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Thousands visit annual Johns Creek Art Festival
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Cities, county in stalemate over sales tax By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
City schedules event to celebrate Dawali By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com and ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — For the tenth year running, thousands of people turned out to the open space across from the Atlanta Athletic Club on Medlock Bridge Road Oct. 15 and 16 to enjoy and support artists at the Johns Creek Art Festival, hosted by Splash Festivals. More than 140 vendors participated in the event, selling all types of artworks, handcrafted goods, foods and services, said Frances Schube, president of Splash Festivals, which hosts nine festivals in north Metro Atlanta. Residents have more cultural activities from which to choose this month. The entire Johns Creek community is invited to help celebrate the symbolic meaning of Diwali, a “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance” on Oct. 22 at Shakerag Park. The city, along with community volunteers, have teamed up to host the first city and community-organized Diwali event in the state of
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A human statue performer hands a boy an acorn before reassuming her pose at the annual Johns Creek Art Festival held Oct. 15 and 16 on Medlock Bridge Road across from the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek.
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Negotiations over distribution of the countywide local option sales tax appear to have reached an impasse. Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts indicated that the county isn’t prepared to budge on its drive for a greater share of the pie following a second round of negotiations with cities Oct. 7 in Atlanta. Representatives the 15 cities met with county officials at the Georgia Municipal Association offices for the second time to haggle over how an estimated $3 billion in sales tax revenue will be distributed over the next 10 years. Every decade, the county and its cities renegotiate how money collected from LOST is distributed. Over the past 10 years, the pot has generally been apportioned based on each city’s population, while the county has kept about 5 percent for administrative fees. And even though the two parties were once again unable to reach an agreement to negotiate in an open forum, Fulton County officials shared a public opening statement with the city negotiating team for the first time since talks began earlier this year.
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