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New study charts learning declines among students due to pandemic By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com
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Dignitaries, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Mayor Troy Brumbalow at center, mark completion of the building phase of Cumming’s City Center June 24. The event provided visitors a tour of the 75-acre complex that has taken almost three years to complete. See story, Page 5.
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ATLANTA — Younger students may have been less vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, but they were hit hard academically, according to a recent Georgia State University report. The study, conducted by the Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education, reviewed data from three area school districts, including Fulton County Schools, to measure student achievement in math and reading over the course of the two-year-long pandemic. MAPLE has been collecting this data from the three districts since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. It released its first findings in spring 2021 which looked at data in the first year of the pandemic. The recent update states, “Student Achievement Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” found many students have begun to recover academically in the second year of the
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Man pulls saw blade inside pizza parlor FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Cumming man was arrested June 17 after he allegedly yelled at people inside a Publix and pulled a saw blade on employees inside Domino’s Pizza. Police received a call around 8:45 p.m. about a shirtless man acting erratically inside Publix on Matt Highway. Callers reported the man was screaming and cursing at several employees. When a deputy arrived on the scene, a customer called to the deputy and said the man had gone into the nearby Domino’s. Upon arriving at the Domino’s, the deputy could see the shirtless man standing in front of the register with employees “looking frightened” behind the counter. When the deputy entered the store, an
PUBLIC SAFETY employee yelled that the man was holding a knife. The deputy saw the blade in the man’s hand. The deputy drew his pistol, and the man dropped the blade, which the deputy determined to be a saw blade. When the deputy told the man to get on the ground, the man resisted, but the deputy was eventually able to place him in handcuffs, according to the report. A Domino’s employee said they had asked the man to leave, but he refused, demanded a pizza and pulled out the saw blade. The deputy arrested the man, Gabriel Reynoso, 31, of Cumming, on charges of simple battery, criminal trespass, obstruction of law enforcement and disorderly conduct.
Man wanted on warrants provides false name FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Cumming man was arrested June 17 after he allegedly gave Forsyth County deputies a false name to hide that he had arrest warrants and a suspended driver’s license. Deputies pulled the man over on Browns Bridge Road at Chattahoochee
Industrial Park after he remained stopped at a green light. He told deputies the sun was in his eyes and that he didn’t realize the light had turned green. He stated he didn’t have his license on him, but gave police a name and date of birth and said his license was out of Ohio. The information he gave did not pull up anyone from Ohio or Georgia, so deputies looked up his vehicle and found his real information, including his photo. The man’s information also indicated his license had been suspended since October 2021 and that he had active warrants out of Forsyth County for failure to appear and out of Gainesville for violating his probation. Deputies arrested the 58-year-old man for providing false information.
Police arrest woman for damaging home FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — An Alpharetta man reported a woman to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office June 18 after she allegedly refused to leave his home and heavily damaged the interior.
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Suspect arrested in Roswell murder case By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — An Atlanta man has been charged in connection with the death of a 45-year-old Roswell woman found unresponsive at the Economy Hotel on Old Dogwood Road June 11. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said the victim, Kimberly Briggs, had visible injuries consistent with a recent assault. Roswell police and the North Fulton SWAT arrested 38-year-old Benjamin Donald Gunby at his home without incident on June 11. He is being held at the Fulton County Jail, where he faces two counts of murder, battery, aggravated assault (family violence) and aggravated
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Benjamin Donald Gunby, who was booked in the Fulton County Jail June 12 on murder charges, is a sports fan known for making remarks and judgments on Twitter. battery. Gunby was denied bond at his first court appearance on June 14. Lupo said investigators learned that in the days prior to the incident, Gunby had physically assaulted Briggs at an apartment they shared in the 200 block of Old Holcomb Bridge Way. According to online court records, Gunby was charged with battery on April 29. He was released four days later on a $3,000 bond. “A subsequent autopsy confirmed that the injuries Briggs sustained during the earlier assault led to her death,” Lupo said. According to the incident report, Roswell police responded to a medical call at the Economy Hotel at approximately 10:35 a.m. on June 11. That is when they found Briggs lying unresponsive on a bed. The report states she was already cold to the touch. There were also visible bruises on Briggs’ eyes and arms as well as an injury to the back of her head, the report states. Briggs is believed to have checked into the hotel at 8:34 p.m. on June 9 and was
supposed to check out the next day. However, when an employee tried to enter the room on June 10 for “pest control purposes,” they stated they could see Briggs lying in the bed in the same position as she was later found but assumed she was asleep. Since the interior latch was locked, the employee moved on to the next room. Then, on June 11, another employee reportedly entered the room to clean and found Briggs dead in the bed. Investigators estimate Briggs had been dead for less than 12 hours. According to Facebook, Gunby is a sports fan known for making remarks and judgments on Twitter under the handle @ guuuumby. He also blogs about sports on bengunby.wordpress.com. Appen Media obtained a copy of all incident reports filed for the Economy Hotel between June 1 and June 16 through an open records request and received eight reports, ranging from alleged criminal trespass to simple battery and theft by taking and aggravated assault with a firearm. There was also an incident on June 16 in which a 36-year-old Atlanta woman was administered two doses of Narcan because of an overdose. Her fiancé stated in the report she had shot up heroin and that he believed it could be laced with fentanyl. The incident report states she was transported to the North Fulton Hospital after a pulse was established.
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County considers plan for new baseball complex By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners heard plans for a new mixed-use baseball complex at its June 21 work session. The complex, Winners Circle, would be located on about 60 acres at Peachtree Parkway and Brookwood Road and would consist of nine baseball fields, an indoor sports pavilion, a clubhouse, indoor and outdoor pickleball venues, a two-story sports bar and a restaurant. Sean Courtney, an attorney representing the project developers, said the indoor arena could host basketball, cheerleading, gymnastics and other sports. Representatives also said there would be space in the complex for esports, competitive multiplayer video gaming. Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills brought up concerns about the lack of parking capacity at the county’s sports complexes, but representatives said Winners Circle was planned to have just under 1,500 spaces. Michael Grade, a longtime youth baseball coach and representative of
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Michael Grade, a longtime youth sports coach, speaks to the Forsyth County Commission regarding the county’s proposed Winners Circle baseball complex June 21. the project, said parking was one of the major focus areas in the complex’s developments. “If people get upset before they even get in, that’s a big problem,” Grade said. “Then the food tastes bad, the umpires
are worse than ever, the fields look bad. So, we’ve got to make sure that people are happy, that parking is convenient, that it’s paved parking and that it’s easy to get in and out.” Commissioner Laura Semanson
said she looked forward to the complex, because baseball has become popular among Forsyth County’s youth. She said the complex would help take pressure off other county parks and bring more tax revenue to the county. Commissioners directed staff to determine the zoning that would best fit the Winners Circle complex and initiate the process to rezone the land. In other matters at the meeting, commissioners tentatively approved an agreement with JAL Ice Vending for the company to set up ice and water dispensers at Shady Grove Campground. Parks & Recreation Director Jim Pryor said the county had surveyed patrons on services they’d like to see at the campground, and many said they wanted better access to fresh water and ice. Pryor noted that the agreement does not cost the county anything, and that the company will actually pay the county a fee to set up its vending machines at the campground. The county requested proposals for the ice vending service twice, and JAL Ice Vending was the only responding company both times. Items approved at Tuesday’s work session must receive final approval at the commission’s next business meeting.
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Visitors gather on the lawn outside Barrington Hall at the 2021 Fourth of July celebration.
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event, known as Twilight at Barrington Hall. Following the hour-long concert, guests are invited to stay for a 6:30 p.m. screening of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” The film is a 1939 classic about a patriot named Jefferson Smith who heads to Washington D.C. after he is appointed to the Senate. VIP and general admission tickets
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Triple Crown Softball Nationals return to Alpharetta in July ALPHARETTA, Ga. — More than 100 fastpitch girls’ softball teams will head to Alpharetta in mid-July as the Triple Crown Softball Southeast Nationals return to the city. The four-day tournament will run from July 14-17 at multiple North Fulton sports facilities, including Alpharetta’s North Park and Cumming’s Fowler Park. Top-ranked teams from 14 states will compete for the Southeast Nationals title. “Triple Crown Fastpitch feels it is a priority to run a premier tournament in Alpharetta every year, and we are thrilled to have an exciting event ready to go for 2022,” East Coast Fastpitch Director of Triple Crown Sports Carrie Rivera said. “The skilled and customerfriendly staff with the Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the excellent Parks and Recreation divisions, are great to work with and deliver on every promise. We all take pride in providing our athletes, fans, coaches and
umpires a wonderful experience.” As teams come into North Metro Atlanta July 13, Triple Crown Sports will partner with the Beautiful Lives project for an event called the Field of Dreams. Individuals with disabilities will join softball players on the field to learn softball basics and run through drills, with no prior experience needed. The event will take place at Fowler Park in Cumming. The tournament is free for spectators. “The Triple Crown Southeast Nationals is a massive softball tournament, and I am thrilled that they continue to return to Alpharetta for their event,” Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Janet Rodgers said. “Players, their families, umpires and tournament officials will all be staying multiple nights in Alpharetta hotels and will also enjoy our shops, restaurants and entertainment venues which help perpetuate the success of those businesses as well.”
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Cumming City Center turns corner Downtown development moves to occupency stage By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com
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Visitors soak in the view from inside Cumming’s City Center which marked a milestone June 24.
The special ribbon-cutting event for Cumming’s City Center June 24 gave visitors a chance to tour streetscapes and hear remarks from dignitaries, including State Rep. Lauren McDonald.
Cumming Mayor Troy Brumbalow addresses the audience at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater. Also in attendance were First Lady Marty Kemp and Gov. Brian Kemp.
CUMMING, Ga. — The City of Cumming held a community gathering June 24 to ring in the next phase of construction for its City Center development on Canton Highway Though Mayor Troy Brumbalow cut the ribbon on the project, the 75-acre City Center project is far from complete. Friday’s ceremony signified the end of the city’s construction on the project and the beginning of tenant business buildouts. Brumbalow was joined in the ceremony by community leaders such as State Rep. Lauren McDonald, First Baptist Church Pastor Bob Jolly and Forsyth Central High School Principal Josh Lowe. In the midst of his reelection campaign, Gov. Brian Kemp also joined in the festivities. “This is a special day here in Cumming and all of Forsyth County, and really throughout this whole region of our state,” Kemp said. “We know that [people] will come from miles away to enjoy all the City Center has to offer, and when they leave, they’ll know why Cumming is such a special place.” The City Center, which the city credits Brumbalow for devising, is planned to contain more than 115,000 square feet of retail space, a new Cumming Police and municipal court building, a trail and boardwalk system, a golf putting course and more community space. The city held the ribbon cutting in the new Lou Sobh Amphitheater, an outdoor anchor of the City Center. The project faced a major challenge since it broke ground in August 2019: the unexpected onset of the pandemic. Brumbalow and Kemp both praised the city’s perseverance in continuing the project amid the complications. “This project, I’ve kind of likened it to a woman having a three-year labor and trying to deliver an elephant,” Brumbalow said. “As hard as you want to push and push, you just can’t quite get it there. But we are getting very close. The team is working hard every day.” Businesses set to come to the City Center include Simple Man Distillery, Good Vibes Nutrition, Juke N Jive Creamery and Good Chemistry Health & Med-Spa. A full list can be found on the city’s website.
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Representatives of Trademark Property Company, TPA Group and Kimball Bridge Venture Partners discuss redevelopment projects with members of the Alpharetta Development Authority at City Hall June 21. By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Development Authority moved forward on about $645 million in bonds for two large-scale mixed-use developments at its June 21 meeting. The Development Authority first approved a bond inducement for redeveloping North Point Mall into a mixed-use residential and commercial area known simply as North Point. The inducement is a tentative agreement and does not guarantee the bond issuance, but Economic Development Manager Lance Morsell said the bond is estimated to be worth around $550 million. The bond would act as a temporary property tax abatement for the property developer, Texas-based Trademark Property Company. The Development Authority would hold the property title for a term of 10 years. Trademark would pay 50 percent of the assessed property tax in the first year and would increase its share of tax obligations by 5 percent each year until they assume the full tax obligation. After 10 years, the property title would transfer to Trademark. The redevelopment calls for demolishing a large portion of the 100-acre North Point Mall to make way for 900 units of for-rent multifamily housing, 315,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space, 120,000 square feet specifically committed to office space, a 150-key hotel and amenity space. The remaining portion of the mall will be preserved and renovated. Trademark released detailed plans for the North Point community in early March, noting that development would
be phased through the next 10 years. Morsell said the project still has a way to go, needing approval from the City Council on zoning and related matters. The authority also gave final approval to a $95 million bond for a mixed-use development at Lakeview Parkway near Haynes Bridge Road by TPA Group. The 5-acre development is planned to include 255 apartments, about 7,000 square feet of restaurant space and 4,000 square feet of retail space. The apartments will include both 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units. The project is the second phase of a larger, 60-acre development in the area, which the City Council approved in 2021. The bond for the Lakeview development is structured with a 10-year property tax abatement, identical to the terms of the North Point redevelopment bond. Morsell said the Development Authority uses tax abatements to incentivize developers to invest in the city. Kimball Bridge Venture Partners, the group finalizing plans to redevelop the former Bailey Johnson School into a 160,000 square-foot office complex also presented project updates to the authority on Tuesday. The developers are partnering with Crescent Communities on the venture. The Development Authority approved a $70 million bond inducement in January, though plans for the project are still being finalized before the bond receives final approval. The complex, which will include an adaptive reuse of the existing school building and gymnasium as well as a new timber-frame office building, will be called The Garren. The name combines the first names of Warren Johnson and George Bailey, the Bailey Johnson School’s two namesakes.
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Avalon developer plans new Johns Creek project JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Mark Toro, the mind behind Alpharetta’s iconic Avalon shopping center, announced plans June 22 to create a new mixeduse destination in Johns Creek. Toro Development Company plans to redevelop a 43-acre site on Johns Creek Parkway at the intersection with McGinnis Ferry Road, currently occupied by two mid-rise office buildings formerly occupied by State Farm. The company aims for the development to support the city’s vision for its recently passed Town Center project and bring new retail, dining and entertainment to the area. Toro Development Company plans to develop the office campus into “a vibrant, walkable mixed-use environment” and energize community building with public events and “exceptional” retail and restaurants at the street level and residential units above. Concepts for the development include chef-driven restaurant patios, greenspaces with soft seating and an event plaza for weekly live music and entertainment. The company will purchase the parcel from New York-based U.S. Realty Advisors, which has been seeking a partner to redevelop the site since State Farm moved out of the area. “Suburban office campuses are a dying breed,” Toro said. “We will transform this property by introducing a mix of uses that will buzz with energy, excitement and connectivity. Johns Creek deserves a place to call its own, a Third Place where people come together to celebrate first dates, birthdays, marriage proposals and everyday moments that bring invaluable meaning to our lives.” The development seeks to give Johns Creek residents a “third place” outside of home and the traditional office to gather and feel connected to
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Community shares in Milton’s historic ‘barn for books’ The Milton Library may be the only library in the United States with its own book barn hand built by volunteers from wood salvaged from two historic barns on the library property. The barns were to be demolished to BOB MEYERS make room for the construction of the library. The volunteers salvaged the precious siding and beams and stored them. Once the new library was opened in 2015, the volunteers used the wood to construct the barn. Saving historic buildings can take various forms. The most common these days are adaptive reuse –which alters a building for a new use such as a restaurant – and historic preservation, which retains a building’s original design and materials. Neither approach was practical in the case of the barns on the library property due to their age and condition. A compromise solution was to salvage the wood and use it in a new structure that would reflect and honor the designs of the original barns. T.R. (Theodore Roosevelt) Dinsmore (1910-2005) and his wife Imogene Tatum Dinsmore (1911-2009) purchased the property in 1945 from J.J. (Joel Jackson) Rucker (1880-1960) and Nora Rusk Rucker (1878-1976). Fulton County purchased the property from the Dinsmore estate in 2012, by which time the property had shrunk from 8.5 acres to 4 acres. The age of the barns is not known, but they were probably built in the early 1900s based on their methods of construction. T.R. operated a general store in the large brick building that still graces the five-way intersection in downtown Crabapple. That building dates back to the early 1900s. T.R.’s farm was across the road from J.J. Rucker’s cotton gin, where Milton’s Restaurant stands today. The original cotton seed hopper still stands behind the restaurant. Interestingly, J.J. Rucker, who was a citizen of some influence, was at least partially responsible for bringing electric power to Crabapple. In 1930, Georgia Power installed 3.62 miles of lines in Crabapple serving 15 customers. Industrial users were often the impetus for expanding service. J.J. used to describe how he had power lines run from Alpharetta to his home on Old Rucker Road and then up Broadwell Road to the cotton gin. By the 1930s,
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The Book Barn adjacent to the Milton Library is home to thousands of gently used books. Proceeds of book sales support many Milton Library programs. The barn was constructed with siding removed from two historic barns dismantled on the Dinsmore Farm prior to construction of the library. A view of the partially dismantled monitor barn showing the structure of the main center portion of the barn. The side sheds were easily removed. Much of the effort by volunteers was devoted to removing firmly imbedded nails from the siding and structural elements.
One of two historic barns on the Dinsmore farm that were dismantled to make way for construction of the Milton Branch of the Fulton County Library System. Local volunteers painstakingly salvaged the barns’ siding and used it to construct a unique Book Barn adjacent to the library. The original barn housed animals and had a floored area for the storage of seed and corn. The painted sign on the door says “Unsafe Do Not Enter” indicating that the barn had deteriorated substantially over the years.
This image shows that the two barns were fairly close together. The residence was to the right of the azalea bush.
90 percent of urban dwellings in the U.S. had electricity, while only 10 percent of rural dwellers did. Companies who provided power to consumers felt it was too expensive to electrify small, isolated towns, and besides, they reasoned, farmers were too poor to afford electricity. The book barn project was spearheaded by former Milton City Council member Bill Lusk, a retired building contractor. The first task was to dismantle the two barns on the property. Friends of the Milton Library volunteers quickly learned how challenging it is to remove hundreds of bent and rusted nails from very well-seasoned boards. The boards were transported by trailer
to the nearby backyard of Bruce Harris where they remained for 10 months until the new library was completed and the construction of the barn could begin. First, a concrete slab was poured. Next, the framing of the structure was installed on the slab by commercial contractors. Then, dedicated volunteers installed the siding and windows. Finally, the roof, doors and an airconditioning system were professionally installed. The entire building was painted white by volunteers. To top it all off, Bill Lusk made a massive 10-foot-long table out of structural beams salvaged from the barns. Lusk says, “Everyone involved was dedicated and enjoyed the fellowship. The result was a first-class facility where the public can shop for book bargains in a nostalgic atmosphere. It was built with respect for the history of the community, the property and its original structures.” A generous donation from the Shannon Family Foundation paid for the majority of the construction costs.
Fulton County supported the project in important ways. Fulton Country Commissioner Liz Hausmann said “I’m very proud of the work we did to locate the Milton Library in the heart of the downtown of the new city of Milton, and the work we did with the community to preserve and incorporate the history of the Dinsmore Farm site into the library campus. The coordination with the Friends of the Milton Library to build the book barn was a special addition to this great community partnership.” The library has become an integral part of the community and a destination for children, students and adults. All proceeds from the sale of books in the barn are used to support library programs. Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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Report: Continued from Page 1 pandemic. However, progress is uneven across student groups. “The impact of the pandemic on student achievement growth has been greater in math than in reading…[and] students who were in elementary school when the pandemic hit, have fared worse than students who were in middle school,” wrote Tim Sass, the MAPLE faculty director who led the research.
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Middle school students still faced challenges, however. According to the research, the pause in learning growth averaged more than seven months for seventh grade reading across the three districts, and it ranged anywhere from zero to seven months for eighth grade math. “The pandemic undid much of the progress schools and communities had made pre-COVID to reduce historic disparities,” Sass noted in the report. In addition to Fulton Schools, data is being pulled from Clayton County Schools and a district which has chosen to remain anonymous. In the May 2021 report, researchers found widespread learning “pauses” in math and reading across the three districts. Students were not necessarily losing knowledge, but they were not advancing academically to where they should have been. The news was no surprise to officials with Fulton County Schools. The district had reported a stall in learning that set in almost immediately after schools shut down in March 2020. By August 2020 when school resumed, some Fulton County Schools students were several months behind where they should have been academically, based on testing data. The MAPLE report noted achievement trends across the three districts were influenced by geography, economic status, race and ethnicity. Most were disparities and factors in place even before the pandemic, creating academic
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