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5 things to know: $370 million mini-city pitched in Forsyth

Developers RocaPartners and The Georgetown Company have acquired about 135 acres land at Ga. 400 and McFarland Road for a $370 million mixed-use community of residences, retail, hotels and offices called Halcyon. Contributed by RocaPartners and The Georgetown Company
Developers RocaPartners and The Georgetown Company have acquired about 135 acres land at Ga. 400 and McFarland Road for a $370 million mixed-use community of residences, retail, hotels and offices called Halcyon. Contributed by RocaPartners and The Georgetown Company
By Adam Carlson
Oct 27, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Five years after then-Gov. Sonny Perdue's Go Fish Education Center opened, the facility is still having a hard time attracting one-tenth of the visitors officials originally expected and for fiscal year 2015 generated about 11 cents for every dollar it cost to run the center in years past. [ Read more ]

2. Alpharetta has its Avalon mini-city. Soon southern Forsyth County could have Halcyon. [ Read more ]

3. Ten-day suspensions have been handed down against two Atlanta firefighters tied to risqué photos taken at their station and later used to advertise escort services, officials confirmed Tuesday. [ Read more ]

4. Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton continue to dominate Georgia's 2016 money race, as each easily outraised their competitors for the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination in the year's third quarter. [ Read more ]

5. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is starting a massive project to double the size of its parking decks, an effort expected to take at least eight years and hundreds of millions of dollars. [ Read more ]

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