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November 5, 2014
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High Cotton-Uptown now open in Forsyth
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High Cotton-Uptown celebrated its grand opening on Saturday morning at 48 North Jackson Street, unveiling the
newly restored Persons and Persons building. Co-owners Greg Goolsby, Nancy Mc-
Comb and Ann Rose Bowcock are thought to have the first business operating in that
storefront since 1964. The Rev. Benny Tate of Rocksprings Church led a dedication of
the new business to God and prayed for the
venture. At right, Tiffany Andrews of the
Forsyth-Monroe County Chamber of Com
merce presented the owners, from left, Bow-
cock, Goolsby and McComb, with their first
dollar. High Cotton offers a diverse array of
accessories and gifts for every occasion. The
store hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-6
p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. High Cot
ton will also still operate its antique store at its
High Cotton-Mill Village location on Adams
Street. Among those on hand at the celebra
tion were Kelly Hiers, Judy Roberts, Isabelle Waldrep, Edward Cheves, Connie Ham,
Greg Goolsby, Scott McCook, the Rev. Benny Tate, Nancy McComb, Ann Rose Bow-
cock, Lee and Jeanine Willingham, Dr. Stan and Blair Hickman, Jason Hickman, Logan
Hickman, Pam Jenkins, Donnie and Lizabeth Rose, Liz Corbett, Dr. Jack Bowcock,
Tiffany Andrews and Alan Ralph. (Photos/Will Davis)
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County weighs tax freeze
for new hotel on Tues.
BY RICHARD DUMAS
forsyth@mymcr. net
Monroe County commis
sioners were expected to
vote Tuesday night on
whether to freeze proper
ty taxes for three years
for a new hotel if it
locates in Forsyth.
If approved the tax dis
count will be part of an
incentive package offered
to the yet-to-be-named
hotel company, a well-
known national brand,
which is also considering
sites in Griffin and
Newnan. The proposed
hotel would be located in
the Benson Ham Road
corridor off 1-75 at
Juliette Road. For its
part, the city has already
committed to extending
city water and sewer lines
to establish another com
mercial business district
at Hwy. 18. City council
member Greg Goolsby,
who's worked on the proj
ect, has said he hopes it
will open development in
the entire area. The hotel
company, which already
owns one property in
Forsyth, owns about six
acres in the Benson Ham
Road area and has said
the hotel would likely
draw a restaurant to the
area as well.
Commission chairman
Mike Bilderback and com
missioners Larry Evans
and Patsy Miller were
present Monday morning
for a joint meeting
between the city of
Forsyth, Monroe County
and the Monroe County
Development Authority.
No vote was taken
because commissioners
Jim Ham and Joe Proctor
were absent, but a vote
was anticipated at their
regular meeting on
Tuesday.
Bilderback said Monday
night he would have been
ready to vote Monday
morning had Evans, a
Development Authority
member as well, motioned
to approve the three-year
tax freeze. However,
Miller said she would pre
fer to wait until Ham and
Proctor were present to
vote.
Bilderback said the
hotel is estimated to be a
$5 million project, and he
said he'd like to set that
figure as the base number
for a similar tax freeze in
the future. If the county
approves the tax incen
tive, the county would
freeze current taxes on
the property and prorate
taxes in the future. The
Monroe County
Development Authority
would also take control of
the property.
Meanwhile, the city has
asked to meet with area
property owners like Lee
Hamlin, owner of nearby
Roofcore International on
Hwy. 18, to learn about
their plans for the area.
Hamlin responded with a
letter saying how glad he
is to have moved his busi
ness from Macon to
Forsyth. He said his com
pany has spent about $1
million in Forsyth on
everything from payroll to
auto parts for his busi
ness, and said he's invest
ed another $1 million in
property on land he wants
to farm on Hwy. 18 and
used for his Hamlin Hills
Farms pumpkin patch.
Hamlin said eventually
the best use of the area
CLARIFICATION
In the Our View section found on page 4A of the Oct. 22
Reporter, this newspaper endorsed candidates for sev
eral races including the obscure position of Towaliga
District Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor con
tested by incumbent Barry Peters and Russell Dye. We
lauded Dye, a UGA student, for seeking office but en
couraged him to return home after graduating and run
for school board. We endorsed Peters, a cattle farmer.
We have since learned that Dye is actually graduating
after just 3.5 years in college and will return to Monroe
County in December with a minor in horticulture. Thus
we rescind our endorsement and encourage voters to
select their own choice among two good candidates.
will be for hotels and fast
food restaurants, but he
said he's not sure exit 185
is ready for that yet. He
said he would like to be
part of growing Forsyth
and bringing in tourism
and cited a few ideas he's
considered:
• a coffee and donuts
drive thru;
• perhaps growing to a
lunch and dinner menu -
possibly all deliverable or
inside dining;
• a beautiful barn he's
considering moving to the
land to create a fresh veg
etable drive thru.
• making a milk run
where people in the com
munity would leave a
small sum of cash on
their porch with a cooler
and we would drop off
same day picked fresh
vegetables;
• casual up scale restau
rant with a beautiful
porch, water wheel,
inside/outside dining;
• a possible ice arena
during the winter.
Hamlin said he loves
people and just wants to
do things that are good
for the community that
bring people together.
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