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BUILDING PERMITS
Here are the building permits issued by the Forsyth-Monroe County Building Department in December
January 25, 2023
Raff, Inc.
addition
114 Conifer Drive
320 sq. ft.
$38,000
Daniel Warren
mobile home
180 Berner Loop Road
1,566
$36,000
Angela & Harvey Bullock
storage
15110 Hwy. 87
1,800
$31,847
AAA Electric Go.
electrical
14 Blount Hill Street
$700
Adolphus Lundy
new
8259 Estes Road
1,676
$240,000
Meredith Homes, Inc.
new
130 Andrew Court
2,622
$190,000
Felecia Henderson
garage
109 Cedar Ridge Drive
600
$10,890
Charles Anderson
storage
185 Bowdom Road
395
$15,615.72
Mitzi Bird
mobile home
126 Castleberry Loop
1,792
$154,000
Fuller House Construction LLC
garage
260 Country Creek Road
1,040
$20,000
Fuller House Construction LLC
new
260 Country Creek Road
5,136
$500,000
Donna Combrink
garage
45 Hayes Drive
432
$7,395.17
McNeal Electrical Service LLC
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electrical
1640 Charlie Benson Road
$1,500
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storage
45 Hayes Drive
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Kevin Laurent
electrical
4882 High Falls Road
$1,500
Edgar Hughston Builder
new
5009 Tybalt Road
2,890
$270,000
Lovett Homes, Inc.
new
140 Magnolia Ct.
3197
$421,000
Jerry Marlow
mobile home
1544 Freeman Road
980
$10,000
Frank Escandell
pole barn
364 Goodwyne Road
$2,500
Meredith Homes Inc.
new
1751 Hopewell Road
2,622
$230,000
Meredith Homes Inc.
new
1737 Hopewell Road
3,204
$220,000
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Alicia BlaisdeU
new
1384 Hopewell Road
5,278
$450,000
Craftsman II LLC
new
502 Forest Pointe
7,900
$980,000
Empire Pools
pool
205 Crescent Drive
$60,000
Hamrick Construction LLC
new
96 Bolingbroke Circle
1,532
$200,000
Lance Electrical
electrical
529 Lakeshore Drive
$8,000
Dylan Hause
new
7202 Highway 42 S
1,380
$100,000
Archadeck
deck
640 Dolly Drive
$21,500
Jeremy & Kacey Jewell
new
13872 Highway 87
3,840
$200,000
Three Oak Construction
new
1301 Exchange Drive
2,286
$150,875
Three Oak Construction
new
1302 Exchange Drive
2,286
$150,875
Three Oak Construction
new
1303 Exchange Drive
2,286
$150,875
Three Oak Construction
new
1304 Exchange Drive
2,286
$150,875
Todd A Hughes Builder
guest house/MIL
545 Gordon Road
1,050
$140,000
Alicia Blaisdell
storage
1384 Hopewell Road
$17,000
Scott Construction
new
1348 Maynards Mill Road
5,185
$725,000
Pro Tech Services
mechanical
60 Battle Street
$8,022
AG Pools & Spas
pool
497 Renouf Road
$42,000
Matthew Fabray
demolition
2806 Luther Smith Road
$3,000
Hammond Services
electrical
733 Bagley Road
$6,271.75
County asking residents what they
want done with old Smarr fire station
TRANSFERS
Continued from 3B
• Andre S. McCray, Live
Oak, Fla., to Elgin Leon
Gilmore, 247 Presidents
Way, Forsyth, map 054B,
parcel 139, $347,500
• Sold Sisters, Inc,
Forsyth, to Hannah S.
Pyron, 486 Virginia Street,
Forsyth, map F38, parcel
012, $200,000
A 2021 fire destroyed the Smarr fire station.
District 2 Commissioner
Eddie Rowland wants com
missioners to decide the
future of the former Smarr
fire station on Evans Road
at the Boards next sched
uled meeting at 6 pm. on
Tuesday, Feb. 7.
One week earlier, on
Jan. 10, Rowland asked for
public feedback on how
the county should proceed
regarding the vacant fire
station, which was heavily
damaged by fire in Novem
ber 2021. Rowland said the
land, which is zoned agri
cultural and surrounded on
three sides by the Bowden
property, was originally
donated by the Rumble/
Thrash family to the Mon
roe County Board of Educa
tion sometime prior to 1914
for the purpose of building
a school, which remained
in operation until the 1940s.
At that point, it was trans
formed into a community
clubhouse where parties
and dances took place
until the late- 1980s when a
bay was added, and it was
converted into a fire station.
The building was primarily
used as a fire station and
voting precinct until the
2021 fire. A new Smarr fire
station is in the process of
being built on property do
nated to Monroe County by
Oglethorpe Power on Ray
Hartley Road, which is just
over two miles away from
the old building.
Rowland provided four
options for citizens to con
sider: 1.) Sell it to the high
est bidder. 2.) Donate it to a
church or qualified organi
zation. 3.) Have the county
rehab the building and
operate it as a clubhouse.
4.) Return it to the family
that donated it. Commis
sioner Rowland noted that
selling it would enable the
land and building to return
to the county tax roll. He
pointed out that donating
it to a church or non-profit
organization would get
maintenance costs off of the
county s hands but would
not generate any taxes or
sales funds. He said operat
ing it again as a clubhouse
could potentially benefit the
most people but noted that
it would be the most expen
sive for county taxpayers
because of the county main
tenance necessary. Lastly,
Commissioner Rowland
said there are hundreds of
heirs to the Rumble/Thrash
family and it would be an
expensive legal undertaking
to determine how to distrib
ute the property.
In addition, Rowland
said the building presently
needs new electrical service,
major roof renovations, new
lighting and HVAC ducts,
and the walls may not be
structurally sound.
Gose Road resident
Chuck Benson, who is the
captain of the volunteer
Smarr Fire Department and
the District 2 representa
tive to the Monroe County
Planning & Zoning Board,
said he wants the location
to be used as a commu
nity center and bonus fire
station. Benson suggested
the county tear down the
current building and erect
a new one at the same loca
tion.
District 3 Commissioner
John Ambrose questioned
why Commissioners need
to move so rapidly on de
termining what to do about
the vacant fire station. He
said Forsyths Strict Ob
servance Lodge No. 18 has
expressed interest either in
purchasing or accepting as a
donation the old Smarr fire
station.
Rowland said through e-
mails and phone calls he has
received as well as Facebook
feedback over the previ
ous week, more citizens
have been in support of the
county selling the building
over any of the other three
options. However, Rowland
said he will continue to
listen to additional feedback
via e-mail or Facebook over
the next three weeks and
welcomes interested persons
to attend the Feb. 7 Board of
Commissioners’ meeting to
discuss the matter further
before Commissioners
make a final decision.
Portions of this story by
county pubile information
officer Richard Dumas.
Emami making legal name change
EMAMI
Monroe County commissioner George
Emami is legally changing his name to bring it
in line with what he’s been called all of his life.
Emami, whose father is Iranian, bears the
name Afshin Emami on his birth certificate. But
his maternal grandmother called him George
as a baby and the name stuck. Emami said he’s
been called George since grade school.
Emami, who grew up in Gwinnett County,
said he’s not ashamed of his legal name Afshin
but said it’s not how he’s known and he’s grown
tired of explaining it and getting pulled aside by
TSA agents every time he travels.
A real estate broker, Emami said he also uses
some marketing channels that require the name
on his birthday certificate to be used on ads and
that’s been difficult to get changed.
Finally he contacted Forsyth attorney Bob
Harris to make the name change legal, and it is
advertised in this week’s Reporter.
“It’s something I’ve thought about doing for
quite some time and I finally had the time and
determination to do it,” said Emami. “This falls
under one of those ‘you live once, make your life
what you want it to be’ kind of things.”
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