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South Forsyth residents can also look
iorward to the opening of the
Brookwood Farmers' Market on June
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Kelly Walczak founded the market,
which in in 11 n third year
Previously held every Friday evening
at Brookwood Elementary, she said this
year the location will shift to the new
Caney Creek Preserve Park, which is
near the school.
The county's new green space park,
tormerly known as the Ham son property,
is scheduled to open soon and the market
will debut June 15,
Walc/ak said the Brookwood Farmers'
Market features vendors from throughout
Georgia
"Right now we have 50 vendors and
the list in continuing to grow,” she said.
“We’ve got lots of fresh produce, meat
vendors, fresh eggs, organic fertilizer,
soaps, spreads and baked goods ... any¬
thing you want, you'll find it at our mar
kd.
Walc/ak said the market, which bene¬
fits the Brookwood Elementary Parent
Teacher Association, has been a success.
"Everybody is thrilled that it’s about to
open again aiJ I think it will be even
bigger and better this year because we’ll
be in the new park,” she said “There are
at least five neighborhoods surrounding
the park that can just w alk to the market."
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Chamber: Local leaders ‘happy to be recognized’
Murphy and Hamilton, who repre¬
sents District 23, said they were happy
to receive the rating and to continue
striving to make the state more busi¬
ness-friendly.
“As an owner of two businesses, l
understand how state governments can
have an impact on economic develop¬
ment and job creation," Hamilton said
in a statement.
"I am glad to be a part of this ses¬
sion's legislative accomplishments that
will continue to make Georgia a place
that businesses want to conduct busi¬
ness and call their home.”
In a statement. Murphy said it is
“vital that we focus our attention to
issues that matter to businesses in
Georgia in order to grow our economy
and create jobs."
"As chairman of the Banking
Committee. I realize the importance of
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She said she’s proud that the market
has remained true to its founding princi¬
ples while growing.
“We’ve actually not changed too
much,” she said. "We’ve tried to keep the
basis of promoting local farms and busi¬
ness and promoting Georgia grown Bui
we have grown as far as our vendors. We
started off with 1 think 12 to 15 and
ended up with 40 last year.
“I’m happy to say that we’ve really
kept it to our original goal of what we
wanted to do,"
It seems Forsyth County residents are
On the Net
To view the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce's complete 2012
Legislative Scorecard, visit www.
gachamber.com and click on
'Press Room”
rebuilding our slate to benefit each
and every community and businesses
both small and large so that we can
ensure financial security at all levels,"
he said.
According to Georgia Chamber
President and CEO Chris Clark. 2012
saw a tremendous amount of bipartt
san support for the business communi¬
ty
"For Georgia to create jobs and effec¬
tively compete in today's global econo¬
my, they need strong voices at the Gold
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Date: 5/14/12
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Previous score: 99
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Date: 5/14/12
Current score: 100
Previous score: 100
Notes: None
THURSDAY. MAY 31.2012
Hank Gravitt
picks cucumbers
from a vine in
his garden.
Gravitt manages
the Cumming
Forsyth County
Farmer's Market,
one of two
opening soon
for the season.
Jim 0«*n
Forsyth Countv News
happy to have the farmers markets in
their communities.
"Everybody is really enthusiastic for
(the Brookwood market] to open again,"
Walc/ak said
Added Bottoms: “People are much
more conscious these days of where their
food comes from. Our regulars, they
thank us and they bring us breakfast and
drinks.
"They appreciate us coming and
they’re just thrilled to have (the
Cumming-Forsyth County Farmers
Market].”
Dome willing to protect and expand
Georgia’s pro-business climate,” he
said. "Lawmakers on both sides of the
aisle were fighting to keep Georgia
competitive and truly championing the
needs of businesses across our state "
Dudgeon, who represents District 24.
said while he didn’t receive an "A+"
grade, he is still a strong supporter of
business
"As a small business guy myself. I'm
always going to be in favor of pro-busi¬
ness policies and I think this year ihe
chamber especially had a good set of
legislation that l could get behind and
I'm happy to recognized as being pro
business," he said
“It’s great to get an ’A’ and it doesn’t
bother me that I didn’t get a perfect
score because there's always some dif¬
ference of opinion even in a pro-busi¬
ness environment."
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U.S. Rep.
attends
business
meeting
U.S. District 7 Rep. Rob
Woodall sat in on a Camming
Forsyth Chamber of Commerce
small business dis¬
cussion Tuesday.
Woodall, a
Republican from
Lawrenceville
whose recently
redrawn district
includes much of
Forsyth County,
said in a state¬
ment that the
group discussed
whether increased federal regu¬
lation is bad policy. Other topics
included President Barack
Obama's health care plan.
According to Woodall, round¬
table participants expressed
reluctance to expand their busi¬
nesses due to a requirement in
the health care law.
Starting in 2014, it stipulates
businesses with 50 or more
employees must offer health
care coverage or pay the govern¬
ment a substantial per-worker
penalty.
“Scaring people into compli¬
ance is not going to spur
America's economy." Woodall
said. “There is nothing like a
federal mandate to frighten a
business into scaling back. We
don't want to shackle America’s
economy, we want to unleash
it. H
The roundtable was held at
Cumming City Hall. Woodall,
who is seeking re-election this
year, told the gathering he will
continue to do what he can to
"take federal government out of
thetr equation for success."
“Job creation does not happen
in Washington, it happens here
at home when individuals have
the vision and the creativity to
start a business and grow it from
the ground up." he said.
— Jennifer Sami
Woodall