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By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Old Mill Park visitors may be fined $250 if they either bring a cooler to the area or access the water from the city side of Vickery Creek. The two new policies came before the council at its Aug. 27 Community Development and Transportation Committee meeting, about a week after the city announced that visitors could no longer access the water at Old Mill Park. The decision to close water access went into effect Aug. 16, aligning with signs posted around the area, cautioning violators they would be prosecuted. On its webpage for the Roswell Mill/Vickery Creek Waterfall, the city says the closure was to ensure safety and park preservation. Tuesday evening, officials offered more clarification on the abrupt change — the level of trash at the park, parking issues as well as injuries.
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Roswell City Councilman David Johnson speaks on two proposed ordinances that would prohibit coolers and water access at Old Mill Park at the Aug. 27 Community Development and Transportation Committee meeting. Johnson was one of three council members sitting on the mayor’s “Mill Working Group” formed eight weeks ago to solve “intensifying” issues in the area.
Mill Working Group Mayor Kurt Wilson said the two ordinances had been recommended with unanimous approval in a formal vote by members of a “Mill Working
Group.” Wilson said he created the nine-member group around eight weeks ago to address park issues that had been intensifying over the past two years. The panel, which met for five weeks, consisted of three council members — one shy of constituting a council quorum, which, by law, would open the meetings to the public. Ccouncil members on the Mill Working Group were David Johnson, Lee Hills and Will
Morthland. The group also included Human Resources Director Linda Warren, Assistant City Attorney Joe Cusack, who presented the item, Deputy Parks Director Taylor Smith and three private citizens, two of whom lived by the park. Wilson did not identify the citizen members by name. The proposed provisions fall under
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — State Sen. Brandon Beach intends to resign as chairman of the Development Authority of Fulton County to focus on his reelection campaign. Beach announced BEACH the decision at an Aug. 27 meeting. Beach represents Georgia’s State Senate District 21, which includes parts of Cherokee and Fulton counties. He is on the ballot in November as the Republican nominee. Also called Develop Fulton, the Development Authority said details about the timing of Beach’s departure will be released later. "Serving on Develop Fulton’s board has been a true honor, and I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished together,” Beach said in the release. “My focus now is on continuing to serve the people of District 21 and ensuring that Georgia remains a beacon of growth and opportunity." Develop Fulton serves to stimulate economic development in the county by providing financing, investment as well as job promotion and creation services. Beach has served as chairman of Develop Fulton since his 2024 election after the death of former
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