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Development near Collection clears planning board
Plans for extended-stay hotel scrapped
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
A proposed retail project near The
Collection at Forsyth, a popular outdoor
mall on Peachtree Parkway, has cleared
the Forsyth County Planning
Commission.
On Tuesday, Aug. 23, planning mem
bers voted 4-1, with District 4 member
Nedal Shawkat opposed, to recommend
approval of a request with variances and
conditions for conditional use permits
for developer Fuqua Acquisitions II,
LLC for 35.36 acres zoned commercial
business district (CBD) at 3205 Ronald
Reagan Boulevard in south Forsyth. The
request will next go to county commis
sioners for a public hearing on
Thursday, Sept. 15.
Permits were requested for an outdoor
commercial recreational facility con
ducting around-the-clock business; a
courtyard and climate-controlled self-
service storage facility in buildings
totaling 130,660 square feet with 12
parking spaces; conducting-around-the-
clock business in a 108,000-square-foot
indoor commercial recreational facility
with 510 parking spaces conducting
around-the-clock business in a
See PLANS 14A
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'Great food and great football'
Photos courtesy Steak Shapiro/Atlanta Eats
Atlanta Eats host Steak Shapiro and chef Kevin Rathbun recently teamed up to film a few
tailgating recipes at BeaverToyota of Cumming.
TV host, chef team up to
prepare tailgate recipes
at Beaver Toyota
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
A popular local TV show and one of Atlanta’s
most well-known chefs recently teamed up for an
event in Forsyth County.
On Thursday, Aug. 25, Atlanta Eats and host
Steak Shapiro spent the day filming at Beaver
Toyota of Cumming with chef Kevin Rathbun,
owner of Kevin Rathbun Steak and KR Steakbar
in Atlanta.
Shapiro said with college football season
around the comer, the pair decided to film tailgat
ing recipes, including barbecue chicken wraps,
Mexican street corn, a grilled cobbler and fresh
See TAILGATE 15A
Ashlyn Yule Forsyth County News
During a public participation meeting in June
for a proposed mixed-use development in
north Forsyth, residents spoke about traffic
problems on Keith Bridge Road northbound to
Hammonds Crossing.
Resident starts
petition to stall
development
in N. Forsyth
Cites traffic issues on Keith
Bridge, Hammonds Crossing
By Ashlyn Yule
ayule@forsythnews.com
As concerned residents met at a public participa
tion meeting in June to hear about plans for a
mixed-use development off Keith Bridge Road, or
Hwy. 306, and Freedom Parkway, Lisa Robinson, a
resident of the Six Mile Creek area for the past 28
years, was just hearing about the project.
Robinson said she missed the public participation
meeting, but after learning about the project she
started a petition to put a hiatus on the development
until surrounding roads have been improved.
Applicant EAH Acquisitions LLC has requested
to rezone from commercial business district (CBD)
and agricultural district (Al) to master planned dis
trict (MPD) on approximately 73 acres for 60 resi
dential lots, 69 attached residential units and 295
apartments with a density of 5.8 units per acre.
The proposed project is anticipated to include
commercial buildings totaling 43,000 square feet
with 276 parking spaces.
The applicant is also requesting variances to
reduce the commercial component from 25% to
20% and to increase the percentage of total residen
tial units for apartments from 20% to 69.5%.
See PETITION 13A
EDUCATION
Some schools received portion of $126K in grants from foundation
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
A team from Lorsyth County Schools
and the Lorsyth County Education
Loundation entered Otwell Middle
School on Lriday morning with signs and
pom-poms and a familiar duck in tow to
bring some exciting news to the staff.
“Oh my gosh,” Principal Precilla Saint-
Jean yelled, spotting the group carrying
an oversized check for $4,909 — which
is part of an education foundation grant
she and her team applied for to help cre
ate the Innovation Lab in the school’s
media center.
The space has a studio with audio and
video production equipment where stu
dents can learn to broadcast and create
productions, but Innovative Learning
See GRANTS 15A
The Forsyth County
Education Foundation
celebrates with Otwell
Middle School leaders as
they are awarded with a
$4,909 grant to build
their new Innovation Lab
in the media center.
Sabrina Kerns
Forsyth County News
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