Roswell advances public safety headquarters build out
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com.
ROSWELL, Ga. — The City will begin to move forward on the construction and design phase for the Public Safety Headquarters remodel, after an approval to award Construction Management at
Risk services to Reeves & Young.
During a special called meeting July 29, 2024, the city council unanimously approved the $8 million purchase for the 8.7-acre, two office building Roswell Summit property. The purchase was backed by the $52 million bond, approved in 2022. The city will repurpose the first
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The Luck of the Avalon
Patrons fill a bustling Avalon during “Luck of Avalon,” Alpharetta’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. See story, page 7.
building for public safety but lease the second building back to the seller.
The total project cost of $5.7 million would allow for a cost-effective alternative to creating a new building.
Communications Director Julie Brechbill provided remarks for Mayor Kurt Wilson to present, which noted that a new
building would be cost at least $54 million, excluding the land purchase.
“This area is certainly in need of attention, and its centrally located in the city’s corridor and it’s adjacent to high crime areas, so I’m really excited about
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Rotary members teaching life-saving procedures
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA — When a life hangs in the balance, every second counts.
That’s why Steve Cory, a member of the Rotary Club of North Fulton, is making it his mission to educate on what to do when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. Cory and other members are working to teach North Fulton County residents about cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.
It can happen anywhere and at any time, Cory said.
About 356,000 people suffer cardiac arrests each year in the U.S. at home, work, the gym and other everyday locations, according to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. When a cardiac arrest does occur to a loved one or stranger, simply knowing what to do can make all the difference, Cory said.
Cory said when a Kennesaw man suffered a cardiac arrest on a tennis
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Store reports damage in alleged burglary
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A North Point Parkway store reported lost merchandise and damage after a burglary.
Officers were dispatched to the business March 3 to investigate, according to an Alpharetta police report.
They observed damage to the front doors and suspected a hammer had been used. One of the doors sustained a hole in its glass. The other was smashed near the push bar.
Officers found damaged display cases in the fragrance section.
A store manager showed officers footage recorded by security cameras. The recording showed two people entering the store, stealing items from the fragrance section and leaving a little before 1 a.m.
Officers thought the suspects might be male.
One was wearing a face covering and all-black clothing. The other wore a green hoodie.
An estimated $700 of merchandise was reported stolen. Damage to the business was assessed at $1,200.
The incident was classified as a felony commercial burglary.
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Woodstock Road Target reports felony shoplifting
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating a felony shoplifting incident March 14 at the Super Target off Woodstock Road after two unidentified women tried passing all points of sale.
An officer said he arrived at the store after the incident and spoke with a loss prevention employee who described both
female suspects as around 5 feet, 3 inches tall.
While suspects remain unidentified, the employee said one was a female around 200 pounds wearing a yellow jumpsuit and the other was a female around 140 pounds wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The employee said the women entered the store, placed 54 items totaling more than $500 in their shopping cart and attempted to exit without paying.
When the employee confronted the suspects at the front door, he said he was able to recover the stolen merchandise before the women fled.
The employee also said he recognized the two women from a prior incident at a Target in Kennesaw.
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Man reports armed robbery at Alpharetta home
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 19-year-old Roswell man reported he was robbed at gunpoint after visiting a woman March 5.
Police were dispatched to the man’s Kenway Avenue home after the robbery was reported about 11 p.m., according to an Alpharetta police report.
The man told officers a woman had invited him to a Kilmington Court home to hang out after a text conversation. The woman told him to walk into the home when he arrived.
When he entered, a man assaulted him, hitting and kicking him in the face and pointing a gun at his head. Police observed the man’s face and lip were cut and bleeding.
The Roswell man reported his Apple iPhone was stolen. Police tracked the man’s phone to an area near Liberty Park in Roswell.
During the struggle, the gun fired, but the Roswell man was uninjured. He said the male suspect, who was wearing all-black clothing and a ski mask, accused him of trying to “get with his girl.”
The Roswell man said the gun was a black pistol with a green laser and possibly a Glock. He said he has known the woman since middle school. Police identified the woman as a 19-year-old Alpharetta resident and male suspect as a 28-year-old Athens
resident.
The incident was classified as a felony armed robbery.
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Officers arrest Lawrenceville man for meth possession
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police arrested a 53-year-old Lawrenceville man March 14 after an officer allegedly spotted methamphetamine in his vehicle during a traffic stop at Old Dogwood and Dogwood roads.
An officer said he pulled over a Mazda CX-7 after it failed to come to a complete stop at the intersection.
While speaking with the driver, the officer said he recognized him from prior encounters related to his drug-related arrest history with other law enforcement agencies in Metro Atlanta.
The officer said the man appeared nervous with excessive perspiration, rapid speech and shaking hands. While speaking with the vehicle’s occupants, the officer said he noticed a glass pipe under the passenger’s leg.
After calling for an Alpharetta K9 unit, the officer said the driver exhibited defensive behavior before exiting his vehicle, which furthered aroused his suspicions.
After the K9 alerted officers to the presence of narcotics, officers search the vehicle, finding the glass pipe cleverly hidden in a box of fast food and a crystalized rock on the passenger side’s floor, according to reports.
An officer said a field test of the substance was positive for meth.
First, the officer said he questioned the female passenger, who told him the meth and pipe belonged to the driver.
When the officer spoke with the driver, he said the man initially denied ownership before allegedly admitting they belonged to him.
The officer said he then released the female passenger and arrested the driver for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and a stop sign violation.
According to Fulton County Jail records, the man was bonded out March 17.
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Appeals court rejects previous ruling in Sandy Springs police records suit
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled March 13 that a lowercourt decision favoring the City of Sandy Springs in an Open Records lawsuit was premature.
The ruling is a setback for Sandy Springs and its practice of tailoring police reports released to the public to include nothing but the barest of data.
Responding to the ruling, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said the appellate court’s procedural determination does not affect the substantive part of the trial court decision.
“Council will discuss this matter and proceed in a manner that ensures public access to vital information while protecting the integrity of the investigative process,” Paul said.
Appen Media brought suit against the city May 2024, claiming it is violating the Open Records Act by denying the newspaper access to initial police officer narratives that are routinely filed during early stages of investigations.
After a Fulton County judge ruled in favor of the city last December, Appen appealed the decision to the higher state court. In its ruling, the Court of Appeals determined, “the trial court’s grant of summary judgment was premature. Genuine
issues of material fact remain based on this record and thus the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the City.”
The Georgia Open Records Act maintains that all public records are open for public inspection, but it does allow exceptions. The law provides some latitude for withholding materials surrounding ongoing police investigations. However, initial police crime and incident reports are required to be made available to the public.
For over a year, the paper has pushed Sandy Springs for more details about calls its police officers have been dispatched to investigate.
In most cases, the agency has returned the requests with onesentence narratives stating when and where police were dispatched to and, usually, for what reason. Unlike incident reports provided by police agencies in surrounding jurisdictions, the Sandy Springs reports lack details on the nature of the crime, an accounting of property damage, injuries associated with a crime, whether any arrests were made, and whether any suspects have been identified.
Sandy Springs admits that officers responding to incidents generally write more detailed reports in a second document, often written the same day. The city claims in its legal defense that this second report is not part of the initial incident report, and therefore doesn’t have to be disclosed.
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Roswell edges out Cambridge on late goal
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — The Roswell Hornets improved to 7-1 on the season after a 12-11 win over Cambridge High School March 11.
Roswell took an early lead, but Cambridge held the advantage on their home field for the majority of the first half. Bears midfielder Michael Guy led his team with nine goals. He assisted on one of the two goals he did not score.
The Hornets’ attackmen were productive in their surgical-style offense and tied the score at eight goals apiece at halftime.
Junior Jackson Hardwick poured in five of Roswell’s 12 goals, including the game winner in the last minute of the game.
Senior Ben Weir tallied three assists, joining the list of 13 Roswell Hornets to reach 100 career points. The Queens University of Charlotte commit is the first player this season to cross that mark.
Junior Kaden Perla notched two goals and two assists, one of the dishes coming from a play where he spun out of a double team to set up midfielder Nick Szedon for one of his two goals that night.
Perla complimented his team’s ball movement and ability to find open shots.
“When we had the ball, we made things happen,” he said. “I think cutting was big today in helping me get open. We knew we had to get the ball for the last possession if we wanted to win.”
The Hornets’ three remaining goals
17 attempts in the 12-11 win over the Bears.
came from Blake O’Neal, Wyatt Luce, and Harrison Penn. Bears goalie Jack Wildstein had several clutch saves in the last two minutes, but the persistence of solid faceoff performances from O’Neal and Jack Dowdy helped the Hornets to outlast the Bears.
Roswell head coach Bryan Wallace said matching up against the No. 8 team in Georgia was slated to be high-energy.
“There’s some familiarity and it’s always a competitive game,” he said. “It’s a game of runs, and when it comes down to the last possession, we had to keep our composure. We’re continuing to build.”
The win boosted Roswell to No. 4 in the Southern Region, now sitting above Lambert who were scheduled to face off against the Hornets March 15 in a tournament at Fellowship Christian.
Creekview lacrosse takes down Riverwood
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga — Visiting Creekview High defeated Riverwood lacrosse 16-7 Mar. 6 with a fourth-quarter flurry of goals and a solid defensive performance.
With Creekview out to a four-goal lead after the first period, Riverwood fought back in the second quarter to get within one score at halftime.
Midfielder Owen Parham led the Raiders, logging a hat trick which included two of the goals that helped Riverwood tie it up briefly in the third quarter.
“Tough loss, but we’re just gonna try and build on it,” Parham said. “Practice better, so hopefully we can get a win next game.”
Parham is committed to Hampton University to further his academic and athletic career with the first HBCU to
compete in Division I lacrosse. He will be joined by a club teammate from 3D Georgia, Blake Martin, who plays for Lassiter High School.
Sophomore attackman Cole Parham added two goals to his brother Owen’s three. The Raiders’ other two goals came from Riverwood’s offensive regalia, senior Connor McDuffie and sophomore Noah Gatch.
Raiders head coach Mark Horton reflected on a tough matchup and how his team has been faring this soon into the season.
“These guys fight and fight, they don’t give up easily,” he said. “I always tell them, it’s not about the mistakes that happen, but how you respond to those mistakes.”
Note: MaxPreps has the final score listed as 14-7, seemingly missing two Creekview goals in the first and fourth quarters.
ANNABELLE REITER/APPEN MEDIA Roswell junior Jack Dowdy wins the faceoff against the Bears’ Elliot Liptak at Cambridge High School March 11. The visiting Hornets went 20-27 on faceoffs, and Dowdy posted a 76 percent completion rate on
ANNABELLE REITER/APPEN MEDIA Riverwood senior Owen Parham works his defender on his way to the hole at Riverwood High School Mar. 6. The Hampton University commit notched a hat trick in a losing effort.
Avalon hosts annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration
By JAMIE GODIN newsroom@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Avalon welcomed crowds Friday evening for its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration, "Luck of Avalon," ahead of the holiday weekend.
The event, held in the mixeduse development’s central green space, featured live entertainment, refreshments, a face painting station, and a photo booth for the green-clad attendees.
“We’re hosting Luck of Avalon, our annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration,” said Nina Fender, marketing coordinator for Avalon, an 86-acre community on Old Milton Parkway.“We kick the evening off with some Irish dancing, followed by bagpipes, and a live band playing from 7 to 9 p.m.”
By 6 p.m., attendees had gathered to enjoy refreshments and secure spots to watch a performance by young dancers from the Drake School of Irish Dance in Alpharetta.
“As far as the event, but I’m female, the girls, the dancers were my favorite. They had that little one and they were so cute. But they need to put a camera on them and put it on the screen,” Sherri, an event attendee and black card member of Avalon, gestures to the flat grassy ground where all the event attendees were standing, “because no one could see back here.”
The performance was followed by the Atlanta Bagpipe Band, which played to a nearly packed field, with members sporting traditional bagpipes and drums.
After their performance, several members of the band made their way to Marlow’s Tavern, where an unexpected encore took place. As the players gathered near the bar, they suddenly erupted into a rousing performance and began to march around the restaurant,
their bagpipes filling the crowded tavern. Patrons burst into applause, some raising their drinks in celebration while others clapped along to the beat. The impromptu performance transformed the tavern into an extension of the festival’s lively spirit.
From 7 to 9 p.m., Will and the Exclamation! took the stage, delivering a high-energy set of cover songs that had the crowd on their feet. Attendees danced with abandon, singing along as children darted through the square. The excitement was palpable, with even those on the outskirts of the crowd bopping to the rhythm.
“The best part was the friendship, the people that showed up, and the vibe—mixing with people we knew and people we didn’t,” said Suzanne, who enthusiastically volunteered to attend the event with Sherri.
“The VIP section was fabulous,” Suzanne added. But before she could finish, Sherri interjected, gesturing once again toward the field. “But they need to advertise better,” she said, pointing out that some attendees had started leaving before the night’s end.
Despite minor critiques, the night was a success, bringing a festive St. Patrick’s Day spirit to Avalon and its attendees.
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The girls of the Drake School of Irish Dance in Alpharetta perform a traditional Irish dance.
If I can bring a smile to somebody's face and they walk out happy that they were here, again it's a win-win.
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New gallery displays vintage art, acts as ‘mini museum’
By JIM BASS jim@appenmedia.com
DECATUR, Ga. — For art collector Paul Beall, owner of Monkey Arm Art Gallery, the frames covering his new gallery walls don’t just hold artwork; they also carry the story behind it.
Decatur’s newest art gallery opened its doors to the community in November. The gallery features more than 150 paintings, many drawings, and several original prints spread throughout the building.
Paul Beall opened the new gallery, located at 107 N. McDonough Street, to act as a permanent home to display and sell vintage artworks that he and his wife, Denice Beall, have collected over the course of 25 years.
They purchased the 1920s-era building in late 2022 initially as an investment to renovate and lease out as office space. Denice, co-owner of local residential construction company 360 Construction, led the renovation project on the building, which previously sat in disrepair.
After weighing their options, the couple decided to turn it into Monkey Arm last year. Now, it serves as both a gallery and a “mini-museum” with artworks spanning many styles, origins, and eras, primarily from the midcentury period.
“He is definitely a historian of sorts…” Denice Beall said. “For almost every piece in there, he has a story to tell about it. I love the fact that there's so many artists who weren't even necessarily known or appreciated, now he can bring them into some light.”
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Paul Beall, owner of Monkey Arm Art Gallery, stands inside of the gallery at 107 N McDonough St in Decatur, Georgia on Feb. 17. Monkey Arm opened its doors in November and has over 150 paintings on display.
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Paul had 13 years of prior law experience and implemented those research skills into learning about each piece. Across the many artworks on display, Paul can offer a plethora of stories to anyone who wants to listen.
“One of the reasons why I wanted to open the gallery is because I love sharing the information with people and interacting with them,” Paul Beall said. “I like sitting here waiting for people to come in, and if they give me the opportunity to geek out with them, then it's a win-win for me.”
Paul previously rented booths at events including Paris and Ponce, West Side Market and The Modernists
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before opening Monkey Arm and has primarily relied on word of mouth and foot traffic to clients and observers to visit.
Among the many paintings in Monkey Arm, each has a background, including a William Langdon Kihn painting featured in 1947 Women’s Daily Magazine, artwork from Loretta Young’s estate, and a piece from the late Agnes Scott College art professor Ferdinand E. Warren.
Paul holds the clients who purchase his artworks in high regard and finds importance in not just transferring the art but passing on their stories with them.
“I like to call my clients guardians of the paintings instead of owners because I believe that they don’t own the pieces so much as guard the pieces and protect it for the next generation,”
Paul Beall said.
The couple's passion for learning each piece’s story is one of several reasons why they like collecting vintage instead of contemporary artwork.
“Instead of being compressed in time, as contemporary art is, where you only see something about 20 or 30 years of what has been going on in the art world, collecting vintage [allows] you to see what's been going on for much longer,” Paul Beall said.
The couple believes that the gallery fills the need for a vintage art gallery alongside the contemporary galleries currently in Decatur and could be another step to help grow the city’s art community.
“I would love for people to know that they don't have to go online. They don't have to pay outrageous prices at high-end galleries in New York,” Paul Beall said. “They can get very good art here at home.”
Monkey Arm Art Gallery is open from Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and appointments are available on Saturday and Sunday. With a small chalkboard sign indicating the gallery’s location, Paul hopes that anyone who stops by to shop or admire enjoys their visit.
“If I can bring a smile to somebody's face and they walk out happy that they were here, again it's a win-win. It's just great,“ Paul Beall said.
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A William Langdon Kihn painting hangs inside of the gallery at 107 N McDonough St in Decatur, Georgia on Feb. 17. Monkey Arm opened its doors in November and has over 150 paintings on display.
Region lays strategy to provide more affordable housing
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Members of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership and Atlanta Regional Commission met to present the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum to discuss affordable housing in the community.
With potential federal cuts on affordable housing and shortages plaguing the nation, city leaders addressed the concerns with solutions to combat the housing crisis.
Atlanta Mayor and Atlanta Regional Commission Chairman Andre Dickens said that the best way to become successful with affordable housing is by being “creative.”
“The housing crisis requires collective action, something that requires a little bit of something from all of us,” Dickens said.
The City of Atlanta is investing $60 million toward rapid rehousing for the homeless. Under the initiative, the city provides short-term rental assistance and support services to get homeless people back into permanent housing.
“We launched our rapid housing initiatives to do just what the name says, to get more housing built, so we built The Melody,” Dickens said.
The Melody project is one of a dozen initiatives Atlanta is partnering with Partners for Home to combat the housing crisis. The project has provided 40 micro-units crafted from repurposed shipping containers.
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens addressed the crowd at the March 13 Atlanta Regional Housing Forum addresses action plan to make costs affordable
According to 2024 numbers from Atlanta Mission, about 2,867 individuals in Atlanta were homeless. Another 337 people outside Atlanta city limits in Fulton County were considered homeless, with 209 sheltered and 128 unsheltered.
Atlanta Regional Commission Executive Director and CEO Anna Roach highlighted points of how the agency is working to build an improved regional
market strategy in the next few months.
The strategy will bring forward new market data to provide accessible information for local governments to access.
“I hope you understand that: one, we’ve got an incredible challenge in the region around affordability, and if we don’t figure out how to address it, our quality of life and our competitiveness as [a] region is going to be challenged,” Roach said.
The Atlanta Regional Commission also provides the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy, which provides stakeholders and local governments with detailed data derived from the census about communities and their housing profiles.
According to the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy, Roswell neighborhoods are priced moderate-tohigher in general and consist of mainly single-family homes, with a low proportion of residents in poverty. The average home sold in 2023 brought a price of around $480,000 – a 54.85 percent increase since 2018.
The strategy toolkit suggests that the area of Roswell supports smaller homes and ownership opportunities, establishes local housing funding resources and programs, identifies and educates on housing instability and reduces costs of housing near transit and amenities. The strategy blueprint supplies local leaders and stakeholders with more ways to understand and address housing challenges.
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court in 2023, a well-meaning but uneducated bystander was convinced he was already gone. Cory is working to bring the man, whose life was saved by CPR and an AED, and his story to groups to illustrate the power of life-saving techniques.
“He said, ‘I think he’s gone. Let’s say a prayer,’” Cory said. “We teach them, don’t say a prayer. It’s not your job to say they’re gone. Keep doing high compression CPR until the first responders come.”
Cory has organized classes and events to teach at least 200 residents what to do when a person suffers a cardiac arrest.
He is partnering with North Fulton fire departments to organize classes. He also is asking any group that will take him to let survivors tell their stories.
Unlike a heart attack, a cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating completely or at the right speed and is often caused by an electrical malfunction within the heart.
According to the American Heart Association, more than
436,000 people die of cardiac arrests in the nation each year.
During a cardiac arrest, whether there is an AED nearby can make all the difference.
The probability of survival decreases by 7% to 10% for every minute that passes, according to the FDA.
An AED is a computerized defibrillator that automatically analyzes the heartbeat in people who are experiencing cardiac arrest and delivers a shock at a precise moment to restore its rhythm. The devices come in small emergency-colored boxes and often guide users through their function with an automated voice recording.
At Alpharetta High School, Cory organized a panel discussion for almost 70 students. He also partnered with local bike clubs, business groups and hospitals to educate residents.
He is looking to find additional groups to help spread the message.
“Every minute counts,” Cory said.
Appen Media will continue to follow the story and help bring first responder education to the public. Return to the Herald and go to appenmedia.com for updates.
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Do convention bureaus collect the same revenue from short-term rentals, like Airbnb, as they do hotels?
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. —
Short-term rentals offered through online platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com pay hotel taxes in Georgia in accordance with a state law signed in 2021.
Just like traditional hotels and motels, the online platforms collect the taxes, along with other taxes, and pay them to the appropriate government entity.
In Georgia, short-term rentals are subject to a 4 percent state sales tax, local sales tax, hotel fee of $5 per night and local hotel-motel taxes that can range up to 8 percent. Guests are often charged the taxes as part of their reservation.
In 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring short-term rentals pay the tax. The law went into effect in 2022.
Short-term rentals have become an increasingly large part of the hospitality landscape since the launch of popular online platforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In Alpharetta, the City Council passed an ordinance in January 2025 regulating the rentals, requiring them to seek city permits after residents voiced concerns.
Many residents said they were seeing more and more of the rentals and were worried they would change the character of their neighborhoods.
Owners of the rentals said they provide an essential service.
At least 89 short-term rentals operate in Alpharetta, according to the city.
Hotel-motel taxes can fund a variety of programs and purposes related to tourism.
Cities and counties often take a portion, leaving the rest for convention and visitors bureaus.
Awesome Alpharetta, Alpharetta’s convention and visitors bureau, is funded by the tax, spending about 95 percent of its dollars on marketing for the city’s many attractions, said Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the bureau.
The money for marketing goes toward numerous advertisements and marketing campaigns from search engine optimization to traditional advertising.
The marketing benefits local hotels, motels, attractions and short-term rentals, which may see an increase in customers as a result, she said.
“We really put the money to work,” she said. “I can’t sell a hotel room, but I can sell a destination.”
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this move,” Deputy City Administrator Sharon Izzo said.
The Public Works department has elected to go with a Construction Management at Risk delivery method. The method will identify the contractor to work alongside the designers as the finalize plans.
“It also gives us the opportunity to cost all of those designs as we’re moving through the process, so that we assure ourselves that we’re staying within budget,” Izzo said.
Reeves & Young, with an “extensive background in this kind of work,” was chosen by the city to begin moving through the design process and establish the construction budget.
The award to the Construction Management at Risk services to Reeves & Young is to not exceed $613,627. This method will ensure that the project is delivered within the guaranteed maximum price of $5.7 million.
The approval made by the Committees of Council on March 10, will allow a budget authorization of $5.7 million, funded by the 2023 bond proceeds, to accommodate this project. The budget allocation is aimed to facilitate the successful completion of the project. The
city also adopted a budget amendment of $2.7 million for Fiscal Year 2025 Budget to transfer the amount within the 2023 bond process from 2023 recreation bond proceeds to 2023 public safety bond proceeds based on timing of the projects.
Some Fire and Police Department staff will be able to move in in April. The second floor and third floor are expected to be completed in Sept., with the first floor following by the end of 2025.
“The final piece of work will be happening on the first floor. That’s where most of the construction is going to be happening, kennel facilities, locker rooms, detention and processing. We’ll need to have a generator as well for the facility so all of that will go in the Final Phase,” Council member Allen Sells said.
The only other item on the agenda was the approval to recognize insurance disbursement and expenses related to damage at Garrard Landing Park.
The park sustained damages to the deck overlooking the Chattahoochee River and the roof of the restroom building, after being in the direct path of Hurricane Helene in late Sept. 2024.
A budget amendment of $53,010 was approved for related expenses and insurance disbursement from the city’s carrier, Gallagher Bassett. The insurance company reimbursed the city on Feb. 24, after a claim was made in Sept. 2024.
The request comes after the Feb. 19 approval of a $193,000 budget
amendment to fix Hurricane Helene damages for Leita Thompson Memorial Park with an insurance payment from Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency and Gallagher Bassett granted on Jan. 23.
Before the approval was made Wilson raised questions as to why staff members had to “waste” their time to present insurance claims before committees and city council to get permissions.
“You guys got too much important work to do,” Wilson said.
City Administrator Randy Knighton, suggested for City Staff to look into addressing these agenda items in a “more routine administrative fashion.” He noted that staff could possibly go over these agenda items in the budget resolution.
“For instance, when the budget resolution is passed there should be certain authorizations provided to the senior level staff, of course approved by Mayor and Council, of a fairly routine nature such as this would not have to come back before you for reimbursement acknowledgement,” Knighton said.
In addition, the city will begin providing quarterly reports in conjunction with a newly regimented system of key performance indicators, measurements and analytics to the mayor and council, alongside other staff members. City Administrator Randy Knighton also made note of the transition from a fiscal year budget to a calendar year budget, which
was adopted Dec. 9 at a city council meeting.
“Utilizing this timing schedule in the future we will be providing to you quarterly updates and reports for information, review for edification and scrutiny,” Knighton said.
The City will also begin benchmarking progress reports and offering relevant updates on city governance and operations.
Once the quarterly time period has concluded, the city will release Seer consulting reports and any associated task orders and work products, which have been authorized, produced and executed. This quarter’s Seer report will be available at the first committee meeting April 15.
“This new regimented reporting and presentation structure will certainly provide an additional mechanism for Roswell Residents to have visibility into their city government,” Knighton said.
Seer World, a Roswell-Based firm hired in April 2024, underpins much of Roswell’s economic future. The consultancy will operate as Roswell’s Chief Operating Officer until 2027. An employee at the firm was hired for the position under a $340,000 a year contract, falling within Seer’s annual $2 million master services agreement. The COO reports to and advises the city administrator, while implementing the consulting company’s deliverables.
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In its complaint, Appen cited examples of Sandy Springs reports where both documents were created at the same time on the same day.
When the newspaper filed open records requests for the reports associated with these incidents, the city only provided the first, onesentence page.
Appen noted in its complaint guidance from the Attorney General’s Office that, “A common-sense interpretation of ‘initial incident report’ is that anything written at the same time as the first part of the report is part of the initial incident report.”
In December, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Adams ruled in favor of the city, saying Appen Media failed to prove it is unlawful for the department to withhold the additional information.
Adams said Appen’s use of the Attorney General’s assessment is not the law, “although [Appen] may be correct in its assertion that [the Sandy Springs Police Department’s] practice violates the spirit of the Open Records Act.”
Appen appealed the decision to the state Court of Appeals. On March 13,
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Roach said that the region is not providing building permits fast enough to keep up with the growth of Metro Atlanta, contributing to the affordable housing crisis.
the higher court rejected the lower court action.
The ruling says the city did not prove that the records should have been withheld in the first place.
“Here, it was the City’s burden to show why the requested records should not be disclosed as a matter of law,” the judgement states. “The City fails to meet its burden.”
The court also focused on the Georgia laws underpinning the case.
State open records laws read that “initial police arrest reports and initial incident reports,” are always subject to release, even if they are part of an ongoing investigation.
The appellate court’s decision points out that while, “the Act requires disclosure of ‘initial incident reports,’ it does not define that term.”
Even so, it argues that whether or not a document is an initial incident report must be weighed on a case-bycase basis, instead of the report’s title or when it was produced.
The Court of Appeals rejected the city’s blanket defense that only the first, brief report is always considered the initial document.
“Whether a narrative report prepared at the same time as an incident report actually constitutes part of that initial incident report is a fact specific inquiry,” the court wrote. “In some cases it may, and in some cases it may not.”
Roach said 1.8 million people are expected to move to the region by 2050.
“We are building far too little in Metro Atlanta to keep up with our growing population,” Roach said.
The Forum also featured three local panelists. Tiffany Wills from Decide Dekalb, Matt Elder from Gwinnett County Planning & Development and Gray Kelly from Marietta Housing
The appellate court’s ruling says it did not, nor did the lower trial court, have enough information to determine whether the documents in question should have been released.
During the lower court’s discovery process, Appen Media asked the city to submit the complete reports – both the brief account and the second account with more details – for the incidents.
Sandy Springs did not provide all of the materials.
Without these materials and the ability to compare the two, the appeals court says “the trial court’s grant of summary judgement was premature. Genuine issues of material fact remain based on this record and thus the trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the City.”
As a result of this decision, the case will go back to the lower court for reconsideration. Both parties also have the option to appeal to the state Supreme Court or reach a settlement.
Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Christopher McFadden filed a concurrent opinion in the decision, saying that the ruling should have gone a step further.
Citing the city’s actions for filing separate reports, McFadden wrote: “I would hold that this practice is an improper circumvention of the [Open Records] Act and that the responding
Forum discussed how they address affordable housing in their community.
“The federal government changes are going to come, no questions there at all,” Elder said, adding that all they can do is to work with their neighbors “one day at a time, one step at a time.”
Gwinnett County recently announced it will begin to work with the Gwinnett Housing Corporation
officer’s full narrative about his or her initial response to the incident also constitutes an ‘initial incident report’ subject to disclosure under the Act.”
McFadden also addressed the lack of materials the city provided in the discovery process.
“The possibility that the more detailed narratives associated with Appen Media’s requests might also contain information that is exempt from disclosure merely highlights the existence of questions of fact as to whether the City disclosed what it was required to in response to Appen Media’s requests,” he wrote.
“The evidence, viewed most favorably to Appen Media, shows that Appen Media requested incident reports but received only the short reports and not any more detailed narratives. And there is evidence, by way of examples from closed cases, of instances when responding officers included one- or two-sentence narratives about an incident in a short report and the rest of that narrative in a more detailed narrative report.”
After describing an example in the court record, McFadden went on: “A factfinder could infer from the closed-case examples that similar, more detailed narratives exist for the incidents that are the subjects of Appen Media’s open records requests, but the City did not disclose them.”
and officials from Peachtree Corners to transform a 73-unit extended stay hotel into an affordable housing development.
“When I say we’re just getting started, I mean we’re literally just getting started,” Elder said.
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Noting how time has changed shape at top of mountain
My daughter and I were talking yesterday about music. She told me she had heard good things about the new Bob Dylan movie. I replied to her that I had too.
We then moved on to other topics including how young people today make friends and socialize. I said that I know of young adults who have substituted online for in-person. I am sure we all know young people like that. The daughter of a friend of ours – an engineer with a degree from Purdue I think – lives 100 percent online our friend told us, really, 100 percent.
“She goes to work and then comes home and stays in front of her computer until it’s time to sleep. She doesn’t have any friends. She doesn’t go out. She just works and lives online,” she said.
She told us that her daughter recently commissioned an avatar for her online persona and was spending serious money, like thousands.
Our friend’s daughter lives at home with our friend in the same house where she grew up, the same town. She lives near the kids she went to school with, went to movies with, probably dated and went to football games with. Yet, her only friends are her online friends now – and if I am to understand it correctly – most of those friends are virtual friends, like avatars and such and not even actual people. Huh?
She recently quit her job and admitted herself to some sort of recovery program. From?
I am treading into space about which I know so little. I know what I don’t see. But I am not sure what it is that I actually do see.
I had a conversation with another friend’s daughter who recently moved to Atlanta. I told her that I could relate to moving to another place and struggling to meet people, make new friends and get one’s bearings. I told her that in another life, I had moved to Chile for two years and knew how isolated and at times lonely it made me.
She looked at me with a quizzical look and shook her head.
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Instead of replying, I nodded and thought about what she said. I wondered how different she was – her life was – from the engineer whose friends were primarily virtual. Surely, I thought, she was navigating somewhat differently. I mean, she actually went out and did something with another person. But, I thought, how often does that really happen for her as opposed to a relationship only with screens?
My daughter listened to me and thought for a moment, then she told me a brief story. She said she’d recently watched a documentary on the Dylan movie. They played an interview that someone did with Dylan and asked him how he felt about the availability of music – all music – today at the tip of your fingers, access to every song, every symphony, every note via Spotify and the like on a smart phone.
She said Dylan replied that back in the day, when he was just starting out, there was no TV, just radio. So, when he would hear a song that struck him, he might not hear it again, but he would listen for it on the radio and would hope that it got played. She said that he would try to find out where the musician was playing or lived so he could go hear him or her. He said he would network to try to find the music; he would search for it and try to track it down – like he did with Woodie Guthrie.
My daughter then threw out an idea that struck me – like being hit in the face or head with something hard, cold, and unforgiving.
“What,” she pondered, “what happens to the top of the mountain? How does the top of the mountain change when you no longer have to work to get to it?”
I had no clue, just the weight of a great big rhetorical 800-pound gorilla standing on my chest.
Anyone who reads my columns knows that I have always said that everything important that I know, I have learned from my children. And that only continues. Indeed.
OPINION
Bailey-Johnson School, its neighborhood and special resident
BOB MEYERS
Much has been written recently about Bailey-Johnson School on Kimball Bridge Road in Alpharetta, which was built to serve Black children during the age of segregation. It was the first public high school in North Fulton County for Black students that offered all grades 1 through 12. Prior to that, education for Black children ended with 7th grade. The school operated from 1950 to 1967. Originally called the Alpharetta Colored School, it was renamed in 1952.
The school’s name comes from the first names of George “Hard” Bailey and Warren Johnson who played major roles in founding the school. In its heyday, the small neighborhood had about 25 Blackowned homes and the Pineview Cemetery which today has more than 160 memorials.
Hard Bailey was a well-respected Black farmer and blacksmith who, in the early 1900s, owned a shop on South Main Street in Alpharetta. He donated land from his farm on Kimball Bridge Road for the school. He was honored in February 2025 with the unveiling of a historical marker at the site of his blacksmith shop. The marker was a joint effort of the City of Alpharetta and the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society.
“The marker is important because until Bailey-Johnson, few Black students were able to go beyond 7th grade and thus were kept in generational poverty,” said Historical Society President Pat Miller.
Roswell resident Warren Johnson was a former slave who became a life-long advocate for Black education. He promoted the idea of a separate Black school, helped raise donations for the school and worked to recruit qualified teachers.
The impact of the school was quite amazing, given its small enrollment. It had 166 elementary and high school students and 13 faculty when it closed. The last graduating class had only eight students.
Charles Grogan, a well-known local Black historian, Bailey-Johnson alumni and former star basketball player, attributes the school’s success to the impact of four initial teachers who taught students about respect for others.
Various plans have been put forth over the years to repurpose the school building, but to date it remains a ghostly reminder of a past era.
Adjacent to the school is the former Alpharetta Colored Methodist Church established in 1867 by a group of former
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Long time resident Dorothy Anderson’s house is across the street from the Bailey-Johnson School. Her home is well-known for the elaborate lights she displays at Christmas and Easter. “They make people happy,” she says.
slaves. It occupied several locations over the years and moved to Kimball Bridge Road in 1963. It changed its name in 1967 to the St. James United Methodist Church. The church again moved in 2000 and today is located on Webb Bridge Road.
The former church property is currently owned by the Diamond Glass Company which purchased the building from the church circa 2020 to house its executive offices.
“I have been in the neighborhood for some 42 years, and I couldn’t see someone tear down so much history,” said Andy Kalifeh, Diamond Glass Company president. “We kept the exterior integrity of the church.”
Kalifeh wants to put a history room in the building, possibly dedicated to Chestene Manning Carter (1932-2018), a beloved member of the church.
Only one original house remains in the neighborhood. It is located across the street from the church building and is owned by 94-year-old Dorothy Mae Anderson. Charles Grogan, her long-time friend, and I recently spent a delightful afternoon at her home discussing her fascinating life.
Dorothy spent her formative years on the Guy Washington Findley (1907-1961) farm on McGinnis Ferry Road where her parents were sharecroppers and worked in the farm’s 12-acre cotton field. She recalls her father telling her to “bend her back” when picking. It was a tedious job, and the cotton bolls hurt her fingers.
“We picked 10 bales each year,” she said.
She attended the Sheltonville School
The Alpharetta Colored School was founded in 1950. Two years later, it changed its name to the Bailey-Johnson School. The sign on the white car parked in front of the school says Dental Division Fulton County Health Department.
for Black Students through the 7th grade, although her teacher continued to instruct her on the side. At age 19, she moved to Alpharetta where she worked in the home of Roy and Suzie Day and later at the home of Doctor Morris. She was employed for 29 years by the Fulton County Board of Education in food service. She still loves to cook.
She married Howard Eugene Anderson (1927-2008) in 1951. He drove a school bus for 38 years.
“I went with him at first to draw a map of all the roads and every stop from Bailey-Johnson to Sheltonville,” Dorothy said.
After Bailey-Johnson closed in 1967
their son Terry, now retired from General Motors, attended Milton High School where he played on the basketball team.
Dorothy is famous for the elaborate Christmas and Easter lights in her yard.
“People tell me they like to drive by my house because it makes them feel good,” she said. She sums up her life saying “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
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Final graduating class of the Bailey-Johnson School in 1967. From left: Walter Brown, Claude McCan, Jr., Sandra Blake, Eugene Manning, Rosa Martin, David Taylor, Mmie Coggins, Almond Martin
Transitioning to native plants in your landscape design
I decided to transition my landscape to native plants because I wanted to create a habitat in my yard to promote more biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to different kinds of life in one area that work together to make an intricate web, maintaining and supporting life.
Planting native plants also conserves water and reduces maintenance needs. It has taken me several years to make these conversions in my yard. I have eliminated the lawn in my backyard, and I am gradually working on my front yard. You can start with one corner or an area of your yard and expand the scope as you desire.
Here are my suggestions for adding native plants and more biodiversity to your yard.
Steps to transition:
1. Assess Your Site:
Identify drainage and sunlight exposure. Determine the nutrient levels in your soil by taking a sample to your local county extension office. All plants thrive in the right conditions, so match your plant choices with your yard’s natural characteristics. Prepare the soil, add organic material like mushroom compost, topsoil, humus, sand and mix well to a depth of 6-8 inches.
2. Plan your design:
Cluster Plants: Group similar plants together by their water and sunlight needs. Plant taller plants toward the back of the bed or planting area and shorter ones toward the front.
Layering: Use a variety of plant types, including trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers to create a diverse ecosystem. Choose a mix of plants that provide year-round interest, such as flowering shrubs for spring and colorful berries for winter.
3. Select native plants:
Trees: White oak, Southern red oak, Eastern red cedar, American holly, flowering dogwood, Eastern redbud, American beech, red maple, American hornbeam, Eastern white pine, black gum, tulip popular, among others.
Shrubs: Oakleaf hydrangea, American beautyberry, sweet shrub,
About the author
This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Roswell resident Katherine Coppedge. Katherine has been a Master Gardener since 2009 and has been gardening in the Atlanta area since the ‘70s. Katherine is an avid hiker and lover of walking in the woods. She is a member of the Spalding Garden Club and has been a board member of the John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Preserve in Sandy Springs since 2006. Katherine shared her love of trees and forest bathing in her spring 2021 garden lecture “Big Trees of Sandy Springs” which is viewable at https://youtu.be/oeOlLc21ue0
Southern wax myrtle, azaleas, blueberry, bottlebrush buckeye, butterfly weed, buttonbush, inkberry, leucothoe. I removed a whole beautiful row of fatsia and replaced it with leucothoe in my yard.
Perennials: Black-eyed Susan, Georgia aster, purple coneflower, phlox, swamp milkweed, red columbine, green and gold, Virginia sweet spire, cardinal flower, beebalm, sunflowers.
Grasses: Little bluestem, river oats, switchgrass, autumn bentgrass, southern waxy sedge.
4. Remove invasive, non-native species:
Before planting natives, clear out invasive plants, such as like kudzu, privet, English ivy, vinca, Japanese honeysuckle, cogongrass, leatherleaf mahonia, Japanese stiltgrass and scutch grass that compete with native species.
5. Mulch and water wisely: Apply pine straw or hardwood mulch around the plants as needed to maintain moisture and reduce weed growth. Water wisely, in the morning or late evening, 2-3 times a week to establish. Then water weekly as needed so that plants get about 1 inch of water per week.
6. Plant species to attract pollinators:
Milkweed for monarchs, bee balm for bees, American persimmon, phlox, purple coneflowers, butterfly bush, chives, parsley.
7. Maintain properly:
Native plants generally need less care, but they will still benefit from
occasional pruning, weeding and mulching. Allow the plants to reseed and spread naturally for a fuller looking landscape over time.
8. Challenges
One of my personal challenges was being patient with the process. It takes time to prepare the areas you want to change and figure out which plants you want to use. Another consideration was the cost to replace my non-natives with natives. I am very happy with the results and the great biodiversity and other benefits it has brought to my yard.
9. Use local resources.
Georgia has many organizations and plant societies dedicated to native plant gardening. Check with your county extension office or groups like the Georgia Native Plant Society for online plant lists, resources and expert advice. North Fulton Master Gardeners and the Georgia Native Plant Society will be hosting a great plant sale and opportunity for you to learn more at Garden Faire on Saturday, April 12, 2025, where you can choose from thousands of plants for your garden. The event is FREE from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Grove at
Wills Park, 175 Roswell Street in Alpharetta. For more information go to www.NFMG.net
10. Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
By following these steps, you’ll create a thriving, low-maintenance landscape that supports local wildlife and contributes to Georgia’s ecological health.
Happy Gardening!
North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Learn more at nfmg.net. Previous Garden Buzz columns are featured at: https://appenmedia.com/ opinion/columists/garden buzz/.
Save the dates for North Fulton Master Gardener’s 2025 Signature events: Garden Faire on April 12 and Garden Tour on June 7. Learn more at www.nfmg.net
KATHERINE COPPEDGE Guest Columnist
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Flowering and foliage of native plants provide focal points in garden.
CITY OF ALPHARETTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, April 3, 2025 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday, April 28, 2025 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. MP-25-04/CLUP-25-02/Z-25-03/V-25-03 Empire Communities/Lifehope MP
Consideration of a master plan amendment, comprehensive land use plan amendment, rezoning, and variance to allow for 211 ‘For-Sale’ townhomes on 26.57 acres. A master plan amendment is requested to the Lifehope/Siemens Master Plan to allow the proposed residential development. A comprehensive land use plan amendment is requested from ‘Corporate Office’ to ‘High Density Residential’ and a rezoning is requested from O-I (Office-Institutional) to R-8A (Dwelling, ‘For-Sale’, Attached Residential). Variances are requested to Unified Development Code (UDC) Subsection 2.2.9(D) to reduce minimum lot width, reduce minimum floor area, and increase building height; UDC Subsection 2.3.1(D) to allow retaining walls in building setbacks; UDC Subsection 2.5.4(B) to reduce minimum driveway width and allow required parking to be uncovered or unenclosed; UDC Subsection 3.2.8(B)(1) to reduce undisturbed buffers; UDC Subsection 3.2.8(D) to eliminate the landscape strip in certain areas along new local streets; UDC Subsection 3.5.2 to allow modifications to the City design standard for new local streets; and UDC Subsection 3.5.5(A) to allow sidewalks on only 1 side of the street. The property is located at 0 Old Milton Parkway and is legally described as being located in Land Lot 908, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
b. MP-25-03/CLUP-25-01/Z-25-02/CU-25-03/V-25-02
Portman Holdings/ Brookside MP Pod A
Consideration of a master plan amendment, comprehensive land use plan amendment, rezoning, conditional use, and variance to allow for the redevelopment of two (2) office buildings with a mixed-use development consisting of 332 ‘For-Rent’ units, 69 ‘For-Sale’ townhomes, 130,000 square feet of office, and 56,000 square feet of commercial on 19.68 acres in the Brookside. A master plan amendment is requested to the Brookside Master Plan Pod A to allow the proposed mixed-use development scheme. A comprehensive land use plan amendment is requested from ‘Corporate Office’ to ‘Mixed Use’ and a rezoning is requested from O-I (Office-Institutional) to MU (Mixed Use). A conditional use is requested to allow ‘Dwelling, ‘For-Rent’ and ‘For-Sale’ and variances are requested to Unified Development Code (UDC) Subsection 2.2.20(D) to reduce the minimum area of the mixed-use development, UDC Subsection 2.5.2 to increase the maximum 25% shared parking reduction, UDC Subsection 3.2.8(D) (1) to reduce the landscape strip along Old Milton Parkway from 20’ to 10’, and UDC Section 3.5.2(G) to reduce the minimum separation between driveway curb cuts on arterial and collector streets. The property is located at 3625 & 3655 Brookside Parkway and is legally described as being located in Land Lots 02, 03, & 44, 1st District, 1st Section, Fulton County, Georgia.
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the office of the City Clerk, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, Georgia.
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING DISPOSAL OF CITY PROPERTY BY EXCHANGE Notice is hereby published, in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 36-376(c), that, having met all applicable state law requirements, the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, acting by and through its governing authority, the Mayor and City Council, intend to dispose of approximately 0.0626 acre (2,726 square feet) of real property located in Land Lot 1243 of the 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia (being a portion of Tax Parcel ID# 22 418012430508), by conveying such area to abutting property owner, JONNA L. BEILETTI, in exchange for approximately 0.0626 acre (2,726 square feet) of real property located in Land Lot 1243 of the 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia (being a portion of Tax Parcel ID# 22 418012430086). O.C.G.A. § 36-376(c) authorizes the City to dispose of real property by exchange without the requirement of a sealed bid or auction when the real property so acquired is of equal or greater value than the property previously belonging to the City. By agreement of the parties, this transaction shall close on April 8, 2025.
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NFCC is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the part-time Thrift Shop Associate position. One of the primary responsibilities of this role is to provide a high level of customer service in the Thrift Shop. The associate is responsible for all cash register and client clothing program transactions and keeping the merchandise in the store neat, clean, and organized. The role requires a friendly and customer-focused demeanor where all shoppers are treated with dignity and compassion.
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Ted Cook, 90, of Roswell, passed away on March 4, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Joann Doyle, 82, of Alpharetta, passed away on March 4, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
Maye Eaton, 86, of Alpharetta, passed away on March 11, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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