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Forsyth County commissioners discuss pausing rezoning applications on residential properties that have
The matter, passed unanimously June 19, takes aim at speculative rezonings.
County pauses rezoning filings for dormant residential plots
Action follows pleas from school officials
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Commission closed the loop on a 2017 decision targeting properties that have languished for years. At its June 19 business meeting, commissioners unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium for accepting rezoning applications for residential properties rezoned before April 13,
2017. The moratorium provides the county breathing room to review any properties that have sat dormant since then.
The decision comes a month after commissioners approved a similar pause on all residential rezonings. That moratorium aims to slow growth many believe is contributing to overcrowding, and it followed a plea from school district officials who called on the county to take control of rampant high-density developments.
School Board Chairman Mike Valdes said in April that Forsyth County continues to add 1,200 students a year – roughly the enrollment of a middle
school. This kind of unchecked growth, he said, could force the school district into raising the tax rate.
He called on county and City of Cumming cooperation to manage growth more sensibly.
“The citizens need our help for tax relief,” Valdes said. “We need the other governments’ help to stop growth.”
Forsyth County Attorney Ken Jarrard said speculatively zoned properties can cause problems when they are granted rezonings and remain undeveloped.
“It’s intended so property won’t languish and then pop up 10 years later and
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County property owners should look for a property assessment notice in their mailboxes.
The notices, which are not bills, were mailed June 17. Owners may appeal their property values within 45 days of the date listed on the assessment.
“The property assessments that property owners will be receiving are, by Georgia law, based on fair market value,” Forsyth County Chief Appraiser Joel Benton said. “We encourage property owners to review their assessed values and exemptions that will be applied to their final bill.”
Recent state legislation, specifically House Bill 581 and House Bill 92, have introduced significant statewide changes to Box C of the notices.
“This year’s assessments have modifications due to the statewide changes deriving from Georgia House Bill 581 and 92,” Benton said. “The primary difference will be the removal of an individual’s estimated property tax as seen in assessment notices in previous years.”
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Identity thief rings up purchase for $41,800
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 51-yearold Cumming woman said she discovered a fraudulent $41,800 purchase from an electric vehicle company.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the woman reported June 13 that someone used her bank routing number to make the purchase June 12. The woman discovered the alleged fraud while reviewing her bank account.
The woman contacted her bank, which closed the account and said they would investigate. The investigation could take 45 days.
The woman said she planned to report the incident to credit bureaus and the FTC.
She said she wished to press charges.
The incident was classified as a felony identity fraud.
— Jon Wilcox
Thief drains account of food stamp ration
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 46-yearold Cumming woman reported the theft of more than $1,000 in food stamps.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the woman told them she was notified her funds were insufficient for a purchase June 13. She had made one $36 transaction at a grocery store just before the notification.
The woman received her food stamps June 13.
When she logged into her account, she discovered numerous purchases had been made in Pennsylvania. The
six transactions were at a Philadelphia grocery store and totaled $1,121.84.
The incident was classified as a felony fraud, unauthorized use of a financial transaction card.
— Jon Wilcox
Jewelry store owners report fraud attempt
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating a case of financial identity fraud after the owners of a jewelry store off East Crossville Road reported attempted bank transactions June 11.
An officer said he spoke with one of the owners, a 49-year-old man, about the incident a day after it occurred.
The victim said he received a call from a Wells Fargo branch manager in Las Vegas who was trying to confirm his identity. According to the victim, the branch manager said someone came in and attempted to initiate two wire transfers and a withdrawal using an ID with his exact information.
The store owner said the Wells Fargo branch denied both wire transfers, one for $49,500 and the other for $47,640, as well as a $9,700 withdrawal.
The officer said the man and his mother are co-owners of the Wells Fargo business account.
As a result, the 49-year-old man’s credit has been frozen, and his name has been withdrawn from the account.
He told officers that he wishes to press charges and file an official report, so that Wells Fargo could give information about the fraudulent transaction to law enforcement.
The case remains active.
— Hayden Sumlin
Thief steals credit cards from three gym patrons
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police are investigating the theft of credit
and debit cards, cash and personal belongings from gym patrons June 10 at the LA Fitness off Holcomb Bridge Road.
An officer said he spoke with one of the victims, a 23-year-old Tuscaloosa man, at the gym parking lot off Ga. 140 around 7:30 p.m.
The Alabama man said he started working out around 6 p.m. and noticed his debit and credit card were missing from his wallet when he finished.
While he initially did not report fraudulent transactions, the victim later told officers that his credit card had been used three times for the same amount, around $257, at the Kroger near East Roswell Park.
The officer said another gym patron approached him about his missing credit card.
The second victim, a 38-year-old Sandy Springs man, said his card was charged the exact same amount as the first victim, but at a different Kroger off Ga. 120 near the Cobb County line.
The report did not indicate what the purchases were for.
The officer then spoke with a third victim, a 37-year-old Roswell man, who reported multiple stolen cards and the loss of $200 in cash.
The third victim said he had two credit cards, each charged the same amount as the other victims, at a nearby Kroger.
The officer said he was not able to determine the specific Kroger location. He also said the third victim received another $125 charge at a nearby La Parilla restaurant.
After speaking with LA Fitness employees, the officer said they set up a time to review security footage of the incident.
In total, the victims’ financial transaction cards were charged more than $1,650.
The Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene and took over the investigation. The case remains active.
— Hayden Sumlin
Housing, economic experts chart latest market trends
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
METRO ATLANTA — MarketNsight, one of the Southeast’s leading consultants for housing data and trends, projected a return to rate-driven market during its June 12 update to industry personnel.
John Hunt, chief analyst and principal of MarketNsight, said his team’s December 2024 forecast was spot on. Despite tariff and trade turmoil, the housing market remains on par with last year.
The Federal Reserve kept rates at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent in mid-June amid concerns about higher inflation and slower growth ahead. Because of its dual mandate,
the Fed considers how to achieve maximum employment and price stability when making monetary policy decisions.
Hunt said the rest of 2025 will look like 2024 unless there is a drop in rates.
Because of a drop-off in economic activity amid an uncertain election cycle, pending home sales increased with mortgage rates in the third quarter last year.
Hunt called this the “opposite world,” because home sales should decrease as mortgage rates increase, which was the case in 2022-23.
Professor Rajeev Dhawan, holder of the Zwerner Chair of Economic Forecasting and
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A graph from MarketNsight shows United States residential building permits issued from 1980-2024. MarketNsight Chief Analyst & Principal John Hunt said residential building permits are yet to recover from the Great Recession in late 2007, causing “a housing shortage of epic proportions.”
Public Service Commission race headed to July runoff election
By ALESSANDRO MARAZZI SASSOON Atlanta Civic Circle
ATLANTA — Incumbent Public Service
Commissioner Tim Echols secured a decisive victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary for District 2. Democrats Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard will advance to a July 15 runoff election in District 3.
Registered voters can vote in the runoff if they selected a non-partisan or Democratic ballot or did not vote at all in the June 17 primary election.
District 2 results
Echols defeated challenger Lee Muns by a large margin in the Republican primary, which drew far fewer voters than the Democratic primary. He will face Democrat Alicia Johnson — who ran unopposed in her primary — in the general election in November. Johnson secured 125,154 votes by late June 17.
Muns campaigned as a Republican alternative to incumbent commissioners — like Echols — who are viewed by some voters as being too cozy with the utility interests they regulate, like Georgia Power. He forswore taking campaign donations from regulated
utilities and their business interests, and told Atlanta Civic Circle that he crisscrossed the state to connect with voters and make up for his financial disadvantage against Echols. But it wasn’t enough to pull off what would have been a long-shot upset.
By late election night, Echols had 47,811 votes, or 75.8% to Muns’ 15,263 votes, or 24.2%.
Neither Muns nor Echols provided comment by press time.
District 3 results
The disqualification of Democrat Daniel Blackman may have opened the race for three remaining Democratic contenders: Peter Hubbard, Robert Jones and Keisha Waites.
Waites held an early lead in the vote total, but as votes were counted, that lead dwindled. Ultimately, she fell short of the 50% plus one vote threshold to avoid a runoff.
By late election night, Waites secured 57,771 votes, or 46.1%; Hubbard secured 41,794 votes, or 33.3% while Jones secured 25,856 votes, or 20.6%.
The winner of the July 15 runoff will face incumbent Republican Fitz Johnson, who secured 54,420 votes statewide.
Waites, who served as a state representative from 2012-2017 and later as an Atlanta City Council member from 2022-2024 pitched herself to voters as an experienced politician and capable dealmaker they could trust, despite a self-avowed lack of expertise in the technical aspects of energy policy. Voters “want a fighter on the PSC,” she said in a statement to Atlanta Civic Circle.
“I look forward to continuing to work for all the people of Georgia making the case that I am the best choice to serve them on the PSC,” Waites said.” We will continue to watch the race tonight to make sure all votes are counted and continue with the campaign tomorrow,” she added.
Hubbard, an energy policy expert and clean energy advocate, in a statement said “I am grateful to be in the runoff election for Public Service Commission to fight for a Georgia powered by clean, low-cost renewable energy.”
“I have a detailed plan to create that future and to lower power bills,” he said, asking voters to support his campaign.
Hubbard also thanked Jones and Blackman “for their public service, dedication, and work to improve the lives of all Georgians.”
“Mr. Blackman’s record of service with the EPA and Mr. Jones’s regulatory service in California speak to their character. It was an honor to speak alongside them on the campaign trail.”
Jones in a statement congratulated his opponents and thanked his team. A first time candidate, he said “the opportunity to meet and engage with so many informed voters on the important issues of getting electricity bills under control, transitioning to clean energy, and delivering full transparency with ethical fund raising, has personally been truly rewarding and enriching.”
“As this election now shifts to November it is my intent to offer my full support to the eventual Democratic nominee for this critically important state office.”
The June 17 primary election results reported are unofficial until counties certify the results by June 23. Early voting for the July 15 primary runoff is set to begin no later than July 7.
This article was originally published on atlantaciviccircle.org. The nonprofit newsroom covers housing, democracy and labor in Metro Atlanta.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — There’s sushi, and then there’s the kind of sushi that makes diners realize they have never actually had it.
That reaction is one Minami Powell often hears at Edo Japanese Cuisine, which opened in Alpharetta in May.
“They say I’ve never had sushi like this before,” Powell said. “I didn’t even know what sushi was.”
With a focus on authenticity, Edo already has made waves in the city’s dining scene, attracting both purists seeking traditional Japanese fare and newcomers curious to taste a cuisine with 5,000 years of history.
Powell’s family owns about 80 restaurants in Brazil, China and Japan. Edo, 2500 North Point Court, marks their first in the United States
The Alpharetta restaurant prides itself in serving sushi made from imported Japanese fish and certified A5 wagyu beef from Japanese Black cattle, also from Japan. It aims to deliver a painstakingly authentic cuisine with an almost religious emphasis on the sourcing of ingredients.
The result is an experience that is exceptional, said Powell, who has worked at her family’s restaurants for more than 40 years.
“I am very high on quality. I want to make sure that the quality is amazing, not good. It needs to be amazing,” she said. “The expectation of being here versus what they know is completely different. It is mind blowing.”
That experience begins at the parking lot when visitors are greeted by the restaurant’s striking facade. The building’s sloped roofs and extended eaves pay homage to Japan’s Edo period, which began in 1600 and is considered one of the culture’s golden eras.
Inside, the restaurant opens to a two-story atrium girded by tables recessed into walls with a long sushi bar at its center. Warmtoned stained wood abounds, and accent lighting lends the space an inviting but exciting vibe.
Tucked into corners are historical relics like samurai armor and real Edo-period coinage.
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Minami Powell, whose family owns Edo and about 80 others around the globe, sits at the sushi bar at her restaurant June 18.
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Sushi chefs work behind the sushi bar at Edo Japanese Cuisine June 18.
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Powell said she aimed to create a dining area that directly spoke to the period and evoked a feeling of mystery while radiating ambience.
“It took a lot of money and a lot of time, but here we are,” she said, smiling.
The architecture may turn heads, but the restaurant’s real focus is the food.
Japanese cuisine embodies a duality that balances flavors while celebrating the uniqueness of each ingredient, said Powell, who grew up with the food during a youth that began in Tokyo and extended to Rio De Janeiro.
Unlike Westernized rolls, which mix flavors and often feature nontraditional ingredients like mayonnaise or cream cheese, Edo’s sushi seeks to celebrate the uniqueness of every fish.
Powell said Edo’s chef, a man who has worked for her family for decades since he was a teenager, is another big part of ensuring the quality of those dishes.
“The essence of Japanese food is that we try to enhance the flavor of each ingredient,” she said. “It’s very important in Japanese households to eat like 18 to 19 different types of ingredients in every single meal … Every little thing counts.”
Whether it be bluefin tuna, sea bream, sea urchin, yellowtail, salmon or scallop, each has its own delicious identity.
And each shares one thing in common. They are exquisitely fresh, harvested from the cold waters off Japan before being shipped to Alpharetta.
To ensure their flavor is at its maximum, Edo’s
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A sashimi platter offers a half dozen kinds of fish sourced from the cold waters off Japan and cut to order.
sushi is never prepared or cut in advance. Instead, the sushi chefs slice each fish as orders are received. That is because a fish’s flavors are released as soon as a knife touches it.
“It’s an explosion of flavors,” Powell said.
Edo pays an equal amount of attention to its beef, aiming to source the best and prepare it in a way to highlight its special character.
Certificates prove the meat’s pedigree, listing each cow’s birthplace in Japan, birth date, breed, packing date, sex, butchering location and identification number.
The restaurant serves A5-grade beef harvested from Japanese Black cattle, which was selectively bred
for centuries to create highly dense marbling and an extremely savory flavor.
The cows are massaged by caretakers and fed beer to make their meat especially tender.
It is sliced thin and prepared with seasonal vegetables for sukiyaki and shabushabu and seared for tataki. It also is featured as a sushi.
“Oh my gosh, it just melts in your mouth,” Powell said.
Edo offers a host of other traditional menu items from noodles like soba, udon and ramen to yakitori to a variety of tempuras that include fried and battered abalone, lobster tail and soft shell crab.
“What really makes a difference in Japanese food is that you learn from a really young age that every food has a function,” she said.
The restaurant also boasts a full bar with cocktails like a popular lychee martini or top-shelf spirits such as a $200 sake.
In the month since its opening, Edo has attracted a following of diners craving authentic and purposefully made sushi, wagyu and other Japanese dishes. To that crowd, Powell said the restaurant has prided itself in delivering the real deal.
But Powell also said she loves serving customers who are uninitiated. She hopes those diners come in hungry and ready to receive an education in what makes Japanese food great.
Often during dinner service, she walks table to table, getting great joy from teaching diners about her culinary heritage.
“Some people don’t want to talk, and I’m OK with that,” she said. “But if somebody is like, ‘So, tell me why this is this or that,’ and they just keep on asking me questions, I love that. I love that because I can teach them a little bit of a culture that is so old and ancient.”
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A major step forward in understanding Multiple Sclerosis
While I usually focus on dermatology, every so often, a discovery from another field demands attention. A recent, elegantly designed study has produced compelling evidence that some cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) may be caused by bacteria in the Lachnospiraceae family.
MS is a chronic disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the central nervous system—the brain and spinal cord. MS often worsens over time, leading to disability and reduced life expectancy. Common symptoms include fatigue, difficulty walking, balance problems, and cognitive impairment—issues that severely impact quality of life.
around peripheral nerves, leading to symptoms like hand and foot weakness and sometimes paralysis. A well-established trigger for GBS is Campylobacter jejuni. Its surface proteins mimic those found in human nerves closely enough to confuse the immune system, leading the immune system to attack both the bacteria and the body’s own tissues—a phenomenon called molecular mimicry.
Since the 1982 discovery that C. jejuni can cause GBS, researchers have hunted for a similar microbial trigger for MS. Many studies proposed potential bacterial culprits, but with thousands of gut bacteria to sort through, most leads fell flat.
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In recent years, the importance of gut health in overall wellness has come into focus. We now frequently hear about the “gut-skin,” “gut-joint,” and “gut-brain” axes, suggesting that gut health is closely tied to the health of distant organs. We’re just beginning to understand how gut bacteria—collectively known as the gut microbiome—play a role in both health and disease.
Clues to MS’s origins have come from a related condition, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). In GBS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath
That may have changed in February 2025. A breakthrough study involved using a mouse model that mimics MS when mice are exposed to certain gut bacteria. In sterile environments, these mice remained healthy, but once exposed to normal gut flora, they could develop a MS-like illness. They were more likely to develop this illness if the bacteria came from the gut of people with MS. The challenge was identifying which specific bacteria were responsible.
The game-changing insight came from studying identical twins where one twin has MS and the other does not. Researchers collected bacterial samples
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With Medicare Supplement premiums on the rise, is it time to switch to Medicare Supplement Plan N?
For those of you on Medicare Advantage, you are pretty much locked into your plan for 2025, unless you have a Special Enrollment Period.
But, for those of you already on a Medicare Supplement plan- like the very popular Plan G- you can switch to a new Medicare Supplement plan anytime throughout the year.
Have you considered a Medicare Supplement Plan N?
To make this change, you would have to go through medical underwriting. So, some of you with chronic conditions, like heart conditions or diabetes, might have to stay on your current Medicare Supplement plan.
Like with everything in life, there are pros and cons with Plan N, but after considering these you might find Plan N to be a better fit for you.
On average, Plan N is about 25 percent less in monthly premium costs than Plan G. This savings could add up to thousands of dollars over the next several years!
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from the ileum and colon—both stool and wall-adherent bacteria—from these twins. The twins’ DNA might be identical, but their gut microbiomes were not! Researchers transferred these bacterial communities into the MS-prone mice. The result: mice receiving microbiota from MS-affected twins developed illness, and a bloom of bacteria from the Lachnospiraceae family was observed. Two species in particular—Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium—were linked to disease development.
While this study is a landmark in neurology, its implications extend to autoimmune diseases across the body, including those of the skin. For example, patients with inflammatory bowel disease are nearly three times more likely to have severe psoriasis, a chronic skin condition. Molecular mimicry involving the gut microbiome could be a unifying cause in many autoimmune disorders. Why the ileum and not some other part of our gut such as the stomach? The stomach is extremely acidic. In contrast, the pH of the ileum is around 7.4 – similar to the rest of our body. The bacteria that thrive in the ileum could also easily thrive in the rest of our body,
creases for Plan N (which occur with every Medicare Supplement plan) seem less impacted than with Plan G. In other words, annual rate increases to Plan N tend to be nominal compared to annual rate increases of Plan G.
The reason Plan G may still be the more favorable option is because with Plan N you will have higher costs when you use medical services. Here’s a breakdown of costs that you can expect to pay on Plan N:
• Part B Deductible (this is the same as Plan G; current deductible is $257 for 2025)
• When applicable, Part B Excess Charges would be passed on to you (up to 15 percent more than the Medicare approved rate for services)
• Doctor Office Copay (up to a $20 copay)
• ER Visits (up to $50)
Through my experience, these charges don’t add up to an unmanageable amount, but some people would rather not have to deal with them. Over time, I believe the monthly premium savings will more than make up for any dollars lost paying for the above medical services, but it’s a per -
so bacteria in the ileum pose more of a threat of invading and causing disease. To defend our bodies from the bacteria that live in the ileum, the immune system has to be hypervigilant – sometimes too vigilant. The ileum has specialized lymphoid structures to train aggressive immune system cells. But highly trained immune cells can sometimes become overzealous attacking not just harmful invaders, but our own tissues as well. Sometimes, autoimmunity is a consequence of having a part of our gut be the same pH as the rest of our body and of having to fight off the bacteria that grow there.
The discovery of Lachnospiraceae in the ileum likely causing some cases of MS is exciting because it offers a roadmap for uncovering microbial causes of autoimmune diseases more broadly. If a suitable animal model exists for a disease, and if human twin pairs can be identified where only one of the two twins is affected, this approach could be replicated across various conditions— perhaps in psoriasis, certain types of eczema or in hidradenitis.
We are entering an era when the microbiome may hold the key to some of medicine’s most enduring mysteries. As our understanding of these bacterialhuman interactions deepens, causes of disease will be identified, and new treatments will follow.
sonal decision that neither I or anyone else should make for you.
I would advise you to compare the additional medical expenses for services to the overall annual savings in premiums to help determine which Medicare Supplement plan may be the
best fit for you. If you’d like to have a discussion on whether a move to Plan N would be worth it for you, please give us a call today at (770) 315-8145 or contact us through our website at www.SeniorSourceMedicare.com/contact-seniorsource.
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A home in good neighborly hands
There’s an insurance company that purports to make you feel like you’re in good hands. With the outrageous price for being insured these days, I’m sure the company’s good hands are acting like mischievous children who took delight in pilfering money from your pocket.
Then there’s the company that says it’s “like a good neighbor,” which sounds good. If it were only true. Once, after paying escalating premiums and having no claims, a storm tore through the neighborhood and tore shingles off my roof.
Several neighbors had similar damage and got their roofs replaced. Not me. My home was a sight of an honestto-God miracle.
At least it was akin to some sort of shrine according to the “good neighbor” appraiser. Four surrounding homes had roofs damaged in that storm.
Not me. Those shingles that were scattered on the lawn were attributed to normal wear-and-tear. I treated that company like a neighbor. I said “No, I’ll not lend you any more tools, so ‘Adios’ to you.”
Fortunately, there are truly good neighbors out there and I’m so very lucky to have a dandy.
Jeremy Poisson is a veteran, still serving our country. He and his wife Mollie, a middle-school teacher, have two children, one in grade school and the other, a rising highschool freshman. Jeremy sits on our HOA board, a seemingly thankless task, which, after having served two terms
in the past, is something that screams: “Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt!”
On a more personal note, Jeremy came through recently when an afternoon storm felled a huge tree in a neighbor’s yard. Unfortunately, the massive tree blocked, not only the neighbor’s driveway, but ours as well. Minutes after the tree fell, Jeremy was there, chainsaw in hand, clearing my driveway while the rain still fell. Mollie got into the act, soliciting Facebook help to find a tree service that cleared the neighbor’s driveway.
To heck with the hollow promises I experienced from the “good hands” people.
There was no doubt that the Poisson’s aren’t anything close to being like a good neighbor. They are great neighbors, but even before the storm’s devastation, Jeremy is putting his money where his mouth is.
This year, as he has done every year since local fireworks became legal, Jeremy is planning his personal Independence Day gift for the neighborhood in the form of an awesome, breathtaking and patriotic display of all things that explode and elicit “oohs and aahs” from an audience of homeowners who benefit from the Poisson’s generosity.
The event has outgrown our cul-de-sac and was moved last year to the Sweetwater clubhouse. This isn’t some nickel-and-dime undertaking. The cost for all the ordinance is somewhere in the $2,000 vicinity and Jeremy does it as a gift, albeit a very expensive one, to the residents.
Hopefully, someone will pass a hat during this year’s hour-long display (complete with music) and help defray the cost of all those explosions. But Jeremy isn’t asking for money.
There’s been talk of having hot dogs available, which further adds to the patriotic theme of a personal highlight of my summer.
Fireworks, patriotic anthems, hot dogs. All we need is a baseball game and for someone to bake an apple pie.
That would be the neighborly thing to do.
Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.
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Max Poisson guards a small part of the fireworks his dad Jeremy will unleash on July 4th.
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The changes include:
• Removal of property tax estimates and estimated millage rates for the school bond, county bond and fire operations. This information has been replaced by the current year’s estimated rollback rate.
Additional information and FAQs pertaining to the assessments and changes can be found by visiting forsythco.com/assessment-notice.
• Rollback rates estimated by each local taxing authorities reflect the millage rate needed to generate the same revenue as the previous year from the existing property, excluding new construction or improvements. If the final adopted millage rate exceeds this estimate, property tax bills must include a disclaimer stating that taxes have been raised beyond the estimated rollback rate.
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not meet the comprehensive land use plan or trajectories of development,” Jarrard said.
A property approved for a rezoning may no longer fit with its surrounding community if development occurs years later. For example, a property zoned for a loud, bright business may no longer suit an area that has become quieter and more residential. In 2017, commissioners approved a sunset provision allowing commissioners to
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director at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at GSU, also predicted in December that President Donald Trump’s tariffs would spike mortgage rates but not inflation.
Because rates ticked up with trade and debt uncertainty, more existing homeowners quit waiting, listed their homes and downsized. It helped raise Metro Atlanta’s housing supply, which is still below the targeted six months supply.
In March 2025, purchases of previously owned homes saw the largest monthly increase in more than two years along with a decline in mortgage rates.
Since April, pending home sales have dropped as mortgage rates have risen, signaling a return to a rate-driven market.
Inventory on the rise
For those outside the industry, the biannual “MarketWatch” calls shed some light on housing trends and why home prices are up more than 40 percent since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Atlanta now has higher resale inventory today than we did at the peak of 2019,” Hunt said. “We’ve seen inventory drop steadily since the pandemic housing boom, even during the interest rate increases in 2022-23, so there are several cities that are back to more inventory than prior to the pandemic, but we still have it under supply.”
Hunt said he thinks it’s good that re-
review properties where development has not occurred in months.
Owners sometimes seek a rezoning to increase their property’s value with prospective buyers who would purchase the parcel for a business, home subdivision or another purpose. Sometimes a sale is contingent on rezoning.
Without a pause, property owners might flood commissioners with zoning requests, Jarrard said.
Since the creation of the sunset provision, the County Commission has seen a drop in speculative rezonings, Commissioner Laura Semanson said.
“This is fixing an issue we had when
sale inventory continues to rise because it chips away at the affordable housing crisis in Metro Atlanta. Hunt also said the data shows the housing market’s lock-in effect is going away as longtime homeowners with too much square footage find options to downsize.
“Their homes are worth 60 to 70 percent more than they were in 2019, they’re sitting in a boat load of equity. That’s not the problem,” Hunt said. “They didn’t want to pay 6.5 to 6.8 percent … now we’re seeing inventory on the resale side rise, which is not a bad thing. It’s a good thing actually. We need the inventory.”
Hunt said he thinks most municipalities and city councils tend to be opposed to density, but a solution to the housing crisis does not need to involve apartment towers.
“Housing attainability domestically is the biggest issue of our time,” Hunt said. “We have to come together to fix it … it can’t be one answer. We’re seeing, bit by bit, cities come to realize that and radically change their zoning to allow for smaller product, smaller lots [and] higher density.”
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Because builders face several challenges, including high land costs, rising
Online property assessments can be found by searching the owner’s name, parcel number or address of the property on the Board of Assessors’ webpage. A property summary, owner information, assessed value, maps and a link to submit an appeal are available.
The Board of Assessors is a separate and independent entity from the Board of Commissioners and determines property assessments in accordance with Georgia law and Georgia Department of Revenue rules.
we passed this in 2017,” she said. “It’s a good solution while we resolve what is out there.”
At the June 19 meeting, Forsyth County resident Kirk Wintersteen asked commissioners to approve the speculative zoning freeze, saying too much development is occurring.
“The real estate development community has run this county for too long,” he said. “This is why we are hurting, and this is why our school system is overcrowded.”
In April, the Forsyth County School Board approved a resolution asking the county to reduce high-density residential
material prices and labor shortages, there is a shift is toward less expensive homes.
Citing a chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders, Hunt said the future growth of market is tied to its ability to add product for entry-level homebuyers at around $350,000.
According to MarketNsight’s data, a $350,000 home in Metro Atlanta would need to average 1,566 square feet. In some Metro Atlanta cities, like Roswell, it’s illegal to build a single-family home that is less than 2,000 square feet.
“You ask these cities why, and they can’t tell you,” Hunt said. “That’s what we’re seeing crumble right now across multiple cities, that’s the sea change that we’re seeing and it’s starting to slowly trickle in here to Atlanta.”
Successful examples include Nebraska, New York and Austin, which have adjusted zoning and seen their housing crisis alleviate, Hunt said. It has also been a topic farther south in Fulton County.
The Sandy Springs City Council discussed redevelopment and multifamily housing at its June 17 meeting. Some elected officials advocated for owner-occupied homes and some expressed concerns about the pace of multifamily development.
“The primary objective of the assessment notice is to indicate to a property owner what the property’s assessed fair market value is and which exemptions, if any, are being applied to their property,” Benton said. “Both taxing authorities will be advertising and holding public hearings for their proposed millage rates, prior to adoption, later this summer which will be applied to the property’s value to determine the taxes owed to the Tax Commissioner’s Office.”
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development, citing overcrowding.
“This moratorium is necessary in order to maintain the status quo and allow the county to review and modify its comprehensive plan and UDC to address the growth trajectory/density issues identified by the Board of Education,” the proclamation said.
Commissioners have repeatedly pointed to the county’s school system and top performing schools as one of its greatest strengths.
“If we don’t start managing our growth better, we’re going to injure our school system and put more taxes on our citizens,” Wintersteen said.
Hunt said he thinks the city should focus on support of missing middle housing that is owner-occupied and matches the existing character of the specific area.
“I think that makes a better citizen and creates ownership opportunity for people,” Hunt said, as he began to discuss the unique challenges facing younger Americans. “My parents got on that ladder 60 years ago, and they were able to invest that throughout their lives and parlay that into a big investment. I was able to do that, you know, 25 years ago.”
Missing middle housing can look like existing single-family neighborhoods with two-story buildings containing a few units.
An affordable $350,000 home does not exist in the core of Metro Atlanta. Because of restrictive zoning, Hunt said the problem persists.
“We pulled the ladder up and said, ‘no, we’re all happy, but you can’t get on it,” Hunt said. “But again, I think we’re changing. And when you see success, it breeds success.”
In a recent column, mortgage industry veteran D.C. Aiken offered his advice to potential first-time homebuyers and drew attention to lack of housing options in North Fulton.
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