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Fulton County Commissioner will not seek fourth term
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King’s Ridge Christian School now owns the former 17-acre Roadrunner baseball complex on Cogburn Road. The school purchased the property for $2.2 million in December as well as another two acres of adjacent land.
King’s Ridge advances on athletic campus expansion By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — King’s Ridge Christian School is taking steps to keep student-athletes from having to travel off-campus to other courts and fields in the community. In December, King’s Ridge used funds from its Be Bold capital campaign to purchase the final two pieces of contiguous property next to the school’s
campus off Bethany Bend. The campaign is part of an effort to raise money for campus improvements that are not part of its annual operating budget. King’s Ridge Director of Advancement Sharon Hurst said the purchase includes the former 17-acre Roadrunner baseball complex on Cogburn Road for $2.2 million as well as another 2 acres from the Founding Faith Worship Center for $400,000. The properties will be used to build
additional varsity softball and middle school baseball fields, a new varsity baseball field, six tennis courts, state-ofthe-art turf for the existing soccer field and a cross-country course. While the expansion has been two years in the making, Hurst said the school had been interested in acquiring the Roadrunner property for nearly 10 years. It wasn’t until 2021 that a donor
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Liz Hausmann announced Jan. 25 that she will not seek a fourth term on the Fulton County Commission. Hausmann’s term HAUSMANN in the District 1 seat ends on Dec. 31. “Thank you to the citizens of Fulton County for the confidence they have placed in me to serve the community that I hold dear,” Hausmann said. “I am proud of our record of improvements in Fulton during my tenure. It has been the honor and privilege of my life to serve North Fulton.” Commissioner Hausmann also served as a founding member of the Johns Creek City Council from 2006- 2010 and on the Fulton County Board of Education from 2002-2006.