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Several local businessmen
and businesswomen are form
ing a “Business Before
Hours” group. They plan to
meet from 8-9 a.m. on the
first and third Wednesdays of
each month in Cumming for
business development pur
poses.
The group is being headed
by Marty L. Byars of
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home. Other members
include Ryan Neilan of The
Fredrick Group; Cheryl
Brown of Memories Florists;
Brian Ruggiero of Alliance
Chiropractic; Scott Mason of
Edward Jones Investments;
Sue Graff of WMA
Securities; and Lya Sorano of
The Oliver/Sorano Group.
You must be a member of
the Cumming-Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce to
join. For information, call
Byars at (770) 886-9899.
The Clean Air Campaign
announces the call for appli
cations from employers that
are setting the PACE for
metro Atlanta’s efforts to
reduce traffic congestion and
improve air quality.
The 2001 PACE Awards
luncheon will be Thursday,
Oct. 4, at 12 p.m.
Applications for the 2001
PACE Awards are now avail
able through area employer
service programs which
include the Buckhead
Transportation Management
Association; Central
Atlanta Progress; The Clean
Air Campaign; Clifton
Corridor Transportation
Management Association;
Cobbßides; Cumberland
Transportation
Network, the Hartsfield
Transportation Management
Association, Midtown
Transportation Solutions and
the Perimeter Transportation
Coalition.
Applications can also be
obtained online at
www.cleanaircampaign.com
or by calling (877)
CLEANAIR.
On the evening of Aug. 1,
the Georgia Department of
Revenue will begin moving
to its new location at 1800
Century Center Blvd, in
DeKalb County.
“That evening we will dis
connect the communication
lines in the Trinity
Washington Building, which
link to the servers that hold
much of the state’s taxpayer
database,” said Revenue
Commissioner T. Jerry
Jackson.
“We are taking actions to
minimize any degradation of
service to taxpayers on
Thursday, Aug. 2, and Friday,
Aug. 3.
“We anticipate that the
lines will be in place and
fully operational on Aug. 6.”
Information will be avail
able on the department’s Web
site at www2.state.ga.us,
however, the email links will
not be operational.
Jackson encouraged any- |
one who believes they might
normally need the depart
ment’s assistance Aug. 2-3 to
do so in advance if at all pos
sible.
Approximately two weeks
after the communication lines ■
are relocated, the department
will begin a phased move
ment of the remaining equip- ;
ment and personnel to the
new facility.
All elements should be
moved by late December.
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Huge developments set
for hearings on Tuesday
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
Applications for two of
the largest residential proj
ects ever proposed for
Forsyth County will be revis
ited by the planning commis
sion Tuesday night.
Public hearings are sched
uled for the rezoning appli
cations by Beazer Homes
Georgia and by Browns
Bridge Crossing for separate
developments north and
south of the city of Cum
ming.
The meeting begins at
6:30 p.m. in the auditorium
on the second floor of the
county administration build
ing in downtown Cumming.
Beazer Homes has pro
posed rezoning 217 acres on
the south side of Castleberry
Road near Piney Grove Drive
to accommodate construction
of 1,031 housing units and
additional commercial ven
tures.
The plan originally called
for construction of 1,500
housing units but has been
scaled down.
The application now calls
for 1,031 dwelling units: 482
single-family detached
homes, 170 townhouses and
379 apartments. The propos
al also includes half an acre
of retail space and 65 acres
of nature trails, private lakes
and greenspace.
The Beazer Homes proj
ect would be constructed in
three phases, with buildout
scheduled for 2010.'
The development would
be serviced by two access
/egress points on Castleberry
Road and one on Piney
Grove Road.
According to Georgia
Department of Transpor
tation, the Northern Arc road
would split the development.
Construction on the Northern
Arc is slated to begin in
approximately 2008.
The new road, which
would begin in Gwinnett
County, would affect land
south of Cumming at Ga.
400 and extend westward
through Cherokee and Bar
tow counties to Hwy. 411.
The Georgia Mountains
Regional Development Cen
ter recently released a
Development of Regional
Impact study that gave a neg
ative recommendation to
approval of the original
Beazer Homes’ plan.
The report cited the
tremendous impact the devel
opment would have on the
county’s fragile infrastruc
ture as being the reason for
the finding “it would not be
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The other major develop
ment slated to come before
the planning commission on
Tuesday has gained from the
GMRDC a favorable recom
mendation that it would be
“in the best interests of the
state.”
Browns Bridge Crossing
LLC has proposed building
slightly fewer than 1,000
housing units on approxi
mately 222 acres at Hwy.
369 and Ga. 400. The devel
oper altered the original
plan, agreeing to build 200
fewer dwelling units and to
change the primary type of
housing to single-family
homes, instead of town
homes. The proposed number
of townhomes was reduced’;
from 762 to fewer than 100.
Browns Bridge Crossing
is headed by local attorney
Emory Lipscomb, whose
firm, Lipscomb Johnson.
Sleister Dailey & Smith LLP,
is representing BBC through
the regulatory process. The
land is owned by a number
of local residents, including
Stella Pitts, Wayne Ham
mond, Nadine Gravitt, Bob
by Smith and Edwin Smith,
all of Cumming, and C.M.
Harrison of Gainesville.
The applications for both
developments have been on
hold for several months
while the planning commis
sion awaited the reports from
the GMRDC.
If the commission makes
recommendations on both
plans after Tuesday’s public
hearings, the board of com
missioners is scheduled to
vote on them at its Sept. 10
meeting.
Other items to be consid
ered by the planning com
mission Tuesday night
include:
• The application by
Marion A. Morrison to re
zone 22.86 acres on the east
side of Tidwell Road near
Fernwood Court for a
Planned Unit Development.
• Applications for sketch
plat approvals by Santee
Properties and K&D
Properties involving develop
ments on Julian Road and
Hwy. 141, respectively.
• The application by
Kristi Maria Thompson for a
Home Occupation Permit for
a home beauty salon on John
Orr Drive.
• The application by
Riverbrooke Properties to
rezone 83.53 acres on the
east side of Nichols Drive
near Nichols Road for the
ongoing development of a
residential subdivision with
mixed uses.
• The application by K&D
Properties to rezone 6.922
acres on the north side of
Hwy. 141 near Vaughan
Road for a commercial
development.
• The application by
Frank Betz to rezone 72.41
acres on the east side of Ga.
400 near Bottoms Road for a
Planned Unit Development.
In another matter, JDC
Calhoun has requested a 30-
day delay from the planning
commission pertaining to its
application to rezone slightly
fewer than 10 acres on the
north side of Hwy. 369 near
Wallace Tatum Road for a
shopping center.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, August 26,2001—1
FORUM from 6A
booths are available for
$1,500, and registration forms
are available at www.gtfon
line.org.
Each Investment Showcase
exhibitor receives the follow
ing benefits:
• A 10’ x 10’ space with
signage
• An ebooth placement on
www.gtfonline.org
• Two conference tickets
(SBSO value)
• Eight booth staff tickets
• An exhibitor-only work
shop offering marketing tips
• Individual membership to
TAG
• Inclusion in the official
GTF program and Investment
Showcase guide
Insightful feedback from
last year’s exhibitors resulted
in the following added features
for the 2001 Investment
Showcase. These new offer
ings will not only ensure
increased Showcase traffic
throughout the even but also
help to attract a wide range of
exhibitors and attendees:
• GTF is marketing to
investors and companies from
outside Atlanta more aggres
sively than in previous years to
increase regional attendance
• Breakfast and evening
receptions will be held in the
Investment Showcase, allow
ing for more time for attendees
to visit with exhibitors >
• The Investment Showcase
will be closed during lunch
keynote speeches, which \yill
allow exhibitors to take part in
more of the educational pro
gramming.
GTF Investment Showcase
registration forms are available
at www.gtfonline.org. Addit
ional questions may be direct
ed to The Technology Assoc
iation of Georgia at (404) Bj7-
3333. i
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