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July 10, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 32, No. 28
North Fulton tops economic study Growth, jobs key By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
Rahly Osenbaugh and coach Eric Bohnstedt share a laugh during warm-ups.
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Skaters travel to Alpharetta to compete Come from as far as New York By KRISTINA BAK kristina@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Young girls sporting pretty dresses, famous ice skaters and dozens of vendors and volunteers packed The Cooler in Alpharetta for the Atlanta Open figure skating competition June 12-14. The three-day event hosted by the Atlanta Figure Skating Club (AFSC) boasted over 400 competitors from the ages of 6
to 50 of all skill levels. The skaters competed in various categories that included ice dance, showcase and pairs team in addition to the more popular short and long program. The AFSC has hosted this competition for more than 30 years. “We have skaters from South Florida all the way up to New York,” said Christi Fisher, competition chair for the AFSC. AFSC was also named host of the 2015 South Atlantic Re-
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Timothy Dolensky smiles for the camera before he takes the ice.
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NORTH FULTON – A new study shows North Fulton’s cities lead Georgia in leading economic growth factors new workers, employment and median income growth. Perhaps surprisingly Johns Creek was No. 1 among Georgia cities. Sandy Springs (No. 8), Roswell (No. 11) and Alpharetta (No. 13) also shone well, and taken as a group they provide convincing evidence for the economic strength of the region. The study, conducted by NerdWallet, looked at the growth in Georgia between 2009 and 2012 in three areas: working age population; employment growth; and median income growth. Johns Creek scored highest among Georgia cities (the score was based on 1/3 for each of the three categories. Growth among workingage residents in Johns Creek “blew the curve,” coming in at 39.1 percent over the four years of data studied. That translates into 17,000 new residents 16 and older who moved there during the years of the study. While Johns Creek showed zero employment growth, that was during the height of the recession when Georgia lost thousands of
We want to show the people where growth is occurring in their state and how their city is doing compared to their neighbors.” MAGGIE CLARK NerdWallet Analyst
jobs. Most cities showed negative growth in that area. Johns Creek median income grew 6.9 percent. Among North Fulton cities Alpharetta grew only 1.5 percent, which NerdWallet analyst Maggie Clark said was as much a factor of Alpharetta’s high median income it already possessed. “Cities on the rise are those that are showing growth in those three critical areas related to economic growth – worker population, employment growth and median income,” Clark said. “The audience for this study is the general consumer. We want to show the people where growth is occurring in their state and how their
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