Community FACTBOOK 2011
City on the move Redevelopment project targets rundown areas By Jon Gillooly
Mayor Tommy Allegood has partnered Acworth with the Marietta Housing Authority to relocate 60 families and then tear down the rundown area in which they lived and build a $12 million senior living facility.
jgillooly@mdjonline.com
ACWORTH — Mayor Tommy Allegood is excited about the redevelopment efforts under way in his city of 20,425 residents. Acworth, working in partnership with the Marietta Housing Authority, has relocated 60 families from the old rundown housing authority units on School Street, Moon Street, Carruth Street and Winn Street. The families have been given Section 8 vouchers allowing them the opportunity to move into better housing conditions anywhere they desire, he said. “All the old housing authority units are being torn down and the property will be redeveloped for the betterment of the entire community,” said Acworth City Manager Brian Bulthuis.
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Staff/Laura Moon
Currently the city, housing authority and Walton Properties have entered into an agreement to redevelop the four acres on Carruth Street into a $12 million senior living facility with 108 units, with construction beginning in
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acworth City Hall
City manager
Address: 4415 Senator Russell Ave. Acworth, Ga, 30101 Phone: 770-974-3112 Web site: www.acworth.org
Brian Bulthius Phone: 770-974-3112 E-mail: bbulthuis@acworth.org
Mayor Tommy Allegood Phone: 770-974-3112 E-mail: tallegood@acworth.org
Board of Aldermen Albert “Butch” Price, Post 1 Phone: 770-974-4321 E-mail: bprice@acworth.org Gene Pugliese, Post 2 Phone: 678-801-4004 E-mail: gpugliese@acworth.org Bob Weatherford, Post 3 Phone: 770-974-3533 E-mail: bweatherford@acworth.org Tim Richardson, Post 4 Phone: 678-801-4009 E-mail: trichardson@acworth.org Tim Houston, Post 5 Phone: 770-917-1883 E-mail: thouston@acworth.org The Board of Aldermen meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of every month in the council chambers of City Hall.
Police Chief Michael G. Wilkie Phone: 770-974-1232 Address: 4400 Acworth Industrial Drive, Accworth, Ga. 30101
City Hall Estimated population in 2009: 19,910 Median age: 32.3 years Household Populations: 19,327 Average Household Size: 2.77 Total Housing Units: 7,730 Owner-occupied Housing Units: 5,147 Renter-occupied Housing Units: 1,828 Vacant Housing Units: 755 Labor Force (16 years and older): 10,385 Median Family Income, as of 2009: $60,062 — Source: U.S. Census Bureau’s Census 2009 Demographic Profile
MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL l SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011 l MDJONLINE.COM