Johns Creek Herald - February 26, 2026

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Lunar New Year festival hails Year of Fire Horse

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Residents of East Asian heritage are proud to call Johns Creek home, organizers of the Lunar New Year celebration say.

Good schools, well-maintained roads and numerous parks have attracted many residents from South Korea, China, Vietnamese and other cultures, but organizer Joann Ling said one city attribute is special — its diversity.

“It’s a sense of community and connection, and it's very important, espe-

cially in today's environment,” Ling said. “We need to understand each other.”

Supported by the City of Johns Creek, the celebration attracted at least 8,000 residents to the Atlanta Athletic Club fields, 1930 Bobby Jones Drive, Feb. 21 for the fourth annual celebration that marks the beginning of a new year according to East Asian lunar calendars. A little bit of rain early in the day had little impact on the festivities, which included music, dancing, food and a host of vendors.

See LUNAR, Page 16

New legislation seeks to address affordable housing

By ZOE SEILER zoe@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — Democratic Georgia House members are working to address various housing issues. State Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), Phil Olaleye (D-Atlanta) and others announced a bipartisan package of legislation on Feb. 12 to address affordability.

That package also seeks to expand housing supply, strengthen tenant protections and encourage more affordable housing development.

“There is an issue of housing affordability across Georgia,” Oliver said. “We need more doors. We need more opportunities and a wide variety of ways.”

The House Minority Caucus’s legislation includes proposals related to tax incentives, tenant protections, zoning reform and affordable housing development.

See HOUSE, Page 18

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Police charge father in death of 2-year-old

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs police say a 2-year-old child died Feb. 18 after sustaining a gunshot injury.

Police investigate fraud involving camera purchase

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 57-year-old Alpharetta woman reported a person fraudulently purchased items with her credit card and then collected them from a UPS driver.

Alpharetta police said the woman reported receiving numerous unsolicited emails Jan. 27. The emails were connected to the purchase of a Sony Alpha 9 III camera, two-year warranty and extra battery pack. The purchase totaled $7,620 and was made with the woman’s credit card with instructions for delivery to her home address on Milford Lane.

On Jan. 28, a UPS driver who was delivering the camera was flagged down by a woman in the gated neighborhood, police said. The woman allegedly collected the items from the delivery driver.

The incident was classified as felony identity fraud.

— Jon Wilcox

North Point Mall store reports 2 cases of theft

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A North Point Mall lingerie business reported losing thousands in two shoplifting incidents within days of each other.

Alpharetta police officers were dispatched to the business Jan. 29 and Feb. 2.

Employees told officers that the thefts occurred Jan. 28 and Feb. 2.

Seven pairs of pajamas valued at $80 were reported stolen Jan. 28.

Eight pairs of pajamas, underwear and accessories totaling $550 were reported stolen Feb. 2.

The incident allegedly took place on Sandalwood Drive around 2 p.m. Later that day officials said they arrested the child's father in connection with the death.

"The investigation revealed that the incident resulted from an improperly secured firearm," police told Appen Media. "As a result, Mr. Willis has been charged with second-degree murder and second degree cruelty to children."

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The incidents were classified as felony shopliftings.

— Jon Wilcox

Jewelry worth thousands reported stolen in burglary

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies investigated the reported theft of $15,000 in jewelry from a Suwanee home Jan. 28.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said a 67-year-old man and 62-year-old woman reported returning to find their Windsor Hill Passage home ransacked.

The woman determined rings and earrings were missing.

The couple said they had left the door to the home unlocked and the alarm unarmed.

A sheriff’s crime scene investigation technician found two sets of footprints leading toward a backyard fence adjacent to a shopping center.

The incident was classified as a felony burglary.

— Jon Wilcox

Alabama man found unconscious at wheel

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 43-year-old Mobile, Ala., man was arrested on drug and intoxicated driving charges Jan. 20 after deputies reported finding him passed out in his vehicle on Shady Grove Road near Lake Lanier.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said

This story will be updated as new information arises.

deputies were dispatched about 3:30 a.m. to the report of a crash at a roundabout on Shady Grove Road just south of Cagle Drive.

Deputies reported finding the man asleep at the wheel with white foam coming from his nose. Law enforcement officers conducted a driving under the influence investigation and found the man to be intoxicated, the sheriff’s report said.

In the man’s pocket, deputies found a Seroquel pill, an antipsychotic medication that can produce sedation, the sheriff’s report said.

The man was charged with misdemeanor sale, distribution or possession of dangerous drugs, driving under the influence of drugs and prescription not in original container.

— Jon Wilcox

Man says online contact led to sexual extortion

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of online sexual extortion Jan. 23.

A man reported that he had made contact with a girl on Tinder and continued communicating with her on Instagram and Whatsapp at her request.

The man said he sent a video of himself undressed. Soon after, he received a phone call from an unidentified person who threatened to publish the video unless he paid $1,000.

Deputies advised the man the extorters would likely demand additional money if he paid.

The incident was classified as a misdemeanor sexual extortion.

— Jon Wilcox

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Johns Creek sound designer earns Emmy nomination

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Zach Hahn’s work is imperceptible to most people when he’s at his best.

“The unfortunate thing about sound in film is that if it's noticed, it's not good, it sticks out,” the Johns Creek sound designer said. “Usually, if you don't notice it, it's great.”

After years fashioning film, television and video game sound, Hahn is receiving lofty recognition for his work on an Atlanta documentary.

“Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World” is nominated for three Children’s and Family Emmy awards, including Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Action Program.

Winners will be announced March 2.

The film already has garnered considerable attention and accolades, winning awards at the Atlanta Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and many others.

Available on Netflix, the 24-minute documentary follows Makayla, a nonverbal Atlanta teen born with autism who learns to communicate through a tool known as a letterboard device.

“As it turns out, Makayla has had a

beautiful mind this whole time but has not been able to communicate with anyone,” Hahn said. “She's written poetry and stories and little lyrics and songs her whole life, but she never had a way to communicate them.”

As sound designer for the film, Hahn, who works from his home, was responsible for almost every aspect of its audio. That included fundamental tasks like mixing

and balancing sound. Hahn worked hard on one interview with the teen’s father, isolating his voice and removing noise while maintaining the quiet sounds in the room to ensure it sounded authentic.

Hahn said it was imperative he keep the sound of her father’s fingers playing an absent-minded jazz riff on a keyboard as he spoke.

“The director said, ‘I'm really missing his chair creaking and the clacks of the keys on the piano. He just sounds like he's in a vacuum,’” Hahn said. “So, it was a scene I had to redo a couple different times.”

His work also encompassed more inspired work like the creation of a cohesive sonic theme and use of artistic techniques.

Inspired by her story, Hahn sought to reveal Makayla’s hidden world to audiences through skills he has built over his career, which stretches more than a decade.

Because Makayla is nonverbal, Hahn sought an actor to give voice to the teen’s thoughts. He said he wanted that actor to closely represent the voice Makayla hears in her own head.

After selecting a panel of suitable actors, he gave the final choice to Makayla.

“We let Makayla listen to all those dif-

See HAHN, Page 20

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Lawmakers introduce bills addressing data centers

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ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are grappling with how to address data centers and their effect on communities.

Several bills have been introduced this session that would either impose a moratorium or add regulations.

Major tech companies like Amazon, Meta and Microsoft are investing heavily in Georgia, purchasing land and building massive server facilities to power the digital age, Capital B Atlanta reported.

Approaches to the issue have varied, ranging from repealing a tax incentive to imposing a moratorium and preventing utilities from passing costs on to customers.

State Sen. Jaha Howard, D-Smyrna, introduced Senate Bill 436 on Feb. 9 that would suspend issuance of any new sales and use tax exemptions from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. It would also prohibit local governments from entering into nondisclosure agreements related to water and electricity usage for data center projects, according to a news release.

“I’m proud to introduce my first piece of legislation, which places a one-

year pause on the expansion of data center tax exemptions, so the General Assembly has adequate time to listen and respond to our constituents impacted the most,” Howard said. “We welcome investment from technology companies, but our constituents need peace of mind on the short and longterm impacts of these projects on their communities.”

Howard added that the temporary pause could give legislators time to evaluate the long-term impact of data centers and “responsible policies that protect our resources while keeping Georgia affordable.”

SB 421, sponsored by Sen. RaShaun Kemp, D-Atlanta, is called the Data Center Transparency Act. It would prohibit local governments from entering into nondisclosure agreements regarding the water and power usage of data centers.

Sales and use tax exemption

Georgia doesn’t offer tax credits to data centers, but instead provides a tax incentive by exempting sales and use taxes on equipment and construction costs.

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Press Club membership surges following letter detailing lawsuit

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The message outlined a key development: a Fulton County judge recently ordered Sandy Springs to turn over previously withheld documents tied to police incident reports. It also revealed something readers hadn’t been told before — that the locally owned newsroom has spent nearly $100,000 over almost three years pursuing access to records that are routinely released by other police departments across Georgia.

The response from readers was immediate.

In the days following the email, new membership to the Appen Press Club surged, and supporters contributed both recurring and one-time gifts

to help sustain the legal and reporting effort. The increase marks one of the strongest membership bumps since the Press Club launched in 2022.

“This case has always been about transparency and accountability,” said Appen Media Publisher Hans Appen.

“It’s about whether local governments can delay and deny access to basic public information — and whether local journalism has the resources to challenge that.”

Why the case matters

At issue are police incident reports — documents widely considered standard public records. Appen Media filed suit after repeated efforts to obtain them were denied.

Open records laws are designed to ensure the public can see how government operates. But enforcing those laws often falls to news organizations willing — and financially able — to go to court.

For large national outlets, those costs can be absorbed. For small, community-based newsrooms, they cannot — unless readers step in.

Unlike subscription paywalls, the Appen Press Club model keeps essential civic reporting accessible to the entire community while inviting supporters to voluntarily fund the work.

The recent membership surge shows that readers understand what’s at stake. But newsroom leaders say the need is ongoing. Legal battles are expensive, and transparency fights rarely end with a single ruling. Sandy Springs has already made it clear it plans to appeal the decision – again.

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Residents who believe public records should remain public — and that local watchdog reporting matters — are encouraged to join the Appen Press Club with a monthly, yearly or one-time contribution.

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Alpharetta mayor: Big news coming soon for North Point Mall

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta could see movement in the redevelopment of North Point Mall within the coming weeks.

Mayor Jim Gilvin announced during his State of the City address Feb. 5 the mall’s owner New York Life Co. “has engaged a new local partner to help shape its vision of transforming North Point Mall into an arena-centric, mixeduse destination.”

Contacted Feb. 10 for an update, the mayor said he still has no other details, but added he was told an announcement clarifying the progress could be made within the next couple of weeks.

Once a premier commercial shopping destination, North Point Mall has suffered economic setbacks with the openings of mega mixeduse developments like Avalon and Alpharetta City Center.

The mall and its surrounding area has been the focus of a renewed push for reinvestment by city officials with the creation of a new tax allocation district and a plan that reimagines the area as a more green, walkable and mixed-use community.

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New York Life previously said it plans to create a mixed-use project around an NHL franchise.

A project at the proposed mega mixeduse development The Gathering at South

Forsyth also is seeking a hockey franchise.

Gilvin said redevelopment of the mall by New York Life and a partner could benefit the tax district and the city’s ef-

forts to improve the area. The mall and a potential redevelopment plan of it is a central feature of the tax district, Gilvin said.

“It’s part of the whole reason we are trying to redevelop the whole corridor,” Gilvin said.

A study commissioned by the Alpharetta City Council showed the taxable real estate value of nine mall parcels has fallen by about 47 percent since 2019.

Estimated 2024 city, county and school district property taxes on mall real estate and commercial personal property fell by nearly 53.5 percent compared to five years ago.

“It’s critical to the corridor moving into a redevelopment mode,” Gilvin said. “We can’t kick it off until there is some clarity on the North Point Mall redevelopment because it is the biggest part of the whole project.”

Gilvin said he’s eager to learn what direction New York Life may take the mall and remains optimistic.

“Everybody in the City of Alpharetta organization would have liked to make more progress, but that’s not reality,” the mayor said. “We don’t own the mall. We don’t own all the surrounding properties … We have to be patient.”

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Johns Creek advances to region title game

By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek boys basketball will play for a region title for the first time in 10 years after a 74-66 win over Milton in the region semi-final Feb. 17 at Chattahoochee High School.

The Gladiators aim to secure the program’s first region title. It is the second time in school history that the team has made it to the region championship game.

The Eagles and Gladiators split their regular season series, and the semi-final game decided which team would get home court advantage in the state tournament.

Each team won on the road in the regular season series, so a neutral site of Chattahoochee High gave both teams a fair shake.

The first time the Eagles and Gladiators met this season at Milton Jan. 9, Johns Creek came out on top 56-53. Milton got revenge in the second matchup, defeating Johns Creek 55-51.

Johns Creek has achieved their second

straight winning season. With a 15-11 overall record last year, the Gladiators lost to Lanier in the region tournament and missed the state playoffs.

This year, Johns Creek has a 22-5 record with the semi-final win over Milton and is eager to make a run in the 5A bracket.

Johns Creek’s senior class has played together since elementary school and continued to build team chemistry at the varsity level since sophomore year.

The first six players up as well as Christian Cooper, who is out with an injury, are close friends on and off the court.

Head coach Tanner Burnett reflected on the 2024 region tournament where the current senior class was starting as sophomores due to many injuries on the team.

Burnett and leading scorer Tatum Holmes agreed that the hard work the team has put in has carried them through the lows and into the highs.

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NOFU girls lacrosse youth program stands together at their beginning of season camp Feb. 8 at Newtown Park.

Consolidated lacrosse program develops area’s young athletes

By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Faced with declining participation numbers, North Fulton parents joined to fill a gap in feeder lacrosse programs for Chattahoochee, Northview, Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Centennial high schools.

North Fulton United (NOFU) was created in 2022 with separate designations for boys and girls programming and teams. Five North Fulton high schools essentially combined their feeder programs to make participation more consistent.

NOFU girls offers teams for grades K-8, and the boys program offers second grade through middle school.

Centennial has a far-reaching lacrosse history but in recent years has become overshadowed by other neighboring powerhouses such as Milton, Cambridge and Roswell.

Centennial launched boys and girls lacrosse in 1999, before it became a sanctioned Georgia High School Association sport in 2002.

It played in the first ever girls lacrosse game in Georgia against Westminster that year. The Knights were one of five teams in the inaugural girls season.

Centennial and Roswell were the first public schools to compete in boys lacrosse, joining Darlington, Westminster, Lovett and Woodward.

Princeton lacrosse alum Che Barbour was instrumental in uniting the community and securing field space for the budding Centennial program.

Terri Davis, a founding board member of NOFU girls lacrosse and parent of a Centennial senior, said combining the feeder programs of the five schools helped keep numbers up.

NOFU accepts players outside Chattahoochee, Northview, Johns Creek, Alpharetta or Centennial attendance zones who attend private schools without existing feeder programs or are homeschooled.

“We serve all schools, all areas, all socioeconomic levels,” Davis said. “We want to make [lacrosse] accessible to all girls and boys in the area. That’s our mission.”

Shannon Hayes, the current president of the NOFU board, discussed the annual camp held at the beginning of the season where a randomly selected new player is gifted a free lacrosse stick.

“We want to foster the love of lacrosse in the community, give the girls a safe space that’s positive, encouraging, energetic and feed our high schools as well,” she said. “Making sure this environment is something that they want to come to every single day and have good quality coaching.”

Julia Thompson, a Norcross High and Life University lacrosse alum, serves as an assistant coach for Alpharetta High and coaches NOFU’s team of kindergarten, first and second graders.

“It’s so much fun, I go from high school practices, coming over, and then you deal with the little ones and it’s a whole different game,” Thompson said. “It’s really fun to watch their joy when they learn how to catch a ball for the first time and to see their progression every day.”

Lauren Arena coaches NOFU’s team of seventh and eighth graders and is a Chattahoochee graduate.

“It’s probably now even more so inspirational because of the fact that this is the first year that lacrosse is going to be entered into the Olympics,” she said. “Sharing our own experiences from college, that helps to drive the girls to be better and do better, I always tell them ‘you practice how you play.’”

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We always worry about the negative side-effects that a medicine might have. At the end of a pharmaceutical company’s commercials, an auctioneer very quickly states the twenty terrible things that might happen if you take the advertised medicine. Side effects range from your ear falling off when you sneeze to the belief that you are Elvis. Side-effects make almost any medicine sound scary. But occasionally, a positive side effect emerges. Sometimes, we discover something wonderful about a medicine that is wholly unexpected.

Examples of positive side-effects are not hard to find. The medicine finasteride was first being used to help decrease the size of the prostate in men who were having difficulty urinating. An unexpected positive side-effect

was discovered when it was noticed that many of the men were re-growing their scalp hair. With finasteride, male pattern baldness was often partially reversed or stopped in its tracks.

One of the most recent medications discovered to have a possible positive side effect is lidocaine, which has been around since 1943. Lidocaine is an injectable anesthetic. We use lidocaine for skin biopsies, excisions, Mohs surgeries and countless other procedures every day in the dermatology office. Amazingly, lidocaine may be more than an anesthetic. It may also have anti-cancer effects.

A team of surgeons in India operating on breast cancer divided patients into two groups. One group had standard breast cancer surgery. The other group received a lidocaine injection around the tumor 7-10 minutes prior to surgery. During the 5 years

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after surgery, the group that received the lidocaine injection had an 8.5% rate of the cancer recurring (popping up again) at a distant site versus an 11.6% rate of distant recurrence in the surgery-only (no lidocaine) group. The study has some limitations including not being a doubleblind trial and being a single-center study, but it is intriguing enough to warrant further investigation. The authors reported that injecting lidocaine around breast cancer before removing it increased survival in their study.

What made the surgeons perform this study in the first place? Why lidocaine? Over the last few years, researchers have discovered that electrical gradients maintained across the membranes of cancer cells are important to their ability to metastasize or spread. Our cells have pumps in them called “ion channels.” They allow certain ions to pass across the cell membrane. The resulting ion concentration gradient creates an electrical charge across a cell. This gradient affects the way other proteins in the cell function. Importantly, some of the proteins affected by the charge

across a cell membrane are important for healthy cells’ growth and development as well as for cancers’ ability to grow and spread.

Lidocaine works by blocking sodium channels in cell membranes. Disrupting the electric charge across a cancer cell membrane was suspected to have the potential to weaken the cancer itself. Pre-clinical studies supported this hypothesis, and the breast cancer surgeons took the next step of performing a trial with breast cancer patients and peritumoral lidocaine injections.

I don’t know if breast cancer surgeons in the United States consider these results valid, are awaiting confirmatory studies or are already injecting lidocaine. However, in dermatology, these results are exciting because, for now, we do not need to change anything that we are already doing. Every day that I perform Mohs surgery, we inject the area around a tumor with lidocaine prior to surgically removing the cancer. If lidocaine is more than an anesthetic, then our patients are likely already benefiting from any anti-cancer properties that lidocaine has.

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The history of the ‘sheriff’ of Crabapple

It simply would not be proper to write about the history of North Fulton without including Hal Coleman. He has been entertaining and educating local audiences as a singer, song writer and humorist for more than 50 years. His musical career led to his induction into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, and he continues his music to this day. Here is his story.

Hal Coleman was born and raised on Canton Street in Roswell. His father, Harold (1921– 1993) was also from Roswell. Harold worked in real estate. During World War II, he flew 25 missions over Japan as a radio operator in a B-29 bomber. Hal’s mother, Anne (1926-2019), owned an antique shop in Roswell in the 1960s specializing in early American antiques.

Hal and his wife, Lynn, attended Roswell High School. Although Lynn has retired from teaching elementary school she still teaches part time.

“If they had a hall of fame for wives, mothers and grandmothers, Lynn would be in it,” Hal says.

Lynn and Hal have a son, Jason, who works for a company that provides audio and video for large public events. Their daughter Ellen is a financial planner and stockbroker. They have two grandchildren, Beau and June.

In high school while his friends were on the ballfield, Hal was in the woods fishing and hunting with dogs.

“You could even hunt on Canton Street in those days” Hal says.

He attended Young Harris College, then a two-year institution, followed by two years at UGA where he obtained a degree in entomology, or, as Hal says, “bugs.”

He had a gift for music, and while in college, he played the guitar and sang.

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Milton Crabapple was an alternate personality for Hal, and many people did not know that they were the same person. When Ludlow Porch – real name Bobby Hanson – went on vacation, Hal Coleman took over the program.

In the late 1980s, Ludlow had the idea that Milton Crabapple should run for sheriff of unincorporated Crabapple. There was an election of sorts and Milton was elected.

“A lot of people believed it was real,” Hal notes.

Over the years, Hal appeared on other radio shows including a call-in show on Kicks 101.5 FM where he called in every Friday morning for 10 years and another call-in show O’Neill William’s Great Outdoors Show on WSB for 25 years. He called in as Milton Crabapple and sometimes hosted the show as Hal Coleman. Finally, Hal had the Milton Crabapple show in the early 1990s every Thursday on Mountains Lake Radio in Cumming.

Milton Crabapple still exists on Facebook and has thousands of followers where he posts two or three times a week.

When I asked Hal how he came up with all the stories he told on the radio, he explained that he grew up listening to old men telling stories sitting around campfires. He plays the guitar by ear.

“I matured from a class clown to a ham,” he says.

“People would ask me to sing Bob Dylan songs and do impersonations,” he says.

His first paid gig was in the early 1980s at the Country Fare which later became the Southern Skillet in Roswell. He played every Friday and Saturday for about a year, then formed a band called Cassville Station and played on military bases in the Atlanta area. He still worked full time for

the Georgia Department of Agriculture as a pest control regulatory inspector, a position he held for 10 years.

He eventually started his own business, North Fulton Exterminating Company. He sold the company after 18 years and became a sales and marketing coach for small to medium sized pest control companies. He is currently winding down his involvement in the operation to focus on his music.

“I started out as one man with a spray can and made a million-dollar business,” Hal says.

Pest control is big business in Georgia with more than 1,200 operators. Hal became president of the Georgia Pest Control Association. About three years ago, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame, a very prestigious award.

Ludlow Porch was a popular radio talk show host for more than 30 years until his death in 2011. His show was syndicated on 40 radio stations throughout the South. Hal called in to the program and bantered with Ludlow a few times using the name Milton Crabapple. He was an instant hit and became a regular on the show.

Hal has recorded some of his songs on the Southern Track label. The most successful song which Hal co-wrote with Barry Etris was “The Bird” by Jerry Reed for which Hal received a BMI country music award. The song was number 2 in Billboard Magazine. Since the song includes some cuts from Willie Nelson, Hal, Barry and Willie accepted the award together.

There is more to Hal’s story, but space has its limits. Suffice it to say that Hal is a deeply religious family man and a class clown.

“If it ain’t fun, I don’t like to do it,” he maintains.

He used to have 200 bee hives and sold honey. He was a Roswell firefighter for 10 years and an EMT. He was a Civil War reenactor for many years and a member of the Commemorative Air Force, a group who fly vintage World War ll airplanes.

I had the pleasure of seeing Hal perform at the Rock ‘n’ Taco on the entertainment strip in Roswell recently. He really knows how to entertain an audience. If you have a chance, drop in on the third Friday of every month and say “hi.”

Bob is a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission and Director Emeritus of the Milton Historical Society. You can email him at bobmey@ bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.

OPINION

Proposed bill could make homebuying more affordable

D.C. AIKEN Guest

Every once in a while, a policy idea comes along that doesn’t just nudge the affordability needle — it grabs it by the collar, shakes it violently, and says: “Let’s fix this.”

And believe it or not, Georgia lawmakers may have just introduced one of those rare ideas.

Georgia State House members have introduced a bill that would gradually reduce — and ultimately eliminate — property taxes on owner-occupied homes by 2032, beginning with phased reductions starting in 2026.

Now, I’ve spent plenty of time discussing affordability solutions from the mortgage side — 40-year terms, even 50-year terms, alternative structures, buydowns, you name it.

But let’s be clear:

Eliminating property taxes?

That’s not a tweak.

That’s a game-changer.

Why this matters (in real dollars)

Let’s take a very normal Georgia scenario:

• Home value: $500,000

• Annual property taxes: ~$6,000/ year

• Monthly tax burden: ~$500/month

If those property taxes are eliminated, the homeowner’s monthly payment drops by about $500 per month — and that’s not some tiny “feel-good” savings.

That is real affordability.

In fact, on a typical 5 percent down

purchase, a $500/month reduction is roughly equivalent to the borrower receiving something like a 1.75 percent reduction in their mortgage interest rate.

Let me translate that into plain English:

That’s like mortgage rates dropping from 6.5 percent to 4.75 percent… without the Fed lifting a finger.

And if you’re wondering why I’m excited, it’s because that’s the kind of shift that can revive the purchase market faster than any lender promo, buydown gimmick or “special spring incentive” email campaign ever could.

The problem (because there’s always one)

Of course, there’s one small detail.

Just a minor issue.

A tiny question.

How do counties and cities replace billions in lost property tax revenue?

Because property taxes don’t just fund “government stuff.” They fund:

• Schools

• Police

• Fire departments

• Infrastructure

• Parks

• Public services

• Basically, everything your local government does besides post motivational quotes on Facebook.

Proposed solution: consumption tax

The idea being floated is to offset the lost revenue through higher sales taxes — effectively shifting the system from a property-based tax model to a consumption-based model.

Meaning:

• The more you buy

• The more you spend

• The more you contribute

In theory, that sounds clean and simple.

In practice… well, this is where economists start sharpening their pencils and muttering things like “regressivity” and “distributional burden.”

Yes, it’s regressive, but so is the status quo.

The main criticism will be predictable:

“Sales taxes hurt lower-income households more than wealthier ones.”

And yes — that’s generally true.

But here’s the part that doesn’t get said loudly enough: Property taxes also hit middle-class homeowners hard, especially first-time buyers and young families.

Property taxes don’t care if you’re cash-flow rich or cash-flow broke. They just show up every month like a subscription service you never signed up for.

And unlike mortgage interest, you can’t refinance them away.

Stronger homeownership base

From an economic standpoint, expanding homeownership isn’t just a feel-good political slogan.

Higher homeownership rates tend to correlate with:

• Stronger community investment

• Higher educational outcomes

• Lower crime rates

• Greater neighborhood stability

• Increased household wealth over time

Homeownership, for better or worse, remains one of the most reli -

able long-term wealth-building mechanisms for American households.

So, if this bill materially increases the ability for Georgia families to buy homes — especially during a period of elevated rates and high prices — the downstream economic benefits could be substantial.

If Georgia can pull this off responsibly — without gutting local services or turning counties into GoFundMe campaigns — this could be one of the most meaningful housing affordability proposals we’ve seen in years.

So here’s to you, House Rep. Jon Burns.

Now the question is whether the rest of the Georgia House and Senate can see what’s sitting right in front of them: a policy that doesn’t just talk about affordability — it actually creates it.

DC Aiken is Senior Vice President of Lending for CrossCountry Mortgage, NMLS # 658790. For more insights, you can subscribe to his newsletter at dcaiken.com.

The opinions expressed within this article may not reflect the opinions or views of CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC or its affiliates.

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According to the Chinese zodiac, 2026 marks the Year of the Fire Horse, a rare sign that comes once every 60 years.

Ling said she was proud to see a variety of different cultures at the event. Throughout the space, she saw faces from all cultures, a perfect representation of Johns Creek’s proud diversity.

“Just look at the audience,” she said, motioning toward a crowd before the main performance stage. “Most of the people are not Asian.”

The city’s residents include a 33 percent Asian plurality, a City of Johns Creek demographics webpage said. That 33 percent includes 15.4 percent Indian, 9.2 percent Chinese and 4.2 percent Korean.

U.S. Census Bureau data shows Fulton County includes an Asian population that makes up about 8.7 percent of residents.

Johns Creek resident Angela Hung said she has witnessed that diversity firsthand.

The certified public accountant said she noticed a distinctly strong representation of Asian culture after moving to Johns Creek from Dunwoody about a decade ago.

She now enjoys regular visits to Asian restaurants and grocery stores like H Mart. She attends a Chinese church and boasts numerous Asian friends.

In Dunwoody, she had “zero” Asian friends, she said, chuckling.

“We kind of share the same cultural backgrounds, and we have the same values,” she said, adding, “You never really worry about people … like commenting on you talking a little too loud, or talking while you're still chewing and eating or slurping your noodles really hard.”

Azure Duan, another festival organizer, said she was pleased to see Johns Creek officials respond warmly in 2022 when she and others proposed the celebration.

“We have joined forces together to push this forward,” she said.

The result is a shared experience that all Johns Creek residents can partake in, regardless of culture.

“We can enjoy this all together, not just Asian people,” Duan said. “The whole community should have a taste of it.”

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Holmes said that playing together since second grade has created a team chemistry rivaled by few. He also spoke to what went right for him offensively against Milton.

“I’d say our team chemistry is one of the best in the state,” Holmes said. “Just being able to get to the line and just see my shot go in there, the rest carry from that.”

Holmes tallied 30 points, four rebounds and three steals against Milton. He won co-player of the year in the region with Gainesville’s Kevin White.

White’s Red Elephants have been nationally ranked all season and are currently No. 19 in the country in MaxPreps’ rankings.

Johns Creek has jumped up in state rankings in the past month, sitting at No. 13 in MaxPreps’ most recent poll. However, the semi-final game should prompt a reshuffling as Milton was ranked No. 7.

Burnett said this team was the

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“Whether you’re trying to buy your first home, stay in the home you already have, or just keep up with rent continuing to jump over and over and over again, housing has become the biggest bill facing families,” Olaleye said.

The following House Bills are included in the representatives’ legislative package: - HB 1145, sponsored by Rep. Miriam Paris (D-Macon), would create a statewide homestead exemption for certain public service employees, like police officers, nurses and teachers.

“I think that it is incumbent upon us to take good care of those that take good care of us, and this bill seeks to do that for them,” Paris said.

- HB 1153, sponsored by Oliver, would allow developers to use the state’s lowincome housing tax credit (LIHTC) to build affordable single-family homes. These homes would be available to individuals earning up to 80 percent of the area median income.

Currently, LIHTC is only available for multifamily developments, like apartments or fourplexes.

“The LIHTC program of tax credits giving financial support for the purchase of lower-income, moderate-priced apartments can be duplicated in the singlefamily market,” Oliver said.

She added that it’s an effort to address incentives and produce more for-sale housing options.

REITER/APPEN MEDIA

Johns Creek boys basketball head coach Tanner Burnett provides guidance to his team in the Region 7-5A semi-final against Milton at Chattahoochee High School Feb. 17. Burnett coached his team to a 74-66 win over the Eagles.

first to achieve back-to-back winning seasons at Johns Creek and shared his pride in his team beating a tough Milton squad.

- HB 1166, sponsored by Rep. Tangie Herring (D-Macon), would remove zoning regulations for smaller homes.

“It removes the arbitrary zoning restrictions that currently ban safe and high-quality homes of 400 square feet or less,” Herring said. “You might know these are tiny homes, carriage houses or granny flats.”

Homeowners should be able to build secondary homes and should be part of the solution to create more options, she added.

“We all know the American Dream of homeownership is quickly slipping out of reach for too many Georgians,” Herring said. “We are facing a dual crisis right now. We have skyrocketing costs that are hurting families and we have a desperate lack of housing inventory. Simply put, we do not have enough homes in Georgia.”

- HB 1177 expands the authority of local development authorities to allow them to finance or develop affordable housing. Rep. Al Williams (D-Midway) sponsored this bill.

“It is imperative that as development authorities, we’re able to get involved, able to help move these projects, but most importantly we’ve got to bring the cost of housing under control,” Williams said. “You can’t be the best place to do business in America and one of the hardest places to live in the South.”

- HB 1252, sponsored by Olaleye, would prohibit investors from acquiring singlefamily homes before Georgia residents.

“Before a large institutional investor can buy a newly listed single-family home, those families or that owner-occupied

toughness throughout the game to just stay with the game plan, execute it for 32 minutes, anytime that happens as a coach you’re really happy with that.”

Milton junior Niko Bratton led the Eagles with 30 points, and senior Jackson Harrison sunk three straight shots from beyond the arc in the third quarter to tie the game.

Milton cut the deficit to come within striking distance but never took the lead after tying the score thrice. The Gladiators responded with a run of their own each time.

Milton head coach Allen Whitehart said Johns Creek showed that they are a veteran team. He said the Eagles’ execution on defense needs to improve looking ahead to the state tournament.

“Our mental toughness today was really good,” he said. “We were up 10 a couple times, and [Milton] made a comeback. So, I just think our mental

buyer would have first dibs within a 30day window to purchase that home first,” Olaleye said.

He also sponsored HB 305 last year, which prohibits large companies from purchasing single-family homes in Georgia.

- HB 1171, sponsored by Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens), would establish minimum habitability standards consistent with recognized housing standards.

Some of the requirements include making all repairs necessary, keeping all common areas in a clean and safe condition, maintaining utilities and appliances, providing trash receptacles and supplying running water.

If those conditions are not met, tenants could terminate their lease or withhold rent, recover damages or make repairs and deduct the cost from the rent.

- HB 1221, sponsored by Rep. Saira Draper (D-Atlanta), would require homeowners associations to provide written notices of fines or delinquent fees and give a reasonable opportunity for homeowners to pay before assessing attorney fees and costs.

- HB 1017, sponsored by Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), would require homes owned by corporate investors be assessed – or taxed – at their full value. Under Georgia law, most homes are assessed at 40 percent of their fair market value.

“We know that they are creating a housing shortage in the state of Georgia,” Kendrick said. “As opposed to assessing the value at 40 percent of a home, that many of us have our homes assessed at,

“When you don’t do the small things, the things you work on, and then you get in pressure situations if you don’t do the things that are needed to win, you don’t win,” he said. “Just trying to clean things up, try to compete a little more, try to get our kids to play a little better, execute a little better… Kudos to [Johns Creek].”

large corporate investors would have to pay 100 percent of the assessed value of the home that they are renting out.”

- HB 679, sponsored by Rep. Gabriel Sanchez (D-Smyrna), was known as the end rental price-fixing act, in 2025. The bill is still active this session.

“I am a renter myself, like the majority of my district. In the past eight years, my rent has almost doubled from $850 a month to $1,550 a month, and my story is not unique,” Sanchez said. “It’s the story of families across Georgia who are working hard every single day, doing everything right, and yet they’re still falling behind.”

He said one driver of rent increases is due to companies that sell their software to landlords and use data to calculate the highest rents they can charge in a market. HB 679 would end the practice.

“I think it’s important that we do everything in our power to ensure that we have affordable housing here in the state of Georgia and end these price-fixing and price-gouging practices that are hurting working Georgians,” Sanchez said.

House Bills 1145, 1166, 1177, 1221, and 1252 have gained bipartisan support from Reps. Rob Leverett (R-Elberton), Dale Washburn (R-Macon), Ron Stephens (R-Savannah), Buddy DeLoach (R-Townsend), Stan Gunter (R-Blairsville), Leesa Hagan (R-Lyons) and Derrick McCollum (R-Chestnut Mountain).

“There are many different bills, many different actions in the federal government and the state government to address this issue and I’m hoping for progress in 2026,” Oliver said.

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The state Senate commissioned a study from the Department of Audits and the Carl Vinson Institute about the hightech data center equipment exemption for new construction.

“It exempts a portion of construction materials used in the construction of new data centers,” said Tommie Shepherd with the Carl Vinson Institute and the lead researcher on the study. “By a portion, it doesn’t cover or exempt all of the construction materials, but essentially the things that make the shell able to function as a data center.”

The materials covered include electric and cooling systems, servers, routers, software and other equipment.

The exemption cost the state about $433 million in revenue not collected, and the facilities created 10,146 jobs in 2025.

The study used a but-for analysis to determine if data center activity would occur in Georgia without an incentive. It’s estimated that 30 percent of facilities were attributed to the exemption, and the other 70 percent would have been built anyway.

Shepherd added that the but-for analysis largely depends on the growth of Georgia’s data center industry.

“We did an initial study of data centers in 2022. At that time, no data centers had taken advantage of the incentive in Georgia. It had just been introduced in 2018,” Shepherd said. “Since that time, we’ve seen significant growth of data centers in Georgia, particularly large-scale, or what the industry may term hyperscale data centers.”

The majority of the economic impact is tied to construction, Shepherd said. Property taxes also generate significant revenue for local governments.

SB 476, sponsored by Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, and HB 134 are broad, comprehensive tax reform bills that reduce personal and corporate income tax rates, and also repeal the ability to grant new sales and use tax exemptions for data centers. HB 134 passed the Senate on Feb. 12 and heads back to the House.

House Bill 559, sponsored by Rep. John Carson, R-Marietta, would repeal the sales and use tax exemption for hightechnology data center equipment on Dec. 31, 2026.

SB 410, sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass, R-Newnan, would also repeal the exemption, and SB 408, sponsored by Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, would move up a sunset from 2032 to 2027.

During a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Jan. 28, Brass said the exemption would remain in place for data centers that already receive it.

“I’m in no way against data centers.

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Linda Dowling, age 84, of Roswell, GA passed away on February 13, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Paul English, age 57, of Milton, GA passed away on February 12, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Dennis Hall, age 80, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on February 13, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Jenell Hungerbuhler, age 79, of Roswell, GA passed away on February 16, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

We need them,” Brass said. “We’ve got to figure out where they’re going to go.”

He added that there’s much that remains unknown about data centers.

“It’s human nature that when we don’t understand something, we fear it. If we’re going to fear something, I don’t necessarily think that we should be incentivizing it,” Brass said. “At the same time, I do recognize the fact that we need them.”

Passing on costs

A couple of bills seek to address affordability concerns by prohibiting utility companies from passing on the cost of data centers to customers.

HB 1063, sponsored by Rep. Brad Thomas, R-Holly Springs, would require power companies to protect residential and commercial customers from covering the cost of data center construction and operation. If a data center stops operating or if infrastructure costs more, those costs could not be passed on to residential or commercial customers.

SB 34, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, would also prohibit electric costs from being passed on to ratepayers. Commercial data centers would be required to cover their costs for items like increased fuel and power costs and transmission system upgrades.

Temporary moratoriums

HB 1059, sponsored by Rep. Derrick Jackson, D-Tyrone, would establish

a moratorium between July 1, 2026, to Dec. 31, 2028. It would also establish the Data Center Impact Commission, comprising 14 members. The commission would conduct a three-year study of the impacts of data center developments in Georgia and provide a written report by Oct. 1, 2029.

The study would include information about energy consumption, environmental impacts, water usage and supply, health impacts and housing prices. It would also provide recommendations for a statewide zoning ordinance addressing data centers.

HB 1012, sponsored by Rep. Ruwa Romman, D-Duluth, would impose about a one-year moratorium on new data center construction in order to study environmental impacts. The moratorium would end on March 1, 2027, and would not apply to any construction completed before July 1, 2026.

Romman told Georgia Press that her bill seeks to give local and state officials time to evaluate the implications of data centers since the facilities “permanently alter the landscape of our state.”

“This is not meant to be anti-anything,” Romman said. “It is truly meant to provide an opportunity for elected officials to wrap their arms around what these data centers actually do, their impact on our constituents and our districts and make the appropriate policy so we can all move forward together.”

Terri Shaw, age 76, of Milton, GA passed away on February 10, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Hans Walter, age 78, of Roswell, GA passed away on February 7, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

William Wilkin, Jr., age 87, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on February 15, 2026. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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ferent voices, and she picked her favorite voice from that folder,” he said. “And it was a voice that she imagined her voice would sound like if she could talk.”

Makayla’s hidden mind became a common thread throughout the film, offering Hahn opportunities to creatively communicate that theme.

During one segment, he used a lowpass filter, which dims the chaotic noise of the background to a quiet hum. The result is a muffled almost underwater-like palette of sounds.

“It kind of gives the perception of just being in your head with your thoughts,” Hahn said.

In another part, he created a contrast between the ambient noise of a forest and sounds of Makayla in her kitchen listening to and choosing her voiceover actor.

Hahn’s work on the film stands out as a highlight in his career, but it also represents only one project in a greater pursuit for expression through sound.

Hahn said he has always been fascinated by sound. As a teen he thought he might want to be a rock star, but realized he liked recording his musician friends better than performing.

His career gives him a much-needed creative outlet, one he finds compelling because of sound’s unique properties as a sensory medium.

Unlike the other senses, sound pours into the human mind whether people like it or not. For example, a good television commercial will inform a viewer about a product even if they’re focused on eating their dinner, he said.

“It is one of the most intrusive perceptions that you have. There is the phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ but you can’t really do that with sound,” he said. “Sound is intrusive but in a good way.”

These days, Hahn dedicates much of his time to furthering his business Audio Expert, which connects professional sound designers and allows them to share projects. But he also finds time to continue his craft, working on exciting creative projects, many of which he is unable to speak about because of nondisclosure agreements.

“I’m living the dream,” he said.

ZACH HAHN/PROVIDED Johns Creek resident Zach Hahn is nominated for a Children’s and Family Emmy for his work on “Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World.”

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Manu Rao

James Rasmussen

Paula Rattray

Lori Rausch

Jean Rearick

Joseph Reed

Scarlett Reynolds

Righteous PR

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Sean Riley

Neil Robertson

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Matt Rohs

Kim Romaner

Courtney Rozear

Fran Russell

Janet Sandberg

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Derek Scheidt

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The Schoenblum Family

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Continued innovation in digital media has changed the ways in which people buy, sell and interact with products and services. It has caused businesses to reassess the ways in which it communicates with potential customers and advertises its products. It has been well documented that these changes have had a destructive impact on local newspapers, which continues to be a primary source for local news, but is no longer a primary source for local advertising dollars – historically the lifeblood for reporters and their coverage. At Appen Media Group we want to address this conflict head on, and build new and innovative approaches to monetizing local news and creating a sustainable future for local journalism in metro Atlanta.

Susan Searles

Frances Segars

Tracy Shealy

Tina Shelton

Lisa Shippel

Steve Short

Tom Simon

Cindy Simpson

Robert Singleton

Faye Sklar

Mitchel Skyer

Judith Slaughter

Andy Smith

Lee Smith

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Melissa Spencer

Jan Stephens

Wesley Stewart

Cathryn Stovall

Celeste Strohl

Diana Sullivan

Andy Sumlin

Kathy Swahn

Carol Tall

Mike Tasos

Candice Teichert

The Small Business Advisor

Suzanne & Bob Thomas

William Tietjen

Lisa Tilt

Michael Townes Trunnion LLC

Matthew Tyser

Edward Votta

Linda Wabler

Ollie Wagner

Lewis Walker

Elizabeth Waller

Valerie Walters-Gold

Ann Marie Warning

Terry Warnke

Jonathan Washburn

Michael Watson

Michael Weiss

Herbert Wells

Benjamin Wemberly

Beverly Whisenant

Sally White

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Umpika White

Mae Whiteside

Ashley Whitt

Jennifer Wieland

Christine Williams

Jamie Wimberly

Jonathan Winkie

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THE APPEN PRESS CLUB

One solution is the creation of a membership driven organization called the Appen Press Club that is dedicated to recruiting people and companies to join as members. Members pay recurring monthly or annual dues that are 100% dedicated to sustainable journalism. By providing predictable revenue, Appen Press Club members and partners help fund the salaries and expenses of local reporters who will no longer be subject to the whims of marketing budgets and an ever changing advertising world. In turn, those reporters will provide the readers they serve with highly researched and qualified journalism focused on subjects that directly affect their quality of life.

To join go to appenmedia.com/join and follow the prompts to select your membership level and select your t-shirt size! Questions? Email Hans Appen at hans@appenmedia.com or call 770-442-3278.

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Sawnee EMC is seeking a Mapping Technician to update, maintain and operate Geographic Information System (GIS), related mapping systems and peripheral equipment to create integrated circuit designs for an electrical distribution system. Provide technical assistance in database maintenance and map production for the GIS. Requires an Associate degree or technical school certificate in GIS or related mapping or associated field, with a minimum of two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have advanced computer skills with MS Office products, ESRI GIS mapping and Auto CAD. Must be available for alternate shift assignments and irregular work hours, including evenings and weekends as necessitated by circumstances and on-call functions.

Applicants must complete an application prior to 5 PM, February 27, 2026. Apply online: www. sawnee.coop/careers. If you require a paper application or an alternate format, please contact us at 770-887-2363 extension 7568.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled and Protected Veterans. Sawnee EMC is VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Drug Free Workplace.

Senior Consultant. Job loc: Alpharetta, GA. Duties: Lead end-to-end SAP BRIM implementations w/ the focus on SOM, CI/FICA & integration w/ CC, RAR, FSCM & CM. Respsbl for solution dsgn, blueprinting, configuration, tstng & deployment activities. Define & review biz reqs, functional specs, tech dsgn docs, test plans & user trng material. Guide teams through SAP Activate methodology across Explore, Realize & Deploy phases. Provide spprt for pre-sales efforts incl solutioning, scoping & proposal preparation. Proactively resolve functional & tech issues. Participate in key proj phases incl Unit Tstng, Integration tstng, Cutover, Go-Live Spprt & Hypercare. Reqs: 3 yrs. exp. in job offered or 3 yrs. exp. as a Consultant or Mgr. Concurrent exp. must incl.: 3 yrs. exp. leading end-to-end SAP BRIM implementations; & 3 yrs. exp. w/ SAP Activate methodology. Send resume (no calls) to: Nikia London, Acuiti Labs, Inc., 8000 Avalon Blvd., Ste. 100, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

Pilot Travel Centers, LLC dba Pilot Flying J seeks Engineer II, Data and Platform Integrations in Roswell, GA to create REST APIs’ using RAML and build flows using APIKIT Router based on SOA Architecture. Apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com (REF #43045) for consideration.

Sawnee EMC is seeking a Bookkeeper to verify, allocate, and post details of business transactions; summarize and transfer data to general ledgers; compile financial reports; review, reconcile, and balance accounts. Requires: a bachelor’s degree in accounting, or a related field, and a minimum of one (1) year related experience in an accounting/ bookkeeping environment or equivalent combination of education and experience solely determined by the Corporation.

Applicants must complete an application prior to 5 PM, February 27, 2026. Apply online: www. sawnee.coop/careers. If you require a paper application or an alternate format, please contact us at 770-887-2363 extension 7568.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled and Protected Veterans. Sawnee EMC is VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Drug Free Workplace.

Senior Software Engineering needed by AT&T SERVICES, INC. in Alpharetta, GA to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers, system architects, product owners, and clients to gather, analyze, and refine detailed software requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory compliance. Apply at http://att.jobs/, select JOB SEARCH and APPLY and select Search by Requisition Number at the left bottom of the page and enter Job Number: R-97364.

Mechatronic Engineer (Norcross, GA) Responsible for dsgng & improving mechanical production lines; interpreting blueprints & schematics; conferring w/ other engineers & other personnel to implmt operating procedures, resolving system (electrical & mechanical) malfunctions, & providing tech’l info; prep’g reports & analysis feasibility, cost & maintenance reqmts of dsgns &/or applications; specifying system components to ensure conformance w/ engineering dsgn & performance specs; & conducting research that tests & analyzes the feasibility, dsgn, operation & performance of eqpmt, components & systems. Bach’s deg in Mechatronic Engg; 40 hrs/wk; $69,056.00 /yr. Send resume to Ole Mexican Foods, 6585 Crescent Dr, Norcross, GA 30071.

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Lead Solution Engineer (position in Alpharetta, GA 30022):

Lead the design, development, and implementation of business critical automation solutions, including architecture analysis and definition, SAAS/On-perm cloud Migration, and integration solutions; engage in the preparation of proof concepts, pilot projects and product installation; engage in the development of robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures.

Must have a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Applications, Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, or related field (or foreign degree equivalent) and five years of experience in: SAP to Cloud migration planning and execution; and the development of integration solutions for business applications and architecture design. Domestic travel required 20% of working time.

Please submit in duplicate your resume and cover letter referencing position #1059 to: Stonebranch, Inc., Attn. Anabelle Aybar, Human Resources Manager, 4550 North Point Parkway, Suite 400, Alpharetta, GA 30022; or anabelle.aybar@stonebranch.com. Stonebranch, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Guest House Project Inc dba The Guest House Project (Canton, GA): Director of Client Care and Donor Development. Req 24 mos exp in Social/Human Services role (counseling, mentoring, or related). Bimonthly trvl w/in CONUS to coordinate client care. 25% hybrid remote. Res to Attn: Christy Jackson, 3687 Creekmore St, Canton, GA 30115

Plant Engineer (Norcross, GA) Responsible for the integration of the mechanical, s/ware & tech’l components for an automated food production facility; dsgn, dvlp & manage engg control systems & dvlp procedures to ensure plant optimization, safety & QC; dsgn, monitor & improve cost, conservation & preventive inspection procedures to ensure the continued operation of production facility. Master deg in Mechatronic or Industrial Engg; 40 hrs/wk, $94,931.00. Send resume to Ole Mexican Foods, 6585 Crescent Dr, Norcross, GA 30071.

IT Professionals:

Ent. Lvl to Sen. Lvl (Mltpl pos’s) of Sftwr Dvlprs, Sftwr Engnrs, Data Anlysts & .Net Dvlprs & Scrum Masters are needed for our Suwanee, GA office. Must be willing to trvl to set up sys to var. clients at unanticipated locations across the nation. Pls send resume, Cvr Ltr., & Sal. Req. to Byteware Cloud Inc at 1325 Satellite Blvd., Suite 1405, Suwanee, GA 30024.

Risk Developer (Alpharetta, GA) Collecting, processing, & analyzing underlying portfolio data generated externally or by var internal divisions of the cmpny & enhancing Analytics/Risk rprting by automating manual processes & improving the accuracy of analyses. Requirements: Master’s deg in Quantitative Finance, Fin Engg, Mathematics, or closely rltd field. Graduate lvl crswk req in: OPT Mdels in Finance; Fin Time Series; & Machine Learning. Mail resume: Tracy Ryan, Balbec Capital, LP, 10000 Avalon Blvd., Ste. 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009

Regional Sales Manager (Suwanee, GA) - F/T. Plan, direct, or coord the actual distribution or movement of our products/services to customers. Coord sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, & goals & establish training prgms for sales representatives. $132,205.00/yr. Bachelor’s deg in Sales, or Advertising or closely rltd. Also accepted: HS Diploma or GED + 24 mos of exp in job offd or as Sales Mgr, Area Mgr, Sales Director of closely rltd managerial sales position. Approximately 30% of int’l & national travel reqd. Email resume to: Rossini North America LLC, Attn: Sherry Rhodes, Acctg Mgr/HR/Safety at: s.rhodes@ rossini-na.com.

Accountant (Alpharetta, GA). Accurately & promptly maintain investment lvl activity in the firm’s investment & acctng s/w (VPM). Activity incls purchases & sales, monthly collections, leverage draws & repayments, & interest accrual calculations. Prep of weekly, monthly, & quarterly cash reconciliations. Reqs: Master’s deg in Finance, Pro Accountancy or closely rltd deg. Graduate lvl crswk req in: Financial/Business Anlss; ManagingGlobal Economy; & Internal Auditing. Mail resume: Tracy Ryan, Balbec Capital, LP, 10000 Avalon Blvd., Ste. 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009

Senior Software Engineer (Alpharetta, GA) to dvlp, test, support, maintain, & validate energy s/ware applics & systms; recommend systm modifications & upgrades; research emerging technologies; mentor junior s/ware engineers. Req: Master’s deg (or foreign equiv.) in Comp Sci/Engg, or a rltd field of study + 3 yrs of job-rltd exp (any title). Exp must incl working w/ C#, .NET, Git, Visual Studio, Web Svcs, Powershell & Azure Cloud Svcs. Travel/ relocation to various unanticipated locs w/in U.S. possible; must pass a drug screening & criminal background clearance. Resume: Burton Energy Group, LLC, 11175 Cicero Dr, Ste 600, Alpharetta, GA 30022. Refer: GADG25

Computer Professionals for GA based IT Firm : “Sr. Database Administrator to Install, administer, dvlp, test, implement & maintain computer databases in multi-server environment using DB2, Oracle etc. Perform all database related functions like database & instance setup, performance tuning, capacity planning, backups/disaster recovery, security/permissions management & replication management. Travel to various unanticipated worksite loc’ns with frequency dependent on Project and/or Client requirement throughout the U.S. may be required.” Apply w/2 copies of resume to HR, Powermind Solutions, Inc. 11539 Park Woods Cir, Ste # 703, Alpharetta, GA 30005.

Principal System Engineering needed by AT&T Services, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA to lead the design and architecture of supply chain planning applications leveraging Blue Yonder modules and/ or o9 platform capabilities. Apply at http://att. jobs/, select JOB SEARCH and APPLY and select Search by Requisition Number at the left bottom of the page and enter Job Number: R-100217

Lead Software Engineering needed by AT&T Services, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA to collaborate to gather and review software requirements/user stories, provide estimates, create software design specifications and collaborate with engineers/architects to assess and test hardware and interactions. Apply at http://att. jobs/, select JOB SEARCH and APPLY and select Search by Requisition Number at the left bottom of the page and enter Job Number: R-100532

Remote/part-time/flexible/contract work for seasoned accountants/bookkeepers. NonProfit/ For-Profit Clients. QBO and payroll expertise required. Sue@playbook-cloud.com

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