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A2 Fayette County News
Wednesday, February 1,2023
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Dignity
The Zachary Family Competes on Family Feud
FAYETTEVILLE — For the second time this year, a Fayetteville family will be making an appear
ance on Family Feud. The Zachary Family of Fayetteville will compete on the hit show Thursday,
Feb. 9. See more information in next week’s edition of Fayette County News. Courtesy of Zachary Family
SCC Annual Benefit Concert Set Feb. 11
Southern Crescent
Chorale continues its tra
dition of supporting
youth organizations in a
casual concert format for
its annual Benefit Con
cert. SCC will be joined
by McIntosh High School
Cantabile to present a
variety of music sung by
the choirs, as well as so
loists and small groups
accompanied by a jazz
combination, according
to SCC officials.
Patrons can enjoy
desserts in a “dinner the
atre” setting while listen
ing to the concert at the
Bedford School in Fair-
burn (5665 Milam Road
in Fairburn). Sponsored
by Stephen Walker of
Berkshire Hathaway
Home Services, the con
cert will benefit Chris
tian City Children’s
Village, an organization
whose goal is to partner
with families and chil
dren in crisis to work
through the challenges
faced and navigate the
path back home. The
concert will be held on
Saturday, Feb. 11, at 7
p.m.
Senior Resident
Voices Impact of
Paying School Tax
Sydney Spencer
News Reporter
sspencer@fayette-news.net
According to Benjamin
Franklin’s famed quote, “...in
this world, nothing is certain
except death and taxes.” Fay
ette’s elderly would like to be
exempt from at least one of
those.
Dottie Humphries is a
senior citizen who lives in a
manufactured home park in
Peachtree City. She said her
taxes were increased substan
tially due to area schools. She
added she had no prior
knowledge of paying school
taxes and was not notified be
fore the increase.
“I live in a mobile home
park and our taxes went up
drastically this year. I wasn’t
even really aware that I was
paying school tax because I
thought that because I was a
senior citizen, I could be ex
empt,” Humphries said.
Humphries went on to
describe the increase to hers
and neighboring homes. She
said she thought she would be
exempt from paying school
tax because of her age, but
discovered that was not nec
essarily the case.
“The table changed and
they said they revamped our
prices for our homes, and so
when the price went up from
$6,000 to $33,000, it really
bloomed the school taxes,”
Humphries said. “I went and
I found out that. Because I’m
a senior citizen, I thought I
should be exempt from school
tax, but that’s not the case
here in Fayette County.”
Humphries said she
sometimes feels like the
county is biased against man
ufactured home owners, de
spite owners’ efforts to
properly maintain their
homes and property.
“It seems like sometimes
that Fayette County is against
mobile home owners because
you can’t even buy a piece of
property and put a mobile
home on it. But we try to keep
our mobile homes nice look
ing and Shiloh Mobile Home
Park is one of the exceptions
for a neat community,” she
explained. “I was hoping that
there would be some way that
a senior citizen could be given
tax exemption when they are
over 65.”
Fayette County Admin
istrator Steve Rapson told
Humphries he would provide
her with information regard
ing senior citizen exemptions.
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Tyrone Planning Commission
Receives Update on Cart Paths
John Thompson
Contributor
johntct@aol.com
The Tyrone Planning
Commission learned more
about the town’s connectivity
to different neighborhoods
and Assistant Town Manager
and Town Planner Phillip
Trocquet told commissioners
about projects covered in the
2017 special purpose local
option sales tax, passed by
voters, during the Jan. 26
meeting.
The first path connects
Tyrone Road to Julie Road.
The half-mile path connects
nearly 1,500 residents and
may be completed by the end
of the year.
The next path would run
from the exit ramp off Geor
gia Highway 74 and provide
connectivity to the Publix
Shopping Center. Trocquet
said the project is projected
to be completed within 18
months.
The town also plans a
path and roundabout from
Palmetto Road and Spence
Lane to aid residents in get
ting into the downtown area.
The final Trocquet area
discussed was near Spez-
zano’s Market.
“It’s really a sea of asphalt
there with the travel lane and
the path,” he said.
The town plans to plant a me
dian strip and crosswalk to
provide a clear distinction for
pedestrians and drivers and
is scheduled for completion
by the end of the year.
In other action, the plan
ning commission:
•Approved a revised final
plat from applicant Jason
Walls to combine 1400 and
1420 Senoia Road. The nine-
acre tract will have three
30,000-square-foot build
ings for uses such as a light
ing showroom.
•Approved a site plan
from applicant Sharon
Griffies on behalf of the
owner, DeBeers Granite, for
145 Mallory Court. The
owner plans to build a
24,000-square-foot covered
area to store heavy equip
ment.
•Elected David Nebergall
as chairman and Dia Hunter
as vice-chairman for 2023.
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The Meeting Place
Fayette County Board of Edu
cation meets the third Monday of
the month at 7 p.m.
Fayette County Commission
meets the second and fourth
Thursday of the month at 6:30
p.m.
Fayette County Planning Com
mission meets the first Thursday
of the month at 7 p.m.
Fayetteville City Council meets
the first and third Thursday of the
month at 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Planning Commis
sion meets the fourth Tuesday of
the month at 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Work Session
meeting on the last Tuesday of
each month at 9 a.m. at Fay
etteville City Hall.
Peachtree City Council meets
the first and third Thursday of the
month at 6:30 p.m.
Peachtree City Planning Com
mission meets the second and
fourth Monday of the month at 7
p.m.
Tyrone Town Council meets the
first and third Thursday of the
month at 7 p.m.
Tyrone Planning Commission
meets the second and fourth
Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.
Tyrone Downtown Devel
opment Authority meets at 9
a.m. on the second Monday of the
month.
Brooks Town Council meets the
third Monday of every month at
6:30 p.m.
