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Youths take a stand

Young people within the Aberdeen subdivision in south Forsyth County present signs condemning racism and supporting Black Lives Matter June 14. A kids march was organized by neighbors to give children the opportunity to speak out and march through the subdivision. Read more, Page 17

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Candidates secure tickets in other races

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The June 9 general primary election narrowed the field for several federal and state seats representing Forsyth County, but some candidates are headed for the Aug. 11 primary runoff. With a surge in absentee ballots, the results of the general primary have not been made official.

The race for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District will feature a runoff for the Democratic and Republican candidate. The district covers the northern portion of Forsyth County and is currently represented by Doug Collins, who has held the seat since 2013.

The Republican ticket for the general primary was highly contested both in the number of candidates and the narrow margins separating the top contenders.

Matt Gurtler, who currently represents District 8 in the State House, led the field with 21 percent of the vote.

Gurtler will take on Andrew Clyde, a business owner who garnered 18 percent in the runoff.

Forsyth County resident Ethan Underwood took 25 percent of the vote in the county, leading all candidates, but won just 8 percent in the overall district race.

The Democratic runoff includes Brook Siskin and Devin Pandy. Siskin took 46 percent of the vote over Pandy with 35 percent.

Siskin, a Gwinnett County resident, has worked as field coordinator in prior elections and lost a 2012 race for a State House seat. Pandy is an actor and spent 21 years in military service.

The State House District 9 seat will also go to a runoff on the Republican ticket. The seat, which represents the northwest corner of Forsyth County, is

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held by Kevin Tanner who ran for a U.S. House seat.

Will Wade led the six-candidate field for the seat with 34 percent of the vote and will face Steve Leibel in the runoff. Leibel beat out Wade by 12 points among Forsyth County voters with just around 700 votes cast.

Wade is the chair of the Dawson County Board of Education. Leibel, a Dahlonega resident, is a lawyer and provides legal counsel to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office according to his campaign website.

The winner of the runoff will take on Democrat Sharon Ravert who ran uncontested in the general primary.

Candidates secure tickets in other races Though some local races will go to a runoff, most federal and state races have been decided for the Nov. 3 general election.

Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. David Perdue will face Democrat Jon Ossof for one of Georgia’s U.S. Senate posts.

Perdue is seeking a second term for the seat.

There was no primary for the seat occupied by U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Instead, a nonpartisan primary will be held on Nov. 3. The ticket will include 21 candidates who qualified.

Ossof lost a tight runoff race to Karen Handel for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in 2017, a campaign that gained national attention.

The race for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, which includes the southern half of the county, will come down to Republican Rich McCormick and Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux after both won their party’s primary.

McCormick took 55 percent in the Republican primary, besting six other candidates. McCormick is a Suwanee resident in Gwinnett County and emergency room physician.

Bourdeaux took the Democratic majority with 53 percent of the vote in a field of six candidates. Bourdeaux will again be the Democratic nominee

after falling just a few hundred votes short of Republican Rob Woodall in the 2018 general election for the 7th District.

Incumbent State Sen. Greg Dolezal will look to retain his District 27 seat as the Republican candidate after running uncontested in the primary. Dolezal will take on Brook Griffiths, a business owner, who ran unopposed on the Democratic ticket.

District 27 includes nearly all of Forsyth County.

The portion not included is the northeast corner of the county within District 51. Incumbent State Sen. Steve Gooch ran alone on the Republican ticket for the seat and will take on Democratic challenger June Krise.

The race for the District 22 seat in the State House pits incumbent Wes Cantrell, a Republican, and Democrat Charles Ravenscraft, who took a close victory over Bobbi Simpson in the general primary.

Cantrell has represented the district, which includes a southwest section of Forsyth County, since 2015.

Incumbent Sheri Smallwood Gilligan ran uncontested on the Republican ticket for the District 24 seat in the State House, representing the mid-west section of Forsyth County. Gilligan has held the post since 2015.

Democrat Natalie Buckso will challenge Gilligan. Buckso ran uncontested on the Democratic ticket.

Republican State Rep. Todd Jones will face off with Democrat challenger Christa Olenczak for the District 25 seat covering southern Forsyth County.

Jones is seeking a third term, while Olenczak is running for her first political office. Both candidates ran uncontested in the general primary.

The District 26 seat for the State House features Republican Lauren McDonald, former Forsyth County Coroner, and Democratic challenger and public accountant Jason Boskey. The seat represents most of eastern Forsyth County.

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County commission will revert back to remote work sessions

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted at its June 18 meeting to update the county emergency resolution to allow it to conduct remote work sessions.

Commissioners were in favor of permitting board members and county staff to participate remotely in the meetings for as long as Georgia’s emergency declaration is in place.

Though many of the state’s restrictions due to COVID-19 have been lifted, the county is still limiting the number of

people allowed within many of its buildings at one time, including the county’s government building. Many face-to-face interactions with staff are by appointment.

With those procedures and restrictions in place, commissioners said it made sense to allow for virtual work sessions, which will allow county staff and representatives to forego gathering under the same roof to cut down on potential transmission of COVID-19.

County Attorney Ken Jarrard, who floated the idea to commissioners at the June 9 work session, said he thinks the board has remained vigilant to avoid

requiring more public gatherings than need be.

Commission Chair Laura Semanson echoed her earlier statements on the proposal, stating she was in favor of the move because work sessions do not typically include a public comment period, and few people usually attend.

“One benefit we found…we were actually having those meetings available to the public in real time,” Semanson said.

“In the past they would be online later that evening or the next day.”

The board held online meetings for both work sessions and regular sessions beginning in March and throughout

April and May in response to the pandemic. In-person discussions resumed this month for both meetings.

Regular meetings, which include public hearings and public comment periods, will continue to be held in person.

Forsyth County’s emergency declaration coincides with the state’s, so work sessions will be held until Georgia’s order is lifted or allowed to expire. The state declaration is set to expire July 12, which would allow for two more remote work sessions. However, Jarrard told commissioners at the June 9 work session he expects the order to be extended beyond July.

Forsyth Schools faces challenges over openings, budget

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Officials with Forsyth County Schools are facing dual challenges as declining revenues and the ongoing pandemic impact how schools will open in August.

Superintendent Jeff Bearden said he is confident schools will reopen for students as scheduled on Aug. 6, barring a directive from the state to do otherwise.

However, provisions are being discussed for parents and students who prefer to learn remotely.

The school district has crafted an elementary school option for virtual learning in response to feedback from parents in a recent survey. Previously, the district only had virtual school options in middle and high school.

Bearden stressed the K-5 option will not be similar to the instruction this past semester when school buildings were closed because of COVID-19. “[Next year] the expectations and rigor will mirror face-to-face instruction, and virtual students will have a full school day Monday-Friday,” Bearden said. He noted a significant commitment will be required by parents to help their child navigate online learning.

Parents will be not be allowed to switch to in-school instruction until the second quarter which begins in October.

A return to school may also include a change in teacher, because not all online teachers will be located in the physical school where their children are assigned.

For parents interested in virtual learning, an online selection form will be sent out on June 26. Forms must be returned by July 10 to allow schools and the district to plan appropriately.

The district will host virtual town hall meetings the week of July 6 to provide more details on the K-5 virtual option.

For parents of students in grades six through 12, virtual learning will continue through the Forsyth Virtual Academy program. Courses require a semester-long commitment of 18 weeks.

Information about the academy is on the district website, www.forsythk12.ga.us.

The deadline to register for classes is July 31.

Revenue shortfall impacts district Lessons learned from the Great Recession of 2007-09 are being implemented by Forsyth County Schools as the COVID-19 pandemic creates similar financial woes.

Bearden confirmed there will be no cost of living increases for staff, and the school and staff calendar will also be adjusted.

Bearden noted these were the same steps taken during the Great Recession, and they allowed the district to one of

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We came through that challenge stronger, and we will do the same in 2020-21.”

JEFF BEARDEN Forsyth County Superintendent

the few in the state able to protect jobs, benefits, class sizes and financial impact to taxpayers.

“We came through that challenge stronger, and we will do the same in 2020-21,” Bearden said.

The district’s operations budget is funded primarily by local tax revenue (48 percent), with state and federal sources making up the remainder.

This year state leaders are projecting an 11 percent decrease in state tax revenues as a result of COVID, with local tax revenues also on the decline. Regardless of the final numbers, Bearden said the budget will be built with two goals in mind.

“The first is to protect all employees in good standing to avoid a reduction in force, and the second is to not increase class sizes or caseloads of staff,” he said.

Bearden said it costs the district approximately $2 million a day just to cover employee salaries and benefits.

That equates to 90 percent of the entire operational budget. The district is waiting for final revenue projections to finalize a calendar for school and staff days. All currently scheduled breaks will remain as listed on the district website.

The Forsyth County Board of Education has already approved reductions in

department budgets, implemented hiring freezes for non-teaching positions and restricted non-essential employee travel.

Bearden said a tax rate increase is not an option.

“Many in our county are or will be facing job or income loss,” Bearden said.

“Online learning and virtual workdays are not an option to save money. During these days staff members are working so they must be paid, [and] maintenance and operational cost savings are minimal.”

Bearden pointed out the district has unique revenue challenges when compared to other school districts. It is among the few school districts in Georgia to have a senior exemption at the age of 65 which equates to an annual loss of $36 million in revenue.

Second, as the value of the country’s taxable property increases from growth, the district’s Local Fair Share contribution has also increased. The state withholds state funding for wealthier districts through Local Fair Share to be redistributed to less wealthy districts.

Last year the district’s Fair Share was $62.5 million.

Finally, the district received minimal federal CARES Act funding to offset costs associated with the pandemic.

While Atlanta Public Schools received nearly $23 million, Forsyth Schools — with similar student enrollment — received $1.7 million.

The CARES Act funding was calculated based on the number of students enrolled in Title 1 programs, although the funding was directed to all students.

Despite the challenges, Bearden said he appreciates the community’s continued support.

“We are extremely grateful for…the time and effort put into supporting our students and their families,” Bearden said.

A final budget and calendar will be released in July.

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Commissioners review preliminary 2021 budget

By JOE PARKER joe@Appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — There is still much uncertainty how the coronavirus pandemic will impact the county’s budget for next year, but county officials got their first look at the preliminary figures last week. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners reviewed the 2021 preliminary budget at its June 18 meeting.

The county’s general fund budget, which pays for day-to-day operations, is estimated to have more revenue — $3.8 million more — than it anticipates spending. However, Chief Financial Officer David Greun said officials should temper any excitement over a surplus.

Real and personal property taxes and automotive ad valorem taxes subsidize the general fund, and Gruen said the county’s estimated income from those two sources is “rather volatile.”

A 5 percent drop in revenues from both funding sources would reduce the county’s general fund surplus by $2.8 million, Gruen said.

The budget anticipates a 5 percent decrease in sales tax revenue for the

general fund, but some commissioners said Forsyth County is faring comparatively well against the state and its neighbors.

Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills said Forsyth County saw a 3.28 percent drop in year-over-year sales tax collections in April, while the state reported collections falling by 11 percent.

County Manager Eric Johnson reported that preliminary estimates indicate the county’s tax digest —the value of all its taxable property — will increase just over 4.5 percent from last year. That means the county should expect to bring in more property tax revenue without raising the mill levy.

The preliminary budget calls for a millage rate of 7.896 percent, down 0.5 percent from 2020 levels due to a decrease in general obligation bond payments. The Maintenance & Operation millage rate and Fire District rate will carry over from the 2020 budget in the proposal.

The millage rate for the school district has not been set.

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Cities add extra precautions when opening public pools

By JULIA GROCHOWSKI julia@appenmediagroup.com NORTH ATLANTA — With summer in full swing, several area cities have opened their pools to the public, but with an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, governments are taking extra steps to ensure the safety of their residents.

COVID-19 is not thought to spread through pools, hot tubs or water playgrounds that are disinfected properly, according to the CDC. Nevertheless, the CDC has published safety guidelines for aquatic centers, including neighborhood pools and water parks, that most local governments are following to minimize the risk. Some of the guidelines emphasize following current general safety protocol, such as frequent hand washing, disinfecting commonly touched surfaces, wearing face masks when possible and staying home when sick.

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The center is requiring that all guests have their temperature taken before entering and wearing facemasks is encouraged. Restrooms, showers and changing areas are now open, but lockers will not be open for use in the locker rooms.

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Loyal customers, operational changes carry restaurant through crisis

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has hit the restaurant industry particularly hard, but one local restaurateur has weathered the storm better than most.

While many restaurants closed their doors and others had to furlough or lay off all but a bare-bones staff, Fry Me 2 the Moon has operated through the pandemic and kept all workers on its payroll.

The seafood restaurant, located on Ga. 9 near the border of Alpharetta and Forsyth County, has been in operation since 2014. As the pandemic began gaining a foothold in Georgia, it disrupted one of the restaurant’s busiest times of the year — Lent.

“Being a seafood restaurant, Lent season is typically very busy for us,” owner Mike Miranda said. “It helps us get through summer, and we kind of rely on that extra income those seven weeks leading up to Easter.”

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The pandemic took hold during the early stages of Lent, and it made an impact, Miranda said.

He and his staff responded to the decline in sales and eventual closure of dining rooms in a number of ways.

The first was to drastically reduce the menu.

“We took the opportunity to see what items weren’t performing well on our menu,” Miranda said. “So instead of having that cost and inventory, we said, ‘When those are done, let’s not order them until we’re back on our feet.’”

The trimmed menu was key to cutting costs. Being a smaller restaurant to begin with was also advantageous for staying afloat during the pandemic, Miranda added.

“We are not a chain, a franchise or a place that has 150 seats,” he said. “And we don’t have 35 to 40 employees, so we didn’t have an extra 30 waiters or so to furlough. That was huge and an advantage of being smaller.”

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There was a drawback with Fry Me 2 the Moon’s size, however. Recent limits on the number of patrons allowed in restaurants at one time left just over a dozen seats available for those wanting dine-in service, Miranda said.

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“We have a very loyal customer base, just about everyone wanted to come and support us,” Miranda said. “It really means a lot to a person with a local business when they see the same people again. And they were all asking if things are okay and saying they were so glad to see we’re surviving. It’s been a struggle for everybody, and their generosity and continued support of the businesses around them shows a lot of greatness from the people around here.”

Mike Miranda, owner of Fry Me 2 the Moon, stands in front of the restaurant he opened in 2014. The business has been able to pilot through the economic storm of the coronavirus pandemic without having to lay off or furlough any of its staff.

community,” said Ivan Shammas, chairman of the GHCC Board and general manager for Telemundo Atlanta.

“We’re fortunate to have Gabriel Vaca already onboard in a leadership role at the chamber and know that VACA under his direction, along with the strong team in place, the GHCC will continue to be a valuable resource for Georgia businesses. Gabe has been supporting and involved with the GHCC for over 15 years. It’s because of his guidance in the past that we have

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Some history doesn’t need to be celebrated During a trip to Washington, D.C. a few years ago, I traversed the National Mall to take in some of the nation’s most iconic structures.

Coming across the more than 58,000 names on the JOE PARKER Vietnam Wall was, Editor joe@appenmediagroup.com in a word, sobering.

Having only seen it in pictures or video before that day, I took notice of how small the names were etched into stone. Upon that realization, the size and gravity of the wall grew exponentially.

The Washington Monument was impressive. The Lincoln Memorial was poignant. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was striking. The World War II Memorial was remarkable.

These structures celebrate and honor those who should be celebrated and honored. Those who fought for, led and changed this country for the better.

However, if these memorials did not exist or were taken down, it would not erase the sacrifice of those who served in the armed forces and those who made the ultimate sacrifice doing so. It would not wipe from the history books the

leadership, direction and great deeds of men like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. These monuments and memorials were erected to commemorate and pay tribute to these aspects of our country’s history because they are deserving of such distinction.

And if monuments are to celebrate, commemorate and honor, those who fought for the Confederacy, led a secession from the United States and advocated for the continuance of slavery should not be memorialized.

Doing so will not, as many have argued, be “erasing history.” Tearing down a monument does not tear out pages in the book of American history.

Times change, history doesn’t. And the time has come for these celebrations of Confederates to be taken down.

It is especially true when you consider just how many of these monuments were put in place far after the initial stages of the antebellum South. Many were erected as a direct and absolute repression of black Americans.

Looking at data compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are two clear periods in which monuments dedicated to Confederates were put in place along with schools, roads and the like being named after those who kept

slaves and advocated for succession.

The most prominent coincided with the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and later, another spike during the Civil Rights Movement. The latter includes the installation of the Stone Mountain monument, the location of a Klan Labor Day cross burning for decades.

With nationwide protests crying out against racism, the calls for removing monuments dedicated to Confederates have again become louder, just as they did after nine black churchgoers were slain by Dylann Roof in Charleston, S.C., with his intent to start a race war.

Sadly, some even view removing monuments as a partisan issue. In a way, these people are arguing that their party is in the right by wanting to celebrate those who committed treason.

Sure, there are contentions that Confederates had claimed independence and weren’t traitors. By that same argument, those who declare themselves to be sovereign citizens can do whatever the heck they please on American soil.

We should not rewrite the history books, and no one is suggesting we do so in advocating for the removal of Confederate monuments. But we should not celebrate those who caused the most divisive and darkest period in our nation’s history.

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Continued from Page 5 Commissioners Mills and Molly Cooper, who both serve on the county’s Finance Committee, said the county has approached its 2021 budget conservatively amid the current economic crunch.

“The Finance Committee has gone through the budget with a fine-tooth comb,” Cooper said. “Everything that could be cut has been cut.”

Gruen said he does not expect any county services or staff to be cut.

The budget calls for 29 total new employees and a salary increase of 2 percent for county employees. Officials had originally suggested a 4 percent hike.

The county’s public safety departments, including the Sheriff’s Office, will see a modest increase in overall funding over 2020. While the county’s ambulance service and Sheriff’s Office show slight increases in funding, the E-911

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Last year, Roswell staff counted more than 8,500 visits to the city’s pools.

Neighboring city Milton has likewise added a number of rules to follow recommendations offered by the Georgia Department of Health, Fulton County, the CDC and national pool associations.

The Milton pool’s capacity is approximately 240 people, according to Communications Director Greg Botelho. But for health concerns, Milton is now limiting the capacity to 50 people to comply with social distancing standards.

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system, Coroner’s Office and Emergency Management Agency will see cuts.

Parks and Recreation and judicial services expenditures are expected to increase under the proposed budget while general government, administration, public health and welfare, and housing and development could see small decreases.

The first public hearings on the proposed budget will take place July 9 at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. County officials are expected to adopt the millage rate July 23. A final vote on the 2021 budget is tentatively set for the first week in September. However, Gruen said the county is not pinned down to dates.

“Of course there is so much uncertainty with the revenues this year, particularly in the middle of a pandemic recession, if you can call it that… we (don’t) feel pressured to adopt the budget by September 3, but (can) let it go out into October or November to allow us to receive more data,” he told commissioners. ber of people in the pool at a time using an online tool available on city’s website.

The City of Milton was one of the first municipalities to reopen its pool. On Memorial Day weekend, the city opened the facility following an inspection by Fulton County.

Since then, it has sold more than 275 pool passes. Last year, the city sold between 350-400 pool passes.

The City of Alpharetta reopened its Wills Park pool on June 13 with additional rules. Most notably, the city has capped the maximum capacity to 120 people with entry available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Temperatures will be taken before people enter. There will be no pool chairs available, and people will not be able to rent the pool pavilion.

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Neighborhood organizes kids march supporting Black Lives Matter

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Kids, parents and others wanting to show support came together June 13 in the Aberdeen neighborhood to support the Black Lives Matter movement by marching along subdivision streets. Around 50 people traversed the hilly streets of the south Forsyth neighborhood chanting and holding signs for the event organized by resident Rosa Bonilla.

Bonilla said she wanted to take her kids to a recent protest in downtown Cumming. She did have some safety concerns about the possibility of violence, but ultimately she was simply unable to attend. Her kids still wanted to create signs and be a part of an event, Bonilla said, so she decided to organize a safe march for kids and put the word out to her neighbors.

“One morning I just decided to put the idea on our neighborhood Facebook page to see if anyone would be interested in that kind of event to give kids a chance to speak up and speak out about what’s going on,” Bonilla said. “Soon I was getting a good response.”

The kids who marched were glad to be a part of the event, she said.

“It was really amazing to have them be able to participate, not just in walking but also in leading chants,” Bonilla said. “It makes them feel like they are contributing

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Young people in the Aberdeen subdivision march along the neighborhood’s streets June 14. About 50 people marched to support the Black Lives Matter movement at the event. and standing up for what they feel is right.”

Bonilla, who is Hispanic, said she showed her kids portions of the video taken of George Floyd’s death, and a recent conversation with her daughter had an impact on how she viewed her own ethnicity.

“My daughter is darker skin-toned, and one thing she said caught her attention was me having to tell her don’t take her dog outside at night with a hoodie on,” Bonilla said. “That really resonated with her.”

Though the march was created with kids in mind, adults were eager to join.

Some adults without kids marched, and some neighbors who did not walk the streets still showed support from their driveways. Some started at the beginning of the walk while others joined in while it was underway.

“I don’t have all the answers, none of us do, but no matter how deeply involved we are or if we are just touching the surface, everyone was happy to be there and show support,” Bonilla said.

“And it’s not just a march, it’s bringing awareness to the issue. We are a predominately white neighborhood, so maybe people have only seen a handful of people of color here, but a lot of neighbors were happy just to show up and support the cause.”

Following the event, Aberdeen resident Matt Maguire, who is white, addressed his neighbors. His words were aimed at his white neighbors and were inspired by the sign Bonilla carried during the march which read; “It is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.”

“We are really privileged to be able to consider marching one day and otherwise sit it out,” Maguire said. “I told them to leverage their privilege, stand up in the face of prejudice, have tough conversations with family and those in your friends circle and loudly object to racism in all its forms.”

Those looking for a safe way for kids to participate and show their support of Black Lives Matter could consider holding a neighborhood march, Bonilla said.

“I would encourage people to give it a shot,” she said. “Just bring it up with your neighbors, and you will probably be surprised at how many people are interested and willing to join.”

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