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December 5, 2013 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 13, No. 49
Council OKs slimmer Bell Roads project Trims 46 lots from plan By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
Autrey Mill Heritage Center docent Suzette Meskell, from left, Autrey Mill board member Jacqueline Bass and docent Jan Mairose examine artifacts in the tenant house that have been catalogued as part of the Autrey Mill collection.
Autrey Mill Heritage Center gets preservation grant Specialists identify conservation priorities for historic preservation of site’s treasures By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center got a big hand up in classifying and preserving some of its historic treasures with the help of a grant for professional expertise. The National Institute for
Conservation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the nation’s heritage for future generations. Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center recently qualified for a grant from the Institute for Conservation to do what is called a conservation assessment of the site. Board member Jacqueline
Bass has been an historic conservationist in the past and was instrumental in securing the grant that brought two assessors to examine the cultural and heritage collections and buildings at the site. This grant brought in professionals to look at the property, catalogue it and produce a “guidance document” that is twofold, Bass said. First, it assesses what the
See CENTER, Page 14
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Johns Creek City Council approved Dec. 2 the 52-acre Warren Jolly mixed-use project at McGinnis Ferry Road and Bell Road that sought 86,000 square feet of office/ commercial on McGinnis and 124 townhouses also on McGinnis and 116 single-family homes on Bell Road. However, the council would only approve 70 of the single-family homes in the zoning request, a reduction
of 31 percent. This was done to answer the surrounding communities of Belmont, Blackstone and Tavistock’s objections to what they saw as higher density single-family homes on Bell Road than is allowed in their subdivisions. This is true, but the Jolly project falls under a different zoning “area,” and thus is allowed the higher densities because it is part of a mixeduse project. The project had the blessing of the city Zoning Department and the Planning Commission. The property previously had a rezoning request denied in 2012. That generated a lawsuit by the property
See COUNCIL, Page 8
FOUNDERS DAY PARADE »
State Bridge closed Dec. 7 Motorists will need to find other roads JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The seventh annual Johns Creek Founders Day Parade has grown to almost 100 units, and with 10,000 spectators expected, motorists planning to use State Bridge Road on the morning of Dec. 7 will need to find alternate routes. From about 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., drivers wanting to travel southeast/northwest should consider alternate routes, such as Abbotts Bridge Road, McGinnis Ferry Road or Old Alabama Road. The parade route will be closed in three stages from east to west until the 1.4-
mile route between Morton and Kimball Bridge roads is blocked off. (Closings include side streets. Traffic from Twingate Drive will be allowed to enter and exit State Bridge Road in the direction of Medlock Bridge Road.) 8 a.m.: State Bridge will be closed between East and West Morton roads. Morton Road is shaped like a horseshoe with both sides crossing State Bridge Road. That means motorists on State Bridge Road can use Morton as a detour to go around the
See PARADE, Page 23