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Somber site made even sadder Construction crews continue work Friday installing The Wall That Heals at Veterans Memorial Walk in Johns Creek’s Newtown Park. Officials reported that vandals had damaged several sections of the wall, possibly with a hammer and sharp instrument, sometime over the previous weekend. The Vietnam veterans memorial is a black chevron with more than 58,000 names of U.S. service members who lost their lives or were missing in action in Vietnam. Read more, Page 3

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Johns Creek sued over 2018 police shooting By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK — The family of a Johns Creek woman who was shot and killed by police officers in April 2018 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), The Awad Law Firm and Spear & Filipovits announced the filing on behalf of the family of Shukri Ali Said. Said, a 36-year-old Somali-American Muslim woman, was killed by police officers while experiencing a mental health crisis in 2018. “Shukri Said was a vibrant, intelligent, and caring young woman loved by her family,” Ibrahim Awad of The Awad Law Firm said in a statement. “Her life and dreams were violently cut short by the reckless, unlawful actions of these four police officers, and by extension, the City of Johns Creek.” The lawsuit accuses four Johns Creek police officers of engaging in excessive force by firing a Taser and bean bag at Said and then shooting the 127-pound woman five times in the

Shukri Ali Said, a 36-yearold Somali-American Muslim woman, was killed by police officers while experiencing a mental health crisis in 2018. head, chest, and neck. “Police brutality, particularly against communities of color, continues to be an ever-growing stain on the fabric of our nation,” CAIR-Georgia Legal and Policy Director Murtaza Khwaja said. “For too long, far too many black lives and dreams have been shattered by the actions of hyper-militarized police officers who escape justice for excessive force. While nothing can replace the life that was lost, we hope this legal action will help Shukri’s family obtain justice for her death.” At 7:13 a.m., April 28, 2018, Johns Creek Police responded to call that a “woman had threatened a family member with a knife,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported.

Police were approaching Winherst Lane, where the call originated, when they found the woman walking outside near the intersection of Abbotts Bridge and Sweet Creek roads. Police said Said did not drop the knife she was carrying despite “several attempts” to de-escalate the encounter. Officers used a Taser and a “non-lethal projectile,” but Said did not drop the knife. Eventually, two officers opened fire and hit Said, the GBI said. Said was transported by ambulance to Emory Johns Creek Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. No officers were injured. According to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation document, officers Phil Nguyen and Richard Gray shot Said, while officers Ken Kennebrew and Derrick Wilson Tased her. All four are now back on active duty with the Johns Creek Police Department. The City of Johns Creek had no comment on the suit. “The city can’t provide any additional information or response related to the lawsuit issue because it is a pending legal matter,” the city said in a statement.

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Vietnam veterans memorial suffers damage from vandals By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK — The Johns Creek Veterans Association reported April 27 that the city’s newly installed Vietnam Veterans Memorial had been vandalized over the prior weekend. Located at the city’s Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park, the “Wall That Heals” is a half scale replica of the national memorial in Washington, D.C. “Friday we were there power-washing it,” Johns Creek Veterans Association President Mike Mizell said. “We left late that afternoon, and when we came in Monday morning about 8:30, one of the guys that had been helping us said, ‘Did you see this?’” There were dents that appeared to be made with a hammer and long scrape marks similar to when a car is keyed, Mizell said. Some of the damage went right through the names of fallen service members. “It was not perfect when we bought it,” Mizell said. “It had been touring the country, so there were some nicks and scratches, but not to the extent of the damage that was done. It’s kind of crazy that somebody would do something like that.” Police have asked anyone with information to call 678-474-1600. “It’s absolutely reprehensible that it happened,” Johns Creek City Manager Ed Densmore said. “It’s not a matter of if. When we find these people, we will definitely prosecute them.” At that Monday’s meeting, the city council asked Densmore to look into what security measures could deter future vandalism. Densmore promised to look into it when more is known about the incident. Councilman John Bradberry, himself a Marine Corps veteran, condemned the crime and asked people to separate their opinions on the war from their treatment of veterans. “Even if a person doesn’t agree with what we did in Vietnam, people need to realize that most of the people on that wall were kids who were recently out of high school,” Bradberry said. “They gave the ultimate sacrifice not because of any master plan of the United State of America, but many times just to protect their buddy that was next to them.” Before social distancing measures set in, the city planned to officially debut the wall March 28. The city broke ground on the installation last summer. The celebration has now been delayed a second time, as uncooperative weather prevented the original plan for a November 2019 ribbon cutting.

The veterans group is using the extra time to continue to make improvements to the memorial. Mizell said they plan to add black granite benches and more colorful landscaping. Longterm, the group would like to add replicas of The Three Soldiers statue and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. “There’s a lot of things we can still do,” Mizell said. “Every little thing is geared to making it nicer and something that veterans in the entire community can enjoy.” Like the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in D.C., the “Wall That Heals” is a black chevron with more than 58,000 names of U.S. service members who lost their lives or were missing in action in Vietnam. Since its beginnings in 1996, the “Wall That Heals” project has toured a replica of the memorial to nearly 600 communities, including Johns Creek in spring 2017. In May 2018, the city announced it would become the permanent home of one of the retired replicas. Other retired replicas draw an average of 65,000 visitors a year. During its 2017 visit, the monument drew around 8,500 people. Several individuals and organizations have helped make the installation possible, including the Veterans Association, Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau, Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce and John and Cori Davenport. Donations, to help with the costs of repairs or future improvements, can be made at jcvets.org or by mail at JCVA at Park Place of Newtown Park, 3125 Old Alabama Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022. The vandalism was a minor setback in a project that has otherwise enjoyed widespread support. “It’s not going to put us down,” Mizell said. “It’s not going to stop us. I’m a little disappointed that someone would see a need to do something like that, but we’re going to keep moving on.”

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COVID testing picks up steam in north Metro Atlanta By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — Fulton County is rolling out more COVID-19 testing sites as the doors to businesses begin to crack open. On Tuesday, the county opened a second site at 4700 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta. That same day, the Georgia Department of Public Health recorded the largest single day in new tests reported since the coronavirus pandemic began. The new county-operated site joins another facility which opened April 23 at Wolf Creek Amphitheatre in College Park. To schedule an appointment for either of the county-run sites, residents should call 404-613-8150 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. During the call, patients will speak with a trained staff member and receive a referral number and appointment time. Testing is offered free of charge. Touring the Alpharetta site on Monday, Fulton County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ellis said the county wants to join with other agencies and private organizations to bring more testing online. “Fulton County, in terms of tests in the rest of the state, we’ve definitely led the way,” Ellis said, noting that over the past month, the county administered some 30,000 tests. “We’ll look for opportunities to do more.” Right now, Ellis said, there are four big streams of testing providers that include private organizations and companies like Walgreens and CVS, Fulton County, the State of Georgia and individual hospitals. Joe Barasoain, director of Fulton County Emergency Services, said the

Hotline help The Fulton County Board of Health has established a hotline to serve the public in the COVID-19 pandemic. If you meet criteria for testing, such as suffer from a severe chronic condition, or are elderly, you may call 404-613-8150 and a nurse can assist you. new testing site will have at least three doctors and about the same number of nurses and nurse technicians. Upon arrival, visitors will see three large drive-thru tents, he said. The first tent is for registration to validate all information. Drivers then proceed to the next tent where the testing is performed, and then to a check-out stop. All of the interaction is performed observing careful safety practices, Barasoain said. “We haven’t had any incidents,” he said. “We have a good safety program, and we’ve followed protocols since day one.” He said testing centers are seeing an increased number of zeros turn up on testing, meaning many of the people who undergo testing are not infected with the coronavirus. Throughout Georgia, private organizations are also adding to the mix. One of the first drive-thru sites in North Fulton was offered through LifeHope ministries in Alpharetta. Its testing location at North Point Church on North Point Parkway charges $185 for the test. Results are processed at the organization’s College of American Pathologists-certified lab in Sandy Springs and usually have a turnaround of about 48 hours, a spokesman said.

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From left, Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin, Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis and Fulton County Manager Richard Anderson speak during a tour of the county’s latest testing site April 25 on North Point Parkway in Alpharetta.

Expanded testing State and local governments, hospitals and private businesses and organizations have expanded the number of sites administering COVID-19 tests. Here’s a look at some of the new sites opened recently in north Metro Atlanta: • Fulton County just opened a free COVID-19 testing site at 4700 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta. Residents should call 404-613-8150 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays for an appointment. • Walgreen’s has opened a site in Johns Creek at 11855 Jones Bridge Road. Testing is available at no cost to

eligible individuals, and the site will be open seven days a week, by appointment only, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register, visit walgreens.com/findcare/ covid19/testing. • Peachtree Immediate Care is operating a testing facility in Alpharetta at 10905 Haynes Bridge Road. The site operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Qualified insurances are accepted. Call 770-343-9898 for an appointment. • The Georgia National Guard is opening new testing sites at Georgia State University and Greenbriar Mall. For an appointment at these sites, call 706721-1852.

Johns Creek awards $1.5 million software contract By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK — The Johns Creek City Council approved a contract with a new business management software provider April 27, estimated to cost the city nearly $1.5 million over the next three years. The contract will allow the city to replace its current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, which is used for much of the city’s day-to-day business but has become outdated. ERP refers to a suite of integrated applications that can collect, store and interpret data from many business activities. It’s used by the city’s Finance,

Community Development and Public Works departments. From issuing building permits and business licenses, to tracking spending and work orders, the software system is essential to the city’s workflow and allows for more efficient coordination between departments. “The ERP is a foundational tool to the city’s operations and reporting capabilities, and the current system is out of date and has reached the end of it’s useful life,” IT Director Jason Woolums said. When Johns Creek incorporated, the city partnered with Sungard for its resource planning system. However, since 2015, Sungard has gone through changes in ownership and service focus

that made in no longer ideal to meet the city’s needs. In 2019, the city worked with the consulting firm Plante Moran to conduct a needs assessment and request for proposals. Ultimately, out of four vendors that submitted proposals, the selection committee unanimously recommended Tyler Munis for Finance and Tyler Energov for Community Development and Public Works Woolums described the programs as a “significant improvement” over the city’s current software, both for the city staff and the public. “The end result will be a complete enterprise solution that will dramatically improve reporting and online citizen

functionality,” Woolums said. “Citizens and contractors will be able to complete most common tasks online.” To implement the Finance program in 2020 will cost the city $572,000, of which $536,000 was budgeted for as a capital expense. The remaining $36,000 will be drawn from the general fund. The estimated cost for 2021, when the Community Development and Public Works system will be brought online as well, is $636,000, followed by $290,000 for final implementation costs in 2022. Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said the investment in the city’s future was well worth the significant price tag.

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Director’s Cup cancelled

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By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The Georgia Athletic Directors Association has opted to forego awarding Director’s Cups this season due the cancellation of all spring sports. Each year the organization doles out its highly regarded Director’s Cups to honor the best overall, girls and boys athletic programs through a points system based on results from each school’s performance in all sports. But with no spring sports to add to the total, Director’s Cups will not be awarded for the first time in 20 years. “Our decision was based on the fact that a majority of our sports take place in the spring, and we felt that it would not be fair to declare winners before we had a chance to complete spring sports,” GADA Executive Director Joe Sanfilippo wrote in an email. “This was not an easy decision.” North Fulton and Forsyth County schools have historically done well in the Director’s Cup standings. Three schools — Lambert, Alpharetta and Cambridge — won overall Cups for their classification the last three years. Local programs’ success in spring sports has shown in the standings for 2019-20, which are now inconsequential. North Fulton and Forsyth County schools are dominant in several spring sports, including lacrosse, golf, gymnastics and tennis, and many of the schools rack up significant points in track and field, soccer and baseball.

NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The cancellation of the 2020 spring high school sports season has ushered in updated regions sooner than anticipated. Now, local athletic programs are gearing up for their new-look alignments. There are updates across the board with each local school either in a new region or slated to play against new region opponents. The program looking at perhaps the most significant jump is Denmark which jumped from Class 4A to the state’s highest classification — 7A. The move puts Denmark in the same region as its neighboring Forsyth County public schools, but that was not originally the case. The school was slated to compete in Class 6A in a region comprised of mostly Gwinnett County schools, but Denmark won its appeal to move to Region 6-7A to join its Forsyth County neighbors. “It has two big advantages,” Denmark athletic director Jamie Corr said. “Of course, No. 1 is that students will be able to get home a lot earlier after games, and it is better academically for them because we don’t have to get them out of classes early. Secondly, there is the financial benefit of spending a lot less on our travel budget.” Having the added thrill of facing your intra-county rivals in region play is a nice perk, too. “Our kids are very excited because they are going to be playing in the most meaningful games against kids they’ve played with or close to their whole lives,” Corr said. “Looking at all the Forsyth County programs, it really is second to none, and we’re really excited to put

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2020-21 regions For a full list of schools in each region, visit northfulton.com ourselves up against such great competition.” The remaining Forsyth County schools will still compete together in the same region. For the last three academic years, Lambert, Forsyth Central, North Forsyth, West Forsyth and South Forsyth fought one another in Region 5-7A competition along with Milton. The Forsyth schools will still have another out-of-county opponent, Gainesville, for 2020-21. Joining Denmark as another newcomer to Class 7A is Alpharetta, up from 6A. The Raiders competed in the state’s highest classification from 2006 to 2015 but were not placed in Class 7A when it was established in 2016-17. With the move, Alpharetta will join rivals Milton and Roswell in Region 5-7A. The three North Fulton schools have not competed in the same region since 201112. Roswell is familiar with the other schools in the region — Etowah, Cherokee and Woodstock. The Hornets faced the three Cherokee County teams in region play the past four seasons. Dunwoody is also moving to Class 7A, up from 6A. The Wildcats are the only school outside of Gwinnett County in the newly formed Region 7-7A. Blessed Trinity is another team moving up in classification after losing its appeal to remain in Class 4A. The Georgia High School Association implemented a double-multiplier rule for 2020-21, which means any student who attends a school outside his or her home district is counted as two students. With artificially inflated enrollment numbers, BT was essentially forced to move up two classifications. Athletic director Ricky Turner said Blessed Trinity is a Class 3A-sized school competing in the Roswell High School-based district, so the Titans were already playing up a class in 4A. With

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“The systems that exist today have been deficient for quite some time,” Endres said. “It’s an understatement to say that the technology is no longer adequate. Even though we’re increasing spending over the next couple of years — we’re going to have to make some

the new multiplier rule, enrollment figures placed BT in Class 5A. Turner said there was frustration with the multiplier rule because only his school and Woodward Academy were forced to jump two classifications. However, he is looking forward to competition with BT’s new Region 5-5A rivals. “It’s not that we didn’t want to be in the region, we just wanted to be treated the same as all other schools in the state,” Turner said. “But we are excited about getting in there with the schools from the Cartersville area and above, like Calhoun and Hiram. It’s a bunch of great schools and great teams.” While several local schools are now in higher classes, only one school, Northview, will move down in classification. The Titans have been reassigned to Class 5A, dropping from Region 7-6A which included many of their fellow North Fulton schools. Northview will now compete in a 10-school region comprised of mostly DeKalb County schools. For other local programs, the 202021 season won’t involve a shift in region, but it will usher in new region opponents. Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee and Johns Creek remain in 7-6A and will now compete with River Ridge, Creekview and Sequoyah from Cherokee County and Riverwood from Atlanta. North Fulton and Forsyth County Class-A Private schools will continue as region foes. Fellowship Christian, King’s Ridge, Mount Pisgah, Pinecrest Academy and St. Francis will remain in Region 6-A, which has been updated. Only one other school, Mount Bethel, remained in the region, while several others — Brandon Hall School, Lakeview Academy and Weber School — were added. Brandon Hall, Mount Bethel and Weber School do not field football teams. The updated region also nixes subregions “A” and “B” to create one, cohesive grouping of schools. Mount Pisgah had originally been placed into another region but won its appeal to stay in 6-A. adjustments elsewhere — this is going to be critical.” Mayor Mike Bodker, who works in the business software industry, said he was happy with the new provider and thanked the staff for their willingness to adapt to the new system. “Tyler is a feature-rich system that out-of-the-box will be better than most everything we’re already doing,” Bodker said. “It’s used by many, many governments both bigger and smaller than us.”

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Forsyth signs contract for portion of McGinnis Ferry Road widening By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. â€” Forsyth County officials approved one of its first contracts for the widely anticipated McGinnis Ferry Road widening project. The contract, for appraisal and cost estimates, covers a portion of the project lying along the stretch that borders the City of Alpharetta. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved the document at its April 28 work session. Under terms of an agreement struck earlier this year, Alpharetta will reimburse Forsyth County the $209,000 cost of the contract with Greg Malcolm & Associates. McGinnis Ferry Road runs along the southern border of Forsyth County, with Alpharetta and Johns Creek hugging half the highway to the south. It serves as a major east-west commuter route from Gwinnett County west through North Fulton and is expected to draw more traffic with the stateâ€™s plan to add an interchange at Ga. 400.

The road widening project calls for adding a lane in each direction along a 4.7-mile stretch from Sargent Road in Johns Creek west to Union Hill Road in Alpharetta. Each city shares about 2.3 miles of the roadway with Forsyth County. In a negotiated agreement finalized in February, Johns Creek and Alpharetta agreed to pay $5.9 million each, primarily from transportation sales tax dollars. Forsyth County will contribute $18 million to the total cost. The Georgia Department of Transportation is committing $10 million to the project. Estimates for the cost of the overall project have ballooned since it was first proposed more than five years ago. Original estimates set the price tag at about $35 million, and Johns Creek and Alpharetta committed $5.5 million of their transportation sales tax dollars for their share. Since that time, however, estimates on the cost have risen to as much as $60 million for the project.

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Survey reveals extent of COVID damage to local business climate By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Empty parking lots and signs emblazoned with “closed” on storefronts provide easy visual cues of COVID-19’s impact to the North Fulton business community, but a recent survey provides hard data. Economic development heads from four cities teamed with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and Select Fulton to track sentiment among more than 500 local business owners. The group asked about the strain these businesses are under and how government and business groups can help. The survey, conducted in mid-April, garnered 745 responses to questions pertaining to operations, workforce, finance and each company’s outlook for the future. GNFCC President Kali Boatright said the Economic Development Department of Sandy Springs spearheaded the idea for a survey, which was expanded to show a more collective impact to North Fulton businesses. The cities of Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell Inc also participated in the effort. “We asked businesses what they were going through so we can analyze the data, act on the data and support those businesses as they come back online and support the community,” Boatright said. The survey results include responses from a wide variety of companies, including construction, automotive, healthcare, technical services and real estate, providing a broad picture of the pandemic’s impact to the area. “One piece of good news is that 60 percent have remained open,” Boatright

said. Most were not operating pre-pandemic levels, however. Only 19 percent of respondents said operations had not dropped off. Over half of the businesses were running at lower than 60 percent of pre-COVID levels. Nearly 75 percent of respondents said the pandemic had impacted the number of hours their employees worked, and 35 percent said their number of employees had been cut. Most had either furloughed or temporarily laid off staff, while 18 percent of those facing changes to employee figures had permanently laid off workers. Two-thirds of those who did lock their doors were forced to do so, and 69 percent of those companies said the state’s shelter-in-place order was a factor. Those who chose to shut down

voluntarily cited the shelter-in-place order and their business not being able to adhere to social distancing guidelines as the top reasons for their decision. While the hard numbers are telling, they are also useful for cities and business organizations, like the Greater North Fulton Chamber, to assess what steps may be needed to revive the local business community. “We can use this information to inform our local, state and regional leaders and advocate for local businesses,” Boatright said. “Some businesses have immediate needs that need to be responded to, and each city can respond to individual requests and those immediate needs. We can also use the data to track changes or trends.” Boatright said there are plans for another survey this month and poten-

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tially more down the road to better track COVID-19’s impact. Looking ahead, the survey queried business owners on their outlook for the future and what help they may need moving forward. More than 60 percent said decreased consumer confidence and spending, the financial impact to operations and a global or U.S. recession were their greatest concerns. Marketing assistance was the top response for what kind of support is needed. “The largest trend among the businesses, they are really concerned about how they are going to market and operate in this changing environment, an environment that is changing every day,” Boatright said. Though certain restrictions have been lifted and the state’s shelter-inplace order has expired, the weeks and months ahead are filled with unknowns for North Fulton companies. “Certainly, every step we make back toward a successful economy is important, and we all want to do that in light of people being safe and healthy, and that includes our family, our businesses and employees,” Boatright said. “It is an interesting time, and we are all looking through the same lens of keeping people safe and healthy and making sure businesses can be successful in whatever way we come out of this.” Boatright is banking that the survey will help play a role in brightening what has been a dim business landscape. “I’m glad we are all moving in the same direction together and businesses are sharing their input with us so we can use those results to provide the resources they need,” Boatright said. “It’s not just asking questions but taking results and acting on those results.”

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List your home and live stress-free We know how stressful the last few months have been for everyone, especially if you were planning on listing your home, or had just listed it, and are now wondering what to do. We’ve talked to several people who are nervous about having strangers walk through their house while it’s on the market, and EVOQ Town Flats of Johns Creek has a great solution that can help calm your nerves. At EVOQ Town Flats, we offer lease terms as short as 3 months so you can list your house, and move into a beautiful, new, never-occupied flat while your house is on the market. Not only do you not have to worry about people walking through your home while you live there, but you also don’t have to worry about keeping it “show-ready” while trying to live your life. Evoq Town Flats was conceived as a

luxury rental option for the 55+ market unlike anything currently on the market. Our goal was to provide condominiumquality rentals with a boutique feel and resort-level amenities, including a selfserve Tap Room with beer & wine selections, saltwater pool, concierge services, two Guest Suites for friends and family, even Peloton bikes and On-Demand Fitness. In addition, knowing the level of luxury our residents are coming from, we put just as much detail into the flats, offering 23 unique floor plans which include spacious 5-piece master bath suites, stainless appliances including 5-burner gas ranges, 11’ ceilings, even a wine-refrigerator in select floor plans. Call us today at 770-869-2785 or visit us online at www.evoqliving.com to see why leasing at EVOQ Town Flats is your best option for stress-free living.

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Full speed ahead with remodeling “Projects are going forward — but the process has changed dramatically,” says John Hogan, President of Remodeling Expo Center in Roswell. Builders are dramatically changing the way they operate, staging Zoom meetings instead of in-person consultations, having homeowners take their own photos and ramping up job-site safety protocols, from sanitizing doorknobs to limiting the number of subcontractors allowed inside the home at one time. John continued. “Never in my 20plus years in the industry did I imagine that we would be meeting with people virtually”, and its working great. Homeowners provide room dimensions and we respond with 3D renderings and quotes for their new spaces. Homeowners have a wide array of new concerns about remodeling. “There’s fear and confusion,” John said. “Some want to move forward and view this [the coronavirus] as a speed bump. Some are saying, ‘Let’s pause. Life has been thrown upside down.’ We’re trying to meet people wherever they are.” “It’s more collaborative,” John said of working with homeowners without entering their homes. “Homeowners need to send pictures, walk around with their phone. We have to rely on technology.” When the virus became widespread in Georgia, Remodeling Expo had 15 jobs in-process, so immediate and comprehensive safety protocols were adopted and still continue. They erected more

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Continued from Page 11 your agent to go over details or negotiations during the process without having to meet face-to-face. Although you may prefer meeting with your agent in person, these alternative communication avenues will be effective and maintain safety precautions. Electronic Document Signing Many homebuyers may be unaware that contracts can be signed electronically. Electronic signatures and documents make the process efficient and seamless, and they allow each person involved to easily store paperwork on their computers, flash drives or as printed copies. A multitude of real estate professionals use DocuSign, Lightico, eFileCabinet and other tools to make the process secure and simple.

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