The Johns Creek City Council reviews an update to an economic plan outlining goals for the next four years at a March 10 meeting. The goal recommends investing in the health and wellness sector, creating fun destinations and encouraging smart growth.
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council reviewed an update to the 2025 Economic Development Strategic Plan March 10 with an eye toward fostering the health care and wellness sectors, promoting recreation and encouraging sustainable growth.
Economic Development Director Kim Allonce, who penned the report with city staff, said it will guide planning for the next four years by highlighting the city’s strengths and challenges while offering strategic recommendations.
Johns Creek has focused on health, wellness and technology since a 2016 plan identified the industries as leading sectors in the city, Allonce said. Studies conducted in 2024 support that focus.
“We have been an emerging leader in health, wellness and innovation,” Allonce said.
In June, the Development Authority of Fulton County approved a $75-million revenue bond and 10-year property tax abatement to attract medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific to Johns Creek, creating more than 300 jobs.
Johns Creek also is home to Alcon, which manufactures pharmaceuticals, medical devices and contact lenses, and Emory Johns Creek Hospital, which employs some 384 people.
The 2025 economic plan recommends the city expand its foothold in the creative industry with advertising, marketing, design and performing arts businesses.
“We are in a great region for creatives,” Allonce said. “Georgia and Atlanta have blossomed in the creative industries.”
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Woodward North Academy invites the community to take part in the Ecycle Drive April 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
As a sustainability initiative, the academy hopes to help keep equipment put of the landfills and properly recycle equipment. The initiative is in partnership with Inspiredu, an organization that aims to drive digital inclusion and literacy. In return Inspriedu will perform a data erase and refurbish the technology donated. Technology items that will be accepted include laptops, tablets, desktop computers, printers, projectors, digital cameras, phone, cables and more. Almost anything associated with technology will be accepted except appliances and non-LCD televisions.
Those who wish to receive a taxdonation form from Inspiredu are asked to provide their first and last name, address, phone number, email address and donated equipment quantity. A member of the school will check in and sign the form. An email will be sent by Inspiredu for tax purposes.
Drop-off will take place behind the Woodward Academy North multiplex under the covered parking lot 6565 Boles Road Duluth, GA 30097.
— Sarah Coyne
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 40-year-old Alpharetta man reported Feb. 25 that his home on Old Milton Parkway had been burglarized.
The man reported the theft of his car keys, Social Security card, several computers and birth certificate. The items were last seen in his bedroom.
The man reported several other signs of a burglary.
He noticed his door handle was loose, and several items not belonging to him were inside his home.
The battery to the man’s car was unplugged, and his vehicle’s doors were opened.
The incident was classified as a first-degree burglary.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police responded to a shots fired call off Worthington Hills Drive March 9 after a bullet struck into the bedroom of a family’s home after midnight.
Dispatch notified police that there was no identified suspect,t and a bullet had gone through a window.
Officers said no one reported any injuries.
The victims, a family including a 54-year-old man, a 59-year-old woman and their three adult children, said they heard two loud bangs, either fireworks or gunshots, hit the residence just after midnight. They said they dropped to the floor to take cover and later noticed a bullet hole
through a window, lodged in the drywall of one of the bedrooms.
The 54-year-old man said he called 911 immediately and the family stayed away from windows and rooms that were hit.
During their investigation, officers said they found fresh damage to a wooden fence at the residence, which aligns with the bullet’s entrance into the home.
After passing through a fence, a window and a wall to the bedroom, the bullet came to a final resting place in drywall on the other side of the entry point, officers said.
The estimated damage to the home totals $1,080.
Officers found two shell casings near a white Toyota Sequoia along Park Ridge Circle within the Roswell Creek Apartment Homes.
Officers notified the Criminal Investigations Division and submitted the bullet, shell casings and photos of the incident into evidence.
While the report did not name a suspect, officers identified the Sequoia and its owner as potentially related to the incident.
— Hayden Sumlin
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 46-year-old Alpharetta man reported a car was stolen from his home Feb. 26.
The theft was reported at a Ruth’s Farm Way home, according to an Alpharetta police report.
The man said he left his Honda Accord in the driveway unlocked with the keys inside.
About 2 a.m., two suspects dressed in black were seen on the man’s property, pulling the door handles of vehicles in the driveway.
The suspects left the driveway and returned about 15 minutes later. They then entered the Accord and drove away.
Police checked Flock Safety
cameras but failed to locate the car.
Officers spoke with the man’s neighbors, who reported no missing property but said the suspects had attempted to open other vehicles.
The man’s home security camera showed one of the suspects carrying a white purse.
The incident was classified as a felony motor vehicle theft.
— Jon Wilcox
ROSWELL, Ga. — Police spoke with 44-year-old Roswell woman March 4 about a caller impersonating a police officer, claiming her identity was stolen and requiring her to make payments.
The woman said she received a call from someone claiming her identity had been stolen and used in Texas to rent a car and open bank accounts.
After being transferred several times, she said she spoke with someone claiming to be a Roswell Police detective who directed her to a website to verify the call was not a scam.
Eventually, she said the caller offered to have Police Chief James Conroy call her to make her feel more at ease. She said someone identifying himself as the chief called within seconds.
Later, the woman said she received more phone calls stating she would be charged with cocaine possession and bank fraud if she did not pay.
The victim said she believed the call to be a scam when the man claiming to be a detective asked her to purchase gift cards to clear the charges.
The officer who met with the woman told her that no police officer would request payment on a pending charge. He said scammers use fake phone numbers to impersonate local law enforcement.
— Hayden Sumlin
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Local and state officials gathered in Johns Creek March 11 for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the first phase of the McGinnis Ferry Road Widening project. Plans call for the east-west artery to be widened to four lanes in two phases from Union Hill Road in Alpharetta east to Emory Johns Creek Hospital, a distance of about 4.6 miles.
The first phase covers a 2.5-mile stretch from Hospital Parkway west to Douglas Road.
Rudy Bowen, GDOT District 6 Transportation Board member, said McGinnis Ferry Road supports more than 20,000 vehicles a day and is already 55 percent over its design capacity.
“That in itself can explain why we see congestion and backups,” Bowen said.
Phase II of the project will begin shortly after completion of Phase 1 in 2028.
Funding for the initial phase – some $44 million – comes from local governments and the state. GDOT will contribute $20 million, Forsyth County will chip in $14.4 million, primarily through the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and Transportation Bond funds. Johns Creek is committing $8.1 million, and $1.5 million will come from Fulton County Water and Sewer.
Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry said the project will have local and regional impact.
“Obviously it’s going to help move traffic, but it’s also for Johns Creek,” Bradberry said. “[It’s] strategically important, in that it’s going to bring more people, more easily.”
Phase II, which has yet to be fully funded, will consist of widening the remaining portion of the project from
Union Hill Road to Douglas Road.
The design includes creating a fourlane McGinnis Ferry Road divided by a 20-foot raised median. Along the north side of the project, a 16-foot-wide urban shoulder with a 10-foot-wide multiuse path will be built. Along the south side of the project a 12-foot-wide urban shoulder with a 5-foot-wide sidewalk will be built. An urban shoulder is a trafficcalming measure that consists of a white line anywhere from 3 to 8 feet away from the curb.
“We view this as critically important investment in our transportation infrastructure, in a critically important part of the state,” Bowen said.
Temporary road closures can be expected due to stage construction and traffic control devices over the next three years.
In addition to road widening, the project will include the installation of curbs, gutters, drainage structures, storm drainpipes, water lines, asphalt, traffic signals and markings, erosion measures, landscaping and sedimentation and pollution control.
The construction for Phase I is managed by Forsyth County with Construction Management & Engineering Services Inc., serving as the roadway contractor and Jacobs Engineering Group providing engineering and inspection services.
The project took over a decade to launch.
The original proposal, over 10 years ago, grew from $36 million to $61.5 million by 2020. The lowest bid in 2023 came in at $79 million.
Forsyth County officials chose to redesign the widening project into two phases to manage the high prices. Soon after, the County Commission approved a contract with Atlas Technical Consultants to redesign the project for $101,209 in December 2023. After the redesign was completed, the county was able to choose which section to widen first.
Construction updates will be made available at forsythco.com.
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Members of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership and Atlanta Regional Commission met to present the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum to discuss affordable housing in the community.
With potential federal cuts on affordable housing and shortages plaguing the nation, city leaders addressed the concerns with solutions to combat the housing crisis.
Atlanta Mayor and Atlanta Regional Commission Chairman Andre Dickens said that the best way to become successful with affordable housing is by being “creative.”
“The housing crisis requires collective action, something that requires a little bit of something from all of us,” Dickens said.
The City of Atlanta is investing $60 million toward rapid rehousing for the homeless. Under the initiative, the city provides short-term rental assistance and support services to get homeless people back into permanent housing.
“We launched our rapid housing initiatives to do just what the name
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens addresses the crowd at the March 13 Atlanta Regional Housing Forum addresses action plan to make housing costs affordable.
says, to get more housing built, so we built The Melody,” Dickens said.
The Melody project is one of a dozen initiatives Atlanta is partnering with Partners for Home to combat the housing crisis. The project has provided 40 micro-units crafted from repurposed shipping containers.
According to 2024 numbers
from Atlanta Mission, about 2,867 individuals in Atlanta were homeless.
Another 337 people outside Atlanta city limits in Fulton County were considered homeless, with 209 sheltered and 128 unsheltered.
Atlanta Regional Commission Executive Director and CEO Anna Roach highlighted points of how
the agency is working to build an improved regional market strategy in the next few months.
The strategy will bring forward new market data to provide accessible information for local governments to access.
“I hope you understand that: one, we’ve got an incredible challenge in the region around affordability, and if we don’t figure out how to address it, our quality of life and our competitiveness as [a] region is going to be challenged,” Roach said.
The Atlanta Regional Commission also provides the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy, which provides stakeholders and local governments with detailed data derived from the census about communities and their housing profiles.
According to the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy, Roswell neighborhoods are priced moderateto-higher in general and consist of mainly single-family homes, with a low proportion of residents in poverty. The average home sold in 2023 brought a price of around $480,000 – a 54.85 percent increase since 2018.
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By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. —
Short-term rentals offered through online platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com pay hotel taxes in Georgia in accordance with a state law signed in 2021.
Just like traditional hotels and motels, the online platforms collect the taxes, along with other taxes, and pay them to the appropriate government entity.
In Georgia, short-term rentals are subject to a 4 percent state sales tax, local sales tax, hotel fee of $5 per night and local hotel-motel taxes that can range up to 8 percent. Guests are often charged the taxes as part of their reservation.
In 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring short-term rentals pay the tax. The law went into effect in 2022.
Short-term rentals have become an increasingly large part of the hospitality
landscape since the launch of popular online platforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In Alpharetta, the City Council passed an ordinance in January 2025 regulating the rentals, requiring them to seek city permits after residents voiced concerns. Many residents said they were seeing more and more of the rentals and were worried they would change the character of their neighborhoods.
Owners of the rentals said they provide an essential service.
At least 89 short-term rentals operate in Alpharetta, according to the city.
Hotel-motel taxes can fund a variety of programs and purposes related to tourism.
Cities and counties often take a portion, leaving the rest for convention and visitors bureaus.
Awesome Alpharetta, Alpharetta’s convention and visitors bureau, is funded by the tax, spending about 95
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Professional theatre returns to Roswell Cultural Arts Center March 21 through March 23 with “Violet,” a musical by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley.
The musical features Violet, a young woman on a journey of hope, love and self-discovery in the 1960s, after she boards a bus across the Deep South, seeking a miracle from a televangelist.
Directed by Heidi McKerley and musically directed by Holt McCarley, guests can enjoy bluegrass, gospel and the blues, as Violet finds unexpected love and learns what true beauty is.
Atlanta-based actor and director Jennifer Alice Aker plays Violet, alongside her costars Hayden Row as Monty and Daisean Garrett as Flick in the Tony-nominated musical and winner of the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical in 1997.
Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. March 21; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 22; and 2 p.m. March 23. The musical will run approximately two hours at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest Street.
Tickets are $32.50 with a discounted price for seniors, students and military at $29.25 on roswell365. com.
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percent of its dollars on marketing for the city’s many attractions, said Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the bureau.
The money for marketing goes toward numerous advertisements and marketing campaigns from search engine optimization to traditional advertising.
The marketing benefits local hotels, motels, attractions and short-term rentals, which may see an increase in customers as a result, she said.
“We really put the money to work,” she said. “I can’t sell a hotel room, but I can sell a destination.”
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled March 13 that a lowercourt decision favoring the City of Sandy Springs in an Open Records lawsuit was premature.
The ruling is a setback for Sandy Springs and its practice of tailoring police reports released to the public to include nothing but the barest of data.
Responding to the ruling, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said the appellate court’s procedural determination does not affect the substantive part of the trial court decision.
“Council will discuss this matter and proceed in a manner that ensures public access to vital information while protecting the integrity of the investigative process,” Paul said.
Appen Media brought suit against the city May 2024, claiming it is violating the Open Records Act by denying the newspaper access to initial police officer narratives that are routinely filed during early stages of investigations.
After a Fulton County judge ruled in favor of the city last December, Appen appealed the decision to the higher state court. In its ruling, the Court of Appeals determined, “the trial court’s grant of summary judgment was premature. Genuine issues of material fact remain based on this record and thus the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the City.”
The Georgia Open Records Act maintains that all public records are open for public inspection, but it does allow exceptions. The law provides some latitude for withholding materials surrounding ongoing police investigations. However, initial police crime and incident reports are required to be made available to the public.
For over a year, the paper has pushed Sandy Springs for more details about calls its police officers have been dispatched to investigate.
In most cases, the agency has returned the requests with one-sentence narratives stating when and where police were dispatched to and, usually, for what reason. Unlike incident reports provided by police agencies in surrounding jurisdictions, the Sandy Springs reports lack details on the nature of the crime, an accounting of property damage, injuries associated with a crime, whether any arrests were made, and whether any suspects have been identified.
Sandy Springs admits that officers responding to incidents generally write more detailed reports in a second document, often written the same day. The city claims in its legal defense that this second report is not part of the initial incident report, and therefore doesn’t have to be disclosed.
In its complaint, Appen cited examples of Sandy Springs reports where both documents were created at the same time on the same day. When the newspaper filed open records requests
for the reports associated with these incidents, the city only provided the first, one-sentence page.
Appen noted in its complaint guidance from the Attorney General’s Office that, “A common-sense interpretation of ‘initial incident report’ is that anything written at the same time as the first part of the report is part of the initial incident report.”
In December, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Adams ruled in favor of the city, saying Appen Media failed to prove it is unlawful for the department to withhold the additional information.
Adams said Appen’s use of the Attorney General’s assessment is not the law, “although [Appen] may be correct in its assertion that [the Sandy Springs Police Department’s] practice violates the spirit of the Open Records Act.”
Appen appealed the decision to the state Court of Appeals. On March 13, the higher court rejected the lower court action.
The ruling says the city did not prove that the records should have been withheld in the first place.
“Here, it was the City’s burden to show why the requested records should not be disclosed as a matter of law,” the judgement states. “The City fails to meet its burden.”
The court also focused on the Georgia laws underpinning the case.
State open records laws read that “initial police arrest reports and initial incident reports,” are always subject to release, even if they are part of an ongoing investigation.
The appellate court’s decision points out that while, “the Act requires disclosure of ‘initial incident reports,’ it does not define that term.”
Even so, it argues that whether or not a document is an initial incident report must be weighed on a case-bycase basis, instead of the report’s title or when it was produced.
The Court of Appeals rejected the city’s blanket defense that only the first, brief report is always considered the initial document.
“Whether a narrative report prepared at the same time as an incident report actually constitutes part of that initial incident report is a fact specific inquiry,” the court wrote. “In some cases it may, and in some cases it may not.”
The appellate court’s ruling says it did not, nor did the lower trial court, have enough information to determine whether the documents in question should have been released.
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — More than a thousand people pack All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody for the Knights of Columbus Fish Fry each Friday night during Lent.
The Knights from All Saints Council 11402 serve more than 1,000 meals to the public over three hours Friday evenings. It’s become the place to be, and residents from surrounding cities make sure to be there.
The Knights reported serving a record 1,342 meals March 7.
There are still four Friday night Fish Frys coming up March 21 and 28 and April 4 and 11.
The Knights take off Ash Wednesday March 5, Good Friday April 18 and Easter Sunday April 20.
At the three-hour kickoff, about a hundred Metro Atlanta residents waited patiently in line outside, chatting with friends, neighbors and strangers before placing an order.
Patrons can order to-go meals or grab a table inside the gym and wait for Knights to bring over their plate. Seniors receive a $1 discount, adult dinners range from $11$14 and kids meals are $7.
Patrons have the option to grab additional sides or buy a dessert depending
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The All Saints Catholic Church gymnasium hums with the sound of friends, families, neighbors and strangers enjoying the March 7 Knights of Columbus Fish Fry. The kickoff of the Dunwoody tradition combined mouth-watering seafood and Southern-style sides with one of Metro Atlanta’s closest-knit communities.
on how hungry or susceptible to grandma’s baked goodies they are.
Amid all the controlled chaos, seasoned Knights of Columbus members are all smiles, working diligently to ensure everyone is served good food with Dunwoody’s finetuned Southern hospitality.
An army of about 100 Knights of Columbus members, including City Council members John Heneghan and Joe Seconder, chip in on the work at the church gymnasium.
On his way to the All Saints gym for his shift running the clam chowder station, Seconder said it’s a mistake to skip out on the renowned side dish. Heneghan, running the bar, served drinks to patrons while fielding an occasional question about city developments.
Dunwoody’s Knights of Columbus Fish Fry began in 1997 but traces its origins back to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent to honor Christ’s
sacrifice on the cross, which occurred on a Friday.
Most Christians observe Lent from Ash Wednesday up to Easter, a 40-day period of prayer, fasting and penance.
Everyone is welcome at the All Saints Fish Fry, whet Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu. If someone doesn’t practice a faith, the Knight of Columbus at All Saints want to serve them. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit’s many charities throughout the community.
The Fish Fry is all about sharing in the Dunwoody community camaraderie and bonding with fellow Metro Atlantans.
Knights of Columbus members Woody Jones and Tom Simon manage the WorldFamous Fish Fry at All Saints. Other members run around the gym and helping with service.
Simon said the Fish Fry is always a happening in Dunwoody.
“It’s a wonderful thing that we are glad we’re a part of,” he said. “We really thank all the Dunwoody people, as well as the metropolitan folks, who come by and partake in the fish fry.”
Simon said members of the Dunwoody Police Department eat free.
“We thank God for them,” Simon said. “I want to invite all of our Dunwoody police officers to come by, look for me ,and I’ll make sure they get a great meal.”
If I can bring a smile to somebody's face and they walk out happy that they were here, again it's a win-win.
PAUL BEALL, owner, Monkey Arm Art Gallery
By JIM BASS jim@appenmedia.com
DECATUR, Ga. — For art collector Paul Beall, owner of Monkey Arm Art Gallery, the frames covering his new gallery walls don’t just hold artwork; they also carry the story behind it.
Decatur’s newest art gallery opened its doors to the community in November. The gallery features more than 150 paintings, many drawings, and several original prints spread throughout the building.
Paul Beall opened the new gallery, located at 107 N. McDonough Street, to act as a permanent home to display and sell vintage artworks that he and his wife, Denice Beall, have collected over the course of 25 years.
They purchased the 1920s-era building in late 2022 initially as an investment to renovate and lease out as office space. Denice, co-owner of local residential construction company 360 Construction, led the renovation project on the building, which previously sat in disrepair.
After weighing their options, the couple decided to turn it into Monkey Arm last year. Now, it serves as both a gallery and a “mini-museum” with artworks spanning many styles, origins, and eras, primarily from the midcentury period.
“He is definitely a historian of sorts…” Denice Beall said. “For almost every piece in there, he has a story to tell about it. I love the fact that there's so many artists who weren't even necessarily known or appreciated, now he can bring them into some light.”
Paul had 13 years of prior law experience and implemented those
research skills into learning about each piece. Across the many artworks on display, Paul can offer a plethora of stories to anyone who wants to listen.
“One of the reasons why I wanted to open the gallery is because I love sharing the information with people and interacting with them,” Paul Beall said.
“I like sitting here waiting for people to come in, and if they give me the opportunity to geek out with them, then it's a win-win for me.”
Paul previously rented booths at
events including Paris and Ponce, West Side Market and The Modernists before opening Monkey Arm and has primarily relied on word of mouth and foot traffic to clients and observers to visit.
Among the many paintings in Monkey Arm, each has a background, including a William Langdon Kihn painting featured in 1947 Women’s Daily Magazine, artwork from Loretta Young’s estate, and a piece from the late Agnes Scott College art professor Ferdinand E. Warren.
Paul holds the clients who purchase his artworks in high regard and finds importance in not just transferring the art but passing on their stories with them.
“I like to call my clients guardians of the paintings instead of owners because I believe that they don’t own the pieces so much as guard the pieces and protect it for the next generation,” Paul Beall said.
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The couple's passion for learning each piece’s story is one of several reasons why they like collecting vintage instead of contemporary artwork.
“Instead of being compressed in time, as contemporary art is, where you only see something about 20 or 30 years of what has been going on in the art world, collecting vintage [allows] you to see what's been going on for much longer,” Paul Beall said.
The couple believes that the gallery fills the need for a vintage art gallery alongside the contemporary galleries currently in Decatur and could be another step to help grow the city’s art community.
“I would love for people to know that they don't have to go online. They don't have to pay outrageous prices at high-end galleries in New York,” Paul Beall said. “They can get very good art here at home.”
Monkey Arm Art Gallery is open from Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and appointments are available on Saturday and Sunday. With a small chalkboard sign indicating the gallery’s location, Paul hopes that anyone who stops by to shop or admire enjoys their visit.
“If I can bring a smile to somebody's face and they walk out happy that they were here, again it's a win-win. It's just great,“ Paul Beall said.
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By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — The Roswell Hornets improved to 7-1 on the season after a 12-11 win over Cambridge High School March 11.
Roswell took an early lead, but Cambridge held the advantage on their home field for the majority of the first half. Bears midfielder Michael Guy led his team with nine goals. He assisted on one of the two goals he did not score.
The Hornets’ attackmen were productive in their surgical-style offense and tied the score at eight goals apiece at halftime.
Junior Jackson Hardwick poured in five of Roswell’s 12 goals, including the game winner in the last minute of the game.
Senior Ben Weir tallied three assists, joining the list of 13 Roswell Hornets to reach 100 career points. The Queens University of Charlotte commit is the first player this season to cross that mark.
Junior Kaden Perla notched two goals and two assists, one of the dishes coming from a play where he spun out of a double team to set up midfielder Nick Szedon for one of his two goals that night.
Perla complimented his team’s ball movement and ability to find open shots.
“When we had the ball, we made things happen,” he said. “I think cutting was big today in helping me get open. We knew we had to get the ball for the last possession if we wanted to win.”
The Hornets’ three remaining goals
12-11 win over the Bears.
came from Blake O’Neal, Wyatt Luce, and Harrison Penn. Bears goalie Jack Wildstein had several clutch saves in the last two minutes, but the persistence of solid faceoff performances from O’Neal and Jack Dowdy helped the Hornets to outlast the Bears.
Roswell head coach Bryan Wallace said matching up against the No. 8 team in Georgia was slated to be high-energy.
“There’s some familiarity and it’s always a competitive game,” he said. “It’s a game of runs, and when it comes down to the last possession, we had to keep our composure. We’re continuing to build.”
The win boosted Roswell to No. 4 in the Southern Region, now sitting above Lambert who were scheduled to face off against the Hornets March 15 in a tournament at Fellowship Christian.
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga — Visiting Creekview High defeated Riverwood lacrosse 16-7 Mar. 6 with a fourth-quarter flurry of goals and a solid defensive performance.
With Creekview out to a four-goal lead after the first period, Riverwood fought back in the second quarter to get within one score at halftime.
Midfielder Owen Parham led the Raiders, logging a hat trick which included two of the goals that helped Riverwood tie it up briefly in the third quarter.
“Tough loss, but we’re just gonna try and build on it,” Parham said. “Practice better, so hopefully we can get a win next game.”
Parham is committed to Hampton University to further his academic and athletic career with the first HBCU to
compete in Division I lacrosse. He will be joined by a club teammate from 3D Georgia, Blake Martin, who plays for Lassiter High School.
Sophomore attackman Cole Parham added two goals to his brother Owen’s three. The Raiders’ other two goals came from Riverwood’s offensive regalia, senior Connor McDuffie and sophomore Noah Gatch.
Raiders head coach Mark Horton reflected on a tough matchup and how his team has been faring this soon into the season.
“These guys fight and fight, they don’t give up easily,” he said. “I always tell them, it’s not about the mistakes that happen, but how you respond to those mistakes.”
Note: MaxPreps has the final score listed as 14-7, seemingly missing two Creekview goals in the first and fourth quarters.
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My daughter and I were talking yesterday about music. She told me she had heard good things about the new Bob Dylan movie. I replied to her that I had too.
We then moved on to other topics including how young people today make friends and socialize. I said that I know of young adults who have substituted online for in-person. I am sure we all know young people like that. The daughter of a friend of ours – an engineer with a degree from Purdue I think – lives 100 percent online our friend told us, really, 100 percent.
“She goes to work and then comes home and stays in front of her computer until it’s time to sleep. She doesn’t have any friends. She doesn’t go out. She just works and lives online,” she said.
She told us that her daughter recently commissioned an avatar for her online persona and was spending serious money, like thousands.
Our friend’s daughter lives at home with our friend in the same house where she grew up, the same town. She lives near the kids she went to school with, went to movies with, probably dated and went to football games with. Yet, her only friends are her online friends now – and if I am to understand it correctly – most of those friends are virtual friends, like avatars and such and not even actual people. Huh?
She recently quit her job and admitted herself to some sort of recovery program. From?
I am treading into space about which I know so little. I know what I don’t see. But I am not sure what it is that I actually do see.
I had a conversation with another friend’s daughter who recently moved to Atlanta. I told her that I could relate to moving to another place and struggling to meet people, make new friends and get one’s bearings. I told her that in another life, I had moved to Chile for two years and knew how isolated and at times lonely it made me.
She looked at me with a quizzical look and shook her head.
“I don’t have that problem” she said.
“Last night I went to dinner with one of my Facebook group friends. I don’t have problems meeting or finding people; I find them on Facebook or via (something to do with) TikTok. It’s not a big deal,” she shrugged her shoulders.
Like what planet did I live on or how dumb could I be - she intoned, without malice.
Instead of replying, I nodded and thought about what she said. I wondered how different she was – her life was –from the engineer whose friends were primarily virtual. Surely, I thought, she was navigating somewhat differently. I mean, she actually went out and did something with another person. But, I thought, how often does that really happen for her as opposed to a relationship only with screens?
My daughter listened to me and thought for a moment, then she told me a brief story. She said she’d recently watched a documentary on the Dylan movie. They played an interview that someone did with Dylan and asked him how he felt about the availability of music – all music – today at the tip of your fingers, access to every song, every symphony, every note via Spotify and
It’s a chilly, windy March afternoon, and I’m knee-deep in the cold waters of a north Georgia river with a fly rod in my hand.
I admit it. I’m cold! Saner minds would probably be inside with a cup of hot tea and a good book. But not me. Not today. I’m shivering in the interest of fishing because white bass season has arrived.
For much of the year, white bass hang out in deep water in large lakes and are not accessible to fly fishers like me. But every spring, usually starting sometime in March and lasting into mid-April or so, huge numbers of white bass school near the mouths of major tributaries and then migrate upstream to spawn. That puts them within reach, and for several weeks the fishing can be off-the-chart good.
That’s what I’m hoping for today. This is the first time I’ve waded this river this year, and I’m going slowly in case the bottom contours have changed. I ease along, feeling the bottom through the soles of my wading boots, noting
changes since last year as I go. Time does that to rivers, you know, resculpting them and turning them into something always new.
Over there, where there used to be a good fish-holding run, there is now a shallow sandbar. But yonder, where last season the water was barely ankle deep, I spot a tangled mass of roots and limbs with strong current flowing through a brand-new zone of deeper holding water that must surely be 4 feet deep.
Ahh – I’ve found flowing water close to a brush pile. That’s what I’m looking for. Why? Because that’s what the white bass are looking for too.
White bass are ambush predators, and they continue to feed throughout their runs upriver. They’ll hold close to the cover waiting for the flow to bring something interesting their way (perhaps a small shad imitation like the one tied to the end of my line). Then they’ll grab it – and the battle is on!
I angle left to put myself in better casting position. Then I shake out a little line and make a cast – the first cast of the season. The rod bends like I want it to. The line does my bidding. The fly sails through the air, line unrolling smooth and straight and pretty as can be.
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She said Dylan replied that back in the day, when he was just starting out, there was no TV, just radio. So, when he would hear a song that struck him, he might not hear it again, but he would listen for it on the radio and would hope that it got played. She said that he would try to find out where the musician was playing or lived so he could go hear him or her. He said he would network to try to find the music; he would search for it and try to track it down – like he did with Woodie Guthrie.
My daughter then threw out an idea that struck me – like being hit in the face or head with something hard, cold, and unforgiving.
“What,” she pondered, “what happens to the top of the mountain? How does the top of the mountain change when you no longer have to work to get to it?”
I had no clue, just the weight of a great big rhetorical 800-pound gorilla standing on my chest.
Anyone who reads my columns knows that I have always said that everything important that I know, I have learned from my children. And that only continues.
Indeed.
The fly lands with a soft splash a yard or two upstream from the tangle of brush.
Lowering my rod’s tip, I count (one… two…three) to let the fly sink. White bass in flowing water tend to hang out in the lower portion of the water column, and “counting down” your lure helps you try different depths to figure out where they are in each particular area.
Then I begin to retrieve in regular foot-long strips, roughly one per second, trying to make the fly look like a minnow that doesn’t have a care in the world.
It happens on that very first cast. One minute I’m stripping in line. The next, there’s an electric jolt and the rod’s tip surges and suddenly I’m tight into a fish. A minute or two later, I bring it to net. It’s a white bass of just over a pound.
It’s a good sign, a good omen. White bass season has begun!
But what’s a white bass?
My friend the fisheries biologist tells me that white bass are known in scientific circles as Morone chrysops. They’re members of the Moronidae family of temperate-water true bass –unlike the more famous largemouth bass, which is technically just a sunfish!
As noted earlier, white bass continue
to eat during their spawning runs and like to hold near cover waiting for small minnows to swim by. In addition to targeting brush piles and root balls, look for them along edges of deeper channels or sandbars. The area just downstream of a creek mouth can also be good. When white bass are running, you’ll pick up fish just about anywhere – but targeting holding spots will increase your odds of success.
Joe Greear calls his memoir “Growing Up on the Edges” because his home was on “the edge of Brookhaven, the edge of Peachtree Creek and the edge of Tullie Smith’s property.”
When the family moved away, the home which had been surrounded by woods and farms was surrounded by high-rise buildings. (“Growing Up on the Edges,” dekalbhistory. org)
Greear’s parents met on the island of Guam in 1948. His father was a draftsman from Georgia and his mom an architect from Washington state. They were both working civilian jobs constructing a new military base.
The couple married in Guam. When they returned to the U.S., they lived in a cottage on Joe’s grandfather’s farm in Helen, Georgia. Then, they moved to Atlanta where their first home was at Oglethorpe Apartments, located on land where Blackburn Park is today.
Joe and his brother, Sol Jr., were born while the family lived at Oglethorpe Apartments. Their parents searched for a house close to their work in downtown Atlanta, with room for a vegetable garden and not too close to neighbors.
They found a two-bedroom, one-bath home on two acres in DeKalb County off North Druid Hills Road. The location was between Buford Highway and I-85, on the south side of North Druid Hills, except I-85 was yet to be built. Greear recalls North Druid Hills Road as a rural two-lane that ran from Peachtree Street to Lawrenceville Highway.
There was a single lane dirt road which led to their house. A gravel turn-around was in front of their home, no lawn or front yard. They shared the driveway with two other houses. The lowest part of the driveway along the bank of Peachtree Creek sometimes flooded.
Greear’s father planted a garden with corn, tomatoes, collard greens and more. The vegetables were canned or frozen by his mom. She made homemade tomato sauce, vegetable soups and pickles.
Their neighbors were Margaret Young and the Browns, whose house “…looked like a cottage out of a fairy tale.” The Browns used a coal-burning pot-bellied stove. Joe Greear recalls going to their home to watch Lloyd Bridges in the scuba diving television show “Sea Hunt.” Greear’s parents did not own a TV because they thought it was a bad influence.
The neighbors also shared a party line telephone.
“Each household’s phone had a
distinctive ring, such as two short and one long, that told you if the call was for your house.” If they wanted to make an outgoing call and someone else was on the line, they had to hang up and wait until that person finished their call.
Joe and Sol loved exploring the woods around their home and beyond. Their parents hung up an empty camp stove canister which they would strike with a metal rod to call the boys back to the house.
Cora Lee Bates from Helen, Georgia, took care of the boys while their parents worked. She took Joe and Sol on walks up North Druid Hills across Buford Highway, turning left on Roxboro Road to visit a duck pond at the Standard Club’s golf course. Cora Lee’s small home was along the way, behind the large home of a woman named Guest. Later, this land was sold and developed into a Red Roof Inn and a private school.
When Joe got older, he walked to Brookhaven, crossing the railroad tracks near where North Druid Hills Road met Peachtree Road. “Just past the railroad tracks was the Brookhaven Building Supply. I recall it as one long loading dock with an order counter and a warehouse behind.
“When shopping at Brookhaven Building Supply, my dad would order his lumber and supplies at the front counter and the employees would load the order into our 1940s Willy Overland.”
Greear recalls an A&P grocery at the corner of Dresden Drive and Peachtree, where his family shopped. His mom would call A&P with her order from work and pick it up on her way home.
There were other shops and the Brookhaven Theater on the other side of Peachtree Street. Greear saw his first scary movie at The Brookhaven Theater. More on that movie, the construction of I-85 and the family’s neighbor Tullie Smith in the next Past Tense.
Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
BOB MEYERS Columnist
Much has been written recently about Bailey-Johnson School on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta, which was built to serve Black children during the age of segregation. It was the first public high school in North Fulton County for Black students that offered all grades 1 through 12. Prior to that, education for Black children ended with 7th grade. The school operated from 1950 to 1967. Originally called the Alpharetta Colored School, it was renamed in 1952.
The school’s name comes from the first names of George “Hard” Bailey and Warren Johnson who played major roles in founding the school. In its heyday, the small neighborhood had about 25 Blackowned homes and the Pineview Cemetery which today has more than 160 memorials.
Hard Bailey was a well-respected Black farmer and blacksmith who, in the early 1900s, owned a shop on South Main Street in Alpharetta. He donated land from his farm on Kimball Bridge Road for the school. He was honored in February 2025 with the unveiling of a historical marker at the site of his blacksmith shop. The marker was a joint effort of the City of Alpharetta and the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society.
“The marker is important because until Bailey-Johnson, few Black students were able to go beyond 7th grade and thus were kept in generational poverty,” said Historical Society President Pat Miller.
Roswell resident Warren Johnson was a former slave who became a life-long advocate for Black education. He promoted the idea of a separate Black school, helped raise donations for the school and worked to recruit qualified teachers.
The impact of the school was quite amazing, given its small enrollment. It had 166 elementary and high school students and 13 faculty when it closed. The last graduating class had only eight students.
Charles Grogan, a well-known local Black historian, Bailey-Johnson alumni and former star basketball player, attributes the school’s success to the impact of four initial teachers who taught students about respect for others.
Various plans have been put forth over the years to repurpose the school building, but to date it remains a ghostly reminder of a past era.
Adjacent to the school is the former Alpharetta Colored Methodist Church established in 1867 by a group of former
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Long time resident Dorothy Anderson’s house is across the street from the Bailey-Johnson School. Her home is well-known for the elaborate lights she displays at Christmas and Easter. “They make people happy,” she says.
slaves. It occupied several locations over the years and moved to Kimball Bridge Road in 1963. It changed its name in 1967 to the St. James United Methodist Church. The church again moved in 2000 and today is located on Webb Bridge Road.
The former church property is currently owned by the Diamond Glass Company which purchased the building from the church circa 2020 to house its executive offices.
“I have been in the neighborhood for some 42 years, and I couldn’t see someone tear down so much history,” said Andy Kalifeh, Diamond Glass Company president. “We kept the exterior integrity of the church.”
Kalifeh wants to put a history room in the building, possibly dedicated to Chestene Manning Carter (1932-2018), a beloved member of the church.
Only one original house remains in the neighborhood. It is located across the street from the church building and is owned by 94-year-old Dorothy Mae Anderson. Charles Grogan, her long-time friend, and I recently spent a delightful afternoon at her home discussing her fascinating life.
Dorothy spent her formative years on the Guy Washington Findley (1907-1961) farm on McGinnis Ferry Road where her parents were sharecroppers and worked in the farm’s 12-acre cotton field. She recalls her father telling her to “bend her back” when picking. It was a tedious job, and the cotton bolls hurt her fingers.
“We picked 10 bales each year,” she said.
She attended the Sheltonville School
The Alpharetta Colored School was founded in 1950. Two years later, it changed its name to the Bailey-Johnson School. The sign on the white car parked in front of the school says Dental Division Fulton County Health Department.
for Black Students through the 7th grade, although her teacher continued to instruct her on the side. At age 19, she moved to Alpharetta where she worked in the home of Roy and Suzie Day and later at the home of Doctor Morris. She was employed for 29 years by the Fulton County Board of Education in food service. She still loves to cook.
She married Howard Eugene Anderson (1927-2008) in 1951. He drove a school bus for 38 years.
“I went with him at first to draw a map of all the roads and every stop from Bailey-Johnson to Sheltonville,” Dorothy said.
After Bailey-Johnson closed in 1967
their son Terry, now retired from General Motors, attended Milton High School where he played on the basketball team.
Dorothy is famous for the elaborate Christmas and Easter lights in her yard.
“People tell me they like to drive by my house because it makes them feel good,” she said. She sums up her life saying “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
I decided to transition my landscape to native plants because I wanted to create a habitat in my yard to promote more biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to different kinds of life in one area that work together to make an intricate web, maintaining and supporting life.
Planting native plants also conserves water and reduces maintenance needs. It has taken me several years to make these conversions in my yard. I have eliminated the lawn in my backyard, and I am gradually working on my front yard. You can start with one corner or an area of your yard and expand the scope as you desire.
Here are my suggestions for adding native plants and more biodiversity to your yard.
Steps to transition:
1. Assess Your Site:
Identify drainage and sunlight exposure. Determine the nutrient levels in your soil by taking a sample to your local county extension office. All plants thrive in the right conditions, so match your plant choices with your yard’s natural characteristics. Prepare the soil, add organic material like mushroom compost, topsoil, humus, sand and mix well to a depth of 6-8 inches.
2. Plan your design:
Cluster Plants: Group similar plants together by their water and sunlight needs. Plant taller plants toward the back of the bed or planting area and shorter ones toward the front.
Layering: Use a variety of plant types, including trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers to create a diverse ecosystem. Choose a mix of plants that provide year-round interest, such as flowering shrubs for spring and colorful berries for winter.
This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Roswell resident Katherine Coppedge. Katherine has been a Master Gardener since 2009 and has been gardening in the Atlanta area since the ‘70s. Katherine is an avid hiker and lover of walking in the woods. She is a member of the Spalding Garden Club and has been a board member of the John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Preserve in Sandy Springs since 2006. Katherine shared her love of trees and forest bathing in her spring 2021 garden lecture “Big Trees of Sandy Springs” which is viewable at https://youtu.be/oeOlLc21ue0
honeysuckle, cogongrass, leatherleaf mahonia, Japanese stiltgrass and scutch grass that compete with native species.
want to use. Another consideration was the cost to replace my non-natives with natives. I am very happy with the results and the great biodiversity and other benefits it has brought to my yard.
9. Use local resources.
Georgia has many organizations and plant societies dedicated to native plant gardening. Check with your county extension office or groups like the Georgia Native Plant Society for online plant lists, resources and expert advice. North Fulton Master Gardeners and the Georgia Native Plant Society will be hosting a great plant sale and opportunity for you to learn more at Garden Faire on Saturday, April 12, 2025, where you can choose from thousands of plants for your garden. The event is FREE from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Grove at Wills Park, 175 Roswell Street in Alpharetta. For more information go to www.NFMG.net
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The strategy toolkit suggests that the area of Roswell supports smaller homes and ownership opportunities, establishes local housing funding resources and programs, identifies and educates on housing instability and reduces costs of housing near transit and amenities. The
3. Select native plants:
Trees: White oak, Southern red oak, Eastern red cedar, American holly, flowering dogwood, Eastern redbud, American beech, red maple, American hornbeam, Eastern white pine, black gum, tulip popular, among others.
Shrubs: Oakleaf hydrangea, American beautyberry, sweet shrub, Southern wax myrtle, azaleas, blueberry, bottlebrush buckeye, butterfly weed, buttonbush, inkberry, leucothoe. I removed a whole beautiful row of fatsia and replaced it with leucothoe in my yard.
Perennials: Black-eyed Susan, Georgia aster, purple coneflower, phlox, swamp milkweed, red columbine, green and gold, Virginia sweet spire, cardinal flower, beebalm, sunflowers.
Grasses: Little bluestem, river oats, switchgrass, autumn bentgrass, southern waxy sedge.
4. Remove invasive, non-native species: Before planting natives, clear out invasive plants, such as like kudzu, privet, English ivy, vinca, Japanese
strategy blueprint supplies local leaders and stakeholders with more ways to understand and address housing challenges.
Roach said that the region is not providing building permits fast enough to keep up with the growth of Metro Atlanta, contributing to the affordable housing crisis. Roach said 1.8 million people are expected to move to the region by 2050.
“We are building far too little in Metro Atlanta to keep up with our growing population,” Roach said.
5. Mulch and water wisely: Apply pine straw or hardwood mulch around the plants as needed to maintain moisture and reduce weed growth. Water wisely, in the morning or late evening, 2-3 times a week to establish. Then water weekly as needed so that plants get about 1 inch of water per week.
6. Plant species to attract pollinators: Milkweed for monarchs, bee balm for bees, American persimmon, phlox, purple coneflowers, butterfly bush, chives, parsley.
7. Maintain properly: Native plants generally need less care, but they will still benefit from occasional pruning, weeding and mulching. Allow the plants to reseed and spread naturally for a fuller looking landscape over time.
8. Challenges
One of my personal challenges was being patient with the process. It takes time to prepare the areas you want to change and figure out which plants you
The Forum also featured three local panelists. Tiffany Wills from Decide Dekalb, Matt Elder from Gwinnett County Planning & Development and Gray Kelly from Marietta Housing Forum discussed how they address affordable housing in their community.
“The federal government changes are going to come, no questions there at all,” Elder said, adding that all they can do is to work with their neighbors “one day at a time, one step at a time.”
10. Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
By following these steps, you’ll create a thriving, low-maintenance landscape that supports local wildlife and contributes to Georgia’s ecological health.
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/columists/garden buzz/.
Save the dates for North Fulton Master Gardener’s 2025 Signature events: Garden Faire on April 12 and Garden Tour on June 7. Learn more at www.nfmg.net
Gwinnett County recently announced it will begin to work with the Gwinnett Housing Corporation and officials from Peachtree Corners to transform a 73-unit extended stay hotel into an affordable housing development.
“When I say we’re just getting started, I mean we’re literally just getting started,” Elder said.
To stay updated with affordable housing updates check out www. atlantaregionalhousingforum.org.
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The 2025 plan advises pursuing technology business that specialize in digital health, financial technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IT consulting, robotics, software and manufacturing technology.
With limited land for expansion, the plan highlights refining its recruiting strategy.
The city could attract businesses in the creative and technology industries through targeted marketing, incentive programs and collaboration with universities and incubators.
Johns Creek has long boasted excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, ample outdoor spaces and well-maintained infrastructure, but the city could do better when it comes to offering places to hang out, Allonce said.
“The conversation was there is no ‘there’ in Johns Creek,” Allonce said. “There is no place for people to go and have fun and socialize.”
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During the lower court’s discovery process, Appen Media asked the city to submit the complete reports – both the brief account and the second account with more details – for the incidents.
Sandy Springs did not provide all of the materials.
Without these materials and the ability to compare the two, the appeals court says “the trial court’s grant of summary judgement was premature. Genuine issues of
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Once you find suitable water, all you have to do is cast. If the white bass are there at the same time you are, that’s usually all it takes. No special techniques are required, and that makes white bass fishing a great way to share your joy of fishing with beginning anglers or with kids. What kind of flies or lures work best?
Spin fishers use small crankbaits (silver is a great color), in-line spinners, or similar minnow imitations. A silver or white Rooster Tail or Mepps spinner is effective, as is a simple curly-tail grub on a white or red jig head hook.
Flyrodders like to use minnow imitations (especially silver or white ones) about 2 inches long. Good patterns include white Woolly Buggers, silver or silver-and-
For years, the city has recognized the need for “third places,” or destinations residents can spend time after work and outside home, Allonce said. That led to plans to create a 21-acre park space behind the Town Center shopping area that will feature an amphitheater, small playground and elevated boardwalk over constructed wetlands.
At $36 million, it is the city’s largest individual construction project.
City officials envision Town Center as a walkable downtown area.
Medley, headed by Avalon developer Mark Toro, is planning a 42-acre, $560-million mixed-use development at the site near McGinnis Ferry Road and Johns Creek Parkway.
The creation of third places could provide a boon to the local economy, Allonce said.
“Money is leaving our community and being spent elsewhere,” he said. “We think there is an opportunity to provide something for our community and create a place where people can spend their dollars.”
The 2025 plan calls for fostering the Town Center area and others by establishing a clear brand identity, fostering public-
material fact remain based on this record and thus the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the City.”
As a result of this decision, the case will go back to the lower court for reconsideration. Both parties also have the option to appeal to the state Supreme Court or reach a settlement.
Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Christopher McFadden filed a concurrent opinion in the decision, saying that the ruling should have gone a step further.
Citing the city’s actions for filing separate reports, McFadden wrote: “I would hold that this practice is an improper circumvention of the [Open Records] Act
gold Rolex-style flies, or the ever-popular Red-Nosed Yeti shad imitation. Again, there’s no special trick to it; simply make the cast and retrieve with steady strips of 10 or 12 inches.
Now the big question: where can you fish for springtime white bass? In our area, and as the water warms and spawning runs build, look for them in major tributaries feeding Lanier or Allatoona. Top Lanier tributaries are the Chestatee (at least as far upstream as the Georgia 400 bridge) as well as the Chattahoochee above Lanier. If focusing on Allatoona tributaries, look at the Coosa River system (many target the river downstream from Lock and Dam Park) as well as the Etowah (you’ll find fish as far up as Canton and beyond) and Little River.
Much of this water is best accessed by boat. Knowledgeable anglers fish it by drifting downriver, keeping the boat within casting range of near-shore
private partnerships by using existing infrastructure and city properties.
Johns Creek also hopes to attract additional private investment at Town Center, making the area more attractive.
Public art could play a key role in that goal, Allonce said.
Murals, sculptures and other installations would make the city a more vibrant and attractive destination, he said.
“You want to build a place where people want to come,” he said.
Growth can be good, but it is important to encourage the kind of development that best benefits Johns Creek, Allonce said.
The 2025 plan identifies mixed-use redevelopment, diverse housing and a variety of transportation options in key areas. Redevelopment should be focused on aging shopping centers and fostered through partnerships with private developers.
Johns Creek’s offices are aging, with nearly half of spaces now older than 20 years, city officials say. The aging offices could make attracting employers more difficult.
Additionally, the office market is now seeing more space vacated than leased
and that the responding officer’s full narrative about his or her initial response to the incident also constitutes an ‘initial incident report’ subject to disclosure under the Act.”
McFadden also addressed the lack of materials the city provided in the discovery process.
“The possibility that the more detailed narratives associated with Appen Media’s requests might also contain information that is exempt from disclosure merely highlights the existence of questions of fact as to whether the City disclosed what it was required to in response to Appen Media’s requests,” he wrote.
“The evidence, viewed most favorably to
holding areas. If they find fish they’ll stop and work that water thoroughly. Don’t have a boat? In some areas it’s often possible to fish from shore –particularly with spinning gear. I think of the Etowah in Canton, where a great riverside parks system provides several spots where fishing from the bank is feasible.
There are some wade-fishing opportunities, too, though you may have do some hunting to find them. One popular wading area is the portion of Little River near Olde Rope Mill Park, though it can be crowded. A bit of research will point you toward other (and less crowded) wadable spots on other white bass waters. In this case, the Internet really is your friend.
Folk wisdom says that the white bass runs peak about the time the dogwoods bloom, so keep your eyes on the trees!
But they’ll start their runs before
each year, resulting in negative net absorption.
Office occupancy could drop to 75 percent by 2029, dipping below a postpandemic low of 80 percent.
Mixed-use projects could allow Johns Creek to create attractive offices and residences while maintaining the identity of existing neighborhoods, Allonce said. Since the pandemic, workers and employers have become more interested in offices near homes, shopping and amenities.
Redevelopment efforts could focus on “under-performing” shopping centers, but challenges remain with limited housing availability.
“Efforts to redevelop these areas are hindered by market conditions and the need for residential developments, particularly multifamily housing, to ensure project feasibility,” according to the city.
About 90 percent of employees working in Johns Creek commute from outside the city. About 79 percent live within 25 miles.
The plan recommends creating 470 new housing units each year over the next five years to improve economic resilience, alleviate workforce housing burdens and prepare the city for future growth.
Appen Media, shows that Appen Media requested incident reports but received only the short reports and not any more detailed narratives. And there is evidence, by way of examples from closed cases, of instances when responding officers included one- or two-sentence narratives about an incident in a short report and the rest of that narrative in a more detailed narrative report.”
After describing an example in the court record, McFadden went on: “A factfinder could infer from the closed-case examples that similar, more detailed narratives exist for the incidents that are the subjects of Appen Media’s open records requests, but the City did not disclose them.”
that. Water temperature is key, and if you really find yourself getting into this (which a surprising number of white bass enthusiasts do) then pick up a stream thermometer and check water temperatures yourself! When the readings reach the mid-50s, you can figure that the white bass are heading up the rivers. From that point, the spawning runs (and the good fishing) will last for several weeks, sometimes well into April.
Start planning now, and you just might make fishing memories you’ll treasure for years to come.
And if you see me on the water, be sure to say hello!
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