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Roswell gives OK for consulting firm to devise game plan for parking business Council lessens purview of Zoning Appeals Board By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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Driven by love and flowers Lisa Chandler, owner and lead planner/designer of SomeTheme Weddings and Events, makes herself comfortable in her wedding venue’s bridal suite equipped with vanity units. While Chandler started her wedding planning business in 2012, she opened her first venue off Heritage Walk in Milton in July. Read story, Page 6.
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Area Starbucks workers win right to form unions
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell officials say Seer World’s latest work order to develop a parking business model could help retire the $20 million bond passed by voters in 2022. The $143,000 contract approved at the July 22 City Council meeting asks the consulting company to advance the new City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority, a bond issuing agency, and explore the need for a new parking authority. The consultant was also tasked with evaluating the use of revenuebacked bonds, long-term lowinterest federal loans and other financial tools for land acquisition and parking development in the city’s attempt to mine for revenue sources outside of property taxes. Seer World will also inventory the city’s current parking options and draft a pricing model to produce a comprehensive document outlining the city’s parking business. The work also includes creating a
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