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May 24, 2023
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From left, Don
Etheridge,
Nathan Slater
and Clay
Etheridge.
ETHERIDGE
HEATING & AIR, INC.
Etheridge Heating & Air merges with Premier
Etheridge Heating & Air
Conditioning merged with
Premier Heating & Air
Conditioning on May 1.
Company founder Don
Etheridge said after much
prayer between Premier
owner Nathan Slater and
himself, they decided to
come together so that they
can better serve their cus
tomers in Monroe County
and the surrounding areas.
“The Lord has continued
to bless us here at Ether
idge and we had grown
to the point of not being
able to adequately serve
our customers in a timely
manner,” said Etheridge.
“So with this merger we are
able to provide more timely
service and installation. We
look forward to continuing
to provide quality service
and installation by being
able to pull from a larger
workforce.”
Etheridge said they will
be able to provide many
more services he could not
provide alone like service
agreements, duct clean
ing, crawl space sealing,
encapsulation and blowing
insulation in attic space.
Etheridge said he and son
Clay will still be very much
involved in the everyday
operation of Etheridge and
they’ll keep their office
at 405 College Street. For
more call 994-0647.
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the Forsythia Festival and
the place for other com
munity events during the
year. Plans became public
as Forsyth Planning &
Zoning reviewed them and
recommended approval for
a change in zoning for the
four lots that comprise the
property on May 22.
TBS Holdings, LLC
applied to have the zoning
changed from Traditional
Neighborhood Develop
ment to Central Business
District for the approxi
mately one acre of property.
TBS Holdings is comprised
of three individuals: Steven
Brewer, Will Scott and
Wade Taylor.
Scott spoke on their behalf
to the Forsyth Planning &
Zoning Commission. The
application for re-zoning
says the group wants to
build a commercial retail
center with eight commer
cial units on the ground
floor and 11 residential
units on the second floor.
It includes a site plan, the
architectural plan and a
conceptual drawing of the
exterior of the building.
The building will face N.
Jackson Street with six of
the commercial units facing
N. Jackson St. Two of the
ground floor units will face
Morse Street, and parking
will be accessed from King
Street. Four of the planned
commercial units are 2,200
square feet, and one is 1,500
sq. ft. The residential units
are primarily 1,200 sq. ft.,
with one shown as 800 sq.
ft. There will be a terrace,
open space on the roof for
use of the residents.
Scott said the 22 parking
spaces will be for use by
both the residents and the
businesses. The exterior of
the building will be brick
with stucco with a store
front look. There will be a
tower at the intersection
as the pivot point of the
building.
“It looks great to me,” said
Planning & Zoning chair
Steve Coleman. “I’m glad
you guys want to continue a
traditional look.”
A nearby property owner
expressed concern about
the surrounding streets
being able to handle the
increased traffic. The city
manager said the only thing
the city can look at is the
weight limit for vehicles on
the streets. The width of the
streets was a concern.
Coleman abstained
from the vote on rezoning
because of professional in
volvement as a surveyor but
said, “Those houses have
been gone 20 years or more.
It just makes sense to me.
Central Business is the only
thing that makes any sense.”
Commission member Hal
Clarke said he is in favor
of the development as it
was presented but wouldn’t
want to see it become totally
apartments; he said he
didn’t think an apartment
building at the location
would be a good addition to
the downtown area. Com
mission member Martin
Presley said he is reserving
questions about parking
until TBS Holdings comes
back to Planning & Zoning
to review its plans in its
Design & Review capacity.
He said he had no questions
regarding re-zoning.
Forsyth city council has
the final say on re-zoning.
Forsyth economic devel
opment director Cody Ellis
said the re-zoning will be
advertised in the Reporter
and posted on the property
for three weeks and then
presented to council for a
PRISON
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Hwy. 42. Queen had refused to register as
a sex offender. Then her children said that
Queen molested her youngest daughter,
then 7, and didn’t report it or force him to
move out. Queen had a prior conviction in
Georgia for molestation.
“There are no words to describe a moth
er who would allow this to happen to her
children,” said Hull.
Queen was arrested first in 2020 for mo
lestation and tattooing underage children
after deputies executed a search warrant
at the home and found a cardboard sign
stating, “Scotty’s Tattoo Shop” with various
tattoos and prices, a tattoo gun, and tattoo
ink. Nicholson was charged with reckless
conduct initially while the children were
moved to foster care. As time went on, they
opened up about what Queen had done,
said Hull and Nicholson’s charges were up
graded. When Nicholson gets out of prison,
she will not be able to be around children
or work with children. Queen meanwhile
is awaiting sentencing on federal charges
and also has local charges including two
counts of reckless conduct, two counts of
tattooing a person under 18, performing
body art without a license, failing to register
as a sex offender, living with four minors in
violation of his sex offender conditions and
criminal attempt to commit child molesta
tion for asking the 16 year old to have sex.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
CARPET
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners is hereby accept
ing sealed bids for CARPET located at the Monroe County Confer
ence Center 475 Holiday Circle, Forsyth GA31029.
Bids must be received by June 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Abso
lutely no bids will be accepted after the aforementioned time
and date. Bids should be clearly marked Carpet. No faxed bids will
be accepted. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an
amount no less than 10% of the bid, the Successful Bidder will be
required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond each in
the amount of the total bid.
Bid packet may be mailed to PO Box 189, Forsyth GA31029 or
hand delivered to Phyllis Durham
38 W Main Street, Ste 2 Forsyth GA 31029.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE AREA, APPOINT
MENTS CAN BE SCHEDULED WITH RAY WHITE, MAINTE
NANCE SUPERVISOR BEFORE THE BID OPENING. PLEASE
DO SO NO LATER THAN JUNE 06, 2023. NO APPOINTMENTS
WILL BE MADE OR AREA WILL BE SEEN AFTER JUNE 06,
2023. PLEASE CONTACT RAY WHITE AT 478-737-0287 FOR AN
APPOINTMENT.
Scope of Work: Remove existing carpet and replace with new
Commercial carpet tiles
The successful bidder will be required to provide Monroe
County with a Certificate of Insurance for General Liability and
Worker’s Compensation
The Trade Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equip
ment, tools and services as required to
satisfactorily complete all the work that is necessary according to
specifications in the bid packet. Bid packet will be obtained from Ray
White or Phyllis Durham.
If you have any questions, please call Ray White, Maintenance
Supervisor at 478-737-0287 or
Phyllis Durham, Senior Purchasing Agent at 478-994-7008.
Monroe County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
vote.
Asked when TBS Hold
ings expects to break
ground on the project at N.
Jackson Street. Scott said
as soon as water pressure
issues are resolved. He
said that right now water
pressure on the north side
of downtown is too low to
support the development
planned, but the city is
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