A question remains in light of the dangerous conditions families endured at a now-shuttered Roswell hotel — and after cries for help at a similarly troubled apartment complex in College Park: How did we get here? “More than 100 rooms were occupied at the Economy Hotel when Roswell officials moved to shut it down last […]
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Roswell OKs $15M deal for parking deck to keep Canton Steet a destination
Roswell has signed a construction team to build its long-anticipated parking deck, which is part of an effort to keep pace with neighboring cities in attracting dining and entertainment. The north Fulton City awarded a nearly $15 million contract to Winter Construction to build the Green Street Parking Deck. The triangular site is located at […]
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Historic Roswell farmhouse to be preserved by sale
One of Fulton County’s oldest houses will be rehabilitated and permanently preserved in a sale brokered by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Historic Roswell farmhouse on sale for $125K and preservation agreement
If you’re a history buff in the market for a fixer-upper, $125,000 and a preservation agreement could get you one of the oldest surviving houses in Fulton County.
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Add these Black History Month events to your calendar this month
Celebrate African American Culture this February with these pandemic-proof events and experiences. By Allison Joyner Black History Month is a great opportunity for people to learn about African American history and heritage. But due to COVID-19, this year we have to celebrate differently. For 2021, your favorite Black History Month events are virtual and covid-free. […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta Police policy changes and more
Also: COVID-19 in schools and the performing arts.
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Q+A: Scott Markley on the racial impact of Atlanta’s apartment demolitions
Markley contextualizes the demolitions in the northern suburbs within the region’s long history of residential discrimination.
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Roswell’s historic Mimosa Hall could become nation’s oldest ‘net zero’ home
History is being made in Roswell thanks to a cutting edge proposal to preserve the historic Mimosa Hall and Gardens.
The City of Roswell purchased Mimosa Hall, initially built around 1840, as well as its 9 acres of gardens and woods last August for $2.95 million – partly because of a citizen-led effort to save Mimosa Hall and its grounds from being redeveloped.
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Life savings gone, Wow! Food truck owner rolls on
Wendy Cross bought one of the first food trucks in Atlanta in 2011 and taught herself the grueling work of operating and marketing a mobile restaurant. If it didn’t work out, she had her life savings of $400,000 to fall back on…
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For a Roswell girl, Hawaii is a positive state of mind
Allison Tilly wanted to go to Hawaii.
No was her mom’s answer. She hoped Allison would just drop the idea. She and Allison’s dad were divorcing, and they were moving. A fancy vacation wasn’t in the budget.
Allison, 8 years old, is the baby of the family — imaginative, stubborn and persuasive. She rounds up her older brother and sister to play games she’s made up.
Hawaii obsessed her. Her mother relented a bit.
After you graduate from high school, Melissa Tilly said.
For 8-year-old Allison, that meant paradise was 10 years. For her mom, it seemed even farther than 4500 miles.
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The Atlanta region is adrift without an elected captain
By Guest Columnist JERE WOOD, mayor of the City of Roswell
Metro Atlanta needs more than a one-cent transportation sales tax to recover from the recession and regain its position in a competitive world. We need to work together as a region, not independently, to meet our transportation, water and other regional challenges.
To act as a unified region, we need leaders with the authority to speak for the region.
Who has the authority to speak for metro Atlanta?
