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Roswell denies ILM Academy expansion bid School may relocate to site in Alpharetta By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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Former Roswell Mayor Jere Wood opens the first meeting of the Save Roswell’s History Committee at Wegman’s Bayou Louisiana Kitchen on Canton Street May 9. The group is advocating that the City of Roswell reverse its decision to demolish the historic Masonic Lodge No. 165 in downtown to make way for a pedestrian plaza near a proposed public parking deck.
Grassroots history group works to save church, lodge By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Former Roswell Mayor Jere Wood said he plans to “turn up the heat” to preserve a pre-Civil War structure the city intends to demolish through eminent domain. More than 40 people packed the
porch of Wegman’s Bayou Louisiana Kitchen May 9 as Wood and others took turns making a call to action under the auspices of the new grassroots Save Roswell’s History Committee. “Our strategy is going to be to turn up the heat until they get out of the kitchen,” Wood said. At stake is Masonic Lodge No. 165,
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a still-active space owned and operated by the Masons that once served as the first permanent building for the Methodist Church in Roswell. For more than 90 years, the property had been landmarked and designated as historically important by
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ROSWELL, Ga. — ILM Academy, an Islamic K-12 private school off Grimes Bridge Road, may rehome outside city limits after the Roswell City Council denied its zoning request to expand May 13. ILM Academy sought to rezone a 9,056-square-foot building across the street on Colonial Park Drive from office park, or OP, to commercial/mixed-use, or CX. The plan was to add six classrooms, reallocating grades 1-4 with 20 to 25 students each. In addition to its main campus, the school operates out of its Early Childhood Center for a total of 360 students. While the Roswell Community Development Department recommended approval based on the CX zoning being compatible with future land use planning, the Economic Development Department suggested denial at the City Council meeting. “It’s an important part of
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