storage units at its Aug. 19 work session. Mayor John Bradberry brought the issue to the table in April, with a memo that outlined the need to be business friendly with appropriate guardrails.
The policy prohibited outdoor storage units in all commercial areas to maintain a clear, pristine appearance. Businesses that underwent a renovation, whose units are tied to a building permit or other accessory use, were unaffected.
Andrew Traub, owner of A&S Culinary Concepts, had previously told the City Council he would likely have to close his business if he had to move elsewhere. Traub would be responsible for a couple of years in rent, as part of his lease.
“We have been there about nineand-a-half years,” Traub said at the July 29 council meeting. “It was very important to me to put it in Johns Creek, but now I need more room and more space, and part of that is I need outside storage.”
In a follow-up interview, Traub said he had been cited for his unit which housed items like disposable platters and party props for his catering business, which grew around 30 percent from 2022 to 2023.
Out of the 2,100 square feet of space in Jones Bridge Promenade, Traub has been working with a couple of closets covering about a fifth of that.
“As a caterer and also doing classes and stuff like that, we’re getting busier,” Traub said.
Throughout work session discussions, some councilmembers had voiced concerns about the units negatively impacting the quality of life and making a temporary solution permanent. Others were interested in landlords setting the terms.
But on Monday evening, the council settled on allowing business owners the option to permit outdoor storage units annually for two consecutive years with a six-month rest period before applying for additional permits.
City Councilwoman Erin Elwood asked that it be more a “pilot program” and that Community Development Director Ben Song report back with results after a year.
A formal vote will take place at a
future regular meeting.
Budget talk
Also at the work session Aug. 19, the City Council worked through its budgeting process for fiscal year 2025. The second hearing, as well as adoption, of the new budget has been scheduled for Sept. 9 as part of the City Council meeting that evening.
Some budget items received more airtime during the council’s discussion, like how to set revenue projections.
Council members weighed two options: project revenue growth at $70 million, which only considers new
the budget on the front end, rather than waiting to spend money later with the surplus.
Mayor John Bradberry called the issue “gimmicky.” He said that it made the most sense that the city move with a projection that had been used in the past.
But, Finance Director Ronnie Campbell said the $200 million figure, which had been calculated based on a five-year trend, was his recommendation — primarily because of the council’s recent decision to hold the millage rate steady, rather than to roll it back.
“I’m trying to make the assumptions equal with the previous action of the council,” Campbell said.
Special events
The council also reevaluated its calendar of special events, with a lastminute proposal from City Councilman Bob Erramilli. He suggested the Diwali and Lunar New Year celebrations be consolidated into the city’s International Festival.
Questions were posed to City Manager Kimberly Greer whether the newest city events have been a financial issue. Because of the success in sponsorships, Greer said her concerns stem in crowd and traffic control.
Councilwoman Elwood argued that the city should keep the events.
“I think that they’re really valuable contributions to our community that we as the city provide to our residents,” she said.
Referencing a conversation she had, Elwood said that because the city doesn’t have a downtown area, special events are a way for the community to gather.
“My family goes to all of these, and we find that we are celebrating Johns Creek,” she said.
growth and ignores reassessments from the 2024 tax digest, or at $200 million, which considers both.
While the city has historically moved with the more conservative approach, council members had opted for the alternative last year due to a budget surplus of $8.5 million. The leftover cash resulted in concern over transparency in the city’s budgeting process.
With a $200 million assumption, the city projects $1.3 million more in property tax revenue.
City Councilwoman Stacy Skinner said the less conservative projection would ensure that the council allocates
After Greer implored the council to decide whether to cancel the Diwali event in October during the work session because of time constraints, councilmembers agreed to move forward with the event as planned.
According to the city’s website, the Diwali Festival will be held at City Hall Oct. 26 and 27, from noon to 5 p.m.
At the regular meeting following the work session, the City Council unanimously approved plans that would allow for a 1,982-square foot Dunkin’ coffee shop with a drive-thru in the Abbotts Village at Ocee shopping center on Jones Bridge Road.
Plans call for demolishing a 7,105-square-foot commercial building on the .75-acre subject parcel to construct the business.
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Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry introduces a discussion on the city’s Zoning Ordinance related to outdoor storage for businesses at the Aug. 19 work session.
Johns Creek Finance Director Ronnie Campbell answers questions about the city’s budgeting process at the Aug. 19 City Council work session. A second hearing and adoption of the fiscal year 2025 budget has been scheduled for Sept. 9.
King Hardware stores, gone but not forgotten
Back in the days before Home Depot, Lowe’s and Ace Hardware, most towns had one or more small independent hardware stores.
Occasionally, one of those stores took off and became a large chain of stores. Today, most mom-and-pop operations and even those which expanded beyond their local boundaries are gone and forgotten. In this column I want to bring back one such group of stores and one family whose lives were shaped by the stores.
George Edward King (1851-1934) was born in Butts County in central Georgia about 45 miles from Atlanta. His father, the Rev. James Lawrence King (1819-1901), was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was a classmate of poet Sidney Lanier.
Following two economic recessions after the Civil War and a year after federal troops were withdrawn from Atlanta, King began traveling for a Baltimore metal factory calling on hardware and house furnishing companies. In 1882 he used that experience to buy a struggling grocery store at 49 Peachtree St. in Atlanta near Wheat Street –today Auburn Avenue – and converted it to a small hardware store. Next door was Asa Candler’s drug store. He later invented Coca-Cola initially using a 50-gallon kettle purchased from King. At the time, Atlanta had a population of 47,000 and 10 competing hardware stores.
The first year, King’s store lost $1,839, or about 20% of its capital. Nonetheless, George was determined to succeed and was at the store every day from 7 in the morning until 11 at night. The store gradually became successful. By the time of its gala 50th anniversary celebration in 1932, the company had grown to 13 stores. Eventually, it had 19 stores; however, the growth of big box competitors such as Home Depot eventually led to the demise of the business.
Elbert Herschel Foster (1911-1989) joined King Hardware right after graduating from high school in Sandy Springs circa 1927. His first jobs were driving a delivery truck and waiting on customers. Possessing great intelligence and a strong work ethic, he steadily moved up the corporate ladder.
In the 1960s, Herschel left King Hardware where he was assistant vice president, to open his own hardware store, Sandy Springs Hardware. Three years later, King Hardware was experiencing challenging times and asked Herschel to return as president of the company. King Hardware remained open for several years before succumbing to competition from the big box stores, and Herschel returned to his store in Sandy Springs. Eventually, it also closed due to the same pressures that had forced King Hardware to close.
Herschel married Willie Mae Pearson Foster (1910-2012) in 1931, and in 1934 they built a house on Belle Isle Road in Sandy Springs. Willie Mae was raised on a 185-acre farm on Westbrook Road in today’s Milton. Herschel and Willie Mae’s brother Henry Pearson purchased the farm from
Reproduction of King Hardware’s first store on the corner of Auburn Avenue, then known as Wheat Street. The image was reproduced from an old engraving found in the company’s files. The store sold hardware, cutlery, guns, tin and woodenware and agricultural equipment. In subsequent years it greatly expanded its range of products. By 1957, King had 19 stores.
Willie Mae’s family circa 1946 and divided the property between the two families.
Neither Herschel nor Henry were farmers. Sharecroppers raised chickens, cattle, pigs, corn and vegetables on the land while the two owners worked on the farm as time permitted. Herschel was also very involved in the community as a charter member of the Sandy Springs Rotary Club and as member of the Sandy Springs Masonic Lodge.
Herschel and Willie Mae’s son Byron Foster, a retired structural engineer who worked with NASA, and his sister Shirley Morgan inherited their parents’ property after Herschel’s death. Each built a house on the property. Byron raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for many years until he was seriously injured by the horns of a bull. He then changed to Black Angus cattle which are polled, i.e. without horns. Today, Byron has about 20 head of cattle on the property.
Three years ago, Byron and his wife Laura made their property Wildberry Creek Farm available for the Milton Historical Society’s annual fall Shindig
which honors Milton’s agricultural past with a host of fun activities for adults and children. This year’s Shindig will be Sunday, Sept. 22 from 3:30 to 7:30p.m. Byron says that he and Laura host the event every year because “We want the local community to experience the rural heritage I grew up in.”
For further information on the Shindig go online to Milton Historical Society 2024 Autumn Shindig. When asked to explain why his father was so successful at King Hardware, Byron says “My dad loved hardware and gave his all. He was a hardworking dedicated employee, and the company saw potential in him from the start and sent him to school to develop his business skills. I am very proud of his accomplishments.”
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
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Herschel and Willie Mae Foster stand in front of shelves in the Sandy Springs Hardware Store that Herschel opened when he left King Hardware. He later returned to King Hardware as president. Herschel is holding a highly coveted golden hammer award given to him by the Stanley Tool Company.
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Feeling better these days. Actually, I never felt bad at all. In fact, these early evening motorcycle rides are as comforting as a big bowl of chili on a chilly Saturday afternoon spent gorging myself on college football.
Unfortunately, sometimes life and its roller-coaster situations gets in the way.
Forget slasher movies, hearing the words “the cancer has returned” will chill you to the bone. That proclamation from a doctor sent me into a shake-inmy-boots funk that put my psyche out of commission for a few days.
I’m pretty sure my psyche has rebounded and recovered. That’s more that can be said for me and my old friend, renal cell carcinoma.
This later chapter began with a regular MRI and chest x-ray. When Dr. Adam Mellis called, there was some hesitancy in his voice when he said the MRI showed some areas of concern. Like an uninvited guest, he said it looked like the kidney cancer that put an end to my left kidney a few years ago wanted to make an encore.
I spent an afternoon at Northside Hospital getting a biopsy. I waited and prayed that maybe, just maybe, it was a mistake. I shuddered at the prospect of having another trip on the cancer train.
I think the prayers were answered. Somehow, I am being asked to fight a battle. My bruised psyche is being told: “Get up. Dust yourself off. It’s time for a fight.”
I’ve told this bastid cancer that wants to be my companion: “I hope you like this immunotherapy that you’re going to be meeting every three weeks. Both of us are ready to give you an asskicking like you’ve never had. And the drugs aren’t what you should fear, you rotten mutant. You’re about to have a big dose of powerful praying ready to take you on.”
In the back of my mind, I keep insisting that something good will come of this. I hope I am given the opportunity to be a resource, an inspiration, a catalyst for something good. I’m not viewing this as a death sentence, just a bump in the road that will hopefully make me mentally stronger.
“But I don’t feel bad,” has been my constant mantra through all this. And the consensus has been that by not feeling bad, it’s a good thing.
The biopsy showed that, despite the cancer being Stage 4 (gulp! There’s no Stage 5), it looks like we’ve caught it early. I have a grand dose of confidence in my oncologist, Dr. Aneesha Ananthula, especially when I asked point blank: “Is this going to kill me?”
Her “That’s what we are trying to prevent,” response fortified my belief that I had come to the right place.
She’s got a plan and Michael Buffer, intoning “Let’s get ready to rumble!” couldn’t have made me feel more ready to take the fight to this entity that, whether I like it or not (I don’t!), is now part of me.
In a few days, the battle will begin in earnest. Two drugs, an hour-long infusion while watching a compound drip into me. I’ll be imploring the medications to do their job.
I’m asking medical professionals why the cancer has returned. “Because it’s cancer,” has been the reply.
I’ll have to go with that for now, but make no mistake, I don’t like it one bit. It’s here and extremely intrusive and uninvited.
And to proactively answer the question: “Hell yes I’m scared.”
But I know I’m not fighting this on my own. Family, friends and doctors are on my side.
Let the battle begin.
Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.
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• DCA has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part
• The grant recipient or other participants in the development process has committed funds, incurred costs, or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the HUD; or
• Another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental
Objections must be prepared and submitted via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to the Atlanta CPD Field Office at CPDRROFATL@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact the Atlanta CPD Field Office via email to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
Waneta June Murphy Woodard In Memoriam
It is with great sadness, we announce, Waneta June Murphy Woodard of Alpharetta, GA, has passed peacefully to her eternal reward while living at home on August 1, 2024. She was a strong believer in Jesus Christ. Her faith was always at the forefront of her life. Waneta was born June 11, 1938 in Kirkland Township, Belmont County, Ohio at her maternal Grandparents’ home. She was the first child of Bainard and Gladys Baker Murphy of Barnesville, OH, where Waneta enjoyed growing up surrounded by many friends and classmates, graduating from Barnesville High School in 1956. She loved her hometown and growing up years in Barnesville. She would tell of summers spent at the municipal pool, working at a soda shop and the Dairy Queen; of her many years as a cheer leader for the school teams and even as the Homecoming Queen. On occasion she would return for the famous annual October “Pumpkin Festival”. She remained close to her many hometown friends and continues to support the local school through scholarships for the medical/ nursing fields. She worked several years as a switchboard operator for the local telephone company. She married Donald Ayers in 1958. They had two children, Teresa Jean, born in 1959 and Jeffrey Jay Ayers in 1962. They were her world and of immense pride to Waneta. She spent her life devoted to ensuring they had every advantage and opportunity she could as a mother. The people they have become is in part of a testimony to her efforts and wisdom in preparing them for life. She was so proud of them and her grandchildren. She loved her family and wholeheartedly embraced the role of suburban housewife and mother. PTA, Scouting and roles on the auxiliary board for the hospital kept her attention. She also served several years on the Franklin County AAA Board. Eager to try new ventures and sharpen her communication skills, she attended Ohio State University and Otterbein College. After Divorce, Waneta met the love of her life, Patrick Woodard in Dublin, Ohio. They had been married for 34 years. They adored each other. Their life was full of family, friends, travel and church. A wonderful example of true love. Waneta was a cheerful, kind, and gentle spirit who will be sadly missed by friends and family. She had a passion for people and took an interest in everyone she met. Known wide and far as Waneta with a “W”, as she would gleefully announce to any first-time acquaintance, then engage them in earnest conversation to learn about this new person. She rarely forgot a face or their names and would astound us by recognizing and remembering people in far off places and long past times. This gift was the true spirit of her loving heart. A joyful, full-throated laugh
was hers alone and one familiar to all who knew Waneta. One could not help but break a smile when hearing her joyful outburst. She loved life and people and was without exception loyal to friends and rarely, if ever, known to disparage anyone. Waneta had a passion for flowers, Dachshunds, and cars. Her impeccably kept home always had flower arrangements on display, she loved many Dachshunds along the way including Adolph, Cocoa, and Eli. Her taste in cars ran from Mini-Cooper to Porsche 911 with many in between, and she loved to talk about her first, an olive-drab Plymouth coupe in which she and her High School girl friends roamed the streets. All were to be kept immaculately clean and in good running order. She had a flair for style and being healthy, always looking sharp, shapely, and fashionable. Her shoe inventory was substantial with sandals being her complete preference. Husband Pat often told her, “You could put on a $10 dress and accessorize it to look like a million bucks”. She played tennis with friends for 30 years and had a lifetime exercise routine for keeping fit. On the court she was fierce and loved to smash the ball directly at her opponent, and then have a good laugh! Waneta was a long-time member of Mount Pisgah Church, several Bible studies, Country Club of the South Charity Guild, and Rivermont Golf Club Women’s Association. Waneta is survived by her devoted husband of 34 years, Patrick Woodard, of Alpharetta, GA; daughter, Teresa Jean (Pete) Kight, Cave Creek, AZ; son Jeffrey Jay Ayers, Pinehurst, NC; step-son, Jeffrey Woodard (Wendy), Boise, ID, and step-daughter Bethany Woodard Nettleton, Grand Rapids, MI.; grandchildren, Ali Mackanic (David), Preston Kight (Paige), Wesley Ayers (Emilee), Brittany Mack (Johnnie), Lisa Marie, Rebecca, and Christopher Woodard, Jeffrey and Matthew Nettleton; Brotherslaw, William (Harlene), Tim J (Beverly); Nephews Todd and William Pryor; Nieces, Lisa Pryor Fowler, Amy Murphy Romine, Melinda Hibbs Kemp. Waneta was preceded in death by her parents, Bainard Francis Murphy and Gladys Juanita Baker Murphy, brother John Murphy, sister Donna-Jean Pryor, sister Helen Humphrey Hibbs, sisterin-law Marylin Taylor Murphy, niece Johnna Daire Murphy, brother-in-law James Pryor, brother-in-law James Hibbs, Niece Melinda Sue Kemp, brother-in-law Larry Woodard, Grandparents Cecil Antonia Baker, Lillian Borton Baker, Ross Alexander Murphy and Ethel Humphrey Murphy. Services were held at the Mt. Pisgah Church on August 23, 2024, at 11:00AM. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to The American Cancer Society. She will always be in our hearts.
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE CITY OF ROSWELL SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITS REVISED SECTION 108 LOAN APPLICATION
The City of Roswell is seeking public comments on its revised Section 108 loan application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Section 108 program allows local governments to leverage portions of their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds into federally guaranteed loans for economic and community development projects. The City’s loan funds will go to support the Roswell Housing Authority’s Phase I redevelopment of the Pelfrey Pines Apartments located at 199 Grove Way.
To ensure access to all information, a revised draft of the application will be placed on the City of Roswell’s website, www.roswellgov.com/cdbg and hard copies are available at:
City of Roswell Grants Division 38 Hill St., Suite 130 Roswell, GA 30075
East Roswell Public Library 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell, GA 30076
Housing Authority of the City of Roswell 766 Myrtle Street Roswell, GA 30075
Roswell Public Library 115 Norcross Street Roswell, GA 30075
Public comments are encouraged and can be submitted in writing to the City of Roswell, Grants Division, 38 Hill Street, Suite 130, Roswell, GA 30075 or through the City’s CDBG Program email, cdbg@roswellgov.com. Per the City’s Citizen Participation Plan, the public comment period for the revised draft will run for 30 days, starting on Thursday August 29, 2024. All comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday September 29, 2024.
No displacement will occur as a result of the activities described herein. Should displacement occur, the City of Roswell will implement the provisions as required by CFR 570.606 (Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance). The City of Roswell does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission of, access to, or treatment of, or employment, the programs and activities described herein. An interpreter is available upon request to assist persons with limited English proficiency. Any requests for reasonable accommodation required by an individual to fully participate in any open meetings, programs, or activities should be directed to the Roswell Grants Division, (770) 641-3727, CDBG@roswellgov. com.
NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS
Re: Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia
Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia will consider an amendment to Section 2.13 of the Charter of the City of Alpharetta authorizing an increase in the compensation of the Mayor and members of the City Council pursuant to the Georgia Constitution, Article IX, Sec. II, Para. II and O.C.G.A. § 36-35-1, et seq., at the Council’s regular meetings on August 26, 2024 and September 9, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers located at 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia. A synopsis of the proposed changes to the Charter of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia is as follows: The proposed changes will amend the Charter to: 1) increase the annual salary of the Mayor to $50,000.00; 2) increase the annual salary for members of the City Council to $25,000.00; 3) provide for the annual adjustment of the salaries of the Mayor and members of the City Council based upon the lesser of 3% each year or by the average percentage increase in pay provided to city employees during the then applicable fiscal year and 4) include the provision of insurance, retirement, workers’ compensation, and other employee benefits to the Mayor and members of the City Council. Copies of the proposed amendment are on file and available for the purposes of examination and inspection by the public with the City Clerk in the City of Alpharetta City Hall and in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Council of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia
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