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Coweta remains one of country’s fastest growing counties By Alex McRae
conomic experts agree that the current economic downturn began when a national real estate bubble burst, sending home prices plunging and signaling the start of a housing crash that still grips the nation. Communities across the country have suffered devastating economic consequences, but Coweta has fared better than most. In fact, when preliminary census projections were released in the spring of 2010, Coweta
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Homes along Stillwood Drive in Newnan’s SummerGrove neighborhood
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A home on Carriage Lane in Senoia County showed a growth rate of
what really sells customers is the
three percent and was ranked the
local quality of life.
“No matter what you want to
“We’ve really got the best of
do, it’s an easy drive,” Barron says.
U.S. with more than 10,000
both worlds down here,” Barron
“And the traffic from here beats all
population.
says. “We’ve got the small town
the alternatives. I’d advise anybody
atmosphere that not many places
to take advantage of these housing
say thanks goes largely to a steady
can match, and we’re close enough
bargains and low interest rates now.
growth in new business coupled
to the big league sports and other
Coweta has always been a great
with a coming boom in health care
attractions in Atlanta that there’s no
place to live and now it’s a bargain,
facilities and related businesses and
reason not to take advantage of
too.”
services.
both.”
49th fastest-growing county in the
Local real estate professionals
Those who have called Coweta
Barron points out that other
home for decades have marveled at
Newnan’s Lindsey’s Realty, has been
major attractions, including West
the county’s transformation. Today,
in business for 36 years and says
Point Lake and Callaway Gardens,
over 50 percent of the population
Frank Barron, president of
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are less than an hour’s drive away.
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Ivy Ridge from the $180’s Directions: I-85 south take exit 61-Peachtree City, take Hwy 74 south toward Peachtree City, right on Rockaway Rd., Left into subdivision. From Ga. HWY 85 turn on Ga. Hwy 74 and go left on Rockaway Rd. Close to Historic Senoia.
Morningside from the low $200’s Directions: I-85 south take exit 61-Peachtree City, take Hwy 74 south toward Peachtree City, right on Rockaway Rd., Left into subdivision. From Ga. HWY 85 turn on Ga. Hwy 74 and go left on Rockaway Rd. Close to Historic Senoia.
Musick Park from the low $200’s Directions: I-85 South to Exit 61 and go South on Hwy 74 towards Peachtree City. Continue South on Hwy 74 until you come to the red light at Ga Hwy 85, Take a Right and go straight across Hwy 16. Go one mile and Musick Park is on your left.
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A home on Jackson Street in Newnan commutes to work outside the county. Many have no idea that the acres of land now covered with subdivisions were once bursting with crops. From its founding in 1826 through the end of World War II, Coweta’s economy was dominated by agriculture. Local textile mills provided a steady market for local cotton planters, and Coweta’s abundant peach, corn and produce crops fed locals and supplied food for dinner tables across the region. In the 1970s, the local agricultural economy was changed A home in Senoia’s Cody Estates
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forever when I-85 opened through
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[Homes] Coweta and thousands of people lured by easy living and easy access to jobs in Atlanta and at HartsfieldJackson International Airport fell in love with the county’s rural roots and postcard-pretty small towns, including Newnan, Grantville, Moreland, Senoia, Turin, Sharpsburg and Haralson. For three decades Coweta enjoyed a real estate boom that was envied statewide. First class dining, retail and commercial offerings followed the newcomers as lifestyle choices expanded. Subdivisions anchored by golf courses and lakes became common. Horse farms multiplied and prospered. Schools sprang up to serve the swelling population, and school officials managed the growth and finances in a way that keeps Coweta’s schools consistently among
Antebellum mansions still dominate the area’s historic districts, but smaller traditional homes are abundant and a variety of low-maintenance offerings are available for those who want to spend more time on their golf game and less on mowing grass.
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RiverWood and local businessmen formed the Historic Senoia Project with the intention of creating new housing that would not only appeal to homeowners but also serve as a perfect period backdrop for Todd Strickland and John Bynum celebrate the opening of the Southern Living Idea House in Senoia. Home buyers visiting Coweta for the first time are pleased to learn
“Whether you want to live in a
that Coweta has housing to
subdivision with lots of neighbors or
accommodate every budget and
want some elbow room, all the
lifestyle. Antebellum mansions still
choices are here,” says Barron. “Plus
dominate the area’s historic districts,
there is plenty of green space and
but smaller traditional homes are
undeveloped land so things never
abundant and a variety of low-
feel crowded.”
maintenance offerings are available
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mowing grass.
In Senoia, local businessmen
for those who want to spend more
have teamed with RiverWood
time on their golf game and less on
Studios to renovate and re-energize
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filmmakers anxious to duplicate the look of America at the turn of the 20th century.
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[Homes] Beautiful landscaping ideas await visitors to the Southern Living Idea House in Senoia.
the historic downtown area. Since
RiverWood and local
positive attention that Senoia was
moving to Coweta in 1988,
businessmen formed the Historic
chosen as the site for the 2010 Idea
RiverWood has helped produce a
Senoia Project with the intention of
House, sponsored and promoted by
number of films, including The War,
creating new housing that would not
Southern Living magazine. The Idea
Pet Sematary II and Fried Green
only appeal to homeowners but also
House is expected to draw
Tomatoes.
serve as a perfect period backdrop
thousands of visitors to Senoia over
for filmmakers anxious to duplicate
the summer and fall of 2010.
Thanks to new Georgia tax incentives, RiverWood is more
the look of America at the turn of the
involved than ever in film
20th century.
production, including 2010’s Killers,
The project has been the spark
Real estate experts have long said the three keys to success are “location, location, location.” As
starring Ashton Kutcher and
for a revitalization of downtown
long as that remains true, Coweta
Katherine Heigl.
Senoia and has attracted so much
will be hard to top.
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[Homes] Favorite flowers in Jane Keith’s garden include these pansies. Opposite, Jane's peonies are offset by the shadows of her late husband Lawrence's camellias in the background. The camellias bloom five months out of the year.
Gardening Through the Seasons Story and photos by Katherine McCall
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n 1949, a young couple were
family and tended their yard. As their lives
wed in Attapulgus, Ga. on a
moved into the summer years they had more
December afternoon. They returned to
time for gardening. She began to add things
Newnan as Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Keith Jr.
here and there: peony bulbs for 49 cents from
and built a home on Second Avenue. In the
Woolworths downtown, a quince from her
spring of their married lives, they began their
grandmother. He never forgot the beautiful Coweta Living 2010-11
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Plants in the Keith garden include, clockwise from upper left, old-fashioned roses, amaryllis, Sweet William and holly.
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Directions: Highway 34 to East on Fischer Road to Hammett Circle. Minutes to I-85 and the new Piedmont Newnan Hospital.
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Daylilies, above, and ajuga and gerbera daisies, below, color the landscape of Jane Keith’s garden.
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[Homes] cleome, salvia, ajuga, chaste tree,
growers to create, and the growers
mahonia, sedum, aspidistra and
feel the joy of sharing their creation.
nandina.
Our climate allows for many choices
Today Jane gardens by herself,
for the “growers” to include in their
but the presence of Lawrence is
beds and borders. These can be
there in the plants. A bed beside the
shared with the “arrangers” to be cut
front door, originally Lawrence’s
for a large spray or small posy to
camellia bed,
grace their
has become
interiors.
Jane’s “little
The
bed” where
following plant
Lenten roses,
list is
iris,
specifically for
agapanthus,
Coweta County
Stella D’Oro
and is
daylilies,
arranged
spiderwort,
loosely by
rudbeckia
bloom time
and gerbera
and includes
daisies
many of the
bloom. As
plants in the
Jane Keith’s
Keith yard.
garden so beautifully illustrates,
(Bulbs and Lenten roses
hellebores are listed with the
here in
perennials
Coweta
since they
County our gardening lives aren’t
usually return year after year. There
limited by the seasons, as there is
may be some instances when your
something in bloom every season.
perennials behave like annuals and
Jane joined the Driftwood
vice versa.)
Garden Club in 1963, and she says
When choosing any plant for
the group has always been divided
your garden, consider how it will fit
equally between “arrangers” and
with the rest of your plantings in
“growers.” It is a symbiotic
addition to requirements such as
relationship; the arrangers need the
light and soil type.
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Cutting Garden List for Coweta County* SPRING
SUMMER
(March, April, May)
(June, July, August)
Perennials: Daffodil Hyacinth Iris Lenten Rose Lily of the Valley Peony Ranunculus Snowflake Solomon’s Seal Spanish bluebell Tulip Vines: Clematis
Passion fruit Wisteria Shrubs: Azalea indica Flowering quince Forsythia Viburnum Trees: Dogwood Flowering fruit trees: Cherry, pear, crabapple Mock Orange
Perennials Agapanthus Allium Balloon flower Bishop’s Hat Cleome Coreopsis Cosmos Crocosmia Dahlia Daisy Foxglove Honeysuckle Hosta Lady’s mantle Lavender Money Plant
Poppy Purple Coneflower Sunflower Wild Indigo Zinnia Shrubs: Gardenia Hydrangea
FALL
WINTER
(September, October, November)
(December, January, February)
Perennials: Aster Blackberry Lily China Lanterns Chrysanthemum Japanese Anemone Pansy Roses Spider Lily Toad Lily
Shrubs: Fatsia Forsythia Holly Mahonia Nandina Redtwig Dogwood Winter Hazel Winter Honeysuckle Wintersweet Witch Hazel
Shrubs: Beautyberry Camellia japonica Camellia sasanqua Tea Olive
*This list is by no means complete. It is a list of some suggestions compiled with the assistance of The Southern Living Garden Book, edited by Steve Bender, Garden Bouquets and Beyond, by Suzy Bales, The Peachtree Garden Book: Gardening in the Southeast, edited by Olive Robinson and published by Peachtree Garden Club, Atlanta, GA, and personal experience. 26 | Coweta Living 2009-10 Coweta Living 2010-11
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JANE KEITH’S GARDEN TIPS: • When purchasing peony bulbs make sure the bulb has at least 3 to 5 eyes to ensure early and plentiful blooms. • ‘Becky’ daisy is the best Shasta daisy, as it has strong stems and foliage. • To root old fashioned sweetheart roses, prune in February and save some long stems, put them 12 inches in the ground and keep watered.
Gnarly bark of an old oak is highlighted by the deep green of the rhododendrons whose blooms will come out midsummer.
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