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Residents
give input
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Residents had two more opportunities this week to
influence future land use in the county.
Representatives with Foster Forsyth, the county’s
update to its comprehensive plan, held implementa
tion meetings on Monday and Wednesday to hear
from the public on what they would like to see in the
future for certain areas.
The comprehensive plan involves officials deter
mining character areas in the county, or nearby areas
that would have similar needs for design and indus
try. They have broken the county down into 11 such
areas.
“We’re going to take all of the input we’re hearing
tonight, [and] we’re going to refine these character
areas into something that has more meat behind it
because we have gotten an understanding from the
community that we are heading in the right direction
but need to make some shifts,” said Amanda Hatton
of Jacobs Engineering.
Forsyth County is working on the update with
Jacobs Engineering and Kimley-Horn and Associates
and has held numerous meetings for citizens to give
input.
During the first exercise*of the meeting, residents
placed stickers on a board for each area indicating
support for more or less dense, relative to the area,
developments for towg center/commercial, business
and industry and residential categories.
Eric Bosman of Kimley-Horn and Associates said
it was important to break down the county into sepa
rate areas that have their own feel and character.
“What the community told us back in April is that
it’s really hard to think about Forsyth County as one
place that ought to be treated all the same,” he said.
“We are a collection of different communities. South
Forsyth fells different than Buford Dam Road and
Haw Creek, and that’s different than Chestatee and
Jot Em Down Road.
For the second exercise, the crowd was broken up
into smaller groups to discuss economic develop
ment, housing and transportation priorities in the
county.
County resident Charity McDaniel said she used
the opportunity to voice some changes she would
See FUTURE | 4A
; What has
‘ Foster Forsyth
' been doing?
Mid- to late Apiil: Five
visioning workshop
were held for the
public to gather input
on what they would
like to see in the
next 20 years.
April and May:
Officials gave infor
mation on the
update at four kiosks
across the county.
Mid-May: At several
design workshops,
residents worked
with planners to dis
cuss what types of
land use were best
for which parts of
the coynty and what
type of development
should be pursued.
Mid-June: This
week, the county
held a pair of imple
mentation work
shops to discuss
how to reach the
goals laid out at pre
vious meetings.
Late Aug: On August
29 and 31 from 4-8
p.m., draft plan open
houses will be held
at the commission
er's meeting room at
the Forsyth County
administration build
ing.
Sept. 27: The update
will go before the
county’s planning
board for approval.
Oct. 6: During the
county commission’s
regular meeting, the
plan will be reviewed
by region and state
officials. .
Dec. 15:
Commissioners can
take action on the
comprehensive plan
update.
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caused damage
By Kayla Robins
krobins@farsythnews.com
Some homes in Cumming were
without water Wednesday, and all
residents had to do was look to a
parking lot and building flooded
with it on Tribble Gap Road.
A water main rupture at
Woodland Drive and Hudson Street
caused water to flow into a brand
new office building downhill about
1:30 p.m. June 15, according to
Forsyth County Fire’ Department
Division Chief Jason Shivers.
Though no offices have moved in
yet, one man was inside and
upstairs when water began stream
ing in.
“It [wasn’t] so deep that it [was]
dangerous to wade across.
However, there [was] the potential
See FLOOD | 3A
Hospital merger on track for fall
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
Last week, Northside
Hospital-Forsyth moved their
sign and logo to the top of its
building for an expansion, but
there are more changes com
ing.
During a meeting of the
Forsyth County Development
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eral ongoing improvements,
including a merger with
Gwinnett Medical Center.
“It’s going well,” she said.
“We're not hitting any road
blocks. It’s just slow-going
and still in due diligence. It
probably will be through the
fall. I don’t think we’ll see
anything happen until the
fall.”
In September, it was
See HOSPITAL | 2A
Officials warn of risks in
leaving kids, pets in hot cars
By Kayla Robins
krobins@forsythnews.com
Summer temperatures have
already found their way to Forsyth
County, and officials are urging res
idents to remain vigilant when it
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donates to
local charities.
A construction crew
working on a project
between Tribble Gap
and Atlanta roads cut a
large water main
Wednesday afternoon,
flooding the new build
ing above.
Photes by Jim Dean
Forsyth County News
“There's heen
significant amou
of growti: in 2
relatively [short)
amount of time in
the hospital
world.”
Lynn Jackson
Administrator, Northside
Hospital-Forsyth
comes to children and pets in hot
cars.
It may seem harmless to leave a
child or an animal in the car for a
few minutes while running into a
See HOT|3A
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What bugs
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Forecast | 2A