City of Chattahoochee Hills

I wanted to share some thoughts today on the history and intent of our zoning, and how the reality of development pressures and legal realities will impact us in Chattahoochee Hills.

South Fulton Parkway was built as an economic development driver; it was lobbied for by members of this community to bring development opportunities here.

Our comprehensive plans and zoning have acknowledged from the beginning that there was no possibility of preventing development from happening in what has since become the City of Chattahoochee Hills. The goal has always been to save as much as possible of the rural landscape, character, and community here, but in the context of the development that is inevitable.

Our Comprehensive Plan says: “City residents recognize that coming development pressure must be channeled into an acceptable form that fits the city’s vision and enhances the city’s tax base. Therefore, the village, hamlet and AG-1 vision for the city (from the Focus Fulton 2025 Plan) was revised into a Town, Village, Hamlet form integrated with traditional rural/agricultural development... Outside of the intentionally densely developed mixed-use nodes – Village and Hamlets – the city’s rural character will be preserved, with a strong focus on allowing agricultural uses and preservation of the rural public realm and rural vistas that are highly valued by the community.”

Some may not have been involved or even here yet during those conversations, and some may have forgotten conversations they were involved in or even changed their stance between then and now. None of that changes the reality that development is all around us, and it is coming here. Our best possible outcome is to manage it thoughtfully.

You can look across every border of Chattahoochee Hills and see that development happening. While our success in keeping the wrong sort of development from happening here over the course of the 15 years since we've become a city may make it seem as if we can just prevent change altogether, that's just not true.

The quadrant of the Atlanta region that we are in is the last mostly undeveloped area in all of Atlanta. According to the Atlanta regional Commission, the region is expected to add two million additional residents in the next 25 years. There is no way for us to escape the impacts of all of those new people coming to the region.

Unfortunately, one of the greatest development pres- sures in our area is for distribution warehouses. You can see that both along South Fulton Parkway and in Palmetto. Between the two, over 30 million square feet of warehouses have been or are in the process of being built. Each one of those is expected to create over 700 semi-truck/trailer trips per day, per million square feet. That's 21,000 semi trips per day, just around us in South Fulton. But there is obviously huge demand for additional housing as well. All of those additional people have to go somewhere. And we hold the closest undeveloped land that's left in metro Atlanta. Investors bought huge tracts of land along South Fulton Parkway in anticipation of the development possibilities that the Parkway was built to encourage.

Jurisdictions around us that don't have our kind of protective zoning have typical residential subdivisions popping up on every single parcel where it is physically possible. A quick drive down Tommy Lee Cook Rd. proves the point. New developments have been permitted on almost every parcel, and many are already under construction. Unlike in Chattahoochee Hills, they are not buffered, they are not required to preserve open space, and they're allowed even on small parcels. In 20 years, there will be nothing rural left between us and Newnan. The same is true to our west in Douglas County. What’s happening to our east in the city of South Fulton and in Palmetto is very different from what our plan allows, given the number of hastily built rental-home communities and warehouses that have been permitted, some of which are already under construction.

So, if we're going to have development, what makes it different here in Chattahoochee Hills? Several things:

First and foremost, the fact that 70% of the land will be permanently protected from development, while the development that does occur is compressed into the remaining 30%, is baked into everything we do. The addition of our buffering requirements makes sure that most of that development will barely be visible, so most of the community will continue to look and feel as it does today, regardless of ongoing development.

That's not to say that there won't be an impact; obviously, there will be many impacts. Some of those, like the traffic that new developments bring, will not be pleasant. That's just a fact. But the benefit of the sort of dense, walkable, mixed-use development that we require is that it creates far less traffic. The fact that residents can walk their kids to school, walk to restaurants, walk to work, and walk to services, all internal to the development that they live in, means that there are far fewer trips outside, and far less impact on the surrounding communities. Serenbe is a great example, with residents averaging somewhere be- tween 3 and 4 vehicle trips per household per day (amazingly, this includes both construction traffic and “tourist traffic”). This compared to an expectation of 10 to 11 trips per household per day in an “typical” suburban subdivision. We expect the same trends in the future hamlets and villages we will use to absorb most development here.

This type of development is also very beneficial to the municipality from an income-to-expense-ratio perspective. Dense building creates a lot of property tax and requires less in infrastructure and service costs. Serenbe is already a great example, having disturbed fewer than 200 acres with development, or about half a percent of our overall land mass, yet Serenbe produces over half of our city’s local taxes, while remaining largely invisible to the rest of the city. By any definition, this is an example of “smart growth.”

The proposed movie studio is another example we must seriously consider. The plan shows that the buildings will not be visible from the road, and the impacts are very low for the amount of revenue it will generate for the City. If approved, it will almost triple our property tax receipts at build out. That money would allow us to do several things. For one, we will be able to reduce property tax rates on everyone as a result. We will be able to pave more of our roads. And we'll be able to have more public safety personnel to mitigate the impacts of all the people traveling through our city from the development that's happening all around us. It would require almost 10,000 average homes to create that same tax impact; imagine even half that number of homes and associated cars when you think about this proposed studio.

And we need that tax revenue. We do not have enough money to keep our roads from deteriorating. We do not have enough money to have the number of police officers on duty that we really need to service a town this large in the face of the changes around us (irrespective of the fact that we're doing so much better than we ever could have under Fulton County). While a few people have said to me, “I’m happy to pay more in taxes,” the reality is I get far more complaints that our taxes are too high, and they are high compared to many of our peers in Fulton County.

The good news is that we do have developments coming that are designed to fit our zoning. We’re expecting to receive our first Village application soon. This will also feel scary to a lot of people in that it will have dense mixed-use development on a fairly small parcel of land on the Parkway. But it will also create the first funding for our TDR program (about which I will write more next month), which is the other important component of our whole plan, because the benefits that it creates for non-developing landowners who want to maintain the rural character where they live.

Based on current estimates, this program will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the people living on the approximately 26,000 acres in our city (of our 38,000) to NOT develop. They can use that money to pay off their mortgage (or for whatever they want), and the resulting conservation easements on their land will permanently reduce their property taxes. We're the only jurisdiction in the region that has even tried to do something so bold. The simple reality is that in most of the Atlanta region, small landowners have been forced off of their land by ever-increasing taxes as development fills in around them. And in most of those towns around us, 90% of the land is eventually developed. There's simply no possibility of any rural community being left in those circumstances.

Nothing is perfect. But the plan crafted by wise generations of thoughtful Chattahoochee Hills residents working with the nation's foremost experts on the subject of land preservation is far and away better than anything ever attempted in the region and is absolutely our best hope at creating an outcome that's different from what is happening in literally every community around us. Development that is higher in revenue and lower in impact fits what our community agreed upon years ago, so we aren’t compromising or giving anything away to big developers. This has been the plan all along, as anyone can see by looking at our Comprehensive Plans over the years.

We are sticking to our plan while our neighbors let their communities get paved over, because they did not form plans, and are therefore helpless to prevent it. But we are definitely at an inflection point. If we ignore the long-established intent and thus-far successful implementation of our zoning, and instead try to just say “no” to developments that fit the vision we have articulated, some may feel they’ve won a temporary victory, but we all will lose in the long run. Georgia is a property-rights state. Developers who are prevented from doing what the zoning allows them to do can sue, and they will win, and such victories would strip us of our protective zoning. If we want the warehouses, garbage dumps, and rental subdivisions that are the norm in the rest of South Fulton, then resisting instead of intelligently absorbing development is the best way to be sure that we get them. But I'm committed to working for a better outcome, because I love this City and it is so important to get it right.

With hope for our City’s future,

Tom Reed

"Hooting for Hootie" 42nd addition to the Chatt Hills Barn Quilt Trail

Added to the Chattahoochee Hills Charter School at 9670 Rivertown Rd, Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30213.

Learning is in our Nature

In 2008, residents of Chattahoochee Hills had a dream to create educational opportunities for all children that would reflect the community’s values of sustainable agriculture, environmental awareness, and art appreciation.

Through their hard work, determination, and collaboration with partners and funders, their dream was realized in 2012 when the Fulton County School Board approved the Chattahoochee Hills Charter School (CHCS).

When selecting a barn quilt for their campus, CHCS looked for a pattern that would honor their school mascot, Hootie the Owl. They customized a pattern called "Owl's Well that Ends Well," and named it "Hooting for Hootie."

a way of making learning fun. But integrated into that learning model is a curriculum that meets the standards for learning as identified by the state of Georgia, national curriculum standards, and local system objectives. Now in its 10th school year, CHCS has proven results as stated in is mission and goal:

In a typical day at CHCS, a student can explore the school’s bird sanctuary to gather data and be inspired to show that data as a piece of art. While caring for farm animals, a child can be guided to a connection that might help him or her better understand a concept in math. An observation made in a notebook on the first day of school may inspire meaningful writings a student can develop throughout the year. CHCS students have a voice in the direction lessons may go, as their curiosity also inspires the teachers. This type of curricular culture develops a sense of community and fellowship that is the bedrock of meaningful learning.

If it sounds more like a vacation than a school, you might be right in that the experiential learning model has

• Our mission is to inspire all of our children to the highest levels of academic achievement through a rigorous curriculum that integrates the wonders of the natural world.

• Our goal is for our students to cultivate the capacity to achieve a meaningful, healthy, flourishing life that embodies responsibility, stewardship, and experimental engagement with the arts, agriculture, and environment in informed, imaginative, and rigorous ways.

For more photos and the host's heritage story, visit: https://www.chatthillsbarnquilttrail.com/chatt-hills-charterschool.html. For a map of the Chatt Hills Barn Quilt Trail, visit: www.chatthillsbarnquilttrail.com/tour-the-trail.html.

GreyStone Power Fiber Internet Presentation

Nadia Faucette, GreyStone Power VP of Engineering, gave a presentation on GreyStone’s Internet Fiber Project at the EMC’s Spring Member Advisory Committee Meeting on April 13. The presentation is available on the Dist. 3 website and will also be available on the Chattahoochee Hills’ website soon. The text is provided below.

The Pilot Areas

The fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) pilot project will span hundreds of miles of aerial and underground fiber, bringing fiber-to-the-home coverage to unserved and underserved members. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, with the first customers anticipated to be connected in 2024. The pilot area includes parts of southern Fulton County, southern Douglas County, portions of eastern Carroll County and a small section of southern Paulding County. (As previously announced, the City of Chattahoochee Hills will be included in the pilot area.) These areas currently have providers bringing cable, wireless, satellite, and other forms of internet to our members, but not fiber. We would be the first to bring high-speed, reliable fiber internet to these areas.

What is Fiber to the Home

• Our fiber-to-the-home method uses our electric infrastructure (grid) to overlay with fiber-optic cable and offer lightning-fast speeds and reliability in an efficient way that allows the cooperative to provide world-class internet speeds at affordable prices.

• Building this FTTH network is generally a multi-year intensive project encompassing numerous steps and efforts.

Why Fiber? Robust, dependable, future-proof

• Communications transmission gold standard

• Superior to other media (copper, fixed wireless) on multiple fronts: o Bandwidth capabilities o Transmission speed/distance o Reliability o Scalability

• Connects multiple devices without delays or interruptions

• Enables benefits of smart grid capabilities to the electrical infrastructure

• Supports HD-quality voice service, unlimited data, and HD streaming capabilities

Community Benefits of Fiber

• Transforms daily life with new opportunities

• Effective remote learning

• Convenient telemedicine

• Work-from-home interoffice connectivity

• Economic development and growth

• Improved real estate market and home prices

What Sets Us Apart from the Competition? The power of symmetrical speed Network will be symmetrical:

• Identical upload and download speeds - 2,000 Mbps (2 Gigabit) down and up

• Fast upload speeds are critical for video conferencing, online gaming, and sharing large files.

• Other networks promise speed but don’t deliver: o Downloads are fast – 25 Mbps o Uploads are not – 3 Mbps

What will GreyStone’s FTTH project timeline look like?

1. Make Ready Engineering

2. Make Ready Construction (on-going now)

3. Fiber Construction

4. Splicing

5. Service Drop

6. Drop Splicing

7. Home or Business Installation

Making Life Better for our Members

Fiber brings with it many benefits. We’re thrilled to transform the lives of members in our area who have been unserved or underserved by other providers.

Chatt Hills Parks Commission Hosts Volunteers for “Sweep the Hooch 2023” By Pat Lesko

Great camaraderie and delightful spring weather were the order of the day for volunteers who participated in Sweep the Hooch 2023 on March 25th. This was the 13th year that the non-profit Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) organized the annual trash cleanup at various parks, tributaries, and access points along 200 miles of the Chattahoochee River. Parks Commission members hosted two of this year’s 62 sites.

The first site was Campbellton Park at the northern tip of our city, which features a boat ramp and the historic Beavers House. There, four members of the Parks Commission, Roland Alston (Team Leader), Chip Denton (Co-Leader), Pat Lesko, and Clifford Blizard, were joined by City Councilmember Camille Lowe, Joe Schoofs, Pichaya Denton, and the Krisel family: Howie, Erica, Aaron (12), Jesse (9) and Sarina (9).

The second site was the Hwy 166 GA DNR boat ramp, where Parks Commissioner Diana Wilson (Team Leader), Mayor Tom Reed, and

Steve Mapel were joined by some 40 employees of Cox Conserves, a part of Cox Enterprises. Although the Hwy 166 boat ramp is in Atlanta, not Chatt Hills, it is a popular river put-in site for day-tripping paddlers who wish to exit the river at Campbellton Park. Volunteers were well provisioned with trash bags, trash grabber tools, work gloves, and a souvenir “Sweep the Hooch 2023” bandana by CRK and with drinking water and high-energy snacks by the Team Leaders. Both teams enthusiastically filled many bags with the usual debris: discarded cans, bottles, food packaging, and fishing tackle. In addition, a total of 25 tires were collected at the two sites, and the signature find of 2023 was a portable basketball hoop and backboard.

Final numbers reported by CRK for 2023 indicate another record year for Sweep the Hooch. In all, 1,400 volunteers collected 32 tons of trash, plus another 2.8 tons were recycled. This was the second highest amount ever.

This year’s Sweep the Hooch was not all work and no play. At the end of Cochran Road, the Campbellton Park team was greeted by Glen Vann of Glen and Kelly’s Llama Farm and introduced to a menagerie of horses, llamas, alpacas, goats, and dogs. Glen then graciously offered to take weary workers back up the hill in his antique Ford truck. The Llama Farm is the northernmost point on the Chatt Hills Barn Quilt Trail. (https://www. chatthillsbarnquilttrail.com/)

My Experience with an Electric Bike Conversion

I’ve been pondering the purchase of an e-bike ever since a family of four, including two pee-wee kids, zoomed past me up a steep hill on the Dirty Sheets gravel road route.

That was two years ago. I had just purchased a gravel road bike to augment my paved-road cycling and was still getting the hang of it. My pace was slow, I had to walk some of the hills, and the jarring of the road made my arthritic hands ache. I figured I’d get used to it over time, but I never did.

Then my husband purchased a new gravel road bike for himself this year, and I wanted to start riding with him. I called the local bike stores to learn about e-bike options and got a lesson in reality: a good gravel road e-bike starts around $9,000. I asked if they had other options, and was told their entry-level e-bikes start at $3,200, but most likely they would lack the battery power to ride our hilly roads for hours on end.

E-BIKE CONVERSION KITS

I was just about to give up on owning an e-bike when my husband said, “Let me see if I can make you one.” Apparently, he had researched e-bike conversion kits and found the perfect one on Amazon for around $1,000.

The geek-speak description went something like this: BAFANG BBS02B, 48V, 750W, Mid Drive Kit with Battery Optional 8 fun eBike Conversion Kit with LCD Display & Chainring Mid Drive Electric Bike Kit fit 68-73MM Bottom

By: Laurie Searle

Bracket Bike.

When I asked my husband to translate, he said, the motor fits in the middle section of your bike, the battery fits on a rack on the back of your bike, and a lever is mounted to the handlebar that lets you select no assistance or between nine levels of assistance (meaning, it helps you to go faster while you pedal).

What sealed the deal for me was my husband offered to install the conversion kit on his old mountain bike for me, so I would still have my new (and barely used) mountain bike if I didn’t like it.

The Conversion Process

Asking my husband to explain the conversion process would be like asking a surgeon to explain an operation. Nothing he could say would make sense to me. So, he used “KISS” to “Keep It Simple, Sweetheart.”

He said, “You remove the old components, keep track of all of the little parts and the order they came off, then you add the new components, and reinstall most of the old parts.”

Actually, there was an excellent instruction manual that referenced an online video that made it easy – at least for someone with mechanical experience.

He completed the conversion process in just a few hours, and then we went on a short 6-mile ride on the gravel road to try it out.

The Results

I admit, my trial ride was a little bumpy as I got used to the e-bike. For one thing, the level 1 assist seemed a bit too “jumpy” for me. It seemed like a horse race when they called, “On your mark, get set, go!” and then they were off.

My husband fixed that by adjusting the assist levels. The other thing that took a bit of getting used to was the bike had put on some weight, like about 20 pounds. That extra weight actually gave me more “purchase” on the gravel road, especially when going on the fast downhills. But it was heavy enough that I wouldn’t be able to lift it onto a bicycle rack. Guess that’s another job for my husband.

After our trial ride, I felt pretty good about the bike and was anxious to try it out in the Barn Quilt Round-Up bike ride scheduled a few days later.

BARN QUILT ROUND-UP BIKE RIDE

On the Day of the event, it was colder than all get out. Well, actually it was only 40 degrees but it felt much colder because the temperature during our trial ride was 60 degrees. Luckily, Santa had brought us both cold-weather bike clothes a few years ago, so we were well prepared.

We opted to ride our own course instead of one of the three courses led by guides, since we knew where all of the barn quilts were located because we had installed them.

My e-bike worked wonderfully throughout the 24-mile course we rode. On the gravel portion, it easily went up the hills in level 1 or 2 assist, and I only got stuck once when I had stopped on a hill to take a picture of a barn quilt, and the bike was a little too heavy to start from a stand-still. Later, my husband said that is what the other level is for: I can press and hold it, and it will give a little extra boost.

On the paved roads it also worked well, and for the first time, thanks to the e-assist, I was able to make it up the long, long, hills on Hutcheson Ferry Rd without heaving and panting.

I used levels 1 & 2 assist for about half of the ride and then turned the assist off on the mostly flat part of the ride. There I learned that, as good as the e-bike is when the motor is activated, it’s a heavy little beast when the motor is shut off. That’s more noticeable on the paved roads, for some reason, but I figure when I want to ride the paved roads, I’ll just ride my road bike.

During the last part of the ride, I was trying to come up with a name for my bike, because, well, I name everything. My first choice was “Skippy” because the bike jumps a little when it starts with assist, and because it reminded me of “Skippy the Magnificent,” an artificial intelligence character in a sci-fi series we read. But after thinking about my husband who can put anything together, I decided to name it “MacGyver,” after the fictional tv character who can make anything work with the items at hand.

For more information on the BAFANG BBS02B e-bike adapter kit, and other e-bike options, visit: https://bafangusadirect.com

Fulton County Library: Check Out the Free Digital Resources

By: Laurie Searle

Several years before the pandemic, visiting the library was a weekly ritual for me. During my lunch break at work, I’d grab a quick bite then head to the nearby library and spend a quiet 30 minutes scanning the newest magazines. While there, I’d check out an audiobook to listen to my car’s CD player during my long commute. Back home in Chatt Hills, I’d visit our Community Brickworks’ Library to stock up on videos to play at home and during our vacation trips.

As technology improved I discovered e-books, which could be read on a Kindle device, and audiobook subscription services like Audible.com, which could be listened to on a mobile phone. Both my husband and I became hooked on these digital resources, which soon put a dent in our monthly “just for fun” allowance.

Then last week, my husband was searching online for a musical publication and happened to land on the Fulton County Library website. There he discovered an extensive digital library that included e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and videos – all free with the use of a library card.

How to Navigate the "Digital" Stacks

First things first. You’ll need a library card to check out the digital resources and e-collections (referred to as “the digital stacks”). If you don’t already have one, you can sign up for a library card at any Fulton County library branch, or you can sign up to receive a temporary card on the Fulton County Library website. You may use the temporary card to immediately check out items from the digitial stacks; however, you’ll need to pick up your permanent library card within 30 days.

Sign up here for a temporary card: www.fulcolibrary.org, scroll halfway down the page and click "get a fulco library card now!", and then complete the online registration.

Once you have your library card, log into the website www.fulcolibrary.org, scroll halfway down the page and click "Digital Library". From there, you can explore all that the library has to offer.

However, if your primary interest is in e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and videos, a more direct approach will take you to the screen below:

Navigate to: https://fulcolibrary.overdrive.com/ and then select "Collections" from the horizontal menu:

A Review of the Digital Catagories

SPECIAL combines e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and vidoes into three subcategories: Spanish, Kids, and Teens. This seems convenient for those audiences; however, a subcateory for “Seniors” would be appreciated.

EBOOKS are offered in three formats: Kindle Book, OverDrive Read (the library’s free browser app for reading e-books online or off-line), and EPUB (an app to read e-books on your smartphone, tablet, e-reader, or computer.) E-book subcategories include: New Books, Comics & Graphic Novels, Georgia Authors, African American History & Literature, Try Something Different, and See All. When an e-book is selected, it provides a description, details, and options to read a sample or borrow the e-book for 7, 14, or 21 days. I selected an e-book to read in my browser and it was well formatted and easy to use. The total number of pages are listed at the bottom of the screen, and left and right arrows are provided for turning the pages.

AUDIOBOOKS are offered in two formats: OverDrive Listen audiobook (this app is also available for smart phones) and MP3 audiobook. The subcategories include: New audiobook additions, Audiobooks under three hours, Audiobooks under six hours, Try something different, Available now, Family road trip audiobooks, and New teen additions. When an audiobook is selected, it provides details, and options to listen to a sample or borrow the audiobook for 7, 14, or 21 days. As any fan of audiobooks will tell you, the narrator can make or break the enjoyable experience, so having the opportunity to listen to a sample is a must have. Also, worthing noting is when you click on the name of the author or narrator, a page displays with all of their available audiobooks. I selected an audiobook to listen to from my browser, and it had a similar user interface as the e-book, with total time of the book, and left and right arrows for moving ahead or rewinding by one minute. The one feature I didn’t see that I love on Audible.com is the ability to slow down the speed of the narrator. I find that feature indispensable when listening to fast-talking narrators.

MAGAZINES are offered in the OverDrive Magazine format. This is similar to the online version of our Chatt Hills News publication that shows a view of each page and allows you to turn the page by clicking the mouse. It also provides a thumbnail image of each page along with its page number at the bottom of the screen. In that way you can click on any page to access it. The subcategories are listed by subject and offer a wide variety from cooking, home & garden, health & fitness, news & politics, sports, and hobbies to name a few. When a magazine is selected, it provides details, and options to select another issue or borrow the magazine for 7, 14, or 21 days. I selected several of my favorite magazines including Good Housekeeping, Love of Quilting, and Outside. Having free access to my favorite magazines could be a game changer; however, several of my favorite topics (like sports, history, and literature) are a bit underrepresented.

VIDEOS are offered through Kanopy, a free on-demand streaming video platform for public and academic libraries. Kanopy movies can be streamed from a variety of different platforms to mobile devices, tablets, and TVs equipped with Roku, Amazon Fire, and Android TV-based devices. After you sign up for Kanopy with your library card, you may watch up to 10 films a month and receive unlimited plays on Kanopy Kids and The Great Courses. There are too many categories to mention, but few listed include Newly added Movies, Documentaries, World Cinema, Series. I selected a movie to watch on my desktop computer, and it was every bit as good as watching it on my home tv.

Options for Those With No Internet

The free digital library may be accessed from any Fulton County library branch, and from the Community Brickworks Library at Chatt Hills City Hall which offers two new public computers equipped with high-speed internet access.

Every Wednesday, 7-9:00pm

Get in Your Creative Flow with Figure Drawing Sessions!

StudioSwan llc | 6401 Campbellton Redwine Rd, Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268

Email you are coming to: info@studioswan.com.

All Saturdays at 2:30 pm

Serenbe Farms Tour

8715 Atlanta Newnan Rd, Chatt Hills, GA 30268

Tickets $15 (Children under 3 free) https://bit.ly/3YI1Tnb

Serenbe Farms is a small, diversified certified organic farm located in the Serenbe community and surrounded by the rural oasis of the Chattahoochee Hill Country, just 30 miles southwest of Atlanta.

Learn how Serenbe Farms uses sustainable practices to grow and harvest more than 300 varieties of heirloom and hybrid vegetables, herbs, and flowers. They harvest more than 60,000 lbs of produce a year to feed the Serenbe Community!

Contact ian@serenbefarms.com for more information. Access parking through the main Serenbe Farms entrance at 8715 Atlanta-Newnan Road, or park on Serenbe Lane in Grange to come through the neighborhood entrance. Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred.

Join us Wed. 10-11am

Kundalini Yoga - Nervous System Healing

Fridays, 5:30-8:30pm

Farmhouse Fridays: Live Music & Drinks On The Porch

10950 Hutcheson Ferry Rd, Chatt Hills, GA 30268

Free

The Farmhouse invites you to start the weekend with them. Grab a drink from The Farmhouse Bar and enjoy the ambience of warm weather and live music on the wraparound porch.

Located in the Community Art Room in Chatt Hills City Hall, 6505 Rico Rd, Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268 $20 a class

Join Plare in a weekly one-hour, kundalini yoga immersion to repair and strengthen the nervous system. Modern life and its incessant demands put a strain on our body's nervous system. With Kundalini yoga, we will practice slowing down and using our body's natural tools to heal. Please bring your own material to sit on and water. Head covering recommended (hats, hoodies, scarves, turbans are traditional). Beginners welcome!

Piare is a certified level 1 Kundalini Yoga instructor. Questions? Contact Pare at 404-916-0295 info@studioswan.com.

Sat & Sun, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Weekend Wine Flights at The Wine Shop at Serenbe

9135 Selborne Lane, Chattahoochee Hills, GA

Excited to announce Weekend Wine Flights at the wine shop! Each week 3 new wines will be featured and paired with light bites. Served Saturday and Sunday, 2-5pm, $30 per person: no ticket or reservation needed. Stop by and see us!