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North Fulton housing summit signals ‘frozen’ market By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com NORTH FULTON COUNTY — Panelists for the North Fulton Improvement Network’s housing summit Feb. 20 made one thing clear, many people cannot afford to buy a home in the region. The Improvement Network, formed in 2014 as a poverty task force, is a community think tank that supports public and private solutions to workforce housing, income and employment, transportation, child well-being and food insecurity. The six cities making up North Fulton — Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain DAN PAROLEK(OPTICOS)/PROVIDED Park, Roswell and Sandy Springs — are A rendering from John Hunt, housing expert with MarketNsight, shows multi-unit housing types, such as duplexes, mulsome of the most desired places to live, work tiplexes and live-work options, common to pre-1940s walkable neighborhoods. Hunt said “missing middle housing” and raise a family in the United States. provides affordable options for entry-level home buyers and younger generations. Jack Murphy, chair of the North Fulton Improvement Network and senior account The NFIN divided the North Fulton With a median income of $91,522, the homes available at that price, and only 48 manager at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, population by generation, Generation Z affordable housing price for millennials is rental units on hand at a price of $2,299 a compiled statistics from the Federal Re(ages 15-24); millennials (ages 25-44); Gen- $443,943, according to the Fed’s data for month. serve in St. Louis to chart regional housing eration X (ages 45-64); and baby boomers Fulton County. availability. (ages 65 and over). Murphy said North Fulton has three See HOUSING, Page 20
Roswell Area Park Pool drifts toward 50th year By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — For about half a century, the Olympic-sized swimming pool at Roswell Area Park has served as a go-to spot for summer fun and finding community. In October 1974, Roswell officials
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broke ground, and the following June, the pool was dedicated and opened soon afterward. Janet Russell, who moved to Roswell from the San Francisco Bay area in 1973, goes to the pool every day when it’s in season, from Memorial Day weekend
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At left, an archived image from 1975 shows a guest swimming a lap at the Roswell Area Park Olympic-sized pool. The City of Roswell will be celebrating the pool’s 50th anniversary next year. At right, a crowd enjoys the Roswell Area Park Pool in the modern day.
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