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Housing board pursues route to resuscitate Grove Way Visitors wait in line at booths at the Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market April 15. The market returned for its 17th year with more than 100 vendors lining the streets of City Center. PHOTOS BY SHELBY ISRAEL/APPEN MEDIA
Crowds visit the opening day of the Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market April 15. The event launched Saturday after two weeks of postponements due to inclement weather.
Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market draws thousands on opening Saturday By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com
at City Center for a taste of fresh food, handmade jewelry, pastries, live music and play ALPHARETTA, Ga. — After a on the Town Green. two-week postponement due to The market will feature inclement weather, thousands 140 vendors during its Aprilof visitors flocked downtown November run. Now in its 17th for the opening day of the year, the event has grown from Downtown Alpharetta Farmers 25 vendors on Old Roswell Market April 15. Street to an annual highlight Throngs of attendees that draws crowds of 2,000stopped by the beloved event 3,000 each Saturday.
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Visitors stop by booths selling fresh produce, churros, sausages, pastries and other offerings at the Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market April 15. Hundreds of guests visited the market for its first 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. day this year.
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By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Nearly one year after the residents of 199 Grove Way were displaced from their public housing units, the Roswell Housing Authority has a $30 million plan to redevelop the complex. The Roswell Housing Authority owns the 40-unit complex in the Pelfrey Pines public housing development, designated for seniors and people with disabilities that make less than 80 percent of the area’s median income. In July 2022 the residents were told the property had been condemned and everyone needed to find another place to live. At the April 11 board meeting, the Roswell Housing Authority announced the last remaining tenant had been relocated. It’s a step that moves the housing authority closer to demolishing the existing building and increasing the number of units to 102. The residents who left the property would have “first right of refusal” according to officials with
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