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Hundreds of families go through a self-guided tour of New Hope Elementary School following a ribbon-cutting July 23.
New Hope offers ‘new beginning’ By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — New Hope Elementary School represents a fresh start in more ways than one for Forsyth County. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, New Hope Elementary School Principal Laura Webb said she is excited to lead
the school from the ground up. She was previously the principal at Big Creek. “This experience has been nothing short of incredible, and I know this will continue to be one of the most satisfying phases of my career,” Webb said. “Thank you for the faith that you have placed in me as New Hope’s first principal.” The ribbon-cutting was the community’s first chance to walk through the halls
before the first day of school on Aug. 4. At a cost of $28 million, New Hope sits on a 42-acre site off Castleberry Road. It is the 23rd elementary school in Forsyth County Schools and the last of four schools built under the nearly $300 million bond approved by Forsyth County voters in 2018. It features learning
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to keep the county’s millage rate on property unchanged from 2021. Even so, residents may see their taxes increase because of rising property value assessments. Commissioners approved a millage rate of 7.896 on July 21 at the last of three public hearings, with District 1 Commissioner Molly Cooper attending virtually and District 4 Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills absent. Before the vote, Chief Financial Officer Marcus Turk told commissioners that the county plans to collect nearly $186.1 million from
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Georgia woman arrested on charges of forgery FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Local authorities arrested a Jonesboro woman who allegedly obtained more than $6,000 from a local bank by impersonating a Florida woman. A 61-year-old woman was arrested July 14 and charged with forgery, identity fraud and theft by taking, for allegedly defrauding the First Horizon Bank on Peachtree Parkway in Forsyth County in April. The woman, who was identified by a corporate investigator for First Horizon Bank and officers with the Gainesville Police Department, allegedly entered the bank on April 5, and used a false Florida Driver’s License to withdraw $4,000 in cash and purchase a $2,600 cashier’s check. The incident was captured on secu-
PUBLIC SAFETY rity camera. The suspect was taken into custody by Forsyth County deputies at the Clayton County Jail on July 14 and was transferred to the Forsyth County Detention Center, where she remains without bond.
Man arrested for theft at home of ex-wife FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – A Cumming man has been arrested for allegedly stalking his ex-wife, burglarizing and causing thousands of dollars in damage to her home. Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office incident reports said that deputies responded to a home on Clayburn Road at about 3 a.m. on July 16, and were told that a woman’s ex-boyfriend had attempted to break in. Deputies found that three windows and a door had been damaged and camera footage showed a suspect attempting to enter the home. Propane tanks had been stolen from the home, and the home’s phone and internet cables had been cut, authorities said. Deputies later found the suspect’s
vehicle parked at Tidwell Park and found what they identified as a stolen propane tank in the truck’s bed. The suspect was later arrested by deputies for stalking, theft and felony criminal damage to property.
Cleaners discover AR-15 under hotel mattress ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Alpharetta police were called to a hotel off Old Milton Parkway July 14, after hotel staff reported cleaners had found a firearm sticking out of a mattress in one of the rooms. Authorities learned the room’s occupant had been arrested the night before on warrants out of Gwinnett County, and he had not recovered items from the hotel room he had rented. Upon investigation, officers removed an AR-15 rifle from underneath the mattress and recovered several stolen credit cards, mail stolen from an address in Milton and a bike also reported stolen in Milton. The stolen items were transferred to the Milton Police Department and the AR-15 rifle was placed into evidence in Alpharetta.
Roswell murder suspect killed by Colorado police By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police say murder suspect Fabien Perry was killed in the early morning hours of July 19 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement in Colorado. The 27-year-old man had been wanted for nearly two weeks. Roswell police said it is likely Perry fled the state soon after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Johana Cabrales-Hernandez, 23, inside their Roswell home on July 6. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said their search for Perry led to Aurora, Colorado, where information was gath-
ered that he was at a home in the area of North Oswego Street. That’s when they requested help from the Aurora Police Department, which immediately sent resources to apprehend Perry. According to Aurora police, officers located Perry at the home around 12:45 p.m. on July 18, and SWAT responded to the scene. Other occupants of the home, thought to be acquaintances of Perry’s, exited the house, but PERRY Perry remained inside, refusing orders to come out. The Aurora Police Department Crisis Negotiations Team also responded to the scene and team members were able to initiate communications with Perry. Over the next several hours, negotiators continued to try and convince Perry to exit the home, unharmed, police said. Aurora police then requested help from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, and deputies responded to the scene. They also received assistance from the Littleton and Englewood police departments. At 9:45 p.m., officers reported hearing multiple gunshots from inside the home, but they did not return fire. Instead, they allegedly continued to try and communicate with Perry using the public address
system on the Armored Response and Rescue Vehicles at the scene. Aurora police stated Perry remained uncooperative and fired several more rounds throughout the night. Then, at about 2:18 a.m., Perry allegedly exited the home, armed with a rifle. “Shots were fired by one Aurora police officer and one Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy,” the Aurora Police Department stated. “Medical care was provided by Aurora Fire Rescue, and the suspect was transported to the hospital. He did not survive his wounds.” The police officer and sheriff’s deputy who fired their weapons are said to have been equipped with department-issued body cameras, which will be now used in the investigation. They have been placed on paid administrative leave, per each department’s policy. The Critical Incident Response Team for the 18th Judicial District responded and will be investigating the officer-involved shooting incident. The CIRT Team conducts independent, multi-agency investigations into officer-involved shootings in Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties. Cabrales-Hernandez’s family has started an online fundraising campaign to cover the costs of her funeral and help support her two children. To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/help-for-samysfuneral-expenses.
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County approves hot spring spa project By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Have you ever wanted to be pampered at the world’s most iconic hot spring spas? How about soaking in hot springs in Costa Rica, Israel, Japan and Italy, all in the same day? It might sound impossible, or at the very least like an ultra-expensive day of airplanes and travel, but thanks to a project coming to Forsyth County next year, Passport Springs and Spa, local residents will be able to relax in luxury hot springs modeled after exotic locations around the world, without straying too far from home. Passport Springs and Spa founder and CEO Jacob Bloch said the hot spring spa will be built on a 10.6acre tract adjacent to The Collection in south Forsyth, and will combine luxury cuisine, massage, spa services and North America’s largest hot spring pools when it opens in 2023. “Our vision is to make something really extraordinary,” Bloch said. “Passport Springs is going to be the first immersive hot springs destination on the East Coast, and it’s going to be opening up right here in a very beautiful Forsyth County.” Our interest and love of hot springs spans cultures, nationalities and centuries, Bloch said. But unfortunately, North America is the only continent where they’re not easily accessible. And to be as authentic as possible, Bloch said the spa will use a proprietary technology to give regular tap water the same mineral content of the area it’s modeled after.
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Passport Springs and Spa CEO Jacob Bloch speaks to the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on July 21. The board later approved plans for the Passport Springs and Spa in a 4-0 vote. “People here go to Arenal Hot Springs in Costa Rica, or they visit Blue Lagoon in Iceland, but they don’t have those same opportunities in the United States,” he said. “We are going to be recreating the sights and sounds, the architectural features – the cuisines and the exotic experiences that you get from going to these amazing hot springs.” Plans for Passport Springs were officially approved by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners at their meeting on July 21. In a presentation to commissioners before the vote, project attorney Ethan
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Renderings show what developers imagine the upcoming Passport Springs and Spa in Forsyth County will look like when completed in 2023. The project is planned for a 10.6-tract adjacent to The Collection.
Underwood told the board that they will be partnering with The Collection and have designed the spa to be a regional draw to support businesses throughout the area. “We’ve got a lot of folks excited about this project,” Underwood said. Commission Chairman Alfred John said he was immediately taken by this project and was amazed at how quickly it captured the public’s attention, too. He said he thinks the project will be a net positive for the community and will only serve to help the surrounding area. “I think it will serve The Collections
quite well for a number of years,” John said. “I’m looking forward to this coming up.” Bloch said he estimates the project will have a $500 million economic output in the next decade, as well as creating nearly 500 jobs and tens of millions in taxes for Forsyth County. “We’re not seeking a single dollar in tax abatement,” he said. “Not only are we not seeking a single dollar tax abatement, but there’s also no project that can do more good anywhere.” The project will be designed by the California firm, Voelker Gray Design, whose work includes the Cabo Azul Resort in Baja, California, the Cancun Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Glen Ivy Hot Springs spa in Corona, California. Bloch said Forsyth County was selected because of the beauty of the area, the great local business relationships, and the regional accessibility. “Forsyth County is the most beautiful county in America,” he said. “But in addition to that, we wanted to deliver a project somewhere where we thought people would really appreciate it.” Bloch said they expect a huge, regional, statewide and countrywide draw in the project, and they already have people from all over the country contacting them, not just to learn more, but trying to book appointments in advance. But all those ravenous hot springs fans are going to have to wait, because Bloch said they still have a way to go before they open the appointment book. They plan to hold a groundbreaking in the fall and expect to officially open the spa sometime in 2023.
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School: Continued from Page 1 spaces, upstairs gym, downstairs media center with flexible seating and a large outdoor courtyard. Webb said New Hope is designed to make learning fun while positioning students for success. With a capacity for 1,174 students, it is also intended to relieve overcrowding at nearby Big Creek, Brandywine, Shiloh Point, Midway, Vickery Creek and Whitlow elementary schools. The project broke ground October 2021. Before opening the school up for selfguided tours on July 23, Webb shared a bit of history about education in Forsyth County, saying that the name New Hope invokes the African American children who grew up in the community in the late 1800s. Webb said that by the early 1900s, these children were getting very limited tools and resources for their education and were forced to attend different
schools. One of those schools, Webb said, was called New Hope. “In 1912, the African American community was no longer welcome in Forsyth County,” Webb said. “Horrible atrocities affected black families at the time, forcing them to flee the county, leave behind their homes, their livelihoods, their belongings, and yes, even their schools, including the original New Hope.” While Forsyth County can’t change its history, Webb said, it can acknowledge it. “We vow that history will not repeat itself,” Webb said. “That is why we are proud to be the new New Hope. Our New Hope will be a new beginning. Our New Hope will welcome all students, families and visitors from our community, and [it] will be a place where everyone feels respected, valued and connected.” The event was attended by Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Jeff Bearden and School Board members Lindsey Adams, Kristin Morrissey, Wes McCall, Tom Cleveland and Darla Light. State School Superintendent Richard Woods and other elected officials were also there.
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Principal Laura Webb cuts the ribbon during a ceremony for New Hope Elementary School July 23. She is accompanied by State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Jeff Bearden and other elected officials.
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Oakwood man indicted for Forsyth County home invasion By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – A Forsyth County Superior Court grand jury has indicted a Hall County man on six counts of home invasion, aggravated assault and false imprisonment, for his alleged part in a home invasion earlier this year. Christopher Wayne Acker, 38, of Oakwood, was arrested by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Feb. 8 and charged with multiple felonies for allegedly breaking into a Forsyth County home on Feb. 3. Indictment documents allege that during the incident, Acker unlawfully confined and detained two people, and assaulted them with a firearm. Acker was convicted of burglary and theft by taking previously in 2014, according to indictment documents. In a statement following Acker’s February arrest, Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman condemned the incident, saying that Forsyth County has no tolerance for violent crimes. “Violent Crime has no place in Forsyth County,” Freeman said. “Crime will rise to the level a community will tolerate it. I believe Forsyth County has little tolerance for criminality. I can assure you I have no tolerance for repeat violent offenders.” Acker now faces two charges each of felony home invasion, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and one charge for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His case will be presided over by Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Philip C. Smith and will be prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Ramsey R. Magaro. An attorney representing Acker did not immediately respond to Appen Media’s request for comment. Acker is being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center without bond.
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Records chart downward path for Grove Way apartments
Calls for rehabilitation extend back to 2017 By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Housing Authority of Roswell, said she’s in discussions with the mayor and City Council to redevelop 199 Grove Way, but their focus right now is on the safety of the residents. “That’s why we’ve been fighting so hard since we found out about this to try to help them land a new place the best way that we know how, given the circumstances,” Parrish said. The board, she said, learned about the building’s structural issues in 2019, a year after she became chair. The complex, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, includes 55 other income-based housing units owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell. Parrish said because the agency is so small and has faced numerous challenges over the years, a previous board called on the Marietta Housing Authority to help the complex pass inspections. The Marietta agency is providing the Section 8 vouchers to help the residents relocate. Parrish said the board also commissioned an engineering report in 2017, which revealed several structural issues at 199 Grove Way, but it wasn’t until 2019, when the Gainesville Housing Authority got involved, that it was brought to her attention. “After that, we just got to work as quickly as we could,” Parrish said.
Report reveals issues
In a March 9 letter to Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, Roswell officials stated multiple reports on the facility’s conditions have been produced between summer 2017 and this past January, all citing deficiencies that affect the viability and safety of the building. Appen Media obtained a copy of the March 9 letter from Roswell Community Development Director Jason Gaines and Chief Building Official John Boland through an open records request. It states the most concerning deficiency is advanced corrosion at exterior stairways, which was identified in a July 7, 2017, letter from Norton, Schmidt & Warden Consulting Engineers LLP with the recommendation they be removed and replaced. But, as of March, the letter states the recommendation had not been followed and was even cited in a subsequent Sept. 30, 2019, report by NOVA
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Roswell resident Michael Dowda returns to his seat after addressing the City Council July 11 about the challenges he’s faced trying to relocate after the city deemed 199 Grove Way structurally unsound. Engineering and Environmental LLC as being in “immediate need of removal and replacement due to severe corrosion.” It states NOVA identified it as a “life safety item.” The letter also states each of the buildings on site have multiple instances of distress to the exterior brick veneer, cracks and displacement of elevated balconies and interior walls, displacement of entry porch concrete floors and other visual signs indicative of “significant structural deficiencies.” However, none were deemed as being in “need of immediate attention or as a life safety issue.” A NOVA geotechnical report, dated October 2019, alludes to potentially under-compacted soil beneath the building foundations that may be contributing to settlement issues, requiring further, in-depth investigation of its footing and support systems to determine the longterm stability of the structures and any need for immediate repairs, the letter states. On Feb. 28, city staff toured the property, which they said corroborated much of the information in the reports. The letter states that during the tour, staff also noticed one of the two on-site elevators was out of service, “leaving but one functioning elevator in a complex that houses 100 percent senior citizen and/or physically disabled tenants.” To date, the elevator has not been fixed.
Then, on March 8, Parrish and the Housing Authority of Roswell’s attorney, Stewart Duggan, met with city officials to review a new report from NOVA. The report reiterated concerns with the structural integrity of the egress paths and recommended that maintenance staff perform monthly inspections of all the stairs to ensure they were safe. It also recommended for soffit finishes to be removed from all the walkways and stairs to expose the underside framing so a structural inspection could be conducted and for shores to be installed to temporarily support any deficient walkway and stair components for 120 days. In a letter from city officials to Brown, dated March 23, the city agreed to a deadline extension beyond the initial 14 days it had to set to implement the recommendations.
Board members resign
Andrew Leonardi and Trent Perry were appointed to the Housing Authority of Roswell’s six-member board last year. They resigned months later because they disagreed the building had to be demolished, based on their understanding of the NOVA reports. Leonardi and Perry said they tried to convince Parrish to repair the building so the residents wouldn’t have to move, but they were turned down. “The thought process was to replace all of the buildings at Pelfrey Pines … and everything was going to look great,
but there was never an option, really, to repair what was going on,” Leonardi said. HUD then called one Friday afternoon in April, Leonardi said, and announced the complex was unsafe, and everyone needed to get out within 72 hours. Leonardi said that caused a mass panic, but the board quickly began calling around to try to find a hotel for the residents. Parrish said HUD backed off after the housing authority did further research. She said the agency was very open to working with them to try to find a proper solution. But, Leonardi said, he took issue with Parrish meeting with the mayor and City Council in private, allegedly leaving the board “in the dark.” “That freaked me out to be honest with you,” Leonardi said. “That was one of the reasons I resigned – there was a huge lack of transparency. … I love helping people. That’s why I volunteered to be on the board, but then I [asked] why is the board not being told information?” Leonardi resigned one month after Perry. They said that while on the board, they don’t remember ever voting on any course of action for 199 Grove Way. Perry, a 35-year resident of Roswell, previously served on various other committees and even authored the final
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Apartments: Continued from Page 6 report of the East Roswell Economic Action Committee. He said Parrish recruited him based on his experience. But, when he read the technical reports and learned that the housing authority was applying for the LowIncome Housing Tax Credit program to enter into contract with Penrose development to demolish and replace its existing housing stock, he thought “none of them, in my opinion, defined a catastrophic situation.” The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program provides tax incentives on new construction and substantial rehabilitation on existing properties with an eye toward the underprivileged. It would have provided the Housing Authority of Roswell with about $18 million to redevelop, Parrish said, but it failed to meet the requirements by half a point. Perry said his time on the board should have been very fulfilling and satisfying, but it wasn’t “The housing authority has the power to do a lot of good and meet a lot of needs for mid- and low-income disabled and elderly residents,” Perry said. “I just don’t think, in my personal opinion, that it has met its goals … or that they have the right idea of what they’re there for. It’s not a real estate business. It’s a residential rental business for the people that need the most help.”
Parrish turns to Roswell for help
As chair of the Housing Authority of Roswell, Parrish said the plan has always been to either significantly modify the complex or tear it down, with more units added to it. The agency had hoped to build a new complex across the street and have the residents move there while 199 Grove Way was being redeveloped, but those plans changed after their application for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program was denied. Then, in May, Parrish said the board found out their application for $9 million in American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funds from the state had also been denied. The funds would have gone toward addressing some of the deferred maintenance needs of the property. That same month, the City Council awarded $450,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to city water line replacement projects instead of local nonprofits. Records show the Housing Authority of Roswell applied for $36,758 for security cameras, roofing repairs and an intensive after-school program targeting reading and math skills for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Parrish said none of it was for 199
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Grove Way, because the board was already in conversation with the city “about getting millions of dollars.” She estimates the project could inject $40 million into the area. “In the meantime, we are still working and calling every legislator from the city, county, state and congressional representatives to help us in our situation,” Parrish said. “… I’ve seen some say we haven’t done anything, and that’s interesting because we may not be in the media, we may not be pounding podiums, but we’re definitely pounding doors and making calls to move the ball forward.” Parrish said the city is encouraging the board to move forward with a 4-percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit application due Oct. 14. If approved, the funds would come from the city and local charitable organizations to redevelop the property, add more units and even do some “significant rehabilitation” on some of the other units that house individuals and families, including a total gut rehab. As of July 18, Parrish said 18 residents are in the process of moving and 15 are still looking for units that meet their needs or wishes.
Elected officials get involved
Mayor Kurt Wilson said that until now, the Housing Authority of Roswell’s pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears, but he promised during his campaign to do whatever he could to help. Wilson said there has historically been little engagement between the mayor and City Council and the housing authority. That’s because while the housing authority has the city’s name in it, the City of Roswell does not have any purview. The agency is responsible to HUD. Roswell is the only city in North Fulton County with a housing authority. It was established in 1950. Wilson said unless the federal government under HUD takes action, the city is not allowed to, which is why it cannot legally put up a loan to help finance a project. Wilson said the plan now is to help the housing authority attain enough points to qualify for a development deal under the HUD program, with the condition that there be a “higher level of engagement” between the city and the housing authority within all the legal boundaries. “I have lauded Karen Parrish’s efforts in the past as a resident who’s gotten highly engaged, highly informed and highly active in trying, in my mind, to save that housing authority singlehandedly,” Wilson said. “… This is a person that’s doing superhero work with, frankly, almost no love or help from her city.” Wilson said some of the agency’s financial issues stem from a deal struck almost a decade ago with a local de-
veloper to build the Veranda Groveway apartments to the west of 199 Grove Way, which “basically bankrupted” the Housing Authority of Roswell. “The people that were perhaps knowledgeable about the system got an incredibly favorable, super profitable deal for themselves, and that includes local people here in Roswell, and took advantage of the housing authority and left it in a financial mess,” Wilson said. What he wants to avoid now, he said, is an incident like the 2021 Surfside condominium collapse in Miami in which 98 people died. “We don’t have a lot of legal jurisdiction here, but we’re not going to have a Miami where we have a building collapse and 40 people die,” Wilson said. “That’s not going to happen. … We got to find a way even if includes reaching out to the press, reaching out through churches and synagogues and mosques.” State Rep. Mary Robichaux said she only learned about the situation at the complex this month. Since then, she’s contacted Christopher Nunn, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, to explore what can be done to help the residents. DCA serves as a state liaison to HUD. “I’ve also placed a call to Sen. [Jon] Ossoff and Sen. [Raphael] Warnock’s offices, and they are also talking with the residents and with HUD to see what can
In the meantime, we are still working and calling every legislator from the city, county, state and congressional representatives to help us in our situation.” KAREN PARRISH Chairwoman, Housing Authority of Roswell
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. –– Data and dedication to process may not seem like a big part of running a successful car wash, but for Jimmy Tester of Mammoth Detail Salon, they’re everything. From his offices at the luxury car wash on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, Tester can track everything that happens at his business, from the number of cars his employees service per hour and current wait times, to the number of memberships they’ve sold this month. But no matter what the data shows, Tester says he’s built customer loyalty for 26 years by providing consistent, exceptional service to every customer. “I think what would separate us from everybody else is just doing a better job than everybody else,” he said. After years of running a successful valet service in Atlanta and small
handwash car wash in Roswell in the ’90s, Tester knew he was ready for something more permanent close to home that his family could rely on in the future. He always loved hand washing his cars, was good at it, he said, and regularly washed and waxed his car in the middle of the night when business was slow at the club he valeted for. “I did that all the time, so I thought, well I’ll just do my own thing,” he said. “I didn’t really have a background in anything, and I was making probably $80,000 a year in cash parking cars … so I was making a lot of money, and my wife got pregnant and I started worrying, ‘what am I going to do if the club closes, clubs don’t last forever.’” With a partner’s help, he was able to open the first Mammoth Detail Salon in 1996, on a small wedge-shaped lot at Main and Roswell Street in Alpharetta, where business took off like a rocket. Within nine years, Tester said his team had built a following of loyal customers and outgrew their Main Street Alpharetta location. So, they began looking for a new location in Cumming, which Tester thought would be the logical next step for Mammoth. But instead of Cumming, they quickly found a perfect location in Alpharetta that was already zoned for a car wash and ready for construction. The only catch – it was practically right next door to his original location.
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Business is amazing at Mammoth Detail Salon on Old Milton Parkway, according to owner Jimmy Tester. The Alpharetta location opened in 2007. One might think that having two identical businesses just a few blocks away from each other wouldn’t work, but since they opened the Old Milton Parkway location in 2007, it’s only boosted his brand recognition and customer service, Tester said. With the real-time data the business collects, the two locations can easily support each other, he said. And on the company’s app for smart phones, customers can see which of the two locations is busiest at any time. “I would do better profit wise if I just had one, like everybody thinks,” he said. “But I think for the convenience of the clients it helps because I
have the app.” But they weren’t always able to make use of all the data Tester has at his fingertips, that’s a recent development. For the longest time, his team at Mammoth Detail Salon had to rely on handwritten tickets, less advanced computer tracking and a dedication to the process of providing a perfect hand wash every time. Tester said that his love of the process is something he’s always had from the very start of his valet business in Atlanta. His employees have an optimized way of doing everything from
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Mammoth: Continued from Page 8 washing cars to detailing interiors they use with each car. The prices that Mammoth charges are high for the industry, Tester freely admits. But he said that’s only because customers in the North Fulton area have high expectations that they try to exceed. “My guys vacuum a certain way, they clean rims a certain way, they wipe down dashes and consoles and seats and door panels a certain way,”
he said. “We have a process for everything ... Some people are really big on how well they wash their own car, and I think we come as close to that standard as possible.” After 15 years at the second location on Old Milton Parkway, Tester said they are starting to think about opening other locations in John’s Creek, Cumming and Woodstock or East Roswell. But true to form, Tester said he wouldn’t mind another location down the street from his current two. “I’d do another one close to here if I could,” he said. “Life is beautiful and it’s been fun, really fun.”
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Development agency approves bond for Bailey Johnson project By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Development Authority gave final approval July 19 to a tax break for a $92 million project redeveloping the historic Bailey Johnson School into an office complex. The project will see the school — the first in the city that allowed Black students to receive a free public education beyond seventh grade — adapted to be part of a 160,000-square-foot complex. Plans call for the existing school building and gymnasium to be restored, while a new timber-frame office building will contain the bulk of the office space. The Development Authority gave tentative approval to the project bond in late January, though the project value at the time was estimated at $70 million. The bond acts as a temporary tax abatement, allowing developers to only pay 50% of the site’s property tax for the first year, then 5 percent more each year over 10 years. The Bailey Johnson School opened in 1950 as the Alpharetta Colored School, serving Black students from 1st to 12th grade. Prior to its opening, Black students who wanted to attend school beyond seventh grade had to travel to and from Atlanta for school every day. When
the school closed in 1967, it marked the end of segregated public schools in North Fulton County, and its students went on to integrate into surrounding schools. The Alpharetta Colored School was renamed the Bailey Johnson School three years after its opening, named after Alpharetta blacksmith George Bailey and former slave Warren Johnson. Both were integral to the school’s founding. The project’s developers, Kimball Bridge Venture Partners and Crescent Communities, plan to name the new office complex “Garren,” a combination of the two men’s first names. Speaking at a panel hosted by St. James United Methodist Church and local historical societies in February, former students of the Bailey Johnson School said they were grateful the site would be redeveloped instead of being torn down. Development Authority Chairman Jack Nugent noted that the property tax income would be a boon for Alpharetta’s tax base, even if tax payments start at just half of their full value. If the parcel were to remain under Fulton County Schools’ ownership, the city would not receive any property tax revenue from it. With the parcel’s move to private ownership, Nugent estimated the property
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Members of the Alpharetta Development Authority and city staff discuss a tax break for a proposed $92 million redevelopment of the city’s historic Bailey Johnson School July 19. would generate around $450,000 in property taxes after the 50% abatement. In other matters at the meeting, the Development Authority voted to extend the City of Alpharetta’s local job tax credit, which incentivizes local businesses to create new jobs and hire Alpharetta residents by giving them a $250-$500 tax credit per job. To receive the credit, the employee must have been employed for one year. The tax credit program was initially enacted in 2013 to complement similar programs run by the state of Georgia. Al-
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SOLUTION, Page 17 county total increase was only $28, all due to the homestead exemption. “I agree with you that the taxes are outrageous, but as long as you’ve homesteaded your property you should have insulation from that,” she said. “I feel like our board has done everything it can to be as conservative as it can about the future and protect the homeowners that are here.” The amount homeowners saved on Solution property values through homestead ex-on emptions nearly doubled in 2022 from the prior year, increasing from $2.7 billion to $4.4 billion. Those reduced values translate into lower tax obligations for homeowners. To learn more about Forsyth County’s Homestead Exemption, visit forsythco.com/Departments-Offices/Board-ofAssessors/Homestead-Exemption. The county’s millage rate of 7.896
will now be combined with the recently approved Forsyth County Board of Education millage rate, for a total property tax of 26.614 mils. The Forsyth County School millage rate, which was approved on June 3, maintained the same operational millage rate, 17.3, but rolled back the debt services millage rate from 2.418 to 1.418. “For those of you who live in Forsyth next page County like me, you have likely seen an increase in your projected property taxes,” Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Jeff Bearden said in June. “Why? The market has driven property values to historic levels. The increase is not a result of the school district. However, we understand the challenges of our economy, and have lowered the debt services millage rate to ease the burden for taxpayers.”
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Exploring a personal obsession with lists reign. But, did she do more to change the world than, say, Lord Byron or Oliver Cromwell? Neither of them made the list. Thankfully, there were only a few objectionable entries based on internet polling. After the first 30 people or so, things began to get serious, say from No. 70 on down. It might interest readers to know that I guessed the person at No. 1 from the outset. I also completely overlooked some giants who deservedly ranked in the top 10. I got to thinking about this the other night while taking an antihistamine for my allergies. It has forced me to rethink that list. Somewhere on that roster of the most influential people of the last millennium, even one compiled in 1999, had to be the psychopath in Chicago who laced a number of bottles of Tylenol with cyanide back in 1982. The tampering resulted in at least seven deaths and led to major legislation on the packaging of over-the-counter medications. It didn’t stop there. Today, we endure the fallout of that idiot’s madness every day – every time
we reach for the pliers to wrestle a pill from an impregnable bubble-wrapped sheet, every time we open a jar of mayonnaise, a carton of half-and-half. So this guy or this woman deserves to be on that list. Hitler was. Another person overlooked was Willis Carrier, the guy most responsible for inventing air conditioning. Without the ability to cool buildings in scorching weather, do you really think cities like Atlanta, Houston or Phoenix could have risen to the prominence they enjoy today? What about Dubai in the United Arab Emirates? It has an average high in July and August of 106 F. And yet, it has the tallest building in the world and a population of 3.5 million people engaged in one of the fastest growing economies in the Middle East. One person who would not be on the list is the man or woman who invented the parking deck. That’s because no one really knows for sure that is. That leads me to another list – don’t we all love them? I keep an unofficial list of great leadins to news stories. It began 50 years ago when, fresh off
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his Super Bowl win, Jets quarterback Joe Namath was paid $10,000 to shave his famous Fu Manchu in a commercial for Schick. The New York Times wrote: “Joe Namath shaved his controversial Fu Manchu mustache yesterday with a Schick electric razor for a reported fee of $10,000. That’s about $10 a hair.” I love stuff like that. Reporters work hard to make their first few sentences sing with impact. One of the best story leads on my list was about parking decks. It was on NPR and went something like this: “Henry Ford was the father of automobile assembly lines. President Eisenhower was the father of the interstate highway system. But the paternity of the parking garage is less clear. Like most inventions, its mother, of course, was necessity.” It may interest some to know that the best lead I ever wrote for a story, the one I’m most proud of, was buried on Page 3 of an inside section in a daily newspaper some years back. I won’t name the editor who made that decision. But, he’s on another list of mine.
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It seems like only yesterday, but 22 years ago, we celebrated a new millennium. To commemorate the epoch, in December 1999, A&E’s “Biography” aired a two-part special proPAT FOX filing the 100 most Managing Editor influential people of pat@appenmedia.com the past 1,000 years. I’m such a history nut, that I drew up my own list in advance to see how my roster compared to the experts. Sadly, the producers also opened the polling to internet users, so some figures got on the list based on their popularity at the time and not on historical merit. For example, Princess Diana, who had died only a couple of years earlier, was ranked at No. 73, ahead of Marconi, Louis Armstrong, Jonas Salk and a host of others whose influence we still feel today. To be sure, the Princess of Wales was a towering influence in her brief
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The only story that really matters Last week, a resident called our managing editor and said he was worried about his future. He lives in an affordable housing complex that was shut down, and now he and his neighbors weren’t CARL APPEN sure where to go. Director of Content & DevelopPat Fox took that ment carl@appenmedia.com call from Michael Dowda, typed out the information and sent it to Chamian Cruz, our Roswell reporter. A few days later, we published a story about Dowda and the 32 other residents of 199 Grove Way, an apartment complex owned by the Roswell Housing Authority. The building is 40 years old, sits within a half-mile of City Hall and is in such disrepair that the city has ordered it unsafe for occupancy. The apartments are reserved for lower-income residents. Many of the tenants have lived there for 20 years and are elderly or disabled. Now, they must all find a new place to live. They aren’t having much luck. Georgia does not require landlords to accept vouchers, and not many are willing to do it. As a result, 15 of the 33 Grove Way residents still have no place to go. Chamian attended a community meeting, interviewed tenants and spoke with housing administrators. She walked through the complex with Dowda, experiencing firsthand the condition of the building and its units. Then, she wrote about it. Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson took a few minutes out of last Monday’s City Council meeting to address Chamian and the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald. He said there was a story that should be told, “a fantastic expose to be written,” about the Roswell Housing Authority. But it wasn’t written, he said. Instead,
we focused on the current situation — where we are, not how we got here. Part of Mayor Wilson’s goal, I think, was to point out that his administration inherited the problem. He walked into a situation that instilled genuine, dire concern for the safety of his residents, and he acted on it. I commend him for it. But I push back on his other point. Michael Dowda’s story did need to be told. In fact, I think it’s the only one that really matters. A small part of what we do in local news is investigative journalism. We spend money on FOIA requests and PACER access. Reporters comb through budgets, monitor indictments and read countless police reports. We compile hundreds of excel documents to find patterns in municipal data. We’ll even take a city to court if we think they’re breaking the law. “Watchdog journalism” is important. Some newspapers even use it to drive subscription campaigns. But it’s not all there is. The reality is that most of our stories are from, and about, the community. Your valedictorians, Rotary Club meetings and back-to-school drives. Within our pages, you’ll find columns about the area’s history, photos from Fourth of July events and reports of teacher burnout. We try and profile a local business every week – picked by the newsroom, away from the sales department, I might add. Those are the stories that relay the face of a community and what it’s like to live there. As Michael Dowda stood at the podium in Roswell City Hall, his face conveyed much to me. He looked right at the City Council and Mayor Wilson, as they insisted they inherited the problem. Investigate the Roswell Housing Authority, they said. That’s the real story. “I was homeless for almost four years,” Dowda said. The Vietnam War veteran had slept in cars, warehouses
and hotels until a spot opened at Grove Way. “I will not be homeless again. I’ll soon get my home in heaven. But we’ve got to solve this problem.” I truly share Michael Dowda’s optimism that this mayor and council, city staff and “especially the residents, other citizens of Roswell,” will find a solution. Optimistic, yes, but it will take work. Since the story has come out, we have heard a lot of folks calling for a fix. Senators, representatives and other elected officials have expressed concern. Community and nonprofit leaders say they are willing to lend a hand. But there is still no clear resolution. Part of local news is calling out wrongdoing. It’s an important part of this story, and as Mayor Wilson said, there is no shortage of it. How did we get here? How did this property get to be in such bad shape? Why is the move being handled this way? To say nothing of the larger questions of this issue. What’s going on with housing in Metro Atlanta, or around the country? Why are we treating our elderly, our veterans, our vulnerable populations so poorly? Those are all questions we need to ask. But we can’t lose sight of the real story. On Sept. 1, Michael Dowda and his neighbors must leave their homes and they don’t have anywhere to go. That’s the story we must tell. We must also work together, as a community, to find a solution. Chamian, Pat and I want to hear from anyone who wants to help. Developers, Rabbis, officials, therapists, soccer coaches. If you have an idea, let us know. If you don’t have one, but you still want to help, let us know that too. If you’re a property owner or landlord willing to take a Tenant Protection Voucher, contact Beth Brown at the Gainesville Housing Authority: 770536-1294, Ext. 205, bbrown@gaines-
villehousing.org. Two things make me optimistic; I know people in this community will want to help, and there absolutely must be a solution. I refuse to concede these residents are destined to be without a place to sleep. In talking with folks over the past week, I have remarked that this is the most important work we’ve done in local news. I’m beginning to think it’s the only story that matters at all.
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