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ATLANTA — Mayors from 12 Fulton County cities gathered in Atlanta Monday to share growing concerns over negotiations with the county to reach an agreement on the distribu tion of countywide sales tax rev enue.
Speaking before a backdrop of firetrucks from Atlanta, South Ful ton and Sandy Springs, the mayors said hopes of a resolution continue to fade following the latest round of talks with Fulton County officials.
For months, city officials have been at odds with Fulton County over how the estimated $3 billion in revenue from the local option sales tax will be apportioned over the next 10 years.
The latest negotiations, held Oct. 7 at the Georgia Municipal Associa tion offices in Atlanta ended without a resolution or clear way forward.
Speaking to a crowd of officials and media, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said he was gravely con cerned over the discourse that has come from Fulton County negotia tors.
“More importantly, they are not
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The City of Johns Creek is adding another new assistant city manager.
At the Oct. 17 City Council meeting, City Manager Ed Densmore said the job posting went live Oct. 7 and that it would remain open for the next 30 days while he reviews candidates’ resumes and cover letters.
The new hire would be in addition to Kimberly Greer’s position as assistant city manager. Greer took over the role in December 2014 after serving as an
assistant to the city manager for the City of Dunwoody for five years.
According to the job posting, the position includes an annual salary of $146,566. The assistant city man ager is expected to provide accurate and timely information to support the decision-making process and policy direction.
He or she will also oversee and guide the activities of various divisions and special projects to ensure that they are done correctly and may also assume the duties of the city manager when neces sary.
The minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, 10 years of ex perience in a municipal management position with authority over program direction and budget administration, or any equivalent combination of educa tion, experience and training.
For more information, visit icma.org/ job-posts/135926.
In other business at the Oct. 17 City Council meeting, Densmore said there are discussions to open the North Fulton
Jail in Alpharetta by the end of 2022.
The Fulton County Board of Commis sioners decided last spring to spend half a million dollars to renovate and reopen the jail at 2565 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta. The annex would hold people arrested on the Northside ahead of a possible transfer to the county’s main jail in Atlanta.
The Alpharetta facility has been closed since March 2020 due to staff ing and COVID-19 concerns. As a result, some police agencies in North Fulton have been forced to drive up to 30 miles to the main jail, leaving them in traffic instead of patrolling city streets.
The five mayors of North Fulton floated the idea of trying to re-open the facility themselves under a new jail authority, but Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said in February that with the renovation, the annex would be open by summer, but, so far, that hasn’t hap pened.
The next Johns Creek City Coun cil meeting is at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at City Hall.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta officials have approved a 51-acre, mixed-use development that is expected to be a “catalyst for change” in the Windward Parkway area.
Plans for the Continuum develop ment at Windward Parkway and West side Parkway call for bringing in more than a million square feet of new office space, retail, restaurants and mixed residential.
The Alpharetta City Council gave unanimous approval for the project at a meeting Oct. 18.
Originally proposed in 2021 with a much grander vision for offices, a hotel, retail and hundreds more residential units, development plans approved Mon day were more conservative, after talks with city staff, officials and the public, Community Development Director Kathi Cook said.
Cook said if approved, updated de velopment plans would call for rehabili tation and construction of 1.3 million square feet of office space, 73,800 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and construction of about 400 mixed residential units. The property is the former Hewlett-Packard corporate campus.
The project will be developed in eight phases, beginning in 2023 and 2024 with the office building rehabilitation and retail construction, and rental op tions delivered in 2026. The residential components of the development are tied to the commercial and retail portions, Cook said.
Attorney Julie Sellers, who repre
sents the developers, said even with the scaled down plans, they expect Con tinuum to be a true “catalyst” for change in the Windward Parkway area, without competing with other local mixed-use developments.
“It definitely needs a shot in the arm over there to keep Alpharetta an eco nomic powerhouse,” Councilman Doug DeRito Said.
Sellers said the development will offer the same amount of retail as Alpharetta City Center on twice the amount of land, with a “modest amount of residential.”
“We are complementing the existing uses in the city,” she said. “We are not competing with Avalon; We’re not trying to be a second Avalon … Similarly, we’re really focused on this being a modernday office place.”
Mayor Jim Gilvin said he was ini tially skeptical of the proposal, but after seeing the revisions, believes it was an answer to the city’s aging office stock. Gilvin said the city needs to focus on what employers and employees need and want from a “modern day office” space.
“What you’ve brought before us today is that product,” he said.
Before voting to approve the pro posal, councilmembers shared their appreciation of the applicants and the updated designs.
Councilman John Hipes said he liked how the project came together and was refined through talks with city staff.
“I know where this project started and there was a lot of stuff crammed in there, and you really heard what we had to say,” he said. “When that happens in Alpharetta, we have successful working relationships and projects.”
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Adam Cleary, a board member for Johns Creek Hawks Football, is about at his wit’s end after his many failed attempts to garner sup port from the city for youth football.
The Johns Creek Hawks, also known as the Johns Creek Youth Football As sociation, is a K-5 flag football, commu nity-wide program. The association is led by volunteers, like Cleary.
He’s faced the ongoing issue of not having dedicated field space in the city. With no home base, Cleary is left scram bling to find practice fields, and when he finds one, he has to pay rent.
“To be perfectly honest, I’m gasping for air to keep this mission alive and almost ready to tap out and look for greener pastures in another city if our community leaders lack the interest in its value,” Cleary said.
When young players don’t have the infrastructure to practice, numbers and talent at the middle and high school levels suffer, Cleary said. The Hawks are separate from the football feeder pro gram, but are foundational for middle school teams, whose players move onto the high school level.
Cleary wears multiple hats and sees football at a few different angles. He works alongside the Hawks to develop elementary-aged football players, but he’s also the president of Northview Jr Titans Football, one of the four middle school feeder programs in Johns Creek. He’s also the head coach of the eighth grade team.
All of Cleary’s sons do or have played football. He described what it was like to watch his oldest play and have other male role models. He also described the overwhelming inclusivity of the sport and its positive effect on kids’ health.
“One of the reasons I push for [foot ball] so hard is because it can change a lot of kids’ lives who are in tough situ ations,” he said. “It needs to be a sport here.”
Brooke Liley, president of Chatta hoochee Jr Cougars Football for the past three years, faces similar issues. The feeder programs also run without tangible support from the City of Johns Creek.
“The numbers are down,” Liley said.
Liley said there were 60 kids this year, but that number is still “extremely low.”
She said Chattahoochee introduced flag football, second through fifth grade, after Johns Creek Youth Football Asso ciation because tackle football has been flailing.
Liley wants to mirror what the City
of Milton does at Bell Memorial Park where the North Atlanta Football League provides youth tackle (grades 2-5) and flag (K-5) football leagues and camps to Milton and Alpharetta residents.
“It’s hard to be competitive when these kids aren’t playing at younger ages,” she said.
The Jr Cougars, as with other feeder programs, must rent the high school fields. The organization spends about $6,500 a season, a “huge cost,” which includes the field, the lights, any secu rity and janitorial services.
“Every time you step on the field, you have to pay for it,” Liley said.
Eyes set on Cauley Creek Cleary said he’s tried getting the city to host the Hawks at Shakerag Park in Johns Creek – to no avail. He’s now set his sights on the new Cauley Creek Park.
The $26 million park development project is set to have two turf and two grass multi-purpose fields. Because football is a single-season sport, Cleary wants to primarily use them in the fall for games as well as for some summer conditioning.
Johns Creek Recreation Manager Kirk Franz said decisions on how Cauley Creek will be used is being vetted out through the 2016 Master Parks Plan up date. The update, to be completed by the end of the year, involves a near-$157,000 contract with PROS Consulting.
The update includes community sur veys. But, to Cleary’s chagrin, he said
the survey had no mention of the word “football.”
Survey results were presented Sept. 22 at a public input meeting for the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan. While the results do not mention any thing about youth football, they touched on other sports, like pickleball.
“There are some Parks and ‘Wreck’ problems here!” Clearly wrote in an email describing the survey.
Outside of Johns Creek-sponsored adult coed softball, the city’s sports programs are provided through park associations which partner with the city through contractual agreements. The volunteer-run organizations, like the Hawks, are left to their own accord.
Recreation Manager Franz said that field rentals are waived for park associa tions because they’re essentially offering sports programs on the city’s behalf.
“If we didn’t have park associations, I’d have to have a staff of at least a dozen people to run the programs that these volunteers do, right?” Franz said. “So, it’s a win-win for the city.”
Franz said employees in the Johns Creek Public Works Department, which supervises Parks & Recreation, are contracted workers from Jacobs Engi neering. There are around four full-time employees, including himself, and a handful of part-time workers. Volunteerrun associations do the footwork that the department can’t do alone.
Johns Creek currently has two athletic associations, Ocee Park Athletic Association and Newtown Recreation, which have facility usage agreements with the city.
Ocee Park Athletic Association man ages all recreational programs offered at Ocee Park, which has eight softball/ baseball fields and one T-ball field. Established in 1993, the association sponsors youth baseball and softball programs for boys and girls ages 5 to 16.
Newtown Recreation athletic associa tion offers recreational programming for a variety of sports, including flag football, at Newtown Park.
But Cleary said the Hawks differ from the Newtown program. The Hawks are more focused on development, trav eling to compete, whereas Newtown is passive recreation, he said.
The facility usage agreements with the city allow the nonprofits to freely use their respective park for sports, provided they invest in park improvements. Apart from 2021 during the pandemic, the financial contributions to the city from each organization is set at either 5 per cent of gross park-related program and concession fees or $25,000, whichever is greater.
Cleary said those charges aren’t viable for the Hawks. He said 20 to 40 percent is a reasonable bargain ing discussion because the program recently restructured. While the Johns Creek Youth Football Association has been around for more than 20 years, the association rebranded into the Hawks a couple of years ago.
Exceptions can be made, though. In the facility usage agreement between the city and Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center, the preserve is only required to pay 5 percent of its revenues toward park improvements.
Cleary said he’s open to any kind of arrangement with the city.
“Our bottom goal is to have a citysponsored youth football program here, whether that’s us running it, whether that’s the city running it or another organization,” he said. “If it’s not us, because we’re not the best organization, that’s fine, too — we can help that orga nization out.”
Franz said the city’s recreation model rests on flexibility.
“We as a city simply just don’t have plenty of fields where we can say, ‘Okay, well, each sport can have their own dedi cated field,” Franz said. “We have to be very flexible and versatile in how we use
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Trademark Proper ties shared updated plans Oct. 11 for a massive redevelopment project at North Point Mall.
Speaking at a community meeting attended by some 100 residents, Trade mark CEO Terry Montesi shared site plans and renderings, breaking down exactly how large portions of the mall would be demolished and reworked into a “live-work-play” development along the lines of Avalon, Halcyon and other north Metro Atlanta projects.
“Our goal for this is to create a vibrant 24/7 mixed-use neighborhood. A neighborhood, not a mall,” Montesi said.
The newly rebranded “North Point” development, if approved, would include 315,000 feet of new retail and restau rant space, a hotel and hundreds of rentals and for-sale housing options on the 84-acre mall property.
Construction would occur in mul tiple phases, with the demolition of 64,000 square feet of existing mall space and construction of an “outdoor walkable village” first, and then several rounds of construction of housing por
tions, Montesi said
Plans for the development were ap proved Aug. 4 by the Alpharetta Plan ning Commission, subject to multiple conditions. The project plans are ex pected to go before the Alpharetta City Council for final approval Nov. 7.
Trademark representatives said there’s still some discussion to be had about the development’s main point of contention — rental units.
Developers originally requested more than 1,200 rental units for the project. That figure was later reduced to 900 rental units and 103 for sale units as a condition approved through the Plan ning Commission.
Montesi told community members that decreasing rental units in the de velopment, could jeopardize the finan cial backing of New York Life, who in 2021 purchased North Point Mall from
Brookfield Property Partners.
“It is very, very, very, very difficult to make the economics work if we keep reducing the number of multifamily units,” he said. “Because that’s where the economic value is stored in malls across the country.”
Montesi said they faced harsh opposi tion to rental units from local officials, who painted the large multi-family devel opments as a potential draw for “tran sient” and “disengaged” residents. He said they argued the development would bring, luxury, “renter by choice” apartments to the community, and it would have a low density, compared to other developments they’ve worked on nationwide.
“We were told, ‘we don’t care,’” he said. “I understand that you’re proud of your community. But the market looks around the country and capital goes where it’s welcomed.”
For every 50 rental units removed, the project loses $12 million in econom ic value, he said, and with the signifi cant investment on the line from New York Life, which has reportedly pledged more than $174 million to the project, they are walking a fine line.
“We’re somewhere around 175 units of multifamily away from legally getting approval,” he said. “We’re off right now.”
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engaging in this process in a way that will reach an appropriate outcome by the deadline,” Dickens said. “In fact, Fulton County continues to hold up the threat of letting LOST expire alto gether, a reckless move that would be disastrous for the residents that we all serve.”
Dickens, who has largely steered clear from the public displays surround ing the 2022 LOST, said that like the other 14 cities in Fulton County, Atlanta would suffer greatly if LOST were elimi nated. LOST revenues make up nearly 20 percent of Atlanta’s general fund revenue, which funds “vital public safety and quality of life” projects, he said.
County officials have argued that they too have obligations, and county government provides many statemandated services like libraries, public health and a court system. Those ser vices, they argue, have only increased by the wave of new cities incorporating over the past 15 years.
The county is seeking to increase its split of the sales tax revenue from the 4.97 percent it has received over the past 10 years to as much as 15 percent or higher.
“We believe that the work of the cit ies is clearly important,” Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said at a recent mediation session. “But we know, without a doubt that the services Fulton County provides are important. In fact, in most cases they are a matter of life and death for many people.”
The mayors argue that cutting their share of LOST funding would ultimately impact services like fire, EMS and police the most, because their most expensive pieces of equipment are largely funded by tax revenues.
Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said that if the county’s LOST revenues are increased, his city, along with Mil ton and East Point, cannot raise their millage rate to make up the difference
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to a group of gathered officials and media at a press conference Monday, Oct. 17, at the Fulton County Civic Center. Behind him stands Mountain Park Mayor Jim Still, Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry, College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom and Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul.
with property taxes.
That means their only option is to cut services.
“We have the ability in our city to pay to make sure that people have an eightminute response time with our ambu lance services … that goes away, then response time on ambulance service goes up 50 percent in Sandy Springs, that means people will die,” Paul said.
Paul said that after the last negotia tion session held Oct. 7, there’s been no sign that county officials want to come back to the negotiating table.
“We’re at a total stalemate,” he said.
During that meeting, county nego tiators proposed raising the county’s
share of LOST distributions from the current 4.97 percent to 7 percent and then up to 15 percent over 10 years.
City negotiators noted this proposal was nearly identical to several previous offers that had already been rejected, due to their expected impact on the cities.
“Mayor Dickens laid out a plan based on conversations with the county commissioners themselves that we thought would move the ball,” Paul said. “And what happened was they took two steps back and went back to a previous position, back to the 160 per cent Increase, which just totally blew everything out of the water. So, we’re at an impasse right now.”
Dickens said the cities were gener
Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry speaks at a press conference in Atlanta Oct. 17 regarding negotiations with Ful ton County officials over distribution of the countywide local option sales tax.
ous when they offered up a 40 percent increase in county LOST proceed, and he called the 160 percent increase pro posal a “slap in the face.”
Closing out his comments on Mon day, Dickens challenged county officials to return to the negotiating table and for residents to contact their district representative on the County Com mission to press them for a resolution before the current LOST agreement expires on Dec. 31.
“To the County Commission, it’s simply time to step up, come to the table and work with these mayors to get this done,” Dickens said. “We all have a job to do and I’m calling on you right now to work with us to get this done.”
City and county officials have not scheduled any additional mediation ses sions and initially planned to advance the issue to a formal arbitration process if mediation fails.
Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin previ ously told Appen Media that so far, county officials have expressed no interest in participating in arbitration with the cities.
Cleary’s predicament is familiar to those involved in other youth sports in the city, like soccer, basketball and lacrosse, cricket included.
The Johns Creek Cricket Associa tion also doesn’t have any contractual agreement with the city. But the sport has seen some triumphs in the past few years with the addition of six cricket bat ting cages and two turf cricket pitches at Shakerag Park, which are some of the only municipal cricket facilities in the Southeast region, according to an Aug. 18, 2021, agenda report for the Johns Creek Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee.
Leadership Johns Creek, a civic organization that fosters community in volvement, also unveiled the state’s first cricket electronic scoreboard in 2020 at Shakerag, a $25,000 project funded by members of Cricket TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More).
And in 2020, Johns Creek issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a youth-focused recreational cricket partner. TEAM applied, but the city de cided the association didn’t have enough experience. The following year, the city re-issued the RFP and selected Atlanta
Cricket League.
After the facility usage agreement was awarded to the league, a subsid iary organization related to the Atlanta Cricket League sent emails in violation of the Purchasing Policy. All bids were then rejected.
At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Johns Creek City Council renewed an existing agreement with the City of Alpharetta for its Parks Without Borders program that waives non-resident fees for participants in youth softball, baseball, lacrosse and soccer programs held in the two cities.
Football was not listed in the agree ment.
The agreement was originally on the consent agenda, but it was called up for discussion because of the football exclusion. Chris Haggard, Johns Creek assistant Public Works director, said the reason lies in what Johns Creek can of fer, or what it can’t.
“At this point, we don’t have much football to offer to their side,” Haggard said.
He also said the city doesn’t know enough about Alpharetta’s football pro gramming. But he added that it’s a con versation Johns Creek and Alpharetta will continue to have.
Johns Creek City Councilman Larry DiBiase asked Haggard if Public Works can run a football program as a means
ADAM CLEARY/PROVIDED Adam Cleary stands with his son Gavin. Cleary, who is the Northview Jr Titans Liaison for Johns Creek Hawks Football, has been trying to partner with the city to support and promote the Hawks.
to expand Parks without Borders.
Haggard said that it’s not possible with current staff and explained the city’s model with regard to partnering with park associations.
“We do need to look at how we get support for feeder youth sports, especial ly football,” Mayor John Bradberry said.
While Councilman DiBiase sup ported the renewal to prevent delay, he stressed the city must have an “honest conversation” about program structure and what resources can be put for ward to make Parks without Borders successful in a way that may include youth football.
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RENEE DIERDORFF, Co-founder of Kid Biz ExpoWOODSTOCK, Ga. — Lemonade stands, those cliche starter projects for busi ness-minded kids, are typically isolated on some neighborhood intersection, without the educational experience of surrounding competition.
But, at Kid Biz Expo, young entrepre neurs are empowered to go “beyond the lemonade stand,” through workshops and markets where they can sell goods around same-aged peers. Dedicated to expanding a kid’s entrepreneurial spirit, Kid Biz Expo serves ages 8 to 18. Co-founder Renee Dierdorff said middle school ages are the “sweet spot.”
Ten-year-old Avery Adcock sold bracelets with her business AdorAble You at the Oct. 1 Kid Biz Expo in Milton — the two A’s are purposefully capital ized to refer to Avery’s initials.
Mom Kimberly said they set up a lemonade stand over the summer.
“Mom buys the lemonade. Mom buys the bracelet kit. And, then they just get to make a little bit of money for that hour or two,” Kimberly said. “But for this, it was really about investing in her table … and kind of being responsible for all of those aspects of the marketing, the business and learning that you get out of it what you put in.”
Kevin Peppers homeschools his daughter Clara, a crafty 11-year-old who also participated in her first expo. She
sold an array of accessories, like home made earrings, crocheted scrunchies, quilted keychains and fabric lipstick holder keychains.
Kevin said he’s been watching Kid Biz Expo from day one.
“[The expo] is such an exercise in un derstanding entrepreneurship,” he said.
Entrepreneurship is a concept he
built into Clara’s homeschool lesson plans. Before attending, he and wife Angela sat down with Clara to go over product inventory and pricing, profit and loss.
The expos are also a great chance for Clara and her mother to work together crafting, Kevin said.
Ainsley Ro, a 12-year-old artist, was another first-timer at the Kid Biz Expo in Milton. She sold canvas and glass paint ings along with homemade stickers.
Her mother Cyndi Ro said Ainsley has ADHD and struggles in school and that art has always been an important outlet for her. Ainsley started her own Etsy shop when she was 11. It didn’t get a lot of traffic. But Kid Biz Expo changed up the dynamics.
“She always says she’s not a real art ist. That’s like her tagline,” Cyndi said. “But, this really helped her because she sold so much merchandise. She was like, “Wow, people actually like what I do.”
Dierdorff and friend Amy Guest came up with the idea for Kid Biz Expo a few years ago, when Guest’s middle daugh ter Avery started selling cotton candy and Guest’s other daughters, Aidyn and Austyn, wanted to start something of their own. Guest’s oldest is best friends with Dierdorff’s oldest, so Dierdorff’s two daughters, Layla and Harper, got involved, too.
After using Cherokee Connect to poll interest, Dierdorff and Guest organized
their first event in a church parking lot in August 2021. There, 27 kids set up shop and more than 400 people at tended.
There isn’t much engagement be tween sellers and customers at a farm ers market, Dierdorff said. But at the first expo, visitors asked the kids a lot of questions about their products.
“It was just a very positive environ ment that day,” Dierdorff said. “You can’t replicate it anywhere.”
The expo’s success led Dierdorff and Guest to establish the idea as a nonprof it. After applying in December last year, Kid Biz Expo became an official 501(c)(3) in March.
The nonprofit’s flagship is the Kid Biz Expo, where kids can register for a spot for a $45 fee. Kid-preneurs bring their own 10x10 tent, signage and other supplies.
Dierdorff and Guest also started hosting workshops in January, to total nine for the year. The workshops, which are on business-related topics, are scheduled between the expos for prepa ration.
Dierdorff recalled a recent workshop about brainstorming business ideas. Others have been about developing a pitch, goal planning and digital market ing.
Next year, Dierdorff plans to launch Kid Biz Coach and Kid Biz Connect.
Arranged in a conference style, she
KIMBERLY ADCOCK/PROVIDED Avery Adcock, 10, accepts payment from a customer at the Kid Biz Expo Oct. 1 in Milton. Avery sold bracelets from his business, AdorAble You.are specific to their business and stay in touch with them throughout the year.
Kid Biz Connect will be a kid-to-kid networking event.
Dierdorff also has plans for Kid Biz Tech and Trade, which will be for kids whose businesses are service based, like dog walking, as well as for those inter ested in careers like coding.
Now, Kid Biz Expo has a board of
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“It’s been a whirlwind,” Dierdorff said.
While Dierdorff doesn’t get paid through Kid Biz Expo, her efforts are rewarded in other ways.
“On the days of the expos, I think the biggest thing that warms our hearts is the confidence and the smiles from the kids,” Dierdorff said. “As the day goes on, especially if they’re new to it, and they’re maybe a little timid in the begin ning, but quickly, they see how engaging and positive the people that come are …
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Wellstar Health System recently welcomed a new doc tor and surgeon at its Orthopedics and Sports Medicine practice on Upper Hembree Road in Alpharetta.
Officials with the hospital system said Dr. Eric Kiskaddon, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, recently joined the Alpharetta practice after years of practice and research in the orthopedic field.
KISKADDON“I was drawn to Wellstar by the op portunity to build a truly unique joint replacement program, while working with a dedicated and compassionate team,” Kiskaddon said. “I look for ward to working with the community of Wellstar physicians and providers to provide a world-class joint replace ment experience for our patients.”
Kiskaddon received his doctorate of medicine at the University of Louisville, where he was named to the Gold Hu manism Honor Society, officials said. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, serving as adminis trative chief resident and was named an emerging leader by the American Orthopedic Association.
Following residency, he completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction at The Ohio State University.
“He performs direct anterior ap proach and posterior approach total hip replacement, total knee replace ment, partial knee replacement, and revision hip and knee replacement,” officials said. “In addition, he manages fractures around prior joint replace ments as well as infected hip and knee replacements.”
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ROSWELL, Ga. — While the Roswell Housing Authority convened its monthly meeting at 199 Grove Way Oct. 11, out side, a small group helped a longtime ten ant move out of her run-down apartment.
Every day, the property gets a little quieter as the half dozen remaining ten ants move out, some as far as Atlanta, Cumming or out of state.
Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority which manages the property through a mutual agreement with the Roswell agency, said she expects that number to drop to six within the next 30 days. There are still three tenants, however, who have not found housing options they would even consider applying to.
Seven months ago, the 33 tenants at the public housing development received notice they had until the end of August to vacate. The building, also known as Pelfrey Pines, consists of 40 units built in the mid-1980s. The Roswell Hous ing Authority owns another 55 incomebased housing units in the area.
The City of Roswell found that the property had several structural issues, including settling and cracks, costly deficiencies in the stormwater drainage
systems, missing steel structures and deteriorating steel supports in columns and suspended stairways.
But, the area-wide housing short age and landlords’ unwillingness to accept Section 8 vouchers has limited the elderly residents’ options, especially those who are also disabled. So, over the summer, Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda sounded the alarm, pleading with city officials to get involved.
The housing authorities later said that the Leumas Group, which had been hired by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, would continue to help the tenants look for housing, and that there would no longer be a set deadline for them to move out as long as the building remained safe.
Dowda, Sheila Richards and Wanda Wilbanks, who spoke to Appen Media in July, have all found new housing.
At the Oct. 11 meeting, Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Roswell Housing Au thority, said she recently met with a group of legislators and told them about the chal lenges they were facing at the apartment complex. She said State Rep. Chuck Martin seemed interested in getting involved.
Additionally, Parrish said Christo pher Nunn, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, had reached out encouraging them to con
Sheila Richards, who spoke to Appen Media in July, is one of the Grove Way apartment residents who has since found new housing.
tinue working with the development firm Pennrose to redevelop 199 Grove Way.
In July, the Roswell Housing Author ity announced it planned to submit a 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit application to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to build and renovate approximately 150 units on its existing site, increasing the supply of affordable housing in the area by 55 units.
If the project is approved and funded, it would be a $40 million investment in the Groveway community. All the resi
dents that were relocated throughout the process would have priority and the right to return to the new property. Par rish said there are four “big issues” all redevelopment plans for housing authori ties are facing right now – rising interest rates, pricing on tax credits, construction costs and regulations on banks.
However, President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan could offer some relief.
The plan proposes a wide range of tax credits to incentivize investment in afford able housing, community development and clean energy. The proposal leverages the public/private frameworks established by existing tax credit programs to spur major new investment in infrastructure.
In other business at the Oct. 11 meet ing, Brown said the Roswell Housing Authority’s year-end financials did not vary from what was presented at the end of June except for some slight reclassifications and Community Development Block Grant funds that had lingered from last year.
They will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to begin their audit, which should be ready by the end of January.
The Roswell Housing Authority meets at noon on the second Tuesday of every month in the Community Room at 199 Grove Way. The next meeting is Nov. 8.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Anokhi Parikh migrated from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, In dia, to the United States at 10 years old. In her younger years, she always felt the need to fit in, not knowing how to speak English well.
The bright-eyed 27-year-old came to know the varied cultures in America but never forgot her roots, with parents who instilled Indian culture and values from the beginning. With a growing appre ciation for her heritage and a purpose to bring the East to the West, Parikh founded Merakhi, one of around 15 Indian clothing and accessory vendors at the Johns Creek Diwali festival Oct. 22.
Shakerag Park was buzzing with up to 12,000 people for the festival of lights, packed with other small Indian busi nesses and cuisine, their tents lining the field. Bounce houses were at one end of the field, walking into the park. Cultural performances took place on the park’s center stage. Visitors also practiced cricket in the batting cages.
Parikh, who wore traditional Indian clothing, but with Western influences, said she has always celebrated Diwali. Describ ing its significance as good over evil, she said Diwali is the light one can see at the end of the tunnel, the Indian New Year.
“As we go into the new year, we’re celebrating with a lot of love and light,” Parikh said.
Parikh grew up in Johns Creek and said the city didn’t always have a lot of South Asian influence.
“The fact that this is the first ever Johns Creek Diwali festival is huge,” she said. “To be able to see a mix of crowds that are coming out here and supporting all these local businesses truly means a
lot.”
Parikh said she’s able to represent her culture to the public through Mera khi, which is Greek for “to put your soul into something that you love.” She hand makes all the jewelry, big and colorful pieces characteristic of Indian fashion.
Basic designs take three to four weeks to make. More intricate bridal designs take six to eight months.
Parikh also specializes in block print ing, designing all Merakhi’s clothing, which is then handmade by artisans in India who don’t have reach outside of their community.
“It’s a way for them to have a roof over their head, for them to be able to feed their families,” she said.
Shivangi Patel and her sister-in-law Jolly Bhatt shopped through Merakhi’s offerings. Patel talked about the value of
the Diwali festival because of the large South Asian community in Johns Creek.
“I’m very, very happy that Johns Creek did this,” Patel said. “It’s a huge thing for Johns Creek.”
Both Patel and Bhatt described their colorful, traditional Indian attire. Bhatt said it’s not exclusive to any one season and you can wear it any time, on a more casual out ing all the way up to high-end bridal.
“Wearing it at a festival like this is really important because it brings us together,” Bhatt said.
Merakhi’s setup was located near the park’s center stage, where cultural performances took place from several groups of young dancers. All performers dressed in bold colors, had up-dos with
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When: Saturday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-noon
Where: City Green, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs
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What: A girl-loves-ghoul rock ‘n’ roll musical set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where pretty senior Toffee has fallen for the class bad boy. When family pressure forces Toffee to end the romance, he charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear waste dump. He returns glowing and determined to reclaim Toffee’s heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom.
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What: Join this 2 1/2 ghost tour with paranormal investigators who describe current paranormal phenomena routinely experi enced by Roswell residents, businesses and other tour-goers.
When: Every night, as long as there are 6 willing participants, 8 or 8:30 p.m. Private tours unavailable Oct. 21, 22, 28 & 29.
Where: Tours depart from the bandstand in the Roswell town square, across from the Roswell Visitor’s Center, 617 Atlanta Street, Roswell
Cost: $20, $10 for children 12 and under
More info: Book reservation online, roswellghosttour.com. Sign liability waiver and pay cash for tickets upon arrival.
What: Experience the mystery of a guided night hike. The 37th annual Halloween Hike takes you through the forest to meet woodland creatures and hear about how they live. Take part in world music, crafts, campfire, face painting, Monster Mash dance party and other festival fun. Arrive 30 minutes before the hike.
When: Friday & Saturday, Oct. 21, 22, 28 & 29, 6 p.m.
Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Ro swell
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What: A fall craft market with goods from Northbrook Crafters. Proceeds from the sale benefit church missions and are distrib uted to charities in the North Fulton area.
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I just read Ray Appen’s column on grammar in the Herald. Kudos. The decrease in correct grammar, not only in speech but in writing, is disturb ing. Defenders say we have a marvel ously elastic language and it’s always changing, etc. While there is truth in the natural evolution of word meanings
and use, grammar is a different matter. And an increasing failure to use cor rect grammar negatively impacts our ability to communicate and to under stand others.
The letters we have of Civil War soldiers, even if they are not entirely rep resentative of the population, do suggest
a thoughtfulness, understanding and ability for expression far higher than the average college graduate today.
I tend to be wordy myself, and must take care. In my work writing, I use such aids as Grammargirl.com and now even Grammarly!
My biggest peeve lately is the “Me and him” subject construct I seem to hear all the time. Not only should it be “I” and “he” but the “he” should be placed first out of common courtesy (which might even help people to remember the sub ject/object difference). But it’s “me” first these days, in more ways than one.
I diagrammed sentences in school, and better, was lucky to have married a girl who grew up in Catholic school and was made to diagram sentences a lot! Children growing up in our house got edited by me for content and flow, and their mother for clear, concise, grammatically correct writing!
Anyway thanks for your column. You may be playing “Nearer My God to Thee” on the deck of the Titanic, but that’s the way to go down!
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ornate accessories and wore blackwinged eyeliner. Some of the dancers’ hands were marked with red dye, on the fingertips and a larger circle in the center of the palm.
Before each dance, an instructor would announce the significance of the dance, which generally incorporated meaningful ritual. One dance portrayed salutations to the sun and to Shiva, a primary Hindu deity.
Poonam Datta, who coordinated all of the cultural performances, said Lord Shiva is the god of dance. The perfor mance was an offering to him, she said.
The style of each performance is rooted in a different region of India. Each Indian state has its own culture, Datta said.
Between performances, Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry spoke alongside Hi manshu Karnwal, who spearheaded event organizing. Bradberry thanked the many volunteers who made the event possible.
“No better way to build community than for community members to make the events of our community,” Bradberry said.
Anokhi Parikh stands next to a rack of her handmade clothing. Parikh is the owner of Merakhi, one of the many vendors at the Diwali festival.
He also thanked the City Council for
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Before leaving the stage, Karnwal asked the City Council, “We can’t let you leave without a little dance, right?”
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Nov.ember 12th, 9am - 5pm
November 13th, 10am - 4pm
Join us for our 19th year bringing one of the largest indoor arts & crafts festivals to Forsyth County!
• Family oriented fun!
• Photo opportunities in Santa’s Sleigh
• The Elf Corner – where only kids can shop! (All items $5 or less and gift wrapping included!)
• Festival of Trees Shop: 1ft – 4ft trees full decorated by local artists!
Capture your child’s visit with Santa using your own camera for a $5 donation
The Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College
Ronald Reagan Blvd. GA400 - Exit 13 (RT 141)
This event was sponsored in part by a grant from the Forsyth County Arts Alliance and additional sponsors.
