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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April », lOT7
BUSINESS NEWS
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Comfort Suites opens
Comfort Suites recently opened its doors in Forsyth County. The all-suite hotel has 67
rooms that include a sitting room with sofa, comfortable sleeping accommodations and a
desk area for the business traveler. Comfort Suites has smoking and non-smoking rooms.
The welcoming atmosphere is complete with breakfast, and you can start your day with
more than coffee. A variety of juices, cereals and breakfast breads are available. All major
credit cards are accepted. Conveniently located on Highway 20 East between Waffle
House and Circle M. Telephone 889-4141.
IRS provides extra tax help
During the final weekend of
the tax filing season the IRS
will be providing extra help for
taxpayers to get their returns
filed.
Realizing that the April 15 fil
ing deadline is looming very
near, many taxpayers are now
scurrying to get their records
together to file. And because of
this, the IRS will have its (800)
829-1040 telephone line open
on the final Saturday of the fil
ing season.
In addition to weekday regular
business hours, IRS tax assistors
will be available April 12 offer
ing help particularly for taxpay
ers who have questions about
completing their 1996 returns.
WMA, Inc. comes to Johns Creek
World Marketing Alliance Inc.
(WMA), an international mar
keting company offering a broad
array of financial concepts and
products, has broken ground on
a 100,000-square-foot build-to
suit headquarters facility on 9.2
acres at Johns Creek. The com
pany, which will occupy the
building at 100 percent capacity
in January 1998, also has pre
pared for long-term expansion
by securing the 5.8-acre adja
cent property as the site of a
future 75,000-square-foot build
ing.
The facility will house the cor
porate offices as well as WMA’s
affiliated companies, including
WMA Securities, Inc., WMA
Investment Advisors, Inc.,
WMA Mortgage Services, Inc.
and more.
“World Marketing Alliance is
another top-flight company to
be located at Johns Creek,” said
Richard R. O’Brien, executive
vice president of Technology
Park Atlanta, Inc., developer of
Johns Creek. “Their extraordi
nary building is the latest well
planned and well-designed
headquarters facility here, and
their presence adds to the
strength of quality and diversity
we attract to our park.”
WMA’s chairman, CEO and
founder Hubert Humphrey
agreed.
“WMA is excited about the
opportunity to custom build a
Taxpayers who must call for
tax help during the week can
avoid peak times by calling on
Wednesdays, Thursdays or
Fridays, either early in the
morning or late in the day (open
weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.)
According to the IRS, tele
phone tax assistors answered
over 40 million calls last year.
However, many of the calls
might have been avoided if tax
payers had read their instruction
booklets or taken advantage of
the IRS’s Tele-Tax system.
Recorded information from
Tele-Tax is available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week for those
tremendous new headquarters
that will serve as the hub for our
operations worldwide,” stated
Humphrey. “Johns Creek is one
of the fastest growing, most
dynamic business developments
in metro Atlanta, and WMA is
proud to become a major part of
it.”
Designed by Kohl Gramigna
Architects, the four-story build
ing is constructed of pre-cast
concrete and reflective glass.
The facility features granite
accents with granite entry
columns, a two-story atrium
lobby with a pronounced focus
on marble and mahogany. Other
specialty attributes include a
106-seat theater and large con
ference rooms. The Conlan Co.
is the general contractor. John
Dryman of the Griffin Co.
served as the broker.
WMA is an independent mar
keting company that serves the
financial services industry.
Through its own broker/dealer
WMA Securities Inc., the com
pany offers product and services
that include more than 1,500
mutual funds, more than 100
variable life insurance and
annuity products and providers,
fixed annuities, mortgages, term
life insurance, universal life
insurance, estate planning,
health insurance, qualified
plans, credit cards, cash man
agement systems, and mortgage
acceleration plans.
with touch tone telephones and
normal business hours for rotary
dialers. The system has recorded
information on 148 different
subjects listed in the tax instruc
tion booklet, ranging from how
to claim the earned income tax
credit to what to do If you can’t
pay your taxes.
Taxpayers can also use the
Tele-Tax system to answer one
of the most common questions,
“Where is my refund?” Just call
(800) 829-4477.
Taxpayers who have access to
the Internet can get valuable tax
information and even download
forms by visiting the popular
IRS Website at
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov.
Johns Creek is an 1,800-acre
comprehensive, mixed-use
development of Technology
Park/Atlanta, Inc., and is locat
ed in north Fulton and Forsyth
counties. It incorporates areas
for high technology general
office, light industrial and com
mercial uses. Johns Creek has
received four prestigious awards
since its inception for its facili
ties, design and development,
including the 1995 international
FIABCI award for best office
and industrial park in the world.
Johns Creek has developed
more than 2.5 million square
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Engineering employees honored
The Forsyth County Department of Engineering recently honored employees for service
and dedication. Frances Kennemore received recognition for four-years of service; Robin
McCook and Risky Byrd each received two-year certificates; Lori Conrad and John Keys
received their one-year certificates. Robin McCook and Lori Conrad are both with the
Central Office; Risky Byrd and John Keys are with the Roads and Bridges Division; and
Frances Kennemore is with the Dial-A-Ride Division. (Pictured left to right: Lori Conrad,
Robin McCook, John Keys, Frances Kennemore, back row: Risky Byrd.)
Donation
Jim Carroll, AT&T vice
president, Southern
Region, presents a $50,000
check to Carolyn Boyd
Hatcher, President and
CEO of the Georgia
Conservancy. The donation
supports the Georgia
Conservancy’s Successful
Communities initiative, a
statewide effort to deter
mine alternative develop
ment and redevelopment
options in ways that foster a
high quality of life and pro
tects natural resources.
This initiative enlists the
guidance of urban planners
and architectural experts,
encourages supportive
local, state and regional
policies and engages com
munity residents and civic
leaders in local decision
making. The funding also
supports the September
1997 Blueprints for
Successful Communities
conference, which helps
four Georgia communities
or municipalities develop
and implement local pro
jects.
feet of space in its less than
eight-year existence, and has
more than 500,000 square feet
under construction. Current ten
ants of Johns Creek include:
ClßAVision, the world’s second
largest manufacturer of contact
lens; Nordson Corp.; State Farm
Insurance Co.’s regional head
quarters; A.G. Edwards;
Johnson Controls; GE/Hitachi;
and others. Johns Creek also
contains full-service retail, com
mercial, residential and other
amenities. It is home to the 300-
acre Standard Club, Johns Creek
United Methodist Church and
Johns Creek Baptist Church.
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