Cobb
East Cobb Park holds anniversary event
Friends for the East Cobb Park will celebrate the park’s 10th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 13 at the park, 3322 Roswell Road, Marietta.
Food, refreshments, bounce houses, guest speakers, a disc jockey and entertainment will be on site. The park’s founders and the East Cobb Civitan Club will be honored.
Information: eastcobbpark.org Jaime Sarrio
Gwinnett
Peachtree Corners taking proposals
The Peachtree Corners Downtown Development Authority has extended the deadline for requests for proposals to 11 a.m. Aug. 1 for a developer to purchase and develop a mixed-use project on a 20-acre site across from the Forum shopping center.
The city hopes to develop the land as a city-center with retail, restaurant, office and residential use along with a 1-acre town green for community events.
Information: www.cityofpeachtreecornersga.com. Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Cherokee
Dog park set to open in Woodstock
The City of Woodstock’s first public dog park will open this weekend. A ribbon-cutting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Woofstock Park, 150 Dupree Road, but the gates will open at 8.
The six acre park will be open daily and will contain separate, fenced-in areas for large and small-breed dogs. The park was built on the site of a demolished apartment complex.
Information: facebook.com/woofstockpark Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Forsyth
Forsyth has no plans to tweak property tax rate
Forsyth County Commissioners say with the county tax digest’s growing 3.1 percent they intend to keep the county’s millage rate level for 2014 at 7.656.
The rate is 0.40 percent over the rollback millage rate.
A public hearing on on the matter is at 5 p.m. July 18 at the Forsyth County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St., Cumming. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
DeKalb
Avondale to launch citizens patrol
Avondale Estates will launch its Citizens Patrol, a force of approximately 50 volunteers, in the next 30 days.
Patrol members can’t be confrontational, can’t engage suspects, can’t issue tickets and won’t carry weapons, but will identify suspicious persons, activities, and vehicles, while also helping drivers with directions, dead batteries and flat tires.
Shifts are four hours, totalling 20 hours per month, mostly (though not exclusively) in daylight hours.
The city has one Citizens Patrol car topped with amber (not blue) lights. Bill Banks for the AJC
Fayette
Self-defense class for Fayette women
The Peachtree City Recreation Department is offering a self-defense class for women and children on Tuesday nights July 16 through Aug. 6.
The classes, taught by local stick-fighting instructor Rudy Garcia, will meet at the Kedron Fieldhouse and cost $45 per student.
Register at www.peachtree-city.org/recreation or at 202 Fieldhouse Drive. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
