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County group counts homeless population Volunteers aid needy ahead of ice storm By AMRITHA ALLADI JOSEPH newsroom@appenmedia.com
homelessness across the county. It excludes the city of Atlanta. Last year, ROSWELL, Ga. — On the eve the county identified 241 of a winter storm expected homeless individuals. to ice power lines and More than 40 percent were roads, volunteers donning unsheltered. coats and beanies waited “The Point-In-Time outdoors, scanning parking count night is technically lots, ready to serve hot January 22, so you have meals to the unhoused. to ask people if they were Their mission: To get unhoused or unsheltered on an accurate count of January 22,” Fulton County Fulton County’s homeless Continuum of Care Board population by offering them Chair Maggie Goldman warm meals, toiletry kits said. She was addressing and blankets. volunteers at the Point-inThe annual Point-InTime Command Center at Time survey of sheltered the Roswell Senior Center and unsheltered people on Friday, Jan. 23. experiencing homelessness With icy conditions is underway in Fulton forecast through the County. The Department weekend, volunteers asked of Housing and Urban where they could direct Development (HUD) unsheltered people. North requires federally funded Fulton 2026 Point-In-Time Continuums of Care (CoC) to Co-Chair Kelvin Thompson survey people experiencing cited Sandy Springs and homelessness on a single Cumming as the nearest night in January. The Fulton warming centers, both County CoC represents a notably far for some network of service providers residents. and government agencies See VOLUNTEERS, Page 14 committed to ending
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Alpharetta enacts emergency plans ahead of ice storm By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
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Fulton County Point-In-Time survey volunteer Sara Fuchs stands outside of the Walmart on Mansell Road ready to serve warm meals to people experiencing homelessness Friday, Jan. 23.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Planning and preparation served the City of Alpharetta well during a weekend ice storm that affected the region, City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom said. “We learned more planning is the way to do it,” he said. City officials began preparing about three days ahead of the weather, making plans to schedule necessary personnel. Police, fire and public works officials worked in rotating shifts to stay on hand 24 hours through the weekend. Anti-ice treatments were applied to roadways the day before the storm hit, and about 90 percent of roadways were salted by Jan. 25. Staff monitored the storm with regular National Weather Service forecasts and statewide and regional briefings. Roadways were monitored using cameras and personnel in the field. At one point, city officials were inundated with about 40 calls for downed trees and powerlines. As many as 65 customers lost power. Although temperatures plunged again Jan. 25, the earlier treatments warded off a second freeze on roadways, Lagerbloom said.
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