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Plan calls for mixed-use complex along Ga. 400

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County breaks ground on new dog park Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills addresses a crowd gathered at the groundbreaking for the county’s new dog park across from the animal shelter on County Way, just west of Ga. 400. The park will feature synthetic turf, dog water fountains, wooded areas and other dog-friendly amenities. The park is scheduled to open this fall.

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Developer wins planning board OK for mixed-use complex along Ga. 9 Project would include 900,000 square-feet of new office space

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Planning Commission recently voted to recommend approval of a rezoning request for a large mixed-use complex near Ga. 400 and Ga. 9 that will include attached residential units, industrial space and office space.

With the board’s unanimous vote, the project now goes before the Board of Commissioners.

The 119-acre site runs along Ga. 400 just to the south of the Peachtree Parkway exit with frontage along Ga. 9 near Bethelview Road.

McDonald Development Company’s site plan includes 907,000 square-feet of office and industrial space on 94 acres.

There is also a proposal for 88 attached, age-restricted residential units. The site includes about 20-acres of greenspace running adjacent to Ga. 400.

Howard Carson, speaking on behalf of McDonald company, said the project’s office and industrial spaces are “badly needed” in the county, and the site fits “entirely” within the land use plan. He said the site will not be overly visible from surrounding roads with the greenspace running along Ga. 400 and a “creek shield” along Ga. 9.

Though commissioners recommended approval of the rezoning from restricted residential, commercial busines and agricultural districts, they had no

reservations in stating the project did not conform to the intent of the Master Plan District zoning the developers are seeking.

District 2 representative Stacy Guy said the site is planned more like an industrial park, not a mixed-use development. Inter-parcel connectivity is built into the county’s codes on mixed-use developments, something the McDonald project lacks, he said.

As proposed, the residential portion of the development would run along the northwest portion of the property with six office and industrial buildings comprising the southwest, middle and northeast sections, separating the homes from the greenspace area.

“Really, the use you are proposing doesn’t really conform to the sort of intended use of an MPD,” Commissioner Tim Dineen said. “It’s just an inherent conflict.”

When asked about a potential connection to Majors Road stemming from the western side of the property, the developers said such a road would cause them to lose a proposed commercial building. It could also be a nuisance for an adjacent residential property, and the topography of the area does not lend itself to road construction, they argued.

The developers said an MPD was the only zoning that could allow for their intended project.

To counter, the commissioners said their recommendation comes with conditions that a walking trail be added on the greenspace area, a water fountain be used in two of the four stormwater management areas, and “enhanced” landscaping be added.

The recommendation of approval

With the board’s unanimous vote, the project now goes before the Board of Commissioners. sent to the Board of Commissioners will include a note that the Planning Commission acknowledges the plan does not meet the intent of an MPD, the mixture of land uses are not complimentary, and the project lacks a functional town center, community park or focal point. However, the note said the commission does recognize the economic benefit of the project and “desires to see it developed.”

The issue could spur officials to reconsider their zoning codes.

Guy said he does not want to set a precedent for other developers to use the MPD code because their project does not conform to other zonings. He said the county should reconsider its codes if they prohibit industrial uses or mixeduse complexes.

He said the only true MPD area that was built from the ground up is Halcyon.

One resident spoke in opposition to the project. He said the project’s commercial areas would not benefit residents in the complex and agreed with commissioners that the plan does not conform to MPD zoning. He added the site would be better zoned as a technology park with buffers to surrounding properties.

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Cumming unveils City Center logo, launches paver program

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — The future Cumming City Center now has a visual other than broken ground and construction.

The city has revealed the logo for the 75-acre project expected to open next year and has announced residents and businesses can purchase engraved bricks that will be used to create walkways in the complex.

The city began annexing property from Forsyth County last year in anticipation of City Center, which is located between Ga. 20 and Sawnee Drive west of Cumming’s downtown area. Cumming broke ground on the project, which was championed by Mayor Troy Brumbalow, in August 2019. The project is scheduled

to be completed next fall.

The complex will include around 117,000-square feet of retail space, a 2,000-person amphitheater, pocket parks, a miniature golf course, water fountains and a trail and boardwalk system over the Kelly Mill Branch stream.

City Center will also house Cumming’s police building and Municipal Court.

South Forsyth CID expands, looks to continue growth

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagrou.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The South Forsyth Community Improvement District recently expanded its footprint and is looking to grow its influence in the year ahead.

A Community Improvement District, or CID, is a defined area consisting of commercial properties. These commercial property owners agree to tax themselves and use the money for basic improvements, such as street lighting, beautification projects, road improvements and increased security.

Residential properties that fall within the CID do not pay the tax.

CIDs are quasi-government bodies and can apply for grants and partner with cities and counties to push projects.

Metro Atlanta has well over two dozen CIDs. Many have been in operation for more than 20 years. The first, Cumberland CID in Cobb County, formed in 1988.

The South Forsyth CID includes businesses and parcels along Ga. 400 south and north of McFarland Parkway and along nearby sections of Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Union Hill Road, McFarland Parkway, Shiloh Road and Old Alpharetta Road.

Nicole Hall, who has spearheaded the CID as an adviser with Nickel Works Consulting, said the district is “picking up steam” about a year after its formation.

Recently, the CID added another 51 parcels and 47 business owners to

its base. The expansion adds about $145,000 to the district’s expected annual revenues. In total, the CID expects to take in just over $700,000 in revenues for 2020.

Those funds will allow the CID to partner with Forsyth County or GDOT for improvement projects along the corridor.

Hall said the district can provide the added funding needed to get projects off the ground.

“CIDs are typically good at expediting projects,” Hall said. “We have already spoken to (Forsyth County Director of Engineering) John Cunard and GDOT about trying to do a beautification project along McFarland Parkway. We have primarily been working with Cunard because we are looking to see where he may need funds.”

While other specific projects have not yet been earmarked, the district is researching other beautification projects in the area. Hall said there is also the possibility a piece of land in the area will be donated to the county, and the CID could possibly use it for improvements once it is in the public right of way.

Before the district locks down other projects, it will need to continue expanding. The CID is in a “good place” just a year into its existence, Hall said, but to better fund initiatives, the group wants to reach $1 million in annual revenue.

“Some CID’s start with more revenue at the outset, but they really

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An additional 10 acres is set to be donated to the city for additional walking trails across from City Center along Ga. 20.

Brumbalow said he and city officials reviewed about a dozen different looks from Beeferman Design to “capture the main-street Americana feel of the development while also incorporating modern elements for a classic yet unique and bold look.”

“I think we landed on a logo design that conveys all the feelings that we wanted to express, not only in just the logo, but with the Cumming City Center itself,” Brumbalow said. “It harkens back to a simpler time, but also just looks really sharp and cool.”

The logo will be used throughout the City Center, including at the main entrance, at the amphitheater and wall murals.

City officials also adopted a “merchandise logo” featuring a representation of Sawnee Mountain that will be used on promotional items.

Those looking to make their mark on the city’s significant undertaking can participate in the buy-a-brick program.

Individuals, families, businesses or groups can purchase custom, engraved bricks that will be placed around two fountains in City Center. Around 2,800 custom bricks will be laid.

Each, 4-inch by 8-inch brick will include up to three lines and 18 characters per line. Cost for a brick is $50 and can be purchased at bricksrus. com/donorsite/cummingcentercenter or through a physical form at Cumming City Hall. Orders and payments are due

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ATL sets deadline for added, revised transit project lists

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The metro region’s transit planning agency will close entries July 10 for a Call for Projects it issued last month to give project sponsors the opportunity to submit new or make updates/changes to existing projects.

The Atlanta Region Transit Link Authority (the ATL) is studying close to 200 projects for funding in the 13-county metro region, including DeKalb, Fulton and Forsyth counties. The newly submitted and updated projects will form the basis of short-term (six-year) and longterm (20-year) transit priorities for the region. The prioritized project lists are designed to give the agency a strategy to help target additional state and federal investments, according to Deidre Johnson, ATL public information officer.

The final plan will be submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission late this year for inclusion in the federally required short-range Transportation Improvement Program and the long-range Regional Transportation Plan. The documents guide allocation of federal, state and local funding for all regionally significant transportation investment in the Atlanta Region.

At its June board of director’s meeting, the ATL board reviewed a timeline that will allow it to finalize a regional transportation program report by the end of the year.

Over the course of the summer, projects will be prioritized based on the ATL’s Project Performance Framework as well as prioritized by the project time-

lines identified and submitted by individual agencies, cities and counties.

The schedule also calls for another series of “district downloads,” town-hallstyle information sessions that will be held in early fall at different locations throughout the region.

The latest list of projects range in cost and scope from CobbLinc’s $800,000 transit signal priority plan to MARTA’s $1.4 billion proposed heavy rail line to Stonecrest in DeKalb County.

Other projects with varying price tags include renovation of pedestrian bridges at $6.3 million and MARTA’s North Fulton bus rapid transit service along Ga. 400 at $300 million.

Last fall, the ATL staff culled the original project list to 79 projects that have been identified as having assumed federal or state discretionary funding sources. The 79 projects were evaluated based on 14 criteria that basically rated their impact.

Each project was then assigned a numerical value and charted based on how much bang it would provide for the buck, according to Lori Sand, planner with the ATL. The ATL has scheduled three meetings this month.

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NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The Georgia High School Association has drawn cheers and jeers from its recent rules changes to cross-country and track and field running events.

The track and field rules updates, which have received high praise, are highlighted by the introduction of the 4x800 meter relay in 2020-21 and the phasing in of the 4x200 meter relay by 2022. Each school will also be permitted to enter more athletes in each of the 14 individual events at area or region qualifying track meets, and individual runners can compete in double the number of events.

Class 7A cross-country coaches are disappointed the GHSA chose to replace area competition, which has been used since the creation of the classification, with regions. The move was pushed by the GHSA and not its cross-country committee.

Class 7A coaches against this move argued that more schools from the classification will earn spots at the state cross-country meet. The state’s largest classification will include 45 schools in the upcoming season, and 32 will earn a spot in the state meet. That’s 25 percent more than in 2019.

Previously, schools earning a berth in the state meet were determined by four areas, a combination of two regions, in 7A. In 2019, the state cross-country meet had 24 schools compete for boys and girls competition.

Andy Carr, a cross-country and track and field coach at Milton High School, said he found it “kind of ridiculous” that over 70 percent of 7A programs will earn a spot in the state meet.

“For me, personally, that makes it too easy to make it to the state meet,” Carr said. “It is not that much of an accomplishment when you have a region [with] five teams and four go to the state meet.”

There are eight Class 7A regions in Georgia. Three of them consist of five schools, and one, Region 1 in South Georgia, consists of four schools. Under the new rules, schools in Region 1 are automatically given a berth to the state meet. Of regions with five schools, four will earn a spot in the state meet.

“No matter how fast or slow they are, they can just dress five people, run them and go to state,” Carr said.

Bill Marra, who has coached crosscountry and track and field for the last seven years at Milton, said having runners from 32 schools will make for a cramped state championship course in Carrolton.

“The Carrolton course is wide open for the first 200 yards, but often times it gets really congested after that,” Marra said. “When you have very competitive

runners all trying to get a good start, it can make things very difficult.”

Carr said Milton’s No. 2 runner fell at the start of the 2018 state meet, which likely kept the Eagles off the podium that year based on that runner’s average times.

Based on number of schools, Class 2A was the largest in Georgia last season, and its state cross-country meet had 29 teams compete with over 180 runners on the 5-kilometer course. Class 6A had 30 teams earn a spot in the state meet with 209 total runners in the boys race and 214 in the girls event.

The changes also prompt eight sectional meets instead of four, which places an added burden on schools to either host meets or find and pay for an outside venue that can accommodate such races.

Earlier this year, a Hillgrove crosscountry coach began polling 7A coaches on their preferences for area or region competition when the GHSA first presented the potential rule change. Carr said all but one school replied to the survey. All who did respond favored retaining area competition.

Though displeased with the rule change, Carr said he can understand why the GHSA would want uniformity across the state. Only Class 7A and Class-A competed in areas, all others are divided into regions.

While the cross-country regulations were met with groans, the track and field community is pleased with the rules changes to its sport.

“The biggest change that I am excited for is the changing the athlete limit per team from two to three,” said Tim Feilen, Roswell High School head track coach. “(These) kids work so hard all season, and it has been unfortunate in the past to have kids not be able to participate in an event because they are the third best in that event on their team, even though they are better (than) some of the other competition from other teams in the region.”

Adding the 4x800 race this upcoming year and the 4x200 in 2022 is a “fantastic” way to allow more athletes to participate in meets, Feilen said.

Marra said adding the events is a “huge plus for distance running in Georgia.” He said it will allow more distance runners, including those who compete on their school’s cross-country team, to race in track and field events, which had limited spots for the 1600- and 3200-meter races.

The additional races, and the ability for athletes to compete in more events, will be a boon for standout athletes. Carr said athletes like 2018 Milton grad Sam Bowers, who racked up four individual state titles in cross-country and track and field, can showcase themselves further with the ability to participate in more events.

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By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Tech Alpharetta is celebrating the first graduate of 2020 from its Innovation Center program.

Finosec, a fintech startup that assists financial institutions in navigating cybersecurity and regulatory compliance, has established headquarters in the city on McGinnis Ferry Road. The company has eight employees Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center, launched in 2015, serves as a tech startup incubator in Alpharetta that provides education, mentoring and other resources to its startup members to help them grow and succeed. Finosec joined Tech Alpharetta’s incubator in early 2018.

Finosec President and founder Zach DUKE Duke built the company during its tenure at the incubator.

“Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center connected Finosec to essential resources that directly and positively impacted the company’s progress by accelerating our speed to market,” Duke said, adding that expansion may be in the future.

“Obviously, bringing on customers is the first requisite for adding additional staff, and having great technology is part of that process,” he said.

Duke, who lives in Milton, said headquartering in Alpharetta made sense.

“The technology talent in Alpharetta is really unparalleled,” he said. “We talk a lot about Fin-Tech Alley (tech firms specializing in financial services), but there’s just a lot of great, technical talent in Alpharetta. And being headquartered where the talent is is a critical concern for us.”

Finosec’s platform enables its customers to automate and easily validate labor-intensive tasks that are required to keep banking systems secure and meet regulatory expectations.

Duke said he has found strong traction in the market for Finosec’s platform. He also called Tech Alpharetta’s assistance invaluable.

“Building a company starting from nothing is extremely hard,” he said.

“Having an accelerator that makes it so you don’t have to start from scratch — wow, does it help you.”

Tech Alpharetta CEO, Karen Cashion said the Innovation Center is home to 48 tech startups currently receiving mentoring, coaching, investor relationships and other services.

“We try to provide the additional things all startups need to grow their companies,” Cashion said.

Tech Alpharetta, which receives some of its funding from the city, was challenged last year by the City Council to begin laying the groundwork for selfsufficiency. The nonprofit had received $125,000 in annual funding through the city’s Development Authority up to then.

Last fall, after the organization bolstered its board membership and met other benchmarks, the council approved a three-year funding contract for $100,000 annually.

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Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center, launched in 2015, serves as a tech startup incubator in Alpharetta that provides education, mentoring and other resources to its startup members to help them grow and succeed.

“It’s been a process,” Cashion said.

“Our organization was actually created by the city in 2013, and we’re really an economic engine for Alpharetta.”

Today, Tech Alpharetta has 30 tech companies represented on its board of directors. Its goal is to graduate at least two new firms a year from its incubator.

The Innovation Center has had 12 companies graduate since it began in 2015, nine of them are located in Alpharetta.

Job creation is simple to track by company, but some studies suggest that tech jobs have a multiplier effect on other jobs. Enrico Moretti, economist with the University of California, Berkeley, says each new tech job creates five additional jobs in the service section.

Tech Alpharetta uses a common algorithm that places the number at 4.3 new service sector jobs.

“Just on their own, our graduates have already created 111 high-paying tech jobs for the city — those nine companies that headquartered in the city,” Cashion said. “Using that algorithm, that’s 477 new jobs total for Alpharetta that our graduates have created.”

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Forsyth Schools unveils draft for school reopening Aug. 6 FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The draft plan for re-opening schools in Forsyth County on Aug. 6 includes measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The plan including random temperature checks, reconfigured classrooms, and stay at home directives for anyone with symptoms.

Face masks will be strongly encouraged for staff and students, but not mandated or provided. The final plan will be adopted in mid-July.

Highlights of the draft plan include: • Periodic health screenings of students and employees. Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or a temperature of 100.4 and above will be immediately isolated and sent home.

• Stay home directives for students and staff if they have COVID-19 symptoms, have tested positive, or had close contact with anyone COVID-19 positive within the previous 14 days. A physician’s note will be required for return. Quarantined students may access coursework through remote learning.

• Frequent hand washing breaks in all elementary schools. Middle and high school students will be reminded

throughout the day. Hand sanitizer stations will be located throughout each building • Increased daily cleaning and disinfection of schools. Ventilation systems will be monitored to increase circulation of outdoor air as much as possible. Buses will be cleaned and disinfected after every bus route.

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Health savings tips and tricks Brought to you by – Dr. Brent Taylor, Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta In the increasingly complex world of healthcare, it can be very difficult to keep costs down. When I was in medical school, financial counseling of patients was presented as “not the doctor’s job,” and education provided to medical students about types of insurance, copays, deductibles, coinsurance, the different types of Medicare, etc., was simply not a part of the curriculum. However, helping patients navigate this maze is a vital function of any practice, and respecting physical and financial health need to go hand in hand. The following are a few tips that can really help when navigating the world of insurance and healthcare cost.

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In that case, many companies offer coupons directly on their websites to help insured patients afford their medications. These coupons can offer tremendous savings. And in the era of Covid-19, there are a lot of companies that are truly going above and beyond to help patients. Reps from several companies that make expensive dermatology medications have told me that currently patients who have lost employment or hit hard financial times may be eligible to receive their medication for free or for a reduced cost for a period of time. Patient assistance programs are often available when the above measures are not enough.

Research the manufacturers of medications online and call their patient assistance numbers. For medications such as biologics, the savings can be in the thousands per month and definitely worth a (most likely lengthy) phone call.

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mom in my community who puts her kids snacks for the day in a basket to keep them from constantly grazing from the pantry and fridge. I’ve also found that it’s easier to eat a healthy snack when I’ve already sliced up the carrots or peppers, so I just have to grab them from the fridge. My home office is currently the dining room just around the corner from the kitchen – it’s probably easier to snack less if your home office is further away from the kitchen.

I know that we all can occasionally use some helpful suggestions and reminders to encourage us to take care

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Healthy: Continued from Page 14 of ourselves. Be the healthiest version of yourself despite the changes in our daily routines. I hope this article brought a smile to your face. At Wilson Legal, we help people live HOW they want to live WHERE they want to live for AS LONG AS they live. I hope that this article brought a smile to your face and I hope that you feel comfortable reaching out to us if you need help even if it’s not a “legal question”. We love connecting callers to great service providers in our community.

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wanted to be expansion focused on bringing in more parcels along McFarland,” Hall said. “That’s going to be their primary corridor. So, to do any project, we want to have as many property owners as members.

We don’t want people to get the benefit without the investment, so we want to make sure all are part of the CID. That was the primary objective of the expansion.”

The growth of the district and its revenues will also usher in leadership.

“The main thing we want to work on is to get our Solution revenue up to hire an executive director,” Hall said.

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“We are going through that process right now. Going into the end of the year, we will have an executive director who can then lead the organization on to other projects.”

Though still in its initial stages, Hall believes a successful South Forsyth CID could spur others in the county.

“Just looking at other CIDs, a lot have been able to start small and really get a lot of traction and support and get the property owners on board,” Hall said. “We are really looking forward to developing the first CID in Forsyth to be a catalyst for other CIDs in the county to unite businesses and get some needed improvements.”

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