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Roswell breaks ground on Grove Way housing rebuild By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com
make it happen.” In 1992, he opened Ferguson’s Meat Market at the corner of Ga. 9 and Ga. 369 in a general store at the center of the Coal Mountain community.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell has taken a major step toward redeveloping its affordable housing portfolio with the Oct. 30 groundbreaking of its newest project at 199 Grove Way. The units will replace the dilapidated Pelfrey Pines housing development that was demolished in March. The Roswell Housing Authority (RHA) partnered with development company Pennrose to create a two-phase master plan that will provide 204 rental units to families making 30, 60 and 80 percent of the area median income. Phase one consists of 102 multifamily units that are largely one-bedroom, with access to a fitness center, community space, roof terrace, central laundry and other amenities. Phase two will bring another 102 units that will be primarily two- and three-bedrooms. “Local city support was key for us,” Regional Vice President of Pennrose Will Eckstein said. “The City of Roswell and their commitment to the residents ... to this effort to put together this redevelopment effort, is...truly impressive.” Pelfrey Pines, a 40-unit affordable housing complex built in the mid-1980s, was condemned in March 2022 after it was rendered unsafe by the city. The Housing Authority worked with the 33 tenants – many of whom were elderly or disabled –to relocate from the building, with the hope they could return once the apartments were restored.
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Owner John Will holds a hand-cut steak as he stands behind the display case at Ferguson’s Meat Market Oct. 29.
‘It’s the American Dream’ Coal Mountain meat market endures amid changing times By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — John Will built his business out of meat, sweat and dreams. When he was 29, Will began stock-
piling meat processing equipment in his garage. Working as a butcher for Winn Dixie at the time, an unstoppable drive was compelling him to create a business of his own. “I was obsessed with it,” he said. “It was going to happen. I was going to
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