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Family Promise cuts the ribbon on new facility By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
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Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb Executive Director Andrea Brantley speaks to a crowd at a ribbon cutting Nov. 9 in Roswell. The ribbon cutting, hosted by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, was to celebrate Family Promise’s recent move to the Grove Way Community Center.
ROSWELL, Ga. — After years of hard work serving families out of donated church basement space in Dunwoody, Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb finally has a permanent home. At a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Grove Way Community Center in Roswell Nov. 9, North Fulton community members officially welcomed Family Promise into its new space, where members will work to serve families in the community experiencing homelessness. With a base of operations so centrally located to all of their partner church congregations, the organization now has greater ability to serve the community, Family Promise Executive Director Andrea Brantley said. “I’m just really excited about this new relationship that we’re going to have,” Brantley said. “I think it’s going to help us really grow and get the word out about what Family
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Roswell voters approve all three bond referendums By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell residents passed all three general obligation bond referendums on the Nov. 8 ballot, measures that will fund nearly $180 million in upgrades to parks, public safety and downtown parking.
Voters approved a $107.6 million bond for recreation and parks, bike/ pedestrian improvements and sidewalks by a 3-to-1 margin, with the measure garnering 74.74 percent approval. A $52 million bond for a new police and fire headquarters and new fire stations passed with 73.22 percent of voters in favor.
Voter sentiment on the bond to fund a new parking deck for Historic Downtown Roswell was more divided, but the measure was approved at 57.01 percent. While Roswell elected officials adopted a rollback tax rate of 4.463 mills, the lowest rate in 35 years, bond approvals will result in higher local property taxes. Broken down, the $107.6 million
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bond for parks and bicycle and pedestrian improvements is expected to cost the average property owner with a home valued at $450,000 about $205 per year in additional property taxes. The $52 million bond for public safety will add $99 per year to the homeowner’s tax bill,
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