Cumming
Coronavirus upsets city festival dates
Cumming has postponed The Taste, a food festival originally scheduled for this weekend, and canceled other city-sponsored events due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Taste, featuring local restaurants, has been moved from this Saturday APRIL 11 to Aug. 1, according to the City of Cumming E-News newsletter.
The Friday, April 3 edition of Food Truck Friday was previously canceled; a decision will be made later on the May 1 and June 5 dates.
The first date of Fridays at the Fairground, originally set for April 17, has been canceled; a decision on the May 15 and June 19 dates also will be made later. Fridays at the Fairgrounds offers food trucks, children’s activities and a car and Jeep cruise-in.
The events take place at the City of Cumming Fairgrounds. Information: https://bit.ly/2RrInus
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Cherokee County
County awards $148K design contract for Ga. 140 project
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners has awarded a $148,000 design contract for improvements to the intersection of Hickory Flat Highway (Ga. 140) and Hickory/Batesville roads.
Heath & Lineback Engineers Inc. is charged with coming up with a design that the county will review and approve prior to proceeding to detailed construction plans, staff said in a report to commissioners.
Hickory/Batesville is a two-lane rural road that runs from Holly Springs to Milton in Fulton County. Its intersection with Hickory Flat is a major commercial crossroads identified as a priority project in the Ga. 140 Corridor Study of July 2019.
“The intersection has capacity problems on the north, east and south legs,” staff said. Heath & Lineback “will review the traffic engineering corridor study to determine (the) final configuration of the intersection.”
Information: https://bit.ly/2y3n9wa
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Woodstock
Playground taking shape in downtown
Though much of Woodstock is shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the city reports that the new playground next to the downtown Elm Street event green is beginning to take shape as crews make progress on the $510,000 project.
“It has been designed as a natural playground with elements built for play and exploration that are not typical of playground structures,” according to a city Facebook posting. Workers have started building “rock scrambles that will be a great place to climb once open.”
The playground will have an ADA-accessible boardwalk entry from the corner of Market and Maple Streets, an accessible play area, hammocks, tables, a jungle explorer dome, climbing mounds and tunnels through earthen berms.
The playground is funded by SPLOST and Parks and Recreation impact fees and is expected to be completed this spring. Information: https://bit.ly/2y5zTCo
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UPCOMING
Easter Sunday Worship Services: North Point Community Church. Alpharetta as main campus. NorthPoint.org
- Live stream: 10 a.m. Sunday. NorthPoint.org/live
- On demand: NorthPoint.org/messages
- Online family content: NorthPoint.org/online-family-content
- Emails: NorthPoint.org/emails
- Prayer requests: NorthPoint.formstack.com/forms/prayer_requests
Share Joy: City of Johns Creek Art Competition. Elementary, middle and high school students in the city are invited to play a part in this campaign. Participants may submit 2D art pieces that can be paintings, drawings or digital illustrations to uplift the community by bringing positivity and comfort. JohnsCreekGa.gov/quicklinks/about/share-joy
City of Johns Creek seeks feel-good stories. The city seeks submissions of accounts about Johns Creek residents helping others which will be shared on the city's social media channels. Email communications@JohnsCreekGa.gov.
- Grace Zhang helps donate KN95 masks. A Johns Creek resident and Recreation & Parks Advisory Committee member, she recently coordinated the donation of hundreds of KN95 masks to Johns Creek first responders. With help from her relatives, a local Chinese community group and the Seven Oaks neighborhood, Zhang facilitated the donation of 600 protective masks to Johns Creek Fire and Police departments as well as local hospitals.
- Aditi Mohan's community service project brings COVID-19 safety awareness. A Chattahoochee High School student and senior Girl Scout, Mohan made posters about what the public can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19, following CDC recommendations. She distributed the posters to local grocery stores and pet stores to remind the community to remember and practice safety guidelines.
