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Johns Creek names Greer city manager By ALEX ANTEAU newsroom@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — City councilmembers’ concerns over the hiring process for the next Johns Creek City Manager reached a tipping point when Mayor John Bradberry’s nomination drew pushback at a June 16 meeting. In the end, though, the council voted unanimously to approve Kimberly Greer as city manager. Greer has headed the post on an interim basis for the past six months, following the retirement of Ed Densmore. The mayor praised Greer’s performance, noting that while the city hired a professional search firm to conduct
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Attendees of the Fulton Fresh Mobile Market session at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center receive a bag of fresh produce June 20. The summer program, led by University of Georgia Extension and funded by Fulton County, takes nutrition education to food deserts, or low-income communities more than a mile from a grocery store.
City to host Independence Day celebration
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The City of Johns Creek invites the community to celebrate the country’s independence at Newtown Park on Old Alabama Road July 3. The free event, scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m., will include live music from Boogilicious, activities, fare across more than a dozen food trucks and a fireworks display after 9 p.m. Beer, wine and sangria will be for sale. Feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Fulton County, UGA drive clean eating ROSWELL, Ga. — Over a month of weekly sessions, interest has grown in the University of Georgia-led food education program at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center. Starting with maybe a couple dozen attendees, the turnout June 20 saw around 125 people. They learned
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a new salad recipe and took home a For more information about the Fulton Fresh bag of fresh, Mobile Market, visit in-season extension.uga.edu. produce to make it, stored in the county-funded Fulton Fresh Mobile Market outside the door. The facility is considered within
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the bounds of a “food desert,” the target area of the market on wheels. The term is defined as a low-income community at least a mile from a grocery store. Cecilia Tran, an agent with the Family and Consumer Sciences branch of UGA Extension, emphasized affordability playing a part.
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