Milton uses Ga. 9 widening delay to map out corridor development
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — While the state reworks its botched Ga. 9 widening plans through Milton, the city is using the delay to map out a guide to future development along the corridor.
Milton Special Projects Director Bob Buscemi is leading creation of the Deerfield Implementation Plan, which seeks to steer appropriate commercial growth in the area of the project.
The study area surrounds Milton’s 3.3-mile segment of Ga. 9 from its
southern border with Alpharetta north to Forsyth County.
During the Aug. 19 Milton City Council meeting, staff and contractors presented an update on where things stand with “Destination Deerfield” and the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Ga. 9 widening project.
In July, the City Council approved a $298,000 contract with Cooper Carry for the design of “Destination Deerfield,” the selected branding for Milton’s southeast commercial region.
Communications Director Greg Botelho gave an overview of the plan to
gather public input and keep residents informed throughout the process. Botelho said the implementation plan has its own website, and there will be more efforts for social media outreach, regular online updates and multimedia videos.
“We are toying around with [the name] ‘Destination Deerfield,’” he said. “We want to make this a destination, not just a place that people pass through, but people go to.”
There will be at least three more
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Special Projects Director Bob Buscemi says the city will offer public outreach and participation to draft its Deerfield Implementation Plan, a blueprint for future development near Ga. 9.
High school introduces new homecoming festival
MILTON, Ga. — Cambridge High School is inviting the Milton community to its inaugural homecoming parade and festival — JamBEARee — Monday, Sept. 9 from 5-8 p.m.
The idea is to make homecoming week extra special for students and the community. The JamBEARee is a school-wide parade and backyard bash, with food trucks and outdoor festival activities before and after the parade.
The event is free, with food, nonalcoholic beverages, spirit wear and merchandise available for sale.
The JamBEARee Parade will include school clubs, teams, alumni and the 2024 Homecoming Court.
A group of Cambridge moms whose children participate in different clubs and sports came up with the idea.
Milton resident Shelley Massey pulled together parents who shared a desire to build new traditions at the high school.
“The energy surrounding this is electric, and we hope residents whose children have already graduated from Cambridge, or who have yet to enter the school, will come out along the
parade route and cheer on our student groups,” Massey said.
Following the parade, guests can attend the “Bear Backyard” behind the high school.
The backyard will be a high-energy space with a DJ, food trucks, gradespecific areas and a variety of activities for teens, including a mechanical bull, inflatable obstacles, bungee trampolines, a dunk tank and foam pit.
Younger guests can enjoy “Cub Corner” with inflatables, face painting and bubbles.
An Instagram page, @jambearee_ chs, will provide real-time event updates. Any Cambridge High School club, team or organization can register for the parade at cambridgebears.com/ homecoming/jambearee. The parade will take place rain or shine.
Funds raised beyond the costs necessary for the JamBEARee, will go to host a school-wide homecoming week activity.
To learn more about how you can sponsor or volunteer, email jambeareechs@gmail.com.
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Burglar snatches cigs from Ga. 9 liquor store
MILTON, Ga. — Police were dispatched Aug. 16 to a liquor store on Ga. 9 after an alarm was triggered. They found shattered glass lying on the ground and conducted a protective sweep.
Officers reviewed camera footage that showed a man, wearing all black and a face mask, use a hammer to break the glass and enter the business at around 3:20 a.m. that morning, according to the incident report.
The footage also showed the suspect go behind the counter and load a bag with several packs of cigarettes, then exit a couple minutes later.
The value of what was stolen was redacted on the incident report.
The investigation is ongoing.
Man cited for battery in domestic dispute
MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a 44-year-old Milton man Aug. 14 after he and his girlfriend got into a physical altercation at their home.
Prior to the officers’ arrival, dispatch told police they heard sounds of screaming but that it was muffled, as if someone were holding their hand over another’s mouth, according to the incident report.
When police arrived, they noticed that both garage doors were open and broken furniture. With the front door open, police entered and were greeted by a man.
When asked if there was anyone else home, the man told police there wasn’t, but police said they heard footsteps upstairs. The man’s girlfriend, a Milton woman, then shouted everything was “fine,” according to the report.
Editor’s Note: If you want to talk to someone about the violence in your life or in the life of someone you know, please call Georgia’s 24-Hour Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-33-HAVEN (1-800-334-2836).
The man told police they had gotten into an argument about an affair she allegedly had and that he touched his girlfriend’s arm trying to escort her out of the apartment. The man said he called 911 when she refused to leave.
But, the woman, who had been living with the man for around a month, told police he had stalked and abused her on multiple occasions. She said the man became angry when he asked her for sex that day and began to physically assault her, according to the report.
Police said they noticed fresh bruising on the woman’s arms and on her face.
Another man told police he didn’t see the altercation but that he heard the woman yell at the man to stop hitting her, the report says.
Police charged the suspect with battery family violence and transported him to the North Fulton County Jail.
Couple reports theft of handguns from car
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating the felony theft of two handguns Aug. 13 after residents reported them missing from their vehicle.
An officer said he met with a married couple, a 79-year-old man and 67-yearold woman from Roswell, who said their two firearms were missing after running errands.
The woman she saw her .32-caliber revolver in the glove box earlier in the day while retrieving a nail file. The revolver is valued at $150.
An officer said the couple also kept a 9 mm Glock pistol in the center consol of their silver Lexus ES350. The Glock is valued at $569.
The victims said they went to a
Crabapple Road car wash and another appointment in Marietta before they noticed the firearms were missing later in the afternoon.
An officer said the victims provided him with serial numbers and photos of both handguns.
The victims told officers that they would like to press charges if an investigation identifies a suspect.
The couple also said they were in Carillon Beach, Florida, Aug. 6-9 but their vehicle was locked in a gated parking lot.
Officers said they were unable to follow up with the car wash on Crabapple Road as it was closed.
Local museum reports $300,000 in damages
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating an early August theft at the Computer Museum of America, requiring more than $300,000 in repairs to air conditioning units.
An officer said he responded to the museum off Commerce Parkway Aug. 15 about a theft that allegedly occurred Aug. 5.
The museum director said someone stole equipment from air conditioning units on the roof of the building.
Two building contractors told officers that a humidity sensor went off around 4 a.m. Aug. 5.
When a technician checked on the units Aug. 5, the contractors said the worker discovered damage to multiple units on the roof.
The contractors sent to look at the damages said the units are missing multiple copper pipes and wiring.
Because the units need to be replaced, the damages total more than $300,000.
Officers said they found footprints and sunglasses on the roof, but they did not know who they belonged to because of the 10-day delay in reporting the incident.
The Criminal Investigations Division responded and took over the investigation.
THE PICTURE FRAMER
Alpharetta woman gifts painting to photographer who inspired her
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Something about the barn on the page caught Dianne Williams’ eye.
“That one just looked so different,” said Williams, an Alpharetta painter.
She had been flipping through a copy of “Barns of Old Milton County” after picking up the 263-page book at a Scottsdale curio shop. When she saw a photo of the squat, weathered barn with its wooden-slat walls and sheet-metal roof tinted a rusty red, she knew she had to paint it.
Barns have a way of fueling Williams’ artistic inspiration, she said. And the short, red barn on page 73, along with the dozens of others in the book, captured her imagination. She knew she had to meet the man who had taken its photo.
“Look at that one. You see, the roof line is really nice. And look at the lighting. That just caught my eye …That’s beautiful,” she said.
On Aug. 20, Williams got her wish, visiting the book’s author and photographer Robert Meyers at his Alpharetta home, where she gifted him the painting he had inspired. Meyers said he
planned to hang it in his office.
Meyers grew up with barns. He remembers fondly his grandfather’s big barn and the corn cob fights he had in its hay loft. The farmland where the barn once stood is now a golf course in the Lake Windward area.
“Corn cobs are very hard,” Meyers said with a smile. “If one of them hits you, it leaves a mark.”
Meyers spent more than two years crisscrossing what was once Milton County, taking countless photos and interviewing more than 200 people for his book. Some of the barns he visited more than once. For example, he also took a photo of the barn that Williams painted on an icy winter day, capturing the structure when it was blanketed in snow.
A passage in the book ponders the barn’s unique identity: “Good things come in small packages.” It also faithfully recalls the barn’s history from the 1910 purchase of the land to the year it was built to thoughts from a former owner.
“Many people in our community have told us in so many ways how much it means to them by painting and drawing it and by having their Christmas pictures
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Dianne Williams holds her painting of a barn originally photographed by Robert Meyers, who is holding his book “Barns of Old Milton County,” at his home on Aug. 20.
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taken in front of it,” former owner Sonya Kennedy said. “As long as we own this property, we will keep the old barn intact for all to enjoy.”
Since the publication of Meyers’ book, the city of Milton has taken ownership of the barn and plans to keep it intact. The structure sits adjacent to the Milton City Park and Preserve.
“It’s not going anywhere,” Milton Communications Director Greg Botelho said.
Each of the photos in Meyers’ book communicates something special, Williams said.
On page 54, a dilapidated barn peeks from behind overgrown foliage with broken, weatherworn beams. On page 113, a corn crib sits in a lawn of green grass between two metal barns on the Hembree homestead. On page 138, early morning sunshine fills a barn built from cypress planks with an amber glow.
“The light in that is so warm,” Williams said.
The artistry captured in each of those photos convinced Williams to track down Meyers. She contacted the shop she had purchased the book from; talked with Milton’s library, which displays his photos along a hallway wall; and finally found him.
“I kept trying to find him when I decided I wanted to give him this (painting),” she said.
Meyers said he was moved by Williams’ generosity.
“I was overwhelmed,” Meyers said. “I mean, really, the thought that someone would go to all that trouble to paint it, … and she chose to give it to me. I was just so touched.”
Meyers said he is glad Williams
Dianne Williams and Robert Meyers hold the painting his photo inspired at his Alpharetta home on Aug. 20. Williams decided to paint the barn after reading Meyers’ book.
appreciates the beauty of barns, but the old buildings represent something else to him. Over the decades, he has watched the area transform from rural farmland to a bustling suburban community.
Pastures have been replaced by golf courses, shopping centers and neighborhoods. Many of the barns he remembers have been replaced to make way for development.
“The barns that I used to know as a kid are mostly all gone, right? None of them are left,” he said. “And that’s what persuaded me that I needed to document the ones that are still here.”
As times have changed, many barns have lost their original purpose. Some, which were built to house wagons, began holding tractors and then trucks and cars. Others were inherited by farmers’ children, who turned to different occupations and sold the structures and land to developers.
“That’s sad in a way,” Meyers said.
Those that still stand, he said, deserve to be preserved or at the very least remembered.
“It’s a mix of nostalgia and missing them,” Meyers said.
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CITY OF MILTON PUBLIC NOTICE UPDATE
Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Amendment and Use of Additional Occupational Tax Revenue
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing shall be held on the 4th day of September 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Milton City Hall, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia before the Mayor and Council of the City of Milton at which time ordinances pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2024 budget amendment and decisions pertaining to the use of additional occupational tax revenue shall be sounded.
A subsequent vote to consider adoption of the amendments/use of additional occupational tax revenue will be held on the 16th day of September 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Milton City Hall.
The proposed budget amendments will be available for review at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or online at www.miltonga.gov the Thursday prior to the meeting.
This public hearing is in accordance with O.C.G.A. 36-81-5 and O.C.G.A. 48-1328. All citizens and stakeholders of Milton are invited to attend.
Robert Meyers’ photos are displayed on a wall in the public library in Milton.
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Rick Bragg’s Johns Creek session caps off September book events
By KATHY DES JARDINS CIOFFI newsroom@appenmedia.com
In just its second year, the Johns Creek Literary Fair will pull off a production of Pulitzer proportions Sept. 29 when Rick Bragg headlines the free 36-author event. Bragg, author of 11 nonfiction works, including “All Over but the Shoutin’” and, most recently, “The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People, Lost and Found,” will be in conversation with Georgia-based novelist Brian Panowich. The event also will feature a renowned panel of lawyers-turned-authors – “Legal Eagles with Scribe Vibes” – as well as 20 local writers and 10 children’s authors.
Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will headline the Johns Creek Literary Fair Sept. 29.
Details about the JCLF and other September book happenings
Saturday, Sept. 7, Lo Patrick. Atlanta
Authors presents Patrick detailing her new thriller, “The Night the River Wept,” alongside author Emily Carpenter. Bookmiser will have copies available to purchase. 2 p.m. Free. In person and online. Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., 404-612-9700. atlantaauthorsga.com
Saturday, Sept. 7, Mary McMyne signing “A Rose by Any Other Name.” Noon. Free. Read It Again Bookstore, 3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 314, Suwanee. 770-2329331. read-it-again.com
Tuesday, Sept. 10, Bookfair for Grownups. Read It Again Bookstore will partner with Gate City Brewing for a boozy book fair. 6 p.m. Free. Gate City Brewing, 43 Magnolia St., Roswell. 678-404-0961. gatecitybrewingcompany.com
Friday, Sept. 13, Poe & Company event benefitting Jesse’s House. Support the local nonprofit providing emergency shelter for adolescent girls during a Sip & Sign
Atlanta Authors Night featuring George Weinstein, Kim Conrey, Emily Carpenter, Kimberly Brock and others. 5 p.m. Stoney J’s Winery, 1506 Stoney Point Road, Cumming. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Sunday, Sept. 15, “Administrations of Lunacy” author talk with Mab Segrest. 3 p.m. Free. Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming. forsythpl.org/ event/11100456
Tuesday, Sept. 17, Martha D. Peterson, former CIA agent, recounting “The Widow Spy: My CIA Journey from the Jungles of Laos to Prison in Moscow.” 1 p.m. Free. Johns Creek Books, 6000 Medlock Bridge Road. 770-696-9999. johnscreekbooks. com
Tuesday, Sept. 17, Bob Rothman, K.A. Kirtland. A Novel Idea and Bookmiser serve up two launches: Rothman with “A Terrible Guilt” and Kirtland’s “Bleeding Sea.” 7 p.m. Free. Vintage Pizzeria, 5510
Saturday, Sept. 21, Laura Elizabeth signing “All Is Now Lost.” 1 p.m. Free. Johns Creek Books, 6000 Medlock Bridge Road. 770-696-9999. johnscreekbooks.com
Thursday, Sept. 26, Veena Rao reflects on “Purple Lotus.” 7 p.m. Free. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Friday, Saturday and Monday, Sept. 27, 28, and 30, Friends of the Roswell Library Book Sale. See website for hours. Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell. 404612-9700. forl.net
Saturday, Sept. 28, Cindy Rasicot on “This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda” and living a more powerful, compassionate life. Noon. Free. Read It Again Bookstore, 3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 314, Suwanee. 770-232-9331. read-it-again.com
Saturday, Sept. 28, Johnna Stein recaps her middle-grade novel, “Untangling Hope." 3 p.m. Free. Read It Again Bookstore, 3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 314, Suwanee. 770-232-9331. read-it-again. com
Saturday, Sept. 28, Lo Patrick, “The Night the River Wept,” with author Chris Negron. 7 p.m. Free. Poe & Company Bookstore, 1890 Heritage Walk, Suite P101, Milton. 770-797-5566. Poeandcompanybookstore.com
Sunday, Sept. 29, Johns Creek Literary Fair. Pulitzer Prize-winning Rick Bragg, in conversation with Brian Panowich, will headline the 36-author event. Noon. Free. Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater at Newtown Park, Johns Creek. johnscreekga.gov/recreation-parks/special-events/literary-fair
To submit an author event for the upcoming month, email Kathy Des Jardins Cioffi at kathydesjardins3@gmail.com by the 15th.
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Building inspectors ensure safety, consumer benefit
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — With years of experience in the construction industry, Johns Creek Building Inspector Shelby Nguyen knows pretty quickly whether a project is sound or needs fixing.
Common violations are bolts or hangers, that sort of thing.
“What generally bothers me most is when speaking with contractors coming out here … saying, ‘Hey, you need to do XYZ,’ and they do XY, but not Z,” Nguyen said. “And, so I come back out, and I’m like, ‘Why aren’t you listening to me?’”
One thing she really likes about the job is that every day is different, and that she gets to split her time between the indoors and fresher air. Nguyen covers both commercial and residential properties, and within each, mechanical, electrical and plumbing work.
This training is typical for a building inspector nowadays, a role that requires certification. Back in the day, Chief Building Official Sal Gaeta said there were more trade inspectors,
and that larger cities continue with that model, like the City of Atlanta, due to the complexity of its commercial developments. But, in Johns Creek,
Gaeta said it can’t be that granular.
“They would be sitting on their hands, to be perfectly honest,” he said.
Appen Media joined Nguyen and Gaeta on-site at a home in the Bellmoore Park subdivision, due for a new sunroom attached to the second floor. The project was still in the works, with wire exposed beneath the sunroom and materials laying around.
TV. The sunroom will be open to the main structure.
“We’re not professional,” he said. “We don’t know what [the general contractor is] doing.”
Plan review
Whether Nguyen conducts a midprogress inspection depends on the project. With a deck, something exposed and without an electrical component, Nguyen would only conduct an initial and final inspection.
Prioritizing safety
Gaeta said he’s charged by the state to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the entire public, to include a homeowner, their guests but also future owners of that same home.
“Enforcement of code is important,” Gaeta said. “The code is there for the sake of safety, and it’s a direct result of years’ worth of recognizing issues and problems.”
Nguyen was there to inspect the moisture barrier, which didn’t take very long, though the conversation lasted about an hour on that muggy afternoon and with comments from the homeowner, grateful to see the pair doing their job.
“I’m happy that you’re here,” owner Jasbir Gill said.
Gill told Appen Media he feels much better that someone was there to look at the project, intended to provide additional space to guests and another
The site plan, under the purview of Gaeta and bearing his signature, is 19 pages in length. It’s a revision to a plan previously approved, and includes illustrations, specifications and a lot of jargon in a tiny font.
Gaeta’s primary task is to ensure all permits are applied for and ultimately issued, satisfying all the governing building codes and ordinances from the state and the City of Johns Creek.
An inspection might take five minutes, a good one at least, but plan reviews are constant.
That day, Gaeta had 15 reviews due, though not a typical number. Gaeta said he issues about seven permits a day, different from a building official in a smaller jurisdiction who might issue maybe seven a month.
Most on his desk were related to a new subdivision called Ward’s Crossing off State Bridge Road, a project led by The Providence Group — a developer familiar to city staff, and whose name was also stamped on the home in Bellmoore.
“The good news for me, at least, is that they know their product,” Gaeta said. “We know their product. They’re now kind of the same drawings, just repetitive.”
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Johns Creek Chief Building Official Sal Gaeta, left, speaks with Shelby Nguyen, a building inspector with the city, about their line of work at a home in the Bellmoore Park subdivision. That day, the pair reviewed in-progress construction for the addition of a sunroom.
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MURILO SANTOS, co-owner, Boarding Pass Coffee
Boarding Pass coffee specialists share experience with Alpharetta
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — There’s no such thing as a regular cup of coffee at Boarding Pass.
“We love when someone comes in to try our coffee and says, ‘I just drink Costco coffee,’” co-owner Christine Santos said. “And then they drink ours. People will say to us, ‘I can’t go back anymore.’”
Since opening their first Boarding Pass in Milton in 2021, Christine and Murilo Santos have offered customers an international tour of coffee. The globetrotting couple’s focus on specialty coffees treats customers to a unique variety of quality beans, roasts and flavors from around the world.
The brew they sell doesn’t taste like your average cup of joe. Lurking in their java is a host of flavors, like raspberry, clove, chamomile, nougat, dried cherry and blueberry muffins.
Murilo says people often don’t realize that coffee, like wine and beer, has different flavor profiles.
Boarding Pass boasts shops in Milton, Alpharetta and Gainesville, but they source beans from a 480-acre coffee farm, 3,200 feet above sea level in Brazil. Fazenda Santana is a secondgeneration plantation about two hours from Sao Paulo run by Murilo’s family.
Mineral spring water feeds the trees there, allowing them to yield an exceptional quality and flavor.
Appreciation for quality coffee is becoming more important to residents,
Murilo said. Tastes are becoming more refined, and customers are learning the joy of parsing out subtle flavors.
“Everyone is kind of looking for some sort of connection, especially like nowadays,” Murilo said. “It’s becoming more common for people to want to know what they’re consuming.”
Although many of the roasts are derived from beans from the farm in Brazil, the couple offers roasts from around the world — Ethiopia, Peru, Kenya, Indonesia, Columbia and Costa Rica, to name a few.
“That coffee travels a long, long, long, long way to get here to us,” Murilo said.
The shop offers a passport book to customers, in which they can place unique logos representing a coffee they’ve tried along with the date it was roasted. Their downtown Alpharetta shop also features a travel-themed decor with seating reminiscent of vintage airlines and an aircraft fuselage hanging above the bar.
The Santoses receive the beans when they are still green. At their Milton location, they spend hours tasting and testing until roasts are perfect. Coffee’s complexity means a whole spectrum of flavors can be found within a single variety, depending on how it is roasted.
“It’s a mix of science, art and experience,” Murilo said.
The five house roasts, which all come from the same kind of bean from
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Christine and Murilo Santos stand behind the counter at their newest Boarding Pass Coffee location in downtown Alpharetta Aug. 22. The couple offers specialty coffees roasted inhouse at their Milton location.
Murilo Santos pulls an espresso shot at Boarding Pass’ downtown Alpharetta location on Aug. 20. The business was founded by him and his wife Christine Santos.
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the Santos farm, showcase a wide range of flavors, each a delight in its own right.
The lightest offers notes of honey and lemongrass. A darker roast tastes of dark chocolate and smoky caramel.
Boarding Pass invites customers looking for more in their coffee to explore those flavors with an hour-anda-half tasting class.
“You’re letting your tastebuds
senses work … People end up learning a lot,” Murilo said.
But for all the complexity and opportunity for sensory exploration, Christine says coffee also serves a simpler but no less important purpose.
It’s also about sharing an experience with friends and community members, which is why the business donates to local organizations like Alpharetta’s Partners for Care. They also have created a roast specially made and branded for Milton firefighters.
“It brings people together. It’s a connection point,” Christine said.
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The newest Boarding Pass location is in downtown Alpharetta.
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public forums after the 3 p.m. kickoff Aug. 25 at Milton Municipal Court off Ga. 9.
Allison Bickers, senior urban designer with Cooper Carry, outlined the three-phase process for the Deerfield Implementation Plan.
Bickers said the first phase focuses on concept plans with meetings between designers and the public through the end of October. Phase two, which runs through the end of the year, includes studying stormwater and traffic, finalizing the design and ending the development moratorium.
The final phase, culminating in May 2025, involves code revisions, recommendations and the final Deerfield Implementation Plan.
Bickers said work on the area’s design and GDOT’s Ga. 9 widening is a concurrent process, and it will create a unified version of Deerfield.
The goal of the implementation plan is to have developers and the city agree about what the vision for Deerfield looks like. Bickers said her team plans to meet with large property owners and developers to draw up the vision.
While the Deerfield Implementation Plan is slated for completion next May, it could be another four years before Ga. 9 construction resumes. Widening work halted June 11 when GDOT officials notified the city of improprieties in right-of-way and easement acquisitions.
During the Aug. 12 work session, Buscemi said the city is looking at four years before construction resumes.
“When they first designed the corridor, it was really more of a pass-through,” he said. “And now, Milton is really putting time, energy and an emphasis on the implementation plan to make this a destination.”
As it stands, the completion of the Ga. 9 widening project through Milton requires 12 months of fixing the mess and another three years of procurement and
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Site drawings tell Gaeta what he can expect when it comes to the quality of construction — if there’s attention being paid to the drawing, the same will likely go for the build-out. It’s his job to be proactive.
“...If I have very bad drawings and I did nothing about them, we could potentially have a lot of bad buildings, because these are folks that are prone to just reverting back to old habits, bad habits,” Gaeta said. “They cut corners. They don’t understand that there are newer codes.”
Codes are released every three years, adopted by the state of Georgia from the International Code Council. Gaeta said the state governs the code, but that local jurisdictions can make them more restrictive.
He offered an example of an important update. In 2009, Gaeta said there was a building code that included a span chart for lumber, which was revised because of the depletion of old growth.
“For a joist to span 12 feet, you could have easily done it with a 2-by-8, but over time, lumber has degraded in quality, especially in the states,” Gaeta
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A map shows the study area of Milton’s Deerfield Implementation Plan, which surrounds the Ga. 9, Windward Parkway and Bethany Bend corridors. The idea is to let developers know what will and won’t work for residents in the southeastern commercial area of the city.
right-of-way acquisition.
Buscemi said fixing GDOT’s Ga. 9 widening project is a two-step process: decommissioning and redesigning.
The widening project affected 30 property owners along the corridor, requiring GODT to decommission
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said, adding that newly-planted hybrid trees aren’t as structurally capable.
In 2012, he said a revision to the code called for spanning 12 feet with a 2-by-10.
Preparing for Medley
Commercial plans are more painstaking, he said, taking one to two hours, or longer, to review each one.
“When Medley comes through, I might just barricade myself in my office and be there for a week to look through about 200 pages of documents,” Gaeta said.
Medley, headed by Avalon developer Mark Toro, is a 42-acre mixed-use development characterized as a third leg to the city’s Town Center project. It will accompany the planned 21-acre Creekside Park and a new plant for biomedical engineering giant Boston Scientific.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for later this
or clean up and make repairs to affected parcels. Work includes re-sodding, fence repair and removal of silt fencing, debris and equipment.
“With the decommissioning efforts, everything is actually going pretty well in that arena,” Buscemi said.
He said GDOT received 17 responses from affected properties as of July 29, and he thinks the state agency has done a good job reaching out to residents to allow a re-entry to the properties.
“If anybody gets one of those re-entry forms in the mail and you’re at one of the affected properties, please sign it and return it to GDOT,” Buscemi said. “Otherwise, they will not go on the property and clean it up.”
He said the redesigning effort is underway with GDOT resurveying the corridor because many properties and owners have changed since it was studied a decade ago.
The good news for the Deerfield Implementation Plan and Ga. 9 residents is that GDOT has already accepted several redesign items from the city.
GDOT agreed to lower the speed limit to 35 mph, reduce travel lanes to 10.5 feet, incorporate landscaping on right-of-ways and private properties, maintain 10-foot-wide paths or sidewalks and revisit the design of crosswalks.
Some residents along the corridor, especially the Coalition Against GDOT Havoc, have asked to have sidewalk widths reduced to less than 8 feet.
While GDOT has agreed to focus on short-term repairs at the Bethany Bend intersection, other requests like a traffic light at Crooked Creek and redesign of elevation changes along the corridor are still up in the air.
Buscemi said he has doubts about GDOT making changes to the state route’s vertical profile and specific intersection enhancements.
“I don’t want the community to think we’re starting from scratch, GDOT is opening this thing up and we’re looking at changing everything on the corridor” he said. “That would just be an enormous effort that would take some time.”
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK/PROVIDED Johns Creek Building Inspector Shelby Nguyen, middle, describes to Appen Media Senior Staff Reporter Amber Perry what she’s looking for while on the job at a home in the Bellmoore Park subdivision. Meanwhile, Johns Creek Chief Building Official Sal Gaeta looked over the project.
year. The first phase, expected to open late 2026, will include around 180,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, 108,000 square feet of office space, 340 multifamily residences, 133 townhomes and an activated 25,000-square-foot plaza.
“We’re shaking in our boots right now because we want to do a good job, but we can’t drop any of this,” Gaeta said. “This still is going to carry on.”
OPINION
King Hardware stores, gone but not forgotten
Back in the days before Home Depot, Lowe’s and Ace Hardware, most towns had one or more small independent hardware stores.
Occasionally, one of those stores took off and became a large chain of stores. Today, most mom-and-pop operations and even those which expanded beyond their local boundaries are gone and forgotten. In this column I want to bring back one such group of stores and one family whose lives were shaped by the stores.
George Edward King (1851-1934) was born in Butts County in central Georgia about 45 miles from Atlanta. His father, the Rev. James Lawrence King (1819-1901), was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was a classmate of poet Sidney Lanier.
Following two economic recessions after the Civil War and a year after federal troops were withdrawn from Atlanta, King began traveling for a Baltimore metal factory calling on hardware and house furnishing companies. In 1882 he used that experience to buy a struggling grocery store at 49 Peachtree St. in Atlanta near Wheat Street –today Auburn Avenue – and converted it to a small hardware store. Next door was Asa Candler’s drug store. He later invented Coca-Cola initially using a 50-gallon kettle purchased from King. At the time, Atlanta had a population of 47,000 and 10 competing hardware stores.
The first year, King’s store lost $1,839, or about 20% of its capital. Nonetheless, George was determined to succeed and was at the store every day from 7 in the morning until 11 at night. The store gradually became successful. By the time of its gala 50th anniversary celebration in 1932, the company had grown to 13 stores. Eventually, it had 19 stores; however, the growth of big box competitors such as Home Depot eventually led to the demise of the business.
Elbert Herschel Foster (1911-1989) joined King Hardware right after graduating from high school in Sandy Springs circa 1927. His first jobs were driving a delivery truck and waiting on customers. Possessing great intelligence and a strong work ethic, he steadily moved up the corporate ladder.
In the 1960s, Herschel left King Hardware where he was assistant vice president, to open his own hardware store, Sandy Springs Hardware. Three years later, King Hardware was experiencing challenging times and asked Herschel to return as president of the company. King Hardware remained open for several years before succumbing to competition from the big box stores, and Herschel returned to his store in Sandy Springs. Eventually, it also closed due to the same pressures that had forced King Hardware to close.
Herschel married Willie Mae Pearson Foster (1910-2012) in 1931, and in 1934 they built a house on Belle Isle Road in Sandy Springs. Willie Mae was raised on a 185-acre farm on Westbrook Road in today’s Milton. Herschel and Willie Mae’s brother Henry Pearson purchased the farm from
and Willie
in the Sandy Springs Hardware Store that Herschel opened when he left King Hardware. He later returned to King Hardware as president. Herschel is holding a highly coveted golden hammer award given to him by the Stanley Tool Company.
Willie Mae’s family circa 1946 and divided the property between the two families.
Neither Herschel nor Henry were farmers. Sharecroppers raised chickens, cattle, pigs, corn and vegetables on the land while the two owners worked on the farm as time permitted. Herschel was also very involved in the community as a charter member of the Sandy Springs Rotary Club and as member of the Sandy Springs Masonic Lodge.
Herschel and Willie Mae’s son Byron Foster, a retired structural engineer who worked with NASA, and his sister Shirley Morgan inherited their parents’ property after Herschel’s death. Each built a house on the property. Byron raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for many years until he was seriously injured by the horns of a bull. He then changed to Black Angus cattle which are polled, i.e. without horns. Today, Byron has about 20 head of cattle on the property.
Three years ago, Byron and his wife Laura made their property Wildberry Creek Farm available for the Milton Historical Society’s annual fall Shindig
Reproduction of King Hardware’s first store on the corner of Auburn Avenue, then known as Wheat Street. The image was reproduced from an old engraving found in the company’s files. The store sold hardware, cutlery, guns, tin and woodenware and agricultural equipment. In subsequent years it greatly expanded its range of products. By 1957, King had 19 stores.
which honors Milton’s agricultural past with a host of fun activities for adults and children. This year’s Shindig will be Sunday, Sept. 22 from 3:30 to 7:30p.m. Byron says that he and Laura host the event every year because “We want the local community to experience the rural heritage I grew up in.”
For further information on the Shindig go online to Milton Historical Society 2024 Autumn Shindig. When asked to explain why his father was so successful at King Hardware, Byron says “My dad loved hardware and gave his all. He was a hardworking dedicated employee, and the company saw potential in him from the start and sent him to school to develop his business skills. I am very proud of his accomplishments.”
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.
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Herschel
Mae Foster stand in front of shelves
OPINION
Getting a chill means football season is nigh
It was a feeling that could best be described as “foreign,” especially with all this “suckthe-life-right-out-ofyou” humidity that has turned sitting outside on the deck with friends into a real life Sweatin’ to the Oldies.
This was a feeling that caused me to rub my hands together. It seemed like years ago since I’d had any sliver of a shiver.
I was on an early evening Harley ride and I was chilly. In an instant of self-realization, I soon discovered that a T-shirt and vest was a woeful riding wardrobe choice.
Cruising past the Dairy Queen in Dahlonega, the promo for a Blizzard gave me a welcomed chill.
PAST TENSE
Could it be? Were we moving to the pleasant autumn that means nice weather. In reality, the temperature that doesn’t induce buckets of perspiration is a spot-on indication that college football is once again upon us.
Ahhhhhh! What a great feeling!
Back to the riding. It’s been a regular 7 p.m. occurrence with good friend Jerry Nix and whoever else we can entice to a trek that will take us on a variety of routes that both relax and give us a gorgeous glimpse of a breathtaking pinkhued sunset.
These early evening rides seem to be a perfect ending to a summer day.
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Despite all the controversy about the opening ceremonies, the Paris Olympics provided some compelling moments. The closing ceremonies with Tom Cruise jumping off a cliff and out of an airplane set the table for what will be a Hollywood-themed Olympiad in four
years.
While I found the sacrilegious, offensive portion of the opening presentation something that gave Paris a black eye to start the Games, the rest of the 16 days seemed to pretty go without a major hitch.
The athletic performance was a testimony to teams and individuals striving for and (in many cases) achieving excellence in their respective events.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to develop a greater appreciation for anyone who is able to call themselves an Olympian. And despite what others wrote, I still believe Atlanta did a darned fine job in 1996, despite a lunatic’s bomb spoiling what was a celebration of Atlanta and its people.
I found the nightly dose of athletics (track and field), swimming, gymnastics and basketball entertainment that is sorely missed. My prevalent reaction
to what I viewed was “How did they do that?”
With that said, I believe having events like surfing in Tahiti, skateboarding, breaking (as in “break dancing,”) or rock wall climbing served to taint what I believe is a sport.
I know, I know there are many who will disagree.
I guess I’m just getting older and crankier.
However, a recent column about starting the school in early August struck a nerve with readers who agreed. And it’s apparent that some teachers aren’t all that thrilled with everyone having to go to summer school whether they like it or not.
Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.
Mt. Vernon Woods, right at first traffic light on Roswell Road
The land that is now Mt. Vernon Woods was once owned by Ben Burdett, owner of Burdett Realty Company. Burdett owned 400 acres on either side of Mt. Vernon Highway. In 1900, he built an 11-room home where Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church is today. (“Sandy Springs Past Tense,” by Lois Coogle)
The property was purchased by W.F. Winecoff in 1916, who donated it to Emory University in 1920. The house and 39 acres were rented and eventually purchased by Guy Sewell. The land where Mt. Vernon Woods was built was part of Burdett’s original 400 acres.
The first homes were built in 1953. The June 11, 1953, Atlanta Constitution included an advertisement for Mt. Vernon Woods. Four home styles are listed: Sutton House, Courtyard, Manor House and Early American. All homes had three bedrooms, two baths, screened porch and carport. Some homes featured a fireplace, and the Early American style had a vaulted living room.
The directions provided for Mt. Vernon Woods begin from Buckhead. From there, take Roswell Road to the Sandy Springs traffic light, turn right, and go two blocks to the property,
This Mt. Vernon Woods home once sat at the corner of Hunting Creek Road and Mt. Vernon Highway. The Curth family moved there in 1955 and the photo was taken in 1960.
which is just beyond Hammond School. This description leads to the conclusion that in 1953 there was one traffic light along Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. I-285 and Ga. 400 had not yet been built.
Chris Curth moved with his family to a Mt. Vernon Woods home in 1955. Their home was at the corner of Hunting Creek Road and Mt. Vernon Highway where the Link Counseling Center was
later built. He and his sisters walked to Hammond Elementary School, just two doors away. Hammond Elementary School was where Mt. Vernon Towers is today.
The Curth family moved to another home in the Mt. Vernon Woods subdivision in 1973, on Williamson Drive. Curth recalls, “The Mt. Vernon Woods Swimming Pool was one of the first in the area and remains a vibrant
fixture.”
A Mt. Vernon Woods advertisement in the July 1956 Atlanta Constitution described a neighborhood where homes were designed to blend with their wooded lots. Schools, churches, stores and transportation were conveniently located. The 1956 directions are the same as 1953, except that a left turn on Hunting Creek Road was added.
One home on Hunting Creek Road was described in detail.
“Attractive one-floor brick home on slightly elevated, wooded lot. The floor plan can be three bedrooms and two baths or two bedrooms and a den. The kitchen includes a breakfast bar and automatic dishwasher. There is a double carport with a storage room. All this for $22,300.”
Both the 1953 and 1956 advertisements list Spratlin, Harrington & Thomas Realtors.
The active Mt. Vernon Woods Garden Club regularly submitted notices to the Atlanta newspapers for their meetings from the late 1950s through the 1970s. In July 1957, meetings were held on Hunting Creek Road and Cherry Tree Lane. Chris Curth’s mom is listed as one of the hosts.
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.
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