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Wills LaCrosse and his partner of nearly 20 years Annette Winchester stand among their tulips March 26. The pair planted more than 20,000 bulbs between Christmas and New Years.

Buice Road Blooms in Johns Creek By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Just seven months since his sunflower field raised spirits and money for the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, Wills LaCrosse is at it again — this time with tulips. LaCrosse’s field, just off Buice Road, is in full bloom with over 20,000 tulip bulbs in every color. On weekends, until the spring blooms sell out, passersby can buy a bouquet

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and wander the field. LaCrosse and volunteers from Autrey Mill will be on hand to help visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Visitors can pay for their flowers using cash or Venmo, LaCrosse said, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the preserve. In contrast to his sunflower endeavor, planting the tulips was a huge, messy

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ATLANTA — With the passing of “Crossover Day,” the roster of remaining legislation before the 2022 Georgia General Assembly is clear. Crossover Day, the 28th day of the legislative session on March 15, marked the deadline by which legislation can pass between the House and Senate. The bicameral body will adjourn on April 4, called Sine Die. One issue of shared support is H.B. 1013, called “The Mental Health Parity Act,” which would require healthcare plans to treat mental health and substance abuse disorder the same as a broken bone or heart attack. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Todd Jones (R-Cumming) and Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur). A Senate Health and Services subcommittee is reviewing the bill. “Not any one bill is going to fix everything, but in terms of taking a good first bite of the apple, this is an ambitious and laudable piece of legislation,” Sen. Michelle Au (D-Johns

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A Forsyth County man died and another was injured March 18 after they were struck by a vehicle on Peachtree Parkway near Granite Lane. A Toyota Prius was traveling south on Peachtree Parkway around 7 a.m. when it made a sudden left turn onto the concrete median. Nearby citizens stopped to assist with the crashed vehicle, according to a press release from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Two citizens were attempting to open the driver’s side door when they were struck by a Dodge Durango that was traveling north on Peachtree Parkway. The Durango driver could not see the pedestrians due to the Prius being in the way, according to the press release John Waldon, 48, was transported to Emory John’s Creek Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other pedestrian was transported to Northside Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The sheriff’s office’s Traffic Specialists Unit continues to investigate the incident. — Jake Drukman

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Secretary of State continues campaign in Johns Creek By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger carried his campaign message of sound electoral practices to the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce at a March 22 breakfast meeting. Raffensperger, who is facing challenges in the May 24 primary, used the occasion to dispel rumors of electoral fraud in Georgia. The Country Club of the South in Johns Creek was the latest stop Raffensperger, a Johns Creek resident, has made on the campaign trail. Following a visit to Forsyth County at the beginning of March, the secretary of state has held talks in Dublin, Rockmart, Cordele, Newnan, Warner Robins and other cities. Raffensperger’s faces challenges from other Republicans, some accusing him of complicity in voter fraud during the 2020 general election, though claims of widespread voter fraud have been debunked. His recent campaign stops have strongly focused on combating these rumors and answering voters’ questions about the state’s election

integrity. Raffensperger told the Johns Creek Chamber that he had asked the Legislature to introduce an amendment to the Georgia Constitution specifying that only American citizens can vote. He has called for the same amendment to be added to the U.S. Constitution. The constitutions state American citizens can vote but do not specifically restrict noncitizens from voting. The vast majority of states, including Georgia, do not allow noncitizens to vote. Around 15 municipalities across the U.S., including New York, allow noncitizens to vote in local elections only. Noncitizens cannot vote for state or federal offices anywhere in the U.S. Raffensperger said his office conducted a “citizenship check” on all 7.5 million registered voters in Georgia and identified about 1,600 he said could “potentially” be noncitizens. He said none of them have actually voted, but his office will investigate whether they are eligible to be on voter rolls. Raffensperger said there had been claims that more than 10,000 dead people, 66,000 underage people, 3,000 unregistered voters and 2,000 felons had voted. In truth, he said, there had

been four ballots cast under a dead person’s name and 74 people had voted under a felony sentence. He said no minors or unregistered people had voted in 2020. Despite numerous investigations and lawsuits by allies of former President Donald Trump, Raffensperger said nobody ever found evidence of widespread fraud. He said Trump came up short because 28,000 Georgians who voted in the general election skipped voting for president. When an audience member asked Raffensperger for advice on how to bridge the gap between people with conflicting political beliefs, he said it came down to being kind to everyone. “People are basically good people,” Raffensperger said. “I think we can just get back about that and look for our common interest. It’s about freedom, it’s our family and it’s our faith. Just continue to be kind to people, and that’s what you’ve got to do.”

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World War II veteran honored ahead of 100th birthday By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Edward G. Bernard, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, received a standing ovation March 14, when Mayor Kurt Wilson proclaimed him an “esteemed veteran of Roswell.” “This is certainly a wonderful pleasure for me to be with you today and I never expected it,” Bernard said. “I love the people of Roswell very, very much.” The Vermont native is set to turn 100 on July 3. According to the proclamation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Amphibian Branch, on June 2, 1942, as a Seaman 2nd Class. Later, as a Quartermaster on an English Landing Craft Tank Rocket 373 ship, Bernard’s job was to maintain maps, calculate targets for 100 rockets and steer the ship during times of battle. He was also required to keep a daily log, except for D-Day, which he was ordered to leave blank. The proclamation states that on June 6, 1944, Bernard helped launch the largest amphibious invasion in history. The invasion, which began as Operation Overlord and codenamed Operation Neptune, is now known as D-Day. It began the liberation of France and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Following D-Day, the proclamation states Bernard’s LCTR 373 ship was sent to the Mediterranean to support allied troops that were liberating France and Italy, and he returned to England and then Delaware for more training. Once completed, he was sent to Hawaii to join the fight in the Pacific, but just as his new ship was on its way to Japan to join the land invasion, the war ended on May 8, 1945. Bernard received his Honorable Discharge on Feb. 26, 1946, with the rank of 2nd Class Quartermaster and was awarded the WWII Victory Medal, European African Middle East Medal, Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal, American Theater Medal and Good Conduct Medal,

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World War II Veteran Edward G. Bernard is set to turn 100 years old on July 3, 2022.

This is certainly a wonderful pleasure for me to be with you today and I never expected it. I love the people of Roswell very, very much.” EDWARD G. BERNARD 99-year-old World War II veteran according to the proclamation. Upon returning to the U.S., Bernard received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Michael’s College in Vermont and achieved First Chair of the Burlington Military Band before he moved to Lima, Peru, and studied Ethnology at the Uni-

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U.S. Navy Veteran Edward G. Bernard and his wife Gloria got married on March 14, 1960. Together, they had four children, eight grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. versidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. There, he received a second bachelor’s degree in Humanities. The proclamation states Bernard was assigned to help salvage a school called “Colegio Santa Maria” and teach in the small village of Muquiyauyo, Peru, where he later became a school principal. Bernard later returned to the U.S. to earn his doctorate degree and acquire a Master of Arts in Spanish from the University of Arizona. He returned to live in Peru for an additional eight years. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French. On March 14, 1960, Bernard married his wife Gloria, who died two years ago. Together, they have four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. While reading the proclamation at the March 14 City Council meeting, Wilson called on Roswell citizens to recognize Bernard’s “outstanding service to his country and our community.” “We shall always remember that the strength of our community and nation is in our collective bond to a spirit of service and that there is no higher calling than those who have served in the United States Armed Forces and the City

Edward G. Bernard enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Amphibian Branch, on June 2, 1942, as a Seaman 2nd Class. Later, he became a quartermaster on an English Landing Craft Tank Rocket 373 ship and took part in D-Day in 1944. of Roswell is proud to commemorate this great service of yours,” Wilson read.

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City hosts Chattahoochee River Greenway open house By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — City staff presented initial plans for the Johns Creek portion of the Chattahoochee River Greenway at an open house March 24. The proposed 1.1-mile multi-use trail runs from Abbotts Bridge Road, through the woods by the river and connects to a 5K trail under construction at Cauley Creek Park. The land is owned by the National Parks Service. The trail will make up part of a 125-mile Chattahoochee greenway plan. Current plans call for the Johns Creek trail to follow along a sanitary sewer route, a path that would present the least environmental impact to trees and other landscape, City Engineer Erica Madsen said. But the exact placement of the trail cannot be finalized until studies and permitting have been completed. Because the land is owned by the National Parks Service, the city must perform additional studies including an archaeological study, Public Works Director Chris Haggard said. The studies are likely to take at least 18 months to complete, he said. The city also received grant funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation which brings its own set

of requirements to the project before construction can begin. Like the path, the trail’s physical appearance is also undecided. “We do know that it is going to be some kind of hard surface that is [Americans with Disabilities Act] accessible,” Madsen said. “Everybody wants this project to be sustainable: environmentally sustainable and also physically sustainable.” Madsen said the city, in partnership with the National Parks Service, is considering asphalt among other paving options, but he confirmed portions will include boardwalk. The middle portion of the proposed trail closely abuts property lines of the Montclair subdivision as the land narrows near a bend in the river. Several Montclair residents, including a significant portion of their homeowners’ association, were present for the Thursday evening open house. Vivek Sehgal, one of the residents who delivered public comment at the session, shared concerns about security, noise and the trail’s potential impact on property values. “If you place [the trail] where the easement of the sewers is and it’s too close to the HOA and specifically to the property lines where the private property

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National Parks Service representative Matt Josey speaks to a group of Montclair residents at an open house March 24. A proposed trail through the Johns Creek National Parks land closely abuts properties in the Montclair neighborhood and residents are concerned about security, noise and property values. stops, that’s the biggest concern,” Sehgal said. “If you put a fence over there, it obviously does affect the property values and if you don’t put a fence over there, then the security does remain a concern.” During the meeting, Madsen said the

city and the National Park Service were open to installing a fence to separate the trail from the property lines, but they would need input on what type of fence residents would like to see.

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Legislation: Continued from Page 1 Creek) said at a March 20 town hall. The subcommittee is tasked to review the 77-page bill. The budget bill, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp March 16, received bipartisan support. The spending plan includes a $2,000 pay raise for teachers, $5,000 per year for state employees and will restore $380 million to K-12 education funding. Both parties also supported a temporary suspension of the gasoline tax, codified in H.B. 304. The tax – $0.29 on gasoline and $0.32 on diesel – will be suspended until May 31, 2022. With election primaries on the horizon, Republicans are mindful to deliver a bounty of red meat to their voting base, often with a direct nod to conservatives. One example is H.B. 1084 and its companion S.B. 377, which take up the issue of “diverse concepts” related to how race is presented in school curriculum. The House version identifies nine concepts and restricts their use. These measures are Republican efforts to address critical race theory, even though it is not taught at any Georgia K-12 public school. The curriculum is taught in Georgia law schools and in some university courses. The “Safe Communities Act,” S.B.

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Chic Evolution brings international art to Alpharetta By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In the heart of downtown Alpharetta, off Market Street, sits an unassuming, mostly unknown art gallery and store called Chic Evolution in Art. Surrounded by treat shops and trendy clothing stores, most passersby don’t give Chic a second look. Alpharetta isn’t known as a bustling community of art connoisseurs. Even so, the gallery displays the vibrant, passionate works of established and up-and-coming modern artists from around the world. Inside the small storefront sits Charlie Wilson, the gallery’s art director. He doesn’t try to play up the gallery’s popularity; he admits that foot traffic is low. But he said most who enter the gallery are buyers, and one sale can usually pay the gallery’s rent for the whole month. That stability doesn’t come cheap, of course. Pieces in the gallery cost up to tens of thousands of dollars, and even the lower-end pieces will run a customer $2,500. Despite Alpharetta’s limited visual art scene, Wilson said the city makes for a good gallery location. He said the gallery was formerly located amid the vibrant art community in Atlanta, but even then, customers would only buy one or two pieces in the city. “People have bigger houses here, more wall space,” Wilson said. “In Atlanta, people had apartments. They don’t have the space to hang a lot of art.” Chic’s Alpharetta location opened in 2019. The gallery also has locations in Milton and Fort Lauderdale, though the

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Chic Evolution in Art’s art director, Charlie Wilson, stands in the Alpharetta gallery.

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Blooms: Continued from Page 1 ordeal. He and his sweetheart, Annette Winchester, planted the bulbs in the winter to bloom by spring. “The nasty part was that when we planted them in between Christmas and New Year’s Eve and unfortunately, it rained like crazy,” LaCrosse said. “We were planting in really swampy conditions, and it was miserable. … We ended up hand-planting 21,000 bulbs ourselves.”

But months later, his and his sweetheart’s labor of love has come to full bloom. “Oh my goodness, they’re just gorgeous,” LaCrosse said. “It’s just beautiful, I go out there and take pictures of them every morning.” The pink bulbs have mostly bloomed for the season, LaCrosse said, but the deep purple tulips, “Color of Night,” are expected to be in full bloom this weekend, joining the red, yellow, white and exotic tulips already bringing color to the field. “Everyone’s favorites seem to be the purple,” LaCrosse said. “The real bright red and the yellow ones are really good, but it’s just a wonderful thing. I mean, they just make you feel good.”

Art: Continued from Page 8 Milton gallery is by appointment-only. The gallery doesn’t just pick random pieces of art to sell. Wilson said the gallery fosters long-term relationships with each of the artists whose work it sells, having their pieces shipped from places like France, Brazil and Quebec. Wilson said artists are willing to pay to ship their own art, a process that requires special care. He said shipping can sometimes cost artists up to $5,000. While the gallery does well for itself, Wilson said he’d love to see more art lovers in the community stop in and to see Chic’s variety of paintings and sculptures. More photos of Chic’s artwork, along with artist profiles, can be found on the gallery’s website chicevolutioninart.com.

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Autrey Mill hosts Johns Creek wedding expo By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Autrey Mill Nature Preserve bustled with brides, grooms and their wedding entourages March 26 for the Johns Creek Wedding Expo. The all-day event was a joint venture between the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the nature preserve and the city. Nearly 100 visitors wandered the Autrey Mill grounds for the third-ever expo to make preparations for their weddings. Scattered between the Summerour House and the Pole Barn, 18 metroAtlanta-based vendors were on hand to speak with guests and each other, CVB Executive Director Stacey Gross said. “Each [vendor] said the event was a success for them, not only in the brides they spoke to, but also the connections and networking done amongst vendors,” Gross said. The event also showcased Autrey Mill as a wedding venue, and Johns Creek as an ideal location for nuptial events, Gross said. “The staff and board of Autrey Mill

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Sittin’ Pretty Photobooth set up in front of the Summerour House at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve for the Johns Creek Wedding Expo Saturday March 26.

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Continued from Page 10 jumped at the opportunity to showcase their beautiful park that many consider a ‘hidden gem’ in Johns Creek,” Gross said. “The passion the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve board and staff have for their park is infectious, and it carried over into the preparation for the wedding expo.” Four main areas of the park were highlighted for weddings and similar events, including the Summerour House, the Pole Barn, the outdoor amphitheater and the chapel. “Each of these spaces allows for a couple to decorate as much or as little as they prefer and be surrounded by the beauty of the outdoors,” Gross said. Autrey Mill also allows brides and grooms to make use of the animals on site for their ceremonies, Gross said. One of the seven weddings Autrey Mill plans to host in the coming months will feature the preserve’s tortoise Pebbles as a ring bearer. In preparation for the expo, Autrey Mill board members, staff, volunteers and city parks staff worked with the CVB to contact vendors, create graphics for promotion and prepare the grounds to be showcased, Gross said. Bride-to-be Ashlyn Mahar and her mother drove from Canton for the expo after seeing an ad for the event online. Mahar said she hoped to use the expo as a fact-finding mission, learning about different vendors and what they had to offer. “So, I don’t know too much about weddings, I haven’t been to too many, so it’s kind of exciting to see different vendors and what everyone offers because everyone is a little bit different,” Mahar said.

Vendors included Johns Creek’s Rosa Mia, Cumming-based J & J Jazzy Jewels, the Hyatt Place hotel, Anna Christine Bridal and Sittin’ Pretty Photobooth. While Gross didn’t want to predict the future, she considered the Saturday expo to be a “great success” and said she could see another Wedding Expo entered on the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau 2023 calendar. Ron Wallace, one of the owners of the Olde Blind Dog and Crabapple Market, said about 2,000 people attended the event throughout the day. This was the 15th year the Olde Blind Dog has held a St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Milton. “It went well,” Wallace said. “We got nothing but compliments.” The Olde Blind Dog also held a St. Patrick’s Day Bash on March 12, and even though it had to be moved indoors due to inclement weather, Wallace said about the same number of people showed up. Alpharetta resident Tracy Guilbault, who taught elementary school for 10 years, attended the March 17 celebration with her husband and neighbor dressed in an oversized leprechaun hat and beard and green sunglasses. “I just had to live up to my potential here as a former teacher, but I do come from an Irish family,” Guilbault said. “When my kids were younger, the leprechaun would come to our house first thing in the morning, turn over the cushions, put green dye in the milk jug and be mischievous.” Guilbault said that while she had celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at the Olde Blind Dog about five years ago, this was her first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two years ago. Wallace said a portion of the Olde Blind Dog’s merchandise sales on March 17 will be donated to help Ukrainian refugees.

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Enrollment jumps in Fulton County as students head back to classrooms District still foresees population drop ahead By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA, Ga.— Fulton County Schools experienced a “COVID bounce” in enrollment this school year as students gradually returned to classrooms after months of virtual learning, homeschooling or private school education. The slight uptick won’t bring numbers back to pre-pandemic levels or slow a decade-long drop in enrollment, according to district officials. “Last school year we saw a substantial decline of more than 3,500 students due to challenges faced [in 2020] during the onset of COVID-19,” said Yngrid Huff, executive director of operational planning. “While some regions are seeing a bounce back of enrollment, population lulls continue this year, especially at the primary grade levels.” This year the district enrolled a total of 90,415 students, up 39 students from the 2020-21 school year totals, but still well below the expected 92,000 students. Huff noted even though the increase was small, it did mark the district’s first increase in enrollment in five years. Next year Fulton County Schools expects to drop below 90,000 students – a threshold not seen since 2008. Huff pointed to a number of factors which contribute to declining enrollment, aside from pandemic disruptors. These include housing shortages which have elevated home values and prices, a declining birth rate coupled with an aging population, and increasing educational options outside public schools. Within the metro area, Fulton and Cherokee county school systems are the few districts with declining enrollment. Cobb, Dekalb, Forsyth, Gwinnet and Henry County school systems are expected to grow in the 2022-23 school year. Forsyth County Schools with its booming population will likely be the state’s fourth largest school district next year. Some of that growth is tied to Fulton County departures. Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney said housing affordability and availability play a significant role in where students attend school. “I had staff analyze [student movement], and it was somewhere around 150 students coming in from Forsyth and about 500 [leaving] for Forsyth…so

I do think housing prices impact [enrollment],” Looney said during the March School Board meeting.

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More than half of the student population in the Fulton County Schools System attends school in the North Fulton region. This year 46,534 students were enrolled in the 47 schools within the region – a decrease of 230 students from last year. Breaking down the numbers, elementary enrollment increased by 306 students, while middle and high schools decreased by 388 and 148 students, respectively. Huff said the “cohort” growth in the region is a positive sign. A cohort number is established in kindergarten and tracked through graduation. If 500 kids enroll in kindergarten, and 500 kids graduate that represents zero cohort growth. In recent years, the number of students graduating was far above the number coming into kindergarten. This is the root of the enrollment decline over the past decade in Fulton County Schools, explained Huff. “Last year cohort growth in the [North Fulton] region returned to positive, growing more than 1500 students…the most growth experienced in the last 10 years,” Huff said. “This signals a return of students who may have exited the school system last school year due to COVID-19.” This year the incoming 9th grade class was much larger than the number of exiting 8th graders, a sign that new families with older children are moving into the region. Huff noted there were 200 new home closings in North Fulton just in the third quarter of 2021 alone. The greatest impact to public school enrollment, especially in elementary grades, is private school attendance. Huff noted a recent private school report showed about 11,800 Fulton County students attend private school, nearly 6,300 of them residing in North Fulton. As this information is selfreported, the numbers could be even higher. While home-schooling increased considerably during the pandemic, Huff said those numbers are starting to turn around. “This year homeschooling has declined [below] pre-pandemic levels,” Huff said, noting in North Fulton home school enrollment decreased by 522. That was more than South Fulton and Sandy Springs numbers combined.

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Elma Orr stands beside the mural she created for Dunwoody’s Women’s History Month mural exhibit, March 17. Orr’s fourth commissioned mural for the city will be on display at Brook Run Park until the end of March.

Murals celebrate Women’s history Brook Run Park display continues city tradition By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Art is how Elma Orr connects with and serves her community. She’s been an artist for more than 20 years and a Dunwoody resident for 12. Orr is one of six artists who created a mural for the city to display at the Brook Run Park skate park as part of a Women’s History Month exhibit. It’s the fourth mural display the city has hosted and Orr has made a piece for each one. “The project just started last year, and it was one of those things that spurred out from COVID,” Recreation Program Supervisor Rachel Waldron said. “We wanted people to be able to go to the park and interact safely with our programming and we thought, what better way to do it than through art.” It began with a month-long exhibit of murals honoring Black History Month in February, then Women’s History Month in March. Both exhibits returned for a second year with all new artwork. The pieces, commissioned by the city, also get put on display in October for Dunwoody Arts & Culture Month, Waldron said. Alongside Orr’s piece, which features NASA astronauts Joan Higginbotham and Kathleen Rubins in front of the International Space Station, are five other 8 by 4-foot murals in varying artistic styles. “Every mural is so different from the

next, it’s just a really cool way for everyone to get something out of each piece,” Waldron said. Before the art came to hang on the fence at Brook Run, the city put out a proposal and a call for artists. Interested individuals wrote a statement, shared their backgrounds and gave their pitch for a mural that would fit the Women’s History Month theme, Waldron said. From there, the artists were selected and given the canvas, a 32-squarefoot wooden board and accompanying primer. Then they created their murals. Orr got her idea when she was reading technology news, she said. Before she became an artist, Orr worked in the technology field, and she likes to keep up on new developments in the industry. She stumbled onto the NASA website and astronauts Higginbotham and Rubins caught her attention. Orr said she wanted her mural to be inspirational for her 18-year-old daughter and other young women in the city. “To be a NASA astronaut, you don’t need to just be smart, but you also have to be very courageous,” Orr said. She hopes her piece will serve as the “extra push” needed to help them dream bigger dreams for themselves, Orr said. It took Orr between seven and 10 days to complete the mural, she said, but she had been working on the concept for longer. Dunwoody Mayor Pro Tem John Heneghan featured Orr and her mural as the subject of a recent blog post. In it, Heneghan calls Orr someone he admires and finds inspirational.

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Greenway: Continued from Page 6 Denise Groza, president of the Montclair HOA, said her biggest concern is safety, followed by property values and shifts in aesthetic appearances. This trail, Groza said, “is going to change our lives and our property values.” After the formal presentation and question-and-answer period, residents broke off into groups to have speak one-

on-one with city staff and Matt Josey, a representative from the National Parks Service. Madsen said the city would specifically set up a meeting with Montclair HOA members to present fencing options and said landscapers can be part of that conversation. “This is our first shot at [the plans],” Madsen said. “Once we get our archaeological study back, then we get closer to finalizing the location.” At the earliest, Haggard said, construction on the trail will not begin until 2024.

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Continued from Page 13 The two met when Orr coordinated a homecoming dance for Dunwoody High School students after the school cancelled the event citing COVID-19 numbers, Heneghan said. When the city posted images of artists featured in the mural exhibit, Heneghan recognized her and decided to write about her in his blog. “Elma, Dunwoody is more beautiful because of what you do but we are all richer because of who you are, and I thank you for generously sharing your gifts and talents with the community,” Heneghan said in the post. “We are all better for it.” After moving to the city from Grenada, Mississippi, Orr said she had a hard time assimilating. She was seeking

the same kind of art community she had before when she finally found the Dunwoody Fine Arts Association. The group opened her up to the rest of the Dunwoody community, Orr said. “I started to be more involved in the community because before then I was kind of lost,” Orr said. Since joining the DFAA, Orr has been involved with many art projects around the city including the murals and some picnic tables she painted for local organizations who needed more outdoor seating to mitigate virus spread. She said she has plans to continue to serve her community through her passion. And Dunwoody plans to continue its public art exhibits, Waldron said. The Women’s History Month murals will be on display at Brook Run Park skate park through the end of the month. For more information on the pieces, visit dunwoodyga.gov.

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CELEBRATING OUR TOP PRODUCERS

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THE BUTLER SWAYNE TEAM 770-241-9165 CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE DIAMOND

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