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Art Center staff rebrands focus to expand reach By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Art Center is bursting with ideas and students, leading staff to seek beyond its tiresome brick row inside the Abbotts Bridge Commons business complex. Formerly known as the Johns Creek Arts Center, the nonprofit was recently rebranded to be more inviting to people outside the city. It also builds on a vision that includes partnerships across borders and other workspaces, maybe even a new home with a big enough roof. Lately, conversations have centered on accommodating a growing waitlist for classes and camps, which creates a need to rent the adjacent annex and classrooms at the nearby Johns Creek Presbyterian Church. The Johns Creek City Council has gotten the ball rolling on a performance hall that could house The Art Center, but Executive Director Stephanie Donaldson said the nonprofit is keeping its options open. Around 180 kids are on the waiting list for the youth summer art camps and classes, like last year. Many students come from Forsyth and Gwinnett counties. “There's been a misnomer that we're under Parks and Rec with the city, and you have to live here, or we're under that umbrella,” Donaldson said.
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Kevin Horgan, who served in the U.S. Marines, introduces himself as the guest speaker Nov. 9 during the Johns Creek Veterans Day ceremony at Newtown Park’s Veterans Memorial Walk.
Veterans Day speaker calls on young Retired captain seeks to inspire greater service
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Kevin Horgan told a crowd of more than 60 people at the Johns Creek Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 9 that serving as an officer in the U.S. Marines is the “great privilege” of his life. Horgan, a Roswell resident and the ceremony’s guest speaker, attained the rank of captain in his military
career, which spanned 1979 to 1984. He now serves on the board of the veteran networking club VETLANTA; has authored several books, donating half his royalties to veteran support groups; and co-founded VETS-TALK, a podcast that shares veterans’ stories. “I did deploy, but I was never shot at. I was never down range. I thought I was real hot stuff, but I was nothing special,” Horgan said.
Held at the Veterans Memorial Walk at Newtown Park, the ceremony also featured remarks from Johns Creek Veterans Associations President Mike Mizell, Georgia Military Hall of Fame honoree Roger Wise and Mayor John Bradberry. Daughters of the American Revolution members sung the national anthem, and the JCVA Color Guard presented the colors.
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