COBB
Austell transportation meeting Monday
Cobb District 4 Commissioner Lisa Cupid and the Austell Community Task Force will hold a community meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the South Cobb Recreation Center, 875 Six Flags Drive, Austell.
Updates will be given about the Livable Centers Initiative study and the Cobb Community Transit flex bus route.
Information: cobbcounty.org, email lisa.cupid@cobbcounty.org or 770-528-3311.Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
GWINNETT
Fun run shuts down road today
The 18th Annual Arcado Fun Run 2 p.m. today with registration beginning at 1 p.m. at the school, 5150 Arcado Road, Lilburn.
Subsequently, Arcado Road from Rockbridge to Lilburn-Stone Mountain will be closed from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Early registration: arcado.org/our-school/news/
Information: funrun@arcadopta.org Arlinda Smith Broady
CHEROKEE
New excise tax on the way in Canton
Canton residents — and visitors — will gear up for a new tax come Oct. 1. A 3 percent excise tax on all car rentals in the city will go into effect with the beginning of the next fiscal year, after a City Council 5-1 vote. The measure had been debated off-and-on for at least two years. Mayor Gene Hobgood estimates the tax will generate, at minimum, $50,000 -60,000 a year, which is set to be be used for economic development, tourism, etc. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
DEKALB
Dunwoody city manager leaving
Dunwoody’s city manager, who has been with the DeKalb County city since it incorporated five years ago, is stepping down.
Warren Hutmacher is resigning to take the same job in Johns Creek. He will earn $183,000 a year in the new role.
Hutmatcher, Dunwoody’s first city employee, will remain in Dunwoody until April 25. April Hunt
Brookhaven begins planning projects
Brookhaven recently began two large-scale planning efforts for its parks and citywide land use.
The city is paying Lose & Associates $90,000 for an audit and master plan for its eight parks. Work is slated to finish in about four months.
The city also hired Jacobs Engineering for a 28-week study to look at the city’s planned growth and needs in the next two decades. Cost of that work is about $148,000.
Information about both studies: www.brookhavenga.gov. April Hunt
CLAYTON
Stately Oaks gets plaque from National Register
Stately Oaks Plantation has received a sign touting its National Register of Historic Places designation. The attraction has been on the national register since the 1980s but there was nothing that informed visitors of that distinction. Texas resident Janet Batcherlor purchased the plaque which was dedicated in a recent ceremony at the museum at 100 Carriage Lane in Jonesboro. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Admission: $12 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and military people and $6 for children. Information: www.historicaljonesboro.org Tammy Joyner
