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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
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Back in July of2022, a neighboring prop
erty underwent rezoning to M-2, mandating
a traffic study BRM will also be required
to complete a traffic study of its own and
implement any needed improvements.
The forthcoming traffic study will ad
dress nearby intersections, including those
involving Cliff Day Road and Midland Ave
nue, Harold Day Road, Pickle Simon Road,
Midland Avenue and Atlanta Highway and
Atlanta Highway and Chapel Church Road.
Coordination with the Georgia Department
of Transportation (GDOT) is not needed,
however, the finalization of the traffic is re
quired before the issuance of the land dis
turbance permit.
The facility will rely on private on-site
septic tank systems, as it is not expected to
be a substantial consumer of water. Current
ly, the property is serviced by the City of
Winder water system.
Conditions with the approval include re
quired deceleration lanes at all entrances, a
25-foot buffer maintained on the property’s
western boundary and a 100-foot undis
turbed buffer on the eastern boundary.
The unanimous approvals from the
Board of Commissioners and the planning
commission include provisions prohibiting
various land uses on the property. These
prohibited uses encompass activities such
as animal slaughtering, sawmills, tire man
ufacturing, explosives production, paper
and petroleum manufacturing, asphalt pro
duction, roofing and tar-related activities,
junkyards, scrap yards, solid waste or recy
cling transfer stations, landfills, cattle feed-
lots and public and institutional uses.
100 Suboxone patients, and 5 Vivitrol pa
tients from Jackson, Barrow and Walton
Counties, with a daily fee of $12 covering
medication, counseling, blood work and
drag screening.
Bradley’s day starts at 2:30 a.m., with
doors to the clinic opening at 5:30 a.m. on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. De
spite the growing availability and outreach
of methadone since the pandemic, the ded
icated staff at the Genesis Center, many of
whom have been there since its inception,
continue to work tirelessly to combat the
stigma associated with methadone clinics.
Their guiding principle is simple: “We
meet people where they are.”
Bradley insists that treatment and medica
tion do work, describing both as potentially
life-changing. However, she acknowledges
the stigma still associated with methadone,
which she believes stems from a lack of un
derstanding and sometimes the treatment of
patients by clinics themselves.
Contrary to popular belief, most patients
at the Genesis Center are professionals from
various backgrounds, challenging the ste
reotype of what an addict looks like. Addic
tion, Bradley says, has no certain look.
The staff at Genesis share a dream for the
clinic to become a beacon of hope, where
recovery is not a one-size-tits all concept,
and every medication offered is viewed as
another tool to tight opioid abuse.
Bradley reflects on something a woman
seeking help for her loved one once said: “I
will never judge anything that saves a per
son’s life.” These words now serve as the
foundation upon which the Genesis Center
is built—a place where hope is rekindled,
and lives are transformed.
New Statham councilwoman takes oath of office
By Carole Townsend
Christine Bogenrieder, Statham’s newest coun
cil member, was sworn in Thursday evening
during the city council’s September work ses
sion. Bogenrieder replaces former councilwom
an Debi Krause, who resigned her seat to run for
mayor.
Bogenrieder is the owner of Along the Line
Antiques in Statham.
There will be no special-called election on
Nov. 7, as Bogenrieder was the only contender
for the vacated seat.
ARPA PROJECTS DISCUSSED
City council members Thursday discussed pos
sible American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund
ed projects for the city of Statham. Statham
has about $1,060,000 to spend on government
projects throughout the city that require repair,
maintenance or construction. Councilman Gary
Venable suggested scoping the water and sew
er lines at Statham Elementary School, to deter
mine whether the pipes are still in good repair.
Councilwoman Hattie Thrasher stated that
she would like to see city parks cleaned up and
structures repaired, including Hillman-Rainwa-
ter Park.
NGMC-Braselton offers first glimpse of surgery center
90,000-square-footfacility
set to open in Oct
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
in Braselton offered a preview of its
long-awaited ambulatory surgery
center slated to open in October.
The hospital unveiled the facili
ty in an Aug. 31 event as commu
nity members gathered to tour the
90,000-square-foot facility provid
ing outpatient surgeries.
“As healthcare is changing, this is
one example of how it’s changing,”
Northeast Georgia Health System
President (NGHS) and CEO Carol
Burrell said, “having the right care
in the right place so that here you
can come and have a surgery and
get to go home the same day, which
frees up capacity in our hospitals for
those who have to (stay) overnight.
“We’re really excited about this
continued advancement in care.”
Northeast Georgia Health System
Chairman Spence Price said plans
for the facility predated the pan
demic.
“Little did we know the havoc the
pandemic would cause throughout
our community, especially for the
healthcare workers, considering
how hard this area was hit,” Price
said. “Yet somehow, during this
generation’s greatest global health
crisis, the NGHS team not only
managed to care for patients in the
toughest of circumstances, but Car
ol (Burrell) and her team also kept
their eyes on where we need to be as
a system after the pandemic.”
The hospital looks to open the sur
gery center on Oct. 2 and be at full
operation a few months afterward.
“It’s a little bit of a slow ramp-
up,” hospital president Anthony
Williamson said. “There’s some ac
creditation and licensure processes
that we have to go through. So, it
will probably be a little later in the
year, first of the new year, before
we’re really full-bore ... But we will
then be opening our system’s very
first surgery center.”
Dr. David Bailey, the surgery cen
ter’s medical director, called the
facility “immaculate” and pointed
to its features, which include four
large operating rooms, two proce
dure rooms, onsite sterilization,
onsite pharmacy and pre-operation
and recovery areas with individual
patient rooms.
“It’s just set up to be a really nice
place to have an operation,” Bailey
said.
Photo by Ben Munro
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton president Anthony Williamson speaks during a
Thursday (Aug. 31) unveiling of the hospital’s new surgery center.
Photo by Ben Munro
Shown is a section of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Bra-
selton’s new surgery center. The facility is set to open in Oc
tober.
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The City of Auburn City Council does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Auburn Courthouse/
Council Chambers located at 1361 Fourth Avenue, Auburn, Georgia on October 5, 2023 at 5:00 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A.
§ 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and
levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2023 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
City of Auburn
Barrow District
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Real & Personal
$149,634,223
$166,545,281
$181,077,957
$203,445,877
$271,686,342
$364,760,277
Motor Vehicles
$2,808,600
$1,322,850
$1,990,570
$1,732,140
$1,616,000
$1,722,630
Mobile Homes
$492,329
$538,834
$530,493
$538,907
$544,130
$568,420
Timber - 100%
$0
$0
$32,446
$0
$0
$0
Heavy Duty Equipment
$0
$0
$0
$0
$13,594
$13,319
Gross Digest
$152,935,152
$168,406,965
$183,631,466
$205,716,924
$273,860,066
$367,064,646
Less M & 0 Exemptions
$4,954,235
$5,872,052
$6,807,646
$6,995,528
$10,190,384
$9,043,599
Net M & 0 Digest
$147,980,917
$162,534,913
$176,823,820
$198,721,396
$263,669,682
$358,021,047
Gross M&O Millage
12.404
12.291
12.437
12.612
11.782
10.834
Less Rollbacks
7.473
7.360
7.506
7.681
6.851
5.903
Net M&O Millage
4.931
4.931
4.931
4.931
4.931
4.931
Net Taxes Levied
$729,693.90
$801,459.66
$871,918.26
$979,895.20
$1,300,155.20
$1,765,401.78
Net Tax $ Increase
$96,021
$71,766
$70,459
$107,977
$320,260
$465,247
Net Tax % Increase
15.15%
9.84%
8.79%
12.38%
32.68%
35.78%