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'We couldn't be happier
with the turnout'
Photos by Kelly Whitmire Forsyth County News
Fire dept, touts
smoke alarm saves
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
After two recent homes were saved after owners were
awakened by smoke alarms, officials with the Forsyth
County Fire Department said there are several fire safety
tips local residents should keep in mind as the weather
cools down.
Forsyth County Fire Department Division Chief Jason
Shivers said on back-to-back days, firefighters responded
to early-morning fires that would likely have been worse if
residents were not awakened by the smoke alarms.
“Two fires in a row, two nights in a row early in the
morning while the occupants were asleep,” Shivers said.
“In both cases, everyone in the home was able to get out
safely because their smoke alarms properly notified them
of the fire.”
Firefighters responded to the first home, on Spindletop
Drive off Hwy. 141 in south Forsyth, at about 3:45 a.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 20 after being contacted by members of
the family.
“The family was able to safely escape the home and
notify 911,” Shivers said. “Of course, we were able to
respond quickly and got the fire under control within just a
few minutes of arriving and were able to save and salvage
most of their home.”
Pink Floyd tribute band Interstellar Echoes played the inaugural concert at the Cumming City Center’s
Lou Sobh Amphitheater on Friday, Oct. 21. The following day, the city center also hosted the inaugural
Fall Fun Day, which included a market, pie-eating contest, parade, trunk-or-treating and more.
Cumming City Center hosts inaugural concert, Fall Fun Day
Mayor Troy Brumbalow speaks to the crowd before Pink Floyd
tribute band Interstellar Echoes plays the inaugural concert at the
Cumming City Center’s Lou Sobh Amphitheater on Friday, Oct. 21.
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
After years of construction and
planning, the Cumming City
Center recently hosted its first
major weekend of events.
The weekend kicked off on
Friday, Oct. 21 with the city cen
ter’s inaugural concert featuring
Pink Floyd tribute band
Interstellar Echoes at the Lou
Sobh Amphitheater and continued
on Saturday, Oct. 22 with the Fall
Fun Day, which included a mar
ket, pie-eating contest, an
American Cancer Society Lantern
Parade and a trunk-or-treat event
hosted by Forsyth County Public
Safety.
“We couldn’t be happier with
the turnout,” said Cumming
Mayor Troy Brumbalow, who
proposed construction of the city
center as a campaign promise
when first elected in 2017. “I
guess for me, it was kind of the
proudest moment I’ve had since
being the mayor of all the hard
work that has gone into this proj
ect finally materializing where
you have everyone out in the
community having a good time
and enjoying what the city has
done. It was amazing.”
Construction for the project
began in 2019, and once complet
ed, the center will feature 14 res
taurants, more than 120,000
square feet of commercial uses
and amenities including a board-
See Concert 14A
Bowling alley, mini golf course set for S. Forsyth
Inside
By Ashlyn Yule
ayule@forsythnews.com
South Forsyth will be getting
another activity center complete with
a bowling alley, mini golf course,
arcade and hotel following a recent
vote at the Board of Commissioners
meeting on Thursday, Oct. 20.
Applicant SI Properties LLC has
Commissioners tweak devel
opment rules; residents ask
for traffic relief, 2A
requested to rezone approximately
nine acres from single-family resi
dential district to commercial busi
ness district for a 31,800-square-foot
indoor commercial recreational facili
ty with 124 parking spaces along
with retail and restaurants in com
mercial buildings totaling 16,400
square feet with 84 parking spaces.
The applicant also requested condi-
tional-use permits for a
50,068-square-foot hotel with 140
parking spaces, an outdoor commer
cial recreational facility, electronic
See Bowling 16A
See Fire 14A
Forsyth Schools tech
programs focus on
future in district
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
Forsyth County Schools hosted a College and Career
Development Stakeholder Summit at the FoCAL
Center on Friday, Oct. 21, to showcase what the future
of student career programs will look like in the district.
Career Technical and Agricultural Education student
Sriya Sirigireddy welcomed a crowd of families, busi
ness leaders and other stakeholders to the event,
announcing that the district released a new workforce
strategy for CTAE developed with the help of the com
munity over the last year.
In the FoCAL Center’s lobby, participants were able
to pick up a copy of the new Workforce Development
Plan, which is updated every four years to align with
local industry and economic needs.
“This morning is really about releasing our next
phase of where we’re headed for Career and Technical
See CTAE 16A
Sabrina Kerns Forsyth County News
Forsyth County CTAE students speak on their
experience in their pathways at the CTAE
Stakeholders Summit.
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Forecast! 2A
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vet science
program
continues
to grow. 7a
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