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Small flock mounts big drive to buy church By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — In just 50 days, a small church community of 130 members raised enough money to buy a Dunwoody-area chapel where it had been holding its services. The chapel, located at Mt. Vernon Highway and Glenridge Drive, was purchased in cash by members of Misty Creek Community Church, according to its senior pastor Steven Streett. The purchase agreement was signed Oct. 4 and the deal was closed Nov. 22. Streett declined to reveal the purchase price but emphasized that the church paid cash for the property. “The faithfulness and the generosity of the congregation and the community has been phenomenal,” Streett said. “It all happened so fast.” Misty Creek, a non-denominational church, was started in mid-2019 by a small group of congregants led by Streett and Doug Allen, its worship pastor. The group originally met in a congregant’s home, but moved to the stone chapel, which they began renting in June. The space was also occupied by a drama group called Orbit Arts Academy, and there were several buyers interested in purchasing the property, Streett said, but in the end, “a God thing” allowed Misty Creek to complete the transaction. “There was a contract on the table, but First Baptist of Sandy Springs, which owns the property, said to us, ‘We want this facility to be used for a church. Do you want to buy it?’” The worship space now holds about
GDOT maps out major upgrades to local roadways BY CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmedia.com
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Misty Creek Community Church Senior Pastor Steven Streett (l) and Worship Pastor Doug Allen stand in front of their newly purchased church building on Mt. Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs. 200 people, but after Orbit moves out, it will be expanded to 350. There is a 15,000-square-foot building in the back of the property that will be converted to classrooms, a kitchen and a youth
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gathering area. Misty Creek holds worship services at the church, 590 Mt. Vernon Hwy., Sundays at 10:30 a.m. More information can be found at www.mistycreekchurch.org
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council heard an update on big plans for area roadways Nov. 29. Tim Matthews, State Express Lanes Administrator for the Georgia Department of Transportation, outlined upcoming expansion plans for I-285 and Georgia 400 that will involve adding lanes, building new bridges and adding longer exit ramps. However, he could not provide specific details about the exact timelines for most of the projects, other than an estimated year that the projects were to start and finish. “We don’t want to make rash decisions and have to come back and change the dates,” Matthews said. “So, I may not be able to provide exact dates.” The projects include: Combining the I-285 westbound exit ramps to Peachtree Industrial Boulevard north and south, while
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