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The Braselton News
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Health care
NGHS employees awarded record-breaking grant funding
Wigs and head wraps for
cancer patients, dialect-spe
cific videos for those who
speak another language and
tools to aid in early detection
of vision problems are just a
few of the enhancements pa
tients can soon expect when
they visit Northeast Georgia
Health System (NGHS).
According to a press re
lease from NGHS, eight
system employees were
recently awarded a re
cord-breaking $108,000
in grant funding through
the NGHS Foundation’s
Change Grant program. The
program is funded through
donations to the employee
giving club, WATCH.
The translation videos will
be used for educating new
mothers who don’t speak
common dialects, while tel-
eretinal eye scanners will be
used for early detection of
diabetic retinopathy. Wigs
and head wraps will be used
for gynecological oncolo
gy patients, and treatment
wraps will be used for breast
cancer patients beginning
radiation treatment.
“Cancer is a scary jour
ney,” said Alicia Harrison,
an RN supervisor in Radi
ation Therapy at NGMC
Gainesville. “While there
is little we can control, we
work to provide our patients
with as much comfort as we
can. Radiant Wraps - robes
designed for breast cancer
patients - are a great way to
help our patients maintain
their dignity dining their
treatment. Because of the
Change Grants program, we
can provide these to our pa
tients, knowing the impact is
so much more than the item
itself.”
Employees receiving
grants are Alicia Harrison,
Shelley Hannon, Karen
Hoyt, Nicole Fricks, Brant
ley Moore, Tina Johnson,
Gretchen Craft and Jennifer
Stoeckig.
For a full listing of
all current and previ
ous Change Grants, visit
nghs.com/change-grants.
To support NGHS with
your own contribution,
visit nghs.com/founda
tion.
Photo: NGHS
Eight Northeast Georgia Health System employees were recently awarded a record-breaking $108,000
in grant funding through the NGHS Foundation’s Change Grant program
Area news
AMPHITHEATER
CONSTRUCTION
An amphitheater
for the new Pen
dergrass town
center has begun
construction. The
amphitheater is
part of a larger
project that will
create a new
“downtown” in
the city with a mix
of housing, retail
and a community
green. The project
is being done by
TDon Develop
ment which will
deed the amphi
theater and park
area to the city
once the project is
completed.
Recognition
Hoschton woman named to UGA Alumni Association’s ‘40 Under 40’
Hoschton resident Brit
tany Romig Caison was
named to the University of
Georgia Alumni Associa
tion’s ‘40 Under 40’ class
for 2023.
Caison, who earned an en
gineering degree from UGA
in 2010 and a master’s de
gree in 2016, is the vice pres
ident of marketing, member
services and governmental
affairs for Jackson EMC.
According to a UGA Col
lege of Engineering press re
lease, Caison has worked for
Jackson EMC since 2011,
starting as a mechanical en
gineer. After receiving her
MBA from UGA, she was
promoted to vice president
of strategic planning and an
alytics in 2016 before mov
ing into her current role in
2022.
Her accolades include
the University of Georgia’s
R.H. Driftmier Achieve
ment Award for the Highest
Academic Achievement in
Agricultural Engineering in
2011. She was also selected
to the advisory board for the
UGA College of Engineer
ing and the industrial advi
sory board for the School of
Environmental, Civil, Ag
ricultural, and Mechanical
Engineering.
The press release noted
that her research and advo
cacy efforts during her com
pany’s evaluation of parental
leave led to the board of di
rectors approving benefits to
support new mothers and fa
thers during pregnancy and
postpartum.
Moratorium continued from lA
upgrading the system from
current ratepayers to devel
opers of new projects.
In addition, the author
ity is seeking to tap into
groundwater via wells in
the West Jackson area, a
move that could lessen the
need to build more pipes
to move water from Bear
Creek to those communi
ties.
Authority member Tom
my Benton questioned the
parameters of the morato
rium, suggesting that some
developers might attempt to
“game the system” by get
ting approval of just 10 lots
at a time.
The moratorium won’t
impact industrial or com
mercial developments,
Leslie said. Nor will the
moratorium impact the au
thority’s wholesale sales to
local towns which could
still use the water to ap
prove new houses in their
jurisdictions.
The moratorium comes a
year after the county board
of commissioners put a
moratorium on residential
construction to implement
an impact fee system. That
moratorium has since been
lifted and impact fees put in
place.
Signal continued from lA
signal design is under re
view by GDOT. Kolter be
gan the application process
in April.
“It’s one of those pro
cesses that takes multiple
rounds of comments that
come back and forth from
GDOT,” Landers said re
cently. “We are still in the
process of waiting on final
approval.”
Kolter hopes to hear a
decision from the DOT by
the end of the third quarter.
If approved, the traffic light
would be installed some
time in 2024.
Kolter performed a traf
fic study at the end of 2022.
The traffic count from the
study was just under the
threshold to warrant a traf
fic signal, but Kolter moved
forward with the application
given the expected growth
of Twin Lakes-Cresswind,
which will eventually have
2,600 homes. A Publix su
permarket is also being built
in front of the subdivision.
Part of Kolter’s develop
ment requirement for Twin
Lakes-Cresswind was to
complete the traffic study
and install a traffic light if
one was warranted. Kolter
will fund the cost of the traf
fic light, if approved.
The JCWSA recently which included necessary The authority is also corn-
completed a Water Distri- improvements to be com- pleting a Sewer Collection
bution System Master plan pleted by 2030 and 2050. System Master plan.
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