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Area mayors upbraid county for inflexibility over sales tax

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Mayors from 12 Fulton County cities gathered in Atlanta Monday to share growing concerns over negotiations with the county to reach an agreement on the distribution of countywide sales tax revenue.

Speaking before a backdrop of firetrucks from Atlanta, South Fulton and Sandy Springs, the mayors said hopes of a resolution continue to fade following the latest round of talks with Fulton County officials.

For months, city officials have been at odds with Fulton County over how the estimated $3 billion in revenue from the local option sales tax will be apportioned over the next 10 years.

The latest negotiations, held Oct. 7 at the Georgia Municipal Association offices in Atlanta ended without a resolution or clear way forward.

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Young dancers perform during the Johns Creek Diwali festival Oct. 22 at Shakerag Park in Johns Creek. The event drew around 12,000 visitors and was the first city and community-organized Diwali celebration in Georgia. See story, Page 20.

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Atlanta mayor concerned Speaking to a crowd of officials and media, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said he was gravely concerned over the discourse that has come from Fulton County negotiators.

“More importantly, they are not

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Vehicle burglary suspects elude high-speed pursuit ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Local and state police are searching for thieves responsible for vehicle burglaries at Millers Ale House in Alpharetta.

Alpharetta Police reports said officers responded to the establishment off Mansell Road in Alpharetta after receiving reports a vehicle had been burglarized at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 21.

Police were told by a victim that a purse had been stolen from the car and began searching the surrounding area for other possible burglaries.

“There are several restaurants along Mansell Road, and previously when one restaurant got hit, usually the suspects would hit another restaurant along Mansell,” the report stated.

While canvasing the area, police located a suspicious Mercedes sedan that matched the description of a vehicle spotted during previous auto theft incidents.

Police pursued the vehicle when it fled west on Mansell Road toward Ga. 400 at a high rate of speed, and a Georgia State Patrol trooper continued pursuit on the freeway to the Ga. 400/I285 interchange, where the chase was called off.

The suspect wasn’t identified or captured at the time of the report.

Police arrest driver in hit-and-run incident ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta Police have arrested a local man for allegedly causing a wreck on Mansell Road and Old Roswell Road while driving under the influence of alcohol Oct. 16.

Police reports said a GMC truck driv-

PUBLIC SAFETY en by an Alpharetta man crashed into the back of a Honda Civic stopped at a red light at the intersection and fled the scene to a nearby apartment complex.

The victim followed the suspect while calling 911, and police officers found the two parties at the Manchester apartment complex on Old Roswell Road.

Once police contacted the suspect, he admitted he caused the wreck and said he drank 12 beers with friends before driving home.

The suspect was charged with hit and run, driving under the influence, and following too closely and was transported to the Fulton County Jail.

Vacationing homeowners find residence burglarized ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta Police are searching for burglary suspects responsible for stealing over $4,000 from a home sometime between Oct. 5 and Oct. 13.

Police reports said the home on Huntington Place in Alpharetta was burglarized while the owners were away on vacation in Florida.

Owners returned to find burglars had entered their residence through a kitchen window. Multiple electronics, worth a total of $4,200, were stolen, and thieves had poured bleach on the owner’s couch and eggs were thrown inside a closet in the home.

Police had previously been dispatched to the home Oct. 8 responding to a broken window alarm but couldn’t locate where the alarm was coming from and couldn’t contact the homeowners.

The home had three cameras, but two were taken and footage wasn’t available at the time of the report.

Authorities arrest suspect in regional shoplifting plot FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities in multiple North Georgia counties recently apprehended a man suspected of orchestrating a large-scale shoplifting

operation in the region.

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office incident reports said that suspects stole approximately $7,700 worth of electronics, printer ink, clothing and other items, from multiple Walmart stores in Dahlonega, Cumming, Lawrenceville and Alpharetta, using boxes for child car seats to hide and remove items from the stores in 2021.

Reports said the suspects would take a new child’s car seat in the store, open the box and fill it with electronics and other stolen items, then the box would be left somewhere in the Walmart store for another suspect to “buy” along with other small items.

During an incident in November 2021, one suspect previously captured on Walmart security camera footage taking part in the theft, was apprehended at the Cumming Walmart by deputies of the Lumpkin County and Forsyth County sheriff’s offices and was found in possession of thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise.

The man was arrested by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office at the Lumpkin County Jail on Oct. 4. He has been charged with theft by shoplifting and has been booked into the Forsyth County Jail.

Cumming man arrested for assault with hammer FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County authorities have arrested a man for critically injuring a relative with a hammer during an assault.

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office reports said that a 30-year-old Cumming resident was taken into custody on Oct. 6 for allegedly striking a 41-year-old male victim in the head with a hammer at a workshop on Hurt Bridge Road. The two are related, but reports did not say how.

The victim reported that he was attacked unprovoked and without warning, suddenly going unconscious and waking with his alleged attacker standing over him holding a hammer. The suspect allegedly stated he “should have killed” the victim and went on to threaten another family member with the hammer.

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At the Oct. 17 City Council meeting, City Manager Ed Densmore said the job posting went live Oct. 7 and that it would remain open for the next 30 days while he reviews candidates’ resumes and cover letters.

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Renderings show a proposed 51-acre mixed use development at Windward Parkway and Westside Parkway scheduled for completion in 2026. Plans show the development will combine high tech modern office space with retail and mixed housing options.

Alpharetta approves plans for Windward development

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta officials have approved a 51-acre, mixed-use development that is expected to be a “catalyst for change” in the Windward Parkway area.

Plans for the Continuum development at Windward Parkway and Westside Parkway call for bringing in more than a million square feet of new office space, retail, restaurants and mixed residential.

The Alpharetta City Council gave unanimous approval for the project at a meeting Oct. 18.

Originally proposed in 2021 with a much grander vision for offices, a hotel, retail and hundreds more residential units, development plans approved Monday were more conservative, after talks with city staff, officials and the public, Community Development Director Kathi Cook said.

Cook said if approved, updated development plans would call for rehabilitation and construction of 1.3 million square feet of office space, 73,800 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and construction of about 400 mixed residential units. The property is the former Hewlett-Packard corporate campus.

The project will be developed in eight phases, beginning in 2023 and 2024 with the office building rehabilitation and retail construction, and rental options delivered in 2026. The residential components of the development are tied to the commercial and retail portions, Cook said.

Attorney Julie Sellers, who repre-

sents the developers, said even with the scaled down plans, they expect Continuum to be a true “catalyst” for change in the Windward Parkway area, without competing with other local mixed-use developments.

“It definitely needs a shot in the arm over there to keep Alpharetta an economic powerhouse,” Councilman Doug DeRito Said.

Sellers said the development will offer the same amount of retail as Alpharetta City Center on twice the amount of land, with a “modest amount of residential.”

“We are complementing the existing uses in the city,” she said. “We are not competing with Avalon; We’re not trying to be a second Avalon … Similarly, we’re really focused on this being a modernday office place.”

Mayor Jim Gilvin said he was initially skeptical of the proposal, but after seeing the revisions, believes it was an answer to the city’s aging office stock.

Gilvin said the city needs to focus on what employers and employees need and want from a “modern day office” space.

“What you’ve brought before us today is that product,” he said.

Before voting to approve the proposal, councilmembers shared their appreciation of the applicants and the updated designs.

Councilman John Hipes said he liked how the project came together and was refined through talks with city staff.

“I know where this project started and there was a lot of stuff crammed in there, and you really heard what we had to say,” he said. “When that happens in Alpharetta, we have successful working relationships and projects.”

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Youth football in Johns Creek ‘gasping for air’

BY AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Adam Cleary, a board member for Johns Creek Hawks Football, is about at his wit’s end after his many failed attempts to garner support from the city for youth football.

The Johns Creek Hawks, also known as the Johns Creek Youth Football Association, is a K-5 flag football, community-wide program. The association is led by volunteers, like Cleary.

He’s faced the ongoing issue of not having dedicated field space in the city.

With no home base, Cleary is left scrambling to find practice fields, and when he finds one, he has to pay rent.

“To be perfectly honest, I’m gasping for air to keep this mission alive and almost ready to tap out and look for greener pastures in another city if our community leaders lack the interest in its value,” Cleary said.

When young players don’t have the infrastructure to practice, numbers and talent at the middle and high school levels suffer, Cleary said. The Hawks are separate from the football feeder program, but are foundational for middle school teams, whose players move onto the high school level.

Cleary wears multiple hats and sees football at a few different angles. He works alongside the Hawks to develop elementary-aged football players, but he’s also the president of Northview Jr Titans Football, one of the four middle school feeder programs in Johns Creek.

He’s also the head coach of the eighth grade team.

All of Cleary’s sons do or have played football. He described what it was like to watch his oldest play and have other male role models. He also described the overwhelming inclusivity of the sport and its positive effect on kids’ health.

“One of the reasons I push for [football] so hard is because it can change a lot of kids’ lives who are in tough situations,” he said. “It needs to be a sport here.”

Feeder programs Brooke Liley, president of Chattahoochee Jr Cougars Football for the past three years, faces similar issues. The feeder programs also run without tangible support from the City of Johns Creek.

“The numbers are down,” Liley said.

Liley said there were 60 kids this year, but that number is still “extremely low.”

She said Chattahoochee introduced flag football, second through fifth grade, after Johns Creek Youth Football Association because tackle football has been flailing.

Liley wants to mirror what the City

Johns Creek currently has two athletic associations, Ocee Park Athletic Association and Newtown Recreation, which have facility usage agreements with the city.

Ocee Park Athletic Association manages all recreational programs offered at Ocee Park, which has eight softball/ baseball fields and one T-ball field.

Established in 1993, the association sponsors youth baseball and softball programs for boys and girls ages 5 to 16.

Newtown Recreation athletic association offers recreational programming for a variety of sports, including flag football, at Newtown Park.

But Cleary said the Hawks differ from the Newtown program. The Hawks are more focused on development, traveling to compete, whereas Newtown is passive recreation, he said.

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Second and third graders, who play with the Hawks association, practice for an upcoming football game. of Milton does at Bell Memorial Park where the North Atlanta Football League provides youth tackle (grades 2-5) and flag (K-5) football leagues and camps to Milton and Alpharetta residents.

“It’s hard to be competitive when these kids aren’t playing at younger ages,” she said.

The Jr Cougars, as with other feeder programs, must rent the high school fields. The organization spends about $6,500 a season, a “huge cost,” which includes the field, the lights, any security and janitorial services.

“Every time you step on the field, you have to pay for it,” Liley said.

Eyes set on Cauley Creek Cleary said he’s tried getting the city to host the Hawks at Shakerag Park in Johns Creek – to no avail. He’s now set his sights on the new Cauley Creek Park.

The $26 million park development project is set to have two turf and two grass multi-purpose fields. Because football is a single-season sport, Cleary wants to primarily use them in the fall for games as well as for some summer conditioning.

Johns Creek Recreation Manager Kirk Franz said decisions on how Cauley Creek will be used is being vetted out through the 2016 Master Parks Plan update. The update, to be completed by the end of the year, involves a near-$157,000 contract with PROS Consulting.

The update includes community surveys. But, to Cleary’s chagrin, he said

the survey had no mention of the word “football.”

Survey results were presented Sept.

22 at a public input meeting for the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan.

While the results do not mention anything about youth football, they touched on other sports, like pickleball.

“There are some Parks and ‘Wreck’ problems here!” Clearly wrote in an email describing the survey.

Recreation in Johns Creek Outside of Johns Creek-sponsored adult coed softball, the city’s sports programs are provided through park associations which partner with the city through contractual agreements. The volunteer-run organizations, like the Hawks, are left to their own accord.

Recreation Manager Franz said that field rentals are waived for park associations because they’re essentially offering sports programs on the city’s behalf.

“If we didn’t have park associations, I’d have to have a staff of at least a dozen people to run the programs that these volunteers do, right?” Franz said.

“So, it’s a win-win for the city.”

Franz said employees in the Johns Creek Public Works Department, which supervises Parks & Recreation, are contracted workers from Jacobs Engineering. There are around four full-time employees, including himself, and a handful of part-time workers. Volunteerrun associations do the footwork that the department can’t do alone.

High-dollar contracts The facility usage agreements with the city allow the nonprofits to freely use their respective park for sports, provided they invest in park improvements. Apart from 2021 during the pandemic, the financial contributions to the city from each organization is set at either 5 percent of gross park-related program and concession fees or $25,000, whichever is greater.

Cleary said those charges aren’t viable for the Hawks. He said 20 to 40 percent is a reasonable bargaining discussion because the program recently restructured. While the Johns Creek Youth Football Association has been around for more than 20 years, the association rebranded into the Hawks a couple of years ago.

Exceptions can be made, though. In the facility usage agreement between the city and Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center, the preserve is only required to pay 5 percent of its revenues toward park improvements.

Cleary said he’s open to any kind of arrangement with the city.

“Our bottom goal is to have a citysponsored youth football program here, whether that’s us running it, whether that’s the city running it or another organization,” he said. “If it’s not us, because we’re not the best organization, that’s fine, too — we can help that organization out.”

Cricket reigns Franz said the city’s recreation model rests on flexibility.

“We as a city simply just don’t have plenty of fields where we can say, ‘Okay, well, each sport can have their own dedicated field,” Franz said. “We have to be very flexible and versatile in how we use

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Developer unveils new plans for North Point

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Trademark Properties shared updated plans Oct. 11 for a massive redevelopment project at North Point Mall.

Speaking at a community meeting attended by some 100 residents, Trademark CEO Terry Montesi shared site plans and renderings, breaking down exactly how large portions of the mall would be demolished and reworked into a “live-work-play” development along the lines of Avalon, Halcyon and other north Metro Atlanta projects.

“Our goal for this is to create a vibrant 24/7 mixed-use neighborhood.

A neighborhood, not a mall,” Montesi said.

The newly rebranded “North Point” development, if approved, would include 315,000 feet of new retail and restaurant space, a hotel and hundreds of rentals and for-sale housing options on the 84-acre mall property.

Construction would occur in multiple phases, with the demolition of 64,000 square feet of existing mall space and construction of an “outdoor walkable village” first, and then several rounds of construction of housing por-

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Trademark Properties CEO Terry Montesi speaks to community members at a meeting at North Point Mall Tuesday, Oct. 11. tions, Montesi said Plans for the development were approved Aug. 4 by the Alpharetta Planning Commission, subject to multiple conditions. The project plans are expected to go before the Alpharetta City Council for final approval Nov. 7.

Trademark representatives said there’s still some discussion to be had about the development’s main point of contention — rental units.

Developers originally requested more than 1,200 rental units for the project.

That figure was later reduced to 900 rental units and 103 for sale units as a condition approved through the Planning Commission.

Montesi told community members that decreasing rental units in the development, could jeopardize the financial backing of New York Life, who in 2021 purchased North Point Mall from

Brookfield Property Partners.

“It is very, very, very, very difficult to make the economics work if we keep reducing the number of multifamily units,” he said. “Because that’s where the economic value is stored in malls across the country.”

Montesi said they faced harsh opposition to rental units from local officials, who painted the large multi-family developments as a potential draw for “transient” and “disengaged” residents. He said they argued the development would bring, luxury, “renter by choice” apartments to the community, and it would have a low density, compared to other developments they’ve worked on nationwide.

“We were told, ‘we don’t care,’” he said. “I understand that you’re proud of your community. But the market looks around the country and capital goes where it’s welcomed.”

For every 50 rental units removed, the project loses $12 million in economic value, he said, and with the significant investment on the line from New York Life, which has reportedly pledged more than $174 million to the project, they are walking a fine line.

“We’re somewhere around 175 units of multifamily away from legally getting approval,” he said. “We’re off right now.”

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Dickens, who has largely steered clear from the public displays surrounding the 2022 LOST, said that like the other 14 cities in Fulton County, Atlanta would suffer greatly if LOST were eliminated. LOST revenues make up nearly 20 percent of Atlanta’s general fund revenue, which funds “vital public safety and quality of life” projects, he said.

County officials have argued that they too have obligations, and county government provides many statemandated services like libraries, public health and a court system. Those services, they argue, have only increased by the wave of new cities incorporating over the past 15 years.

The county is seeking to increase its split of the sales tax revenue from the 4.97 percent it has received over the past 10 years to as much as 15 percent or higher.

“We believe that the work of the cities is clearly important,” Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said at a recent mediation session. “But we know, without a doubt that the services Fulton County provides are important.

In fact, in most cases they are a matter of life and death for many people.”

A public safety issue The mayors argue that cutting their share of LOST funding would ultimately impact services like fire, EMS and police the most, because their most expensive pieces of equipment are largely funded by tax revenues.

Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said that if the county’s LOST revenues are increased, his city, along with Milton and East Point, cannot raise their millage rate to make up the difference

Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry speaks at a press conference in Atlanta Oct. 17 regarding negotiations with Fulton County officials over distribution of the countywide local option sales tax.

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to a group of gathered officials and media at a press conference Monday, Oct. 17, at the Fulton County Civic Center. Behind him stands Mountain Park Mayor Jim Still, Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry, College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom and Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul. with property taxes.

That means their only option is to cut services.

“We have the ability in our city to pay to make sure that people have an eightminute response time with our ambulance services … that goes away, then response time on ambulance service goes up 50 percent in Sandy Springs, that means people will die,” Paul said.

Paul said that after the last negotiation session held Oct. 7, there’s been no sign that county officials want to come back to the negotiating table.

“We’re at a total stalemate,” he said.

Negotiations halted During that meeting, county negotiators proposed raising the county’s

share of LOST distributions from the current 4.97 percent to 7 percent and then up to 15 percent over 10 years.

City negotiators noted this proposal was nearly identical to several previous offers that had already been rejected, due to their expected impact on the cities.

“Mayor Dickens laid out a plan based on conversations with the county commissioners themselves that we thought would move the ball,” Paul said. “And what happened was they took two steps back and went back to a previous position, back to the 160 percent Increase, which just totally blew everything out of the water. So, we’re at an impasse right now.”

Dickens said the cities were gener-

ous when they offered up a 40 percent increase in county LOST proceed, and he called the 160 percent increase proposal a “slap in the face.”

Closing out his comments on Monday, Dickens challenged county officials to return to the negotiating table and for residents to contact their district representative on the County Commission to press them for a resolution before the current LOST agreement expires on Dec. 31.

“To the County Commission, it’s simply time to step up, come to the table and work with these mayors to get this done,” Dickens said. “We all have a job to do and I’m calling on you right now to work with us to get this done.”

City and county officials have not scheduled any additional mediation sessions and initially planned to advance the issue to a formal arbitration process if mediation fails.

Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin previously told Appen Media that so far, county officials have expressed no interest in participating in arbitration with the cities.

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Football: Continued from Page 7 our fields.”

Cleary’s predicament is familiar to those involved in other youth sports in the city, like soccer, basketball and lacrosse, cricket included.

The Johns Creek Cricket Association also doesn’t have any contractual agreement with the city. But the sport has seen some triumphs in the past few years with the addition of six cricket batting cages and two turf cricket pitches at Shakerag Park, which are some of the only municipal cricket facilities in the Southeast region, according to an Aug. 18, 2021, agenda report for the Johns Creek Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee.

Leadership Johns Creek, a civic organization that fosters community involvement, also unveiled the state’s first cricket electronic scoreboard in 2020 at Shakerag, a $25,000 project funded by members of Cricket TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More).

And in 2020, Johns Creek issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a youth-focused recreational cricket partner. TEAM applied, but the city decided the association didn’t have enough experience. The following year, the city re-issued the RFP and selected Atlanta

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After the facility usage agreement was awarded to the league, a subsidiary organization related to the Atlanta Cricket League sent emails in violation of the Purchasing Policy. All bids were then rejected.

City Council on youth football At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Johns Creek City Council renewed an existing agreement with the City of Alpharetta for its Parks Without Borders program that waives non-resident fees for participants in youth softball, baseball, lacrosse and soccer programs held in the two cities.

Football was not listed in the agreement.

The agreement was originally on the consent agenda, but it was called up for discussion because of the football exclusion. Chris Haggard, Johns Creek assistant Public Works director, said the reason lies in what Johns Creek can offer, or what it can’t.

“At this point, we don’t have much football to offer to their side,” Haggard said.

He also said the city doesn’t know enough about Alpharetta’s football programming. But he added that it’s a conversation Johns Creek and Alpharetta will continue to have.

Johns Creek City Councilman Larry DiBiase asked Haggard if Public Works can run a football program as a means

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Adam Cleary stands with his son Gavin. Cleary, who is the Northview Jr Titans Liaison for Johns Creek Hawks Football, has been trying to partner with the city to support and promote the Hawks. to expand Parks without Borders.

Haggard said that it’s not possible with current staff and explained the city’s model with regard to partnering with park associations.

“We do need to look at how we get support for feeder youth sports, especially football,” Mayor John Bradberry said.

While Councilman DiBiase supported the renewal to prevent delay, he stressed the city must have an “honest conversation” about program structure and what resources can be put forward to make Parks without Borders successful in a way that may include youth football.

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Kid Biz Expo goes ‘beyond the lemonade stand’

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com WOODSTOCK, Ga. — Lemonade stands, those cliche starter projects for business-minded kids, are typically isolated on some neighborhood intersection, without the educational experience of surrounding competition.

But, at Kid Biz Expo, young entrepreneurs are empowered to go “beyond the lemonade stand,” through workshops and markets where they can sell goods around same-aged peers. Dedicated to expanding a kid’s entrepreneurial spirit, Kid Biz Expo serves ages 8 to 18.

Co-founder Renee Dierdorff said middle school ages are the “sweet spot.”

Ten-year-old Avery Adcock sold bracelets with her business AdorAble You at the Oct. 1 Kid Biz Expo in Milton — the two A’s are purposefully capitalized to refer to Avery’s initials.

Mom Kimberly said they set up a lemonade stand over the summer.

“Mom buys the lemonade. Mom buys the bracelet kit. And, then they just get to make a little bit of money for that hour or two,” Kimberly said. “But for this, it was really about investing in her table … and kind of being responsible for all of those aspects of the marketing, the business and learning that you get out of it what you put in.”

Kevin Peppers homeschools his daughter Clara, a crafty 11-year-old who also participated in her first expo. She

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Avery Adcock, 10, accepts payment from a customer at the Kid Biz Expo Oct. 1 in Milton. Avery sold bracelets from his business, AdorAble You.

sold an array of accessories, like homemade earrings, crocheted scrunchies, quilted keychains and fabric lipstick holder keychains.

Kevin said he’s been watching Kid Biz Expo from day one. “[The expo] is such an exercise in understanding entrepreneurship,” he said.

Entrepreneurship is a concept he

built into Clara’s homeschool lesson plans. Before attending, he and wife Angela sat down with Clara to go over product inventory and pricing, profit and loss.

The expos are also a great chance for Clara and her mother to work together crafting, Kevin said.

Ainsley Ro, a 12-year-old artist, was another first-timer at the Kid Biz Expo in Milton. She sold canvas and glass paintings along with homemade stickers.

Her mother Cyndi Ro said Ainsley has ADHD and struggles in school and that art has always been an important outlet for her. Ainsley started her own Etsy shop when she was 11. It didn’t get a lot of traffic. But Kid Biz Expo changed up the dynamics.

“She always says she’s not a real artist. That’s like her tagline,” Cyndi said.

“But, this really helped her because she sold so much merchandise. She was like, “Wow, people actually like what I do.”

Dierdorff and friend Amy Guest came up with the idea for Kid Biz Expo a few years ago, when Guest’s middle daughter Avery started selling cotton candy and Guest’s other daughters, Aidyn and Austyn, wanted to start something of their own. Guest’s oldest is best friends with Dierdorff’s oldest, so Dierdorff’s two daughters, Layla and Harper, got involved, too.

After using Cherokee Connect to poll interest, Dierdorff and Guest organized

their first event in a church parking lot in August 2021. There, 27 kids set up shop and more than 400 people attended.

There isn’t much engagement between sellers and customers at a farmers market, Dierdorff said. But at the first expo, visitors asked the kids a lot of questions about their products.

“It was just a very positive environment that day,” Dierdorff said. “You can’t replicate it anywhere.”

The expo’s success led Dierdorff and Guest to establish the idea as a nonprofit. After applying in December last year, Kid Biz Expo became an official 501(c)(3) in March.

The nonprofit’s flagship is the Kid Biz Expo, where kids can register for a spot for a $45 fee. Kid-preneurs bring their own 10x10 tent, signage and other supplies.

Dierdorff and Guest also started hosting workshops in January, to total nine for the year. The workshops, which are on business-related topics, are scheduled between the expos for preparation.

Dierdorff recalled a recent workshop about brainstorming business ideas.

Others have been about developing a pitch, goal planning and digital marketing.

Next year, Dierdorff plans to launch Kid Biz Coach and Kid Biz Connect.

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By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — While the Roswell Housing Authority convened its monthly meeting at 199 Grove Way Oct. 11, outside, a small group helped a longtime tenant move out of her run-down apartment.

Every day, the property gets a little quieter as the half dozen remaining tenants move out, some as far as Atlanta, Cumming or out of state.

Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority which manages the property through a mutual agreement with the Roswell agency, said she expects that number to drop to six within the next 30 days. There are still three tenants, however, who have not found housing options they would even consider applying to.

Seven months ago, the 33 tenants at the public housing development received notice they had until the end of August to vacate. The building, also known as Pelfrey Pines, consists of 40 units built in the mid-1980s. The Roswell Housing Authority owns another 55 incomebased housing units in the area.

The City of Roswell found that the property had several structural issues, including settling and cracks, costly deficiencies in the stormwater drainage

systems, missing steel structures and deteriorating steel supports in columns and suspended stairways.

But, the area-wide housing shortage and landlords’ unwillingness to accept Section 8 vouchers has limited the elderly residents’ options, especially those who are also disabled. So, over the summer, Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda sounded the alarm, pleading with city officials to get involved.

The housing authorities later said that the Leumas Group, which had been hired by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, would continue to help the tenants look for housing, and that there would no longer be a set deadline for them to move out as long as the building remained safe.

Dowda, Sheila Richards and Wanda Wilbanks, who spoke to Appen Media in July, have all found new housing.

At the Oct. 11 meeting, Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Roswell Housing Authority, said she recently met with a group of legislators and told them about the challenges they were facing at the apartment complex. She said State Rep. Chuck Martin seemed interested in getting involved.

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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Anokhi Parikh migrated from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to the United States at 10 years old.

In her younger years, she always felt the need to fit in, not knowing how to speak English well.

The bright-eyed 27-year-old came to know the varied cultures in America but never forgot her roots, with parents who instilled Indian culture and values from the beginning. With a growing appreciation for her heritage and a purpose to bring the East to the West, Parikh founded Merakhi, one of around 15 Indian clothing and accessory vendors at the Johns Creek Diwali festival Oct. 22.

Shakerag Park was buzzing with up to 12,000 people for the festival of lights, packed with other small Indian businesses and cuisine, their tents lining the field. Bounce houses were at one end of the field, walking into the park. Cultural performances took place on the park’s center stage. Visitors also practiced cricket in the batting cages.

Parikh, who wore traditional Indian clothing, but with Western influences, said she has always celebrated Diwali. Describing its significance as good over evil, she said Diwali is the light one can see at the end of the tunnel, the Indian New Year.

“As we go into the new year, we’re celebrating with a lot of love and light,” Parikh said.

Parikh grew up in Johns Creek and said the city didn’t always have a lot of South Asian influence.

“The fact that this is the first ever Johns Creek Diwali festival is huge,” she said. “To be able to see a mix of crowds that are coming out here and supporting all these local businesses truly means a

Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry thanks the volunteers who helped organize the Diwali festival.

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A group of young dancers perform at the festival. The event had a wide array of cultural performances, rooted in different regions across India. lot.”

Parikh said she’s able to represent her culture to the public through Merakhi, which is Greek for “to put your soul into something that you love.” She handmakes all the jewelry, big and colorful pieces characteristic of Indian fashion.

Basic designs take three to four weeks to make. More intricate bridal designs take six to eight months.

Parikh also specializes in block printing, designing all Merakhi’s clothing, which is then handmade by artisans in India who don’t have reach outside of their community.

“It’s a way for them to have a roof over their head, for them to be able to feed their families,” she said.

Shivangi Patel and her sister-in-law Jolly Bhatt shopped through Merakhi’s offerings. Patel talked about the value of

the Diwali festival because of the large South Asian community in Johns Creek.

“I’m very, very happy that Johns Creek did this,” Patel said. “It’s a huge thing for Johns Creek.”

Both Patel and Bhatt described their colorful, traditional Indian attire. Bhatt said it’s not exclusive to any one season and you can wear it any time, on a more casual outing all the way up to high-end bridal.

“Wearing it at a festival like this is really important because it brings us together,” Bhatt said.

Merakhi’s setup was located near the park’s center stage, where cultural performances took place from several groups of young dancers. All performers dressed in bold colors, had up-dos with

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Three ways to work with sadness in your life Brought to you by - Jason Howard, Licensed Associate Professional Counselor at Summit Counseling Center As the last quarter of another year moves along, the days get shorter, and holiday festivities ramp up, it is very common to feel sad. It is also common to tell ourselves just to think happy thoughts, push through, and avoid any of the mental or physical signals this very useful emotion brings. New research studies are finding people experience physical relief, emotional calm, and improved relational connection when they allow themselves to observe, name, and work with rather than against sadness. There is also a benefit to recognizing when normal sadness is shifting into depression and choosing to take steps to help your body and brain respond.

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2. Get Active. Sadness signals its presence with a set of automatic natural body cues. All of us at some point experience sadness as a range from tiredness and low energy to feeling pain or hollowness in the gut.

We also can easily forget the positives in life. These cues are hard-wired into our brain and body to signal a need to pay attention and make a possible change.

First, we need to check if the sadness is justified and helpful. If it is not justified or helpful, act opposite the sadness by reaching out to a trusted friend, distracting with positive or upbeat music, pray, walk outside, or text encouragements to three people. If the sadness is justified and it would be helpful to engage it, get active by allowing yourself to remember and grieve. The key to working with the sadness is to let your

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Renting may be better than selling Brought to you by - Michelle Wilson, I had a client come into the office this week. His parents were 91 and 94 years of age. They were still living independently, mostly. Their kids and one other caregiver came in almost every day to help. We talked about the Medicaid EDWP Program – Elderly & Disabled Waiver Program – which provides caregivers in the home and could supplement the assistance they were receiving privately. We also talked about skilled nursing care since Dad had fallen recently and the children thought it would be only a matter of time until he fell again and wouldn’t be able to live safely in an independent setting.

Their son asked if they could simply sell the home. Houses are excluded as a resource when you apply for Medicaid. The problem with houses is that, when you sell a house, you no longer have an excluded asset. You have a big pile of money. That big pile of money is countable. Considering Mom and Dad’s age, we don’t have the option of giving away property to an asset protection trust, for example, because they would likely need help within five years. As an alternative, I suggested renting their

home if they moved to assisted living or later to skilled nursing care. Rental income would provide additional cash to pay for care privately and allow Mom and Dad to qualify with the house still being counted as an excluded asset. I know a few great property managers who can help if kids don’t want to mess with tenants.

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Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell Cost: $25 for general public/$20 for CNC members (children 2 and under are free) More info: CNC members can by tickets online; for non-CNC members, ticket sales open Oct. 10, www.chattnaturecenter.org

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What: A fall craft market with goods from Northbrook Crafters.

Proceeds from the sale benefit church missions and are distributed to charities in the North Fulton area.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

OPINION

Proper grammar never gets old

I just read Ray Appen’s column on grammar in the Herald. Kudos. The decrease in correct grammar, not only in speech but in writing, is disturbing. Defenders say we have a marvelously elastic language and it’s always changing, etc. While there is truth in the natural evolution of word meanings

and use, grammar is a different matter.

And an increasing failure to use correct grammar negatively impacts our ability to communicate and to understand others.

The letters we have of Civil War soldiers, even if they are not entirely representative of the population, do suggest

a thoughtfulness, understanding and ability for expression far higher than the average college graduate today.

I tend to be wordy myself, and must take care. In my work writing, I use such aids as Grammargirl.com and now even Grammarly!

My biggest peeve lately is the “Me and him” subject construct I seem to hear all the time. Not only should it be “I” and “he” but the “he” should be placed first out of common courtesy (which might even help people to remember the subject/object difference). But it’s “me” first these days, in more ways than one.

I diagrammed sentences in school, and better, was lucky to have married a girl who grew up in Catholic school and was made to diagram sentences a lot! Children growing up in our house got edited by me for content and flow, and their mother for clear, concise, grammatically correct writing!

Anyway thanks for your column. You may be playing “Nearer My God to Thee” on the deck of the Titanic, but that’s the way to go down!

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Before each dance, an instructor would announce the significance of the dance, which generally incorporated meaningful ritual. One dance portrayed salutations to the sun and to Shiva, a primary Hindu deity.

Poonam Datta, who coordinated all of the cultural performances, said Lord Shiva is the god of dance. The performance was an offering to him, she said.

The style of each performance is rooted in a different region of India. Each Indian state has its own culture, Datta said.

Between performances, Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry spoke alongside Himanshu Karnwal, who spearheaded event organizing. Bradberry thanked the many volunteers who made the event possible.

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