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Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry, center, and volunteers who helped dig in as part of the Daffodils 4 Hope initiative gather at Vineyard Johns Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care on Medlock Bridge Road.
Johns Creek assisted living center plants daffodils for city campaign By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Come February and March, passersby might notice more than 1,000 new daffodils along Medlock Bridge Road, as part of an initiative that brings awareness to cancer survivorship. Vineyard Johns Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care planted
1,100 flower bulbs on their property this month in support of Daffodils 4 Hope, Johns Creek Beautification’s community-wide program in partnership with CanCare Atlanta. The campaign has seen more than 30,000 daffodil plantings so far. Tiffany Benton, Vineyard’s life enrichment director, said the event falls in line with everything her organization wants to be – involved
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CANTON, Ga. — A teacher at King’s Ridge Christian School in Milton has been charged with sexual battery of a minor, after he allegedly touched the buttocks of a 12-year -old girl at a Walmart in Canton. King’s Ridge immediately placed Kyle George, a 43-year -old Canton resident, on administrative leave
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Police charge suspect with theft of store items JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police arrested a Decatur woman Oct. 10 after she allegedly stole nearly $300 in household items from Kroger on Old Alabama Road. As the shoplifting was in progress, police arrived and found the suspect behind a construction truck by the store parking lot who had two reusable bags, one filled with an “unusually large amount” of air freshener. The suspect told police she intended to exchange items she previously purchased but did not have the receipt for her bagged items. Kroger employees showed police surveillance footage of the suspect entering the store and placing three jugs of laundry detergent on her cart as well as numerous packages of Febreze air freshener refills and other items in her bags. They also
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upon learning of his felony arrest and later fired him. The incident happened in late August, according to the Sept. 25 warrant. “This situation is heartbreaking, and we are praying for everyone involved,” said Edward Spurka, head of school at King’s Ridge, in a statement sent to Appen Media. Before becoming a teacher at King’s Ridge, George taught at Centennial Academy – a charter school in Atlanta – as
an elementary school teacher, according to his LinkedIn profile. Centennial Academy could not be reached for comment regarding the nature of George’s exit from the school as of press time. George signed his bond release form Sept. 26, which mandates that he not have any contact whatsoever with any minor except for his own children, stay at least 1,000 feet away from any school and not be present at Walmart.
said she was a suspect in previous fraudulent returns, and she was usually accompanied by another female. Police arrested the suspect, who also had a warrant out of Cobb County for failure to appear, for theft by shoplifting and for giving a false name. Police transported her to the North Annex of the Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.
take all the bills from the register which totaled $339 and deposit them at a Bitcoin machine. The employee complied with the request but also deposited $915 of her own money to help pay the fine.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Hospital security at Emory Johns Creek Hospital reported to police Oct. 12 that a former patient had been consistently calling the hospital since that morning. The suspect, a Cumming man, had been brought to the emergency room by family in early September and was discharged a week later, the police report stated. Security said the patient has been trying to speak with the hospital CEO and threatened to come for her “and all of them.” According to the police report, the operator said the suspect never made any direct threats to harm anyone at the hospital or the CEO. Police advised hospital employees to record any other calls from the suspect and call police if he showed up.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — An employee of the Hyatt on Medlock Bridge Road reported to police Oct. 11 that she had been scammed out of more than $900. The employee told police she received a phone call at the front desk from an individual claiming to be the regional manager for Hyatt and that he was calling about an overdue fine that was incurred with their last inspection. The caller told the employee that the fine was $1,000, and it needed to be paid immediately or the hotel would receive a $9,000 fine. He also told the employee the hotel manager was aware of the situation and requested that she
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Sammy Shepard kicks off the line-up of live musicians playing for the two-day event.
Attendees enjoy unique works and products for purchase from local artists within the community.
Johns Creek Arts Festival becomes cultural staple BY ADAM DARBY newsroom@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Thousands turned out Oct. 21-22 for the 11th annual Johns Creek Arts Festival on the green space across from the Atlanta Athletic Club on Medlock Bridge Road. In collaboration with Splash Festivals, the weekend event featured unique works for purchase by 140 artists from around the country. The family-friendly festival also included food trucks, live music and children’s activities like face painting, sand art, musical instruments, inflatable rides, and bungee jumping. Premium wines and locally brewed beer were also available for sale. “First of all, the visibility is amazing. To be right on Medlock Bridge is kind of sweet,” said Frances Schube, co-owner of Splash Festivals
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and one of the event’s producers. “It’s one of the largest [art festivals] that we do…it’s also nationally ranked and it’s in the top 100 in the country.” Since 2012, the festival has showcased local talent in support of the arts. Skipping one year during the height of the global pandemic, the festival brings in thousands of guests and residents annually. The festival received the Sunshine Artist Top 200 award this year and in 2019. With a high attendance, the event remains a community staple. “It’s nice that [Johns Creek residents] have their own arts festival,” Schube said. “The community comes out and really supports them…they’ve been lovely to the artists.” Artists had individual booths and tents to showcase their paintings, pottery, metalwork, folk art, glass,
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Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry, center, and representatives from Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce, the Johns Creek Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Standard Club and Mizuno break ground Oct. 19 on a new Mizuno USA Inc. facility at The Standard in Johns Creek. Headquartered in Peachtree Corners, the company is renowned for its expertise in performance golf equipment and for its presence on professional golf tours.
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Guests and residents mingle about the grounds to support the arts and local talent.
Arts: Continued from Page 4 jewelry, yard art, and more. Live musicians included Sammy Shepard, Suburban Ghost, The Vibe, and School of Rock. In the hopes of bringing awareness to the local art scene, festivalgoers enjoyed art from new and returning talents. “I’m actually an artist myself. I
think art is a feel-good world. My house is overloaded with art,” Schube said. “I think, especially now in times of strife…if you can just buy a little piece of happiness and a little bit of color, it can make you smile, even if just for a few minutes. I really feel like we need to feel good.” To learn more about the festival or how to become involved, visit www. splashfestivals.com or follow the event on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ JCAFSplash.
Mizuno USA Inc. breaks ground on new center in Johns Creek JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The City of Johns Creek and the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce announced Oct. 19 that sports equipment leader Mizuno USA Inc., has broken ground on a new facility at The Standard Club on Abbotts Bridge Road. The multimillion-dollar facility, called The Foundry, will include a research and development testing center and tour-fit studio. “We enthusiastically welcome Mizuno to Johns Creek,” Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry said. “As a city that is centered on health, wellness, and innovation and also home to some of the best golf in the country, Mizuno’s expertise in golf research and development will be a great fit for our community.” Headquartered in Peachtree Corners, Mizuno USA Inc. is renowned for its expertise in performance golf equipment and for its presence on professional golf
tours. The new two-story, 3,600 squarefoot, Mizuno Golf Fitting and Training Facility will offer a custom build service based on the procedures refined at the company’s renowned artisans’ factory in Yoro, Japan. The Foundry experience at The Standard Club will be backed by the Mizuno Swing DNA fitting system, a proprietary technology that matches a player’s unique swing DNA to a map of more than 50 iron shafts to arrive at a personalized fit and feel best suited to an individual player’s needs. “We are thrilled to partner with The Standard Club and Johns Creek in this venture,” said Kojiro Sampei, chief financial/admin officer of Mizuno USA Inc. “The Foundry will play a pivotal role in advancing Mizuno's research and development efforts while offering golf enthusiasts a unique custom fitting experience that only Mizuno can provide.”
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Hotel, spa is new oasis for cats in Johns Creek By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Unlike the average boarding facility, The Happy Cat Hotel and Spa on Medlock Bridge Road offers a luxurious extended stay for area felines. After a career in broadcast and marketing, Pittsburgh native Susan Hamlin said she wanted to pursue something fulfilling. With three children now in high school and a lifelong love of cats, she found Happy Cat through a Facebook ad, a small growing chain with a handful of locations in the Northeast. “I love cats,” she said. “I’m a crazy cat lady, or I would be. I only have one, but I would be if I could be … it just checked a lot of boxes for me.” Hamlin, a Duluth resident, signed the deal to open the first Happy Cat location in Georgia and the South in mid-2022. The boarding facility and spa celebrated its grand opening Oct. 21, and now, Hamlin hopes to provide a one-of-a-kind experience for North Fulton cats. Cats check in to Happy Cat Johns Creek much the same as humans check into luxury hotels. The hotel is appointment-based, where owners select a check-in and check-out time. Each cat has its own private room, though owners can book multiple cats in a single room for an additional fee. Each of the 22 rooms at Happy Cat Johns Creek has a theme,
including “Meowmi,” based on Miami; the “Rocky Meowntain Lodge,” which features Coloradothemed décor; and “Weekend in Purris,” an elegant and pastel space where four -legged guests are joined by their own Eiffel Tower on the wall. The Johns Creek location has an exclusive room, “Catlanta United,” with a special soccer ball chair and a decal of the Atlanta skyline. “There is a reason behind everything that’s in there,” Hamlin said. The business offers boarding for cats while their owners are on vacation, moving, renovating their homes, at work or facing a life event that makes it difficult to care for their pet. No cats are kenneled at Happy Cat Johns Creek. While the rooms vary, most include wall perches, boxes for hiding and beds. If a guest is still anxious after their first night, Hamlin said staff can build a “fort” and cover any windows in the room. “… it really is an oasis,” she said. “I don’t know, I mean, we have so many things in place above and beyond what you see, you know, as far as, like, the care and the cleaning and updates and webcams. And there’s just nothing like it.” Each morning, Happy Cat staff check on all guests to ensure there are no health emergencies. Owners provide contact information for their veterinarians along with updated
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Owner Susan Hamlin visits the “Bonsai Kitty” room Oct. 19 at The Happy Cat Hotel and Spa Johns Creek. The cat hotel celebrated the grand opening of its first Georgia location Oct. 21.
“Catlanta United,” the exclusive room at The Happy Cat Hotel and Spa Johns Creek, includes a cat-sized soccer ball chair Oct. 19. The sporty room borders a window, so guests can watch birds and deer outside while they visit.
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Continued from Page 8 vaccination records. The hotel asks owners to provide their cat’s choice of food for their stay. Any treats or special routines are accommodated so the furry guests are less homesick and more comfortable in their transient home. Hamlin said owners receive daily updates and are always welcome to message staff for news on their cat. However, if the owner misses their companion or wants to see how things are going outside of business hours, each room has a webcam that can be accessed 24/7. Some rooms at Happy Cat also border the windows of the business, so guests can look at the world outside. Hamlin said there will also be birdhouses on the windows for the cats’ viewing pleasure. In addition to boarding, Happy Cat Johns Creek offers grooming services. Hamlin said the business hopes to fill the absence of cat groomers in Metro Atlanta, which are typically much harder to find than dog groomers. “But just grooming, everything for dogs, is so prevalent,” Hamlin said. “So, we knew that respect of it was a
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niche, you know, and people are very pet focused.” Happy Cat groomers are certified by the National Cat Groomers Institute, and services are performed without anesthesia. If a cat is ever too uncomfortable to continue, staff works with the owner to determine the next best steps for their client. Happy Cat Johns Creek spa services include the standard cat groom, a bath, blow-dry, ear and eye cleaning and trim for long-haired cats; plush trims; traditional lion cuts; and de-shedding treatments. Each service includes nail trimming, but owners are welcome to book the service without a groom. Regardless of the reason for their stay, all cats at Happy Cat Johns Creek are given VIP treatment.
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METRO ATLANTA —Area police departments are beefing up security for places of worship in the wake of the Israel war against Hamas. Hamas, the militant group that launched a surprise attack on Israeli border towns, killed an estimated 1,400 Israelis Oct. 7, and Israel formally declared war soon after. Since then, the health ministry in Gaza reported Oct. 19 that nearly 3,800 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 12,500 have been wounded in Israeli airstrikes. More than 1 million Palestinians have also been displaced. Devastation in Gaza, where 99 percent of the population is Muslim, continues. The death toll of Palestinians rises in the West Bank as well, though it is not controlled by Hamas. The FBI has seen an increase in reports of threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities and institutions, according to an Oct.
Muslim. North Atlanta is not far removed from hate-filled acts. In August, Appen Media reported that antisemitic flyers were spread around Roswell and Milton mere months after similar leaflets were distributed in Dunwoody, which houses the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, and Sandy Springs. While local police departments have logged no rise in criminal activity associated with the war overseas, they are ramping up in preparation. Appen Media contacted more than half a dozen law enforcement agencies, and all said they were stepping up efforts to protect places of worship, though mosques were mentioned as an afterthought in some cases.
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This is the time of year when we are getting together with family. I’m often asked by adult children, “How do I start a WILSON conversation with my mom or dad about their estate plan – their will or where things are?” Parents often comment that children are just “trying to put me in a home” when children ask about financial or legal paperwork. Parents, this article is for how you can respond to your kids during this holiday season. Here are some ideas on how parents can start the conversation with their kids: (1) “Let’s spend a few minutes today talking about where our legal documents are and how you can access
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Fraxel & the magic of Microtreatment Brought to You by - Brent Taylor, MD, Premiere Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta Imagine that you are ten years old, returning from recess and running up the stairs with a sharp stick you found on the playground. Your best friend Susie-Lou distracts you. You trip, and the stick pierces your arm. You are upset, but Susie shares her bubble gum, and the school nurse cleans and dresses the injury and makes you feel better. In the months that follow, you develop a scar at the site of the injury. Next, imagine you’re at the pediatrician, and you receive a shot. The same basic circumstance happened. A sharp object pierced your skin. However, in the months that follow, no scar develops where you had the shot. The tiny needle leaves no mark. Why is that? A large injury in normal skin heals with a scar. A tiny injury in normal skin heals with no scar. But now for the twist: What do you imagine will happen if you make a tiny injury in scarred skin? Will it heal back into the same scar that it was before? Will the scar get worse? Or will magic happen? Amazingly, if you pierce a scar with a small enough injury, your body will actually replace some of the damaged scar with normal skin. All this assumes proper sterility and technique, but you read that correctly…. Poke normal skin with a large sharp object and you get a scar. Poke a scar with a small enough sharp object, and you get normal skin. If you just poke a scar with a single small needle, the improvement in the scar will be too small to notice. But what if you could introduce microinjuries on a larger scale? A hundred vaccine needles entering a scar? Well, if you pack those small injuries too closely together, then your body perceives the small injuries as one big injury, and you still get a scar. But if you separate the needle injuries enough in a sterile manner with no complications, then the body will perceive the injuries as separate and distinct and heal in such a way that scar gets replaced with normal skin. This discovery underlies multiple amazing treatments in dermatology. When I was in San Diego at my fellowship at Scripps Clinic, we participated in a collaboration with the naval hospital to treat veterans with burns. Scripps owns a very powerful laser that can cause microscopic burns to be introduced into the skin of patients with very thick burn injuries. The laser beams were “fractionated” – separated into individual beams so that the body perceives them as individual injuries instead of one large injury. Similar to
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in his sentiment and said police were patrolling “all potential targets.” Public information staff in other north Atlanta cities also said police have either increased presence at places of worship or remained in close contact with local faith leaders, such as in Johns Creek, Roswell and Alpharetta. “The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety is always alert and vigilant to any events; be they local, regional, national, or international; that could influence the safety of our community,” Alpharetta Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard wrote in an email. “The current situation in the Middle East is no exception. We are in close communication with other agencies and local faith leaders and will work in partnership with them to quickly and appropriately address any threats.”
Continued from Page 10 “Last Friday Congregation Beth Israel held a ‘Night of Unity’ with a candlelight vigil that we had an extra presence at,” Miller wrote in an email. “We do have the synagogue on a frequent patrol. That frequent patrol began the Saturday the conflict began and will continue.” In a follow-up email, Miller confirmed mosques are on the frequent patrol list as well. There’s one in Cumming. Dunwoody PIO Sgt. Michael Cheek said police are patrolling the city’s “synagogues and other religious facilities more often as call volume allows.” In a follow-up email, Cheek confirmed that mosques were included
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daffodils also signify the honoring of veterans. “It was just a really wonderful event,” Benton said. “Our own families came to support us. We had a blast.” Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry stopped by to thank Vineyard staff, volunteers from Northview High School’s Future Business Leaders of America and students from Johns Creek and Alpharetta high schools for pitching in. Bradberry told Appen Media that Alcon, an eyecare device manufacturer on Johns Creek Parkway, placed an order for 5,000 bulbs for planting sometime in November. “Hopefully all of these will make quite a pretty show in spring during the Daffodil Days celebration,” Bradberry said. The city held the inaugural Daffodil Days event in March, a community collaboration and celebration of a healthy and connected community. If your organization is interested in daffodil planting in Johns Creek, reach out to Johns Creek Beautification for more information on the project.
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Johns Creek Human Resources Director Elizabeth Awbrey presents information about the annual renewal of employee health benefits at the City Council work session Oct. 17.
Budget: Continued from Page 1 Johns Creek City Council work session Oct. 17. High claims Awbrey said the city has an aging employee population, and a lot of folks are tenured. But she said the number of claims could also be a result of dependents or spouses. And, Public Safety makes up 73 percent of city employees, which City Manager Ed Densmore said also drives the cost. “Your claims of public safety are going to be much higher than relative to a typical corporation, or as we compare it to another city government which is more balanced between public safety and administrative staff,” Densmore said. Because of the city’s high claims ratio and history, several health insurance companies declined to provide a quote, and one quote wasn’t competitive. The fiscal year 2024 budget, where $3.8 million was allocated to employee benefits, was prepared based on Aetna’s 39 percent annual increase, negotiated down from 43 percent. Awbrey described the city’s initiative to incentivize preventative care by passing preventative care credits in the new budget. She said the returns won’t be immediate, but that it will help lower the city’s future rates overall.
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Several odds and ends about the week’s news I just ran out of razor blades. I got a large box of the twin-blade Gillette Sensor refills as a gift some time ago, and now I’m out. Stores no longer carry them. Razors used to PAT FOX come with a single Managing Editor double-edged blade pat@appenmedia.com seated onto a bulky head. You twisted the handle to secure the blade down to a level that suited you. You can still get single blades. When the twin blade cartridge came along, the whole apparatus was a godsend, slim at the top, easy to maneuver around your chin, on your upper lip. Today, razors wield three, four and even five blades. Leaving aside the obstruction a head that size creates in the mirror, how is it possible to fit something that massive on your upper lip without erasing your nose? I can switch to a disposable twin blade, but there’s a reason they call them “disposable.” Another option might be to order
them online, but really? I can grow a beard. It worked for Lincoln. Business as unusual Gov. Brian Kemp announced Oct. 3 that, for the 10th consecutive year, Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for business by Area Development magazine. How could you not know this? It was on every news website in the state. It’s hailed from the rafters every year about this time. I don’t want to trip local economic development agencies halfway through a victory lap, but not all financial publications place Georgia atop the list of best states to do business. CNBC ranks Georgia 4th. Forbes has us at 6th. We’re No. 8 with Precision Global Consulting, U.S. News and World Report ranks the Peach State at No. 14. What gives? For your convenience Tax season is here, and if that isn’t bad enough, consider that county tax collectors now charge a “convenience fee” for payments made through certain channels. Sometimes, not always, E-checks can
be used without a fee. In Fulton County, you pay a 2.5 percent fee for the convenience of paying your taxes with a card. Pick a card, any card. Pay a fee. DeKalb County taxpayers pay a fee of 2.35 percent for using a credit card. If you pay in person with a debit card, you’re still charged a 1.5 percent fee for your convenience. One could bypass the whole thing by paying in person with cash or mailing a check. Or – and I don’t necessarily recommend this – one could move to Gwinnett County. They don’t charge convenience fees for tax payments. The Diving Swan The Andale (Kansas) High School football team did something recently that it hadn’t done in nearly five years. It lost. Andale’s streak of 57 consecutive wins was the longest in the country until the Oct. 13 overtime loss to Cheney High School. I played only my freshman year at Andale. I was big for my age, so I played offensive and defensive tackle – and kicker. I kicked off at the beginning of the game and after we scored. Most
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The mayor with no name The City of Sandy Springs doesn’t have a mayor. Or perhaps it has two. You wouldn’t be able to tell if you looked through the city’s financial records. In response to an Open Records CARL APPEN request for payroll Director of Content and Development data from an eightcarl@appenmedia.com week period, the city redacted the name of every employee that collected a check. The list is over 3,300 lines long and has a total paid amount of $10.4 million. According to the city’s website, Sandy Springs employs around 370 people. It’s difficult to reconcile that number with the financial data provided to Appen Media. Do each of the city’s employees earn $14,054 a month? Exactly how many people are on the payroll? It’s unclear. One possible explanation is that the list spans multiple pay periods. So, if an employee is paid bi-monthly, their name may show up more than once. It would explain why the city made two separate payments with the job title “MAYOR.” On the other hand, that math doesn’t quite add up either. In a document obtained this summer by Appen Media, the city lists 332 people as receiving paychecks in the Public Safety Department. There are six City Council members and a mayor. At least we think there is only one. Then a city manager and, for now, one assistant city manager. Plus a city clerk and her assistant. So that’s 343. Is it possible that 27 people operate the rest of the City of Sandy Springs?
It is, after all, the beacon of a city that “takes the people private,” outsourcing all operations to downsize big government. Oh, actually, they walked that landmark privatization back in 2019. Zoning, code enforcement and permitting all have managers. Economic Development is its own department, as is Finance. All the city’s parks and facilities must be maintained. Public Works is a behemoth of a job. And of course, there’s the Communications Department, which we’re pretty sure exists. Does that sound like 27 people to you? Here, in the City of Sandy Springs? I don’t think so either. So now we’re back where we started. I’ll leave you with two things worth noting. We filed identical open records requests to all our Metro Atlanta cities. Sandy Springs is the only one that redacted names of every employee. That request from the summer I mentioned, in which the city provided public safety payroll information, carries a clue. In the summer document the city redacted the names of all police officers, including the chief, but it listed the names of firefighters. In this more recent request seeking employment pay stubs for the whole city, those firefighters’ names are now hidden. As our public records lawsuit against Sandy Springs moves forward, the city’s transparency grows cloudier. Or, maybe it’s becoming more clear. Why the change? I’m not sure. I asked the clerk’s office and communications team to no avail. Maybe chalk it up to the fact that the city has two mayors. Or none at all.
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INVITATION TO BID CITY OF JOHNS CREEK ITB #24-320 PARSONS ROAD SHOULDER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT The City of Johns Creek extends an Invitation to Bid (ITB) to GDOTprequalified construction firms for the Parson Road Should Improvement project. ITB’s will be received electronically via the City’s bid platform, BidNet no later than 2:00 PM on November 16, 2023. A recommended virtual Prebid teleconference will take place November 2, 2023, 10:00 AM via Zoom. Questions are accepted and answered online only via BidNet. Deadline for questions is November 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM. Quotes, bids, and RFP’s are electronically managed through the Georgia Purchasing Group by BidNet, our online bidding/vendor registration system, on the City website: https://www.johnscreekga.gov/Residents/Purchasing. To access the ITB document you must register with BidNet. Go to the City website above and click the link “register and view quote/bid/RFP opportunities”. The City of Johns Creek, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Neil Trust at the City of Johns Creek Procurement Division at purchasing@johnscreekga.gov or (678) 512-3233. The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to wave technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.
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Fall fun with daffodils present spring’s delight Nothing is better than the heat of summer giving way to the crisp autumn air. Chilly temps mean it’s the perfect time to carve your pumpkin and plant spring flowering bulbs. My MARI DAVIS favorite bulb is the Guest Columnist daffodil due to its endearing quality of resurrecting itself year after year with little or no maintenance. A forgiving bulb: what could be more inspiring in life than a daffodil? Daffodil bulbs are perennials- the garden darling of a plant! They have a period of growth and flowering, which is followed by a period of dormancy when they die back to ground level at the end of each growing season. “Perennial” comes from the Latin word “perennis” which means to last the year through. It signifies lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring. This is much less work on the gardener looking for colorful
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flowers with less maintenance. Planting time in North Metro Atlanta is October 1 to Christmas. These tough bulbs need the cold weather in December to February to hardily put on buds. How deep to plant? This is so easy with daffodils! I’m sure you’ve seen a daffodil that has been forced to bloom in water! It’s easy to do and proves that the bulb does not need the soil for it to bloom. Planted in soil, the bulb has a permanent home and protection for many years, receiving rain and warmth so it will live happily for decades to come. Experts suggest that the bottom of the bulb be planted three times the height of the bulb (e.g., a 2” tall bulb should rest its bottom at 6” deep in the soil). This really makes sense when you see the bulb grow and know that its stem and leaves will need support to hold that lovely flower bud when it turns down and toward the sun and the blooms explode with color. As you plant, just look at the bulb in your hand and put it in the ground three times its height. How far apart should the bulbs be planted, you ask? Generally spacing bulbs 4-6” apart will allow the bulbs to multiply over many years, and you can put off thinning the bulbs for about
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five years for most varieties. In a future column, we’ll go over how to lift and split bulbs to make lots more plants! For free! Spring bloom time is February to April in our locale. By planting early, middle- and late-blooming bulbs, you’ll extend the bloom time of your bed tremendously. What does a daffodil bulb have in common with a battery? Does it really come back once the flower dies? Your daffodil bulb is reliably the “comeback kid” when you… do nothing! That’s right, you heard me say it here. The definition of a bulb is a plant that stores its complete life cycle in an underground storage structure. It has a vertically oriented shape with a lower basal stem and root structures coming out of the bottom. Like an onion or a garlic bulb, it has a bottom with roots and a top with leaves. At the end of a growing season, the above-ground leaves and stem naturally recharge the “battery” underground and restore the bulb with its strength. The daffodil bulbs will return year after year if you let the bulb in the ground recover its strength by allowing the stems and leaves to return their life forces as carbohydrates back to the bulb after blooming. Daffodil bulbs will rejuvenate and multiply in the summer months after their spring bloom when left alone and undisturbed. It takes about six weeks for the aboveground leaves and stems to dry ‘down to brown’ after which the dry leaves can be removed without harm from the
bloom site. Daffodils4Hope is a communitywide daffodil planting campaign to raise awareness for cancer survivorship in partnership between Johns Creek Beautification, Inc. and CanCare Atlanta. We help volunteer groups of all ages plant 1,000 daffodils at a time for a “done-in-a-day” project to raise awareness for cancer survivorship programs. We will be planting 10,000 daffodils this year in eight digs across Johns Creek. We work all year to gather/plan the dig sites then pair them with hosts of volunteers that come from all walks of life! Rotary Clubs, School Beta Clubs, Young Men’s Service League, church groups, school groups, neighborhood associations all love to plant daffodils and they can become very proficient at it! Reach out to info@johnscreekbeautification. org to learn more about how you can plant daffodils by the thousands while supporting a super cause. Happy fall planting! North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Learn more at nfmg.net. Previous Garden Buzz columns are featured at https://appenmedia.com/ opinion/columnists/garden_buzz/.
Learn more •Flowering Bulbs For Georgia Gardeners - https://extension.uga.edu/publications/ detail.html?number=B918&title=flowering-bulbs-for-georgia-gardens •Daffodils4Hope- https://www.johnscreekbeautification.org/daffodils4hope.html
About the author This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Mari Davis, a Johns Creek resident and Gwinnett/North Fulton Master Gardener since 2021. Serving on the Board of Johns Creek Beautification, Inc, Mari was integral in bringing the inaugural 2018 Secret Gardens Tour of Johns Creek “out of the ground” and is the Founder of Daffodils4Hope, a community wide planting program to raise awareness for CanCare Atlanta’s survivorby-your-side programming. Each fall, Mari trains scores of volunteers of all ages to engage with their friends and neighbors to plant 1,000 daffodil bulbs at a time in public/faith-based/business sites for a great cause. And we talk about good health and cancer survivorship programs that can help keep you coming back each year, just like the humble daffodil. A CPA working full-time, Mari looks forward to many years ahead sharing her love of the mighty daffodil bulb.
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