Chili fall days Cookoffs around town ►►PAGE 6
Baccalaureate program
International program gives North Fulton students edge ►►PAGE 12
The wait is almost over Avalon set to open Thursday, Oct. 30 ►►PAGE 20
Cambridge HS homecoming
King and queen glowed at coronation ceremony ►►PAGE 21
October 29, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 9, No. 43
Participants from Cambridge HS, Northwestern MS, Hopewell MS, Mill Springs Academy and Cogburn Woods ES joined Forsyth residents and Milton Grows Green volunteers to help in the beautification of local waterways. Together, they collected more than 2,000 pounds of trash.
Milton’s rivers come alive Volunteers clean up city MILTON, Ga. – Milton’s Rivers Alive annual water and roadways clean-up was held Saturday, Oct. 18 at Bailey Farm and Gardens on Hickory Flat
Road. Nearly 60 volunteers from the Cambridge High School Beta Club, Rotary Club of Milton-Windward, the Northwestern Middle School and Hopewell Middle School Jr. Beta Clubs and Milton Grows Green participated to pull out more than 2,000 pounds of debris from area streams,
creeks and roadways at 17 sites across the city. The Milton Grows Green Committee co-sponsored the event with Bailey Farm and Gardens Inc., which has been involved with the project for 17 years. —Jonathan Copsey
Crabapple remains historic district in name only City Council votes to withdraw official designation By CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON carolyn@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton City Council moved to withdraw a consideration to make the Crabapple Historic District an official historic district for the
city. The proposal recommended 23 parcels in the Crabapple Crossroads area be designated as historic with recommendations for approval by both the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Milton Historic Preservation Commission. City Manager Chris Lagerbloom informed the council at their Oct. 20 meeting that two property owners were not informed of the meetings, and
he recommended not voting for or against. He said council could withdraw the consideration, which would allow it to be brought up again only by council suggestion, or defer the vote to a later date. Council chose to withdraw. Current changes to properties within the Crabapple Historic District must be approved by the Milton Design Review Board.
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If the area was officially designated a historic district, approval for changes would be required by the Historic Preservation Commission. Travis Allen of the Historic Preservation Commission believes maintaining the historic integrity of the area is important to the city’s vision statement. “The vision statement says that Milton is a distinctive community embracing small-
town life and heritage while preserving and enhancing our rural character,” he said. “What better way to embrace small-town life and heritage while preserving and enhancing our rural character is there?” Three residents left their request to deny the historic designation but did not stay for the meeting.
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