Thursday, May 9, 2013
Officials will hold a ribbon cutting for the facility at 10 a.m. and a grand opening on Saturday.
Cherokee County leaders and stakeholders will be on hand to celebrate the opening of the much anticipated Cherokee County Aquatic Center. The ribbon cutting will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the facility on Gresham Mill Parkway in Holly Springs. The grand opening and open house is slated for 10 am. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Hours of operation and admission prices have been posted on the Cherokee Recreation and Parks Agency's website. Residents can still register for swim lessons as well as for their children to participate in the aquatic center's first swim season. The center will consist of 48,000 indoor facility, and an 18,000 square foot outdoor leisure pool and deck area. The center will include an indoor 50-meter competition pool with …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Term for the Sequoyah Regional Library Board is three years.
Holly Springs needs a resident to represent the city on the Sequoyah Regional Library Board. The three-year term begins in July. The application can be downloaded here and also accompanies this article as a PDF. The application and a resume can be emailed to knorred@hollyspringsga.us, faxed to 770-345-0209, or mailed to City of Holly Springs, City Hall, 3237 Holly Springs Parkway, Canton 30115.
The library was slated to be built in eastern Cherokee County and cost around $5.6 million to build.
A proposal to build a new library in eastern Cherokee County has been postponed. Cherokee County Commissioners on Tuesday voted 4-1 to postpone moving forward to construct a new library on the corner of Highway 20 and Old Mill Road in the Lathemtown community. Commissioner Harry Johnston voted against postponing the library. The board also will reach out to the Cherokee County legislative delegation to see if the library system can be the first to receive the next round of state funding. The project was slated to cost about $5.3 million to build and will be about 18,000 square feet. Cherokee County has to give $3.6 million for construction costs and find another $300,000 to fund operations on an annual basis. Susan White, the director of …
Here are the latest food and vendor inspections conducted by the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department.
Before heading out to dinner, check out the most recent restaurant inspection reports compiled by the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department. Violations are included in this report for scores below B. Click on "Last inspection" to see all current violations. Biscuit Barn 5749 Holly Springs Parkway, Canton 30114 Last inspection: May 2, Score: 99, Grade: A Family Tradition of Rose Creek 4379 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock 30189 Last inspection: April 29, Score: 95, Grade: A Viva Mexico Mexican Restaurant 130 Prominence Point Parkway, Canton 30114 Last inspection: May 6, Score: 86, Grade: B Wendy's 102 Riverstone Parkway, Canton 30114 Last inspection: April 30, Score: 93, Grade: A For more information about inspection reports, contact…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Cherokee Commissioners will weigh amending its ordinance to include the animals not used for food as potential nuisances.
The Cherokee County Commission will meet today and discuss whether the use of roosters for non-sustenance purposes could be considered a nuisance. The board will meet for its work session today at 3 p.m.and its meeting at 6 p.m. at the Cherokee County administrative offices in Canton. County Commissioner Harry Johnston will lead the discussion and will ask County Attorney Angela Davis to draft a revision to its ordinance that would include roosters not housed with hens and/or not used primarily in food production as potential nuisances. Johnston noted he sometimes gets complaints from northern Cherokee residents about farms that allegedly raise fighting roosters. He noted the county's ordinance already makes it a violation to raise the …
Monday, May 6, 2013
The City Council will discuss and then vote on the proposed route for the Holly Springs downtown sanitary sewer.
The project to build a new sanitary sewer for the City of Holly Springs may finally have its route established tonight by the Holly Springs City Council. The Holly Springs City Council voted on April 15 to commit up to $750,000 to the Holly Springs downtown sanitary sewer project, which is under the auspices of the Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority. During Monday evening's meeting, City Manager Rob Logan will present the proposed route for the project. He will also discuss solid waste regulations and proposed amendments to the city's alcohol ordinance. As this is a work session, a special meeting has been called immediately following the work session to allow the council to vote on the proposed route for the sewer project. The …
The Holly Springs Job Fair will be held at the Train Depot on Wednesday, May 8.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Vessel Safety Checks by the U.S. Coast Guard are scheduled to kick off May 25 at marinas around the lake, while life jacket loaner stations are at all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-operated day-use and camping areas.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Allatoona Lake Project office in Cartersville is gearing up for seasonal recreation on Lake Allatoona, and bringing back several safety programs to aid lake goers. Allatoona, which spans Cherokee, Cobb and Bartow counties, saw at least two drownings and a near drowning in 2012 and several in 2011. Vessel Safety Checks by the U.S. Coast Guard are set to kick off this year on May 25 at Bartow's Blockhouse Ramp and other privately-owned marinas around the lake, including Victoria Harbor, Little River Marina and Harbor Town near Holly Springs and Hickory Flat. "The goal is to educate boaters on the importance of wearing their life jackets and to always make safety a priority while boating and on the water," …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Here are the latest food and vendor inspections conducted by the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department.
Before heading out to dinner, check out the most recent restaurant inspection reports compiled by the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department. Violations are included in this report for scores below B. Click on "Last inspection" to see all current violations. Chili's 1460 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock 30189 Last inspection: April 24, Score: 90, Grade: A Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins 875 Towne Lake Parkway, Woodstock 30189 Last inspection: April 23, Score: 98, Grade: A McDonald's 3240 Ridge Road, Canton 30114 Last inspection: April 25, Score: 88, Grade: B Olive Garden 2040 Cumming Highway, Canton 30114 Last inspection: April 23, Score: 89, Grade: B Paw Paw's New Orleans Original Snoballs TL 8IJ04 Woodstock 30188 Last inspection: …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The city has proposed a project on Rucker Road that narrows travel lanes and sight lines to cut down speeding.
Alpharetta can't reduce the traffic from Cherokee County using the Rucker Road corridor, but the city can narrow traffic lanes and sight lines to slow those motorists down. "We can't make the traffic go away. I wish we could. It's not going to happen," said Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard, during the city's unveiling of a draft plan for Rucker Road. "Even if we stopped all growth in Alpharetta, which is not going to happen, Cherokee County is growing like crazy. And they're not going to stop." He said the neighboring county has a lot of growth potential but not a lot of jobs. The work is in Alpharetta and in Gwinnett County. And Cherokee County as plans to widen sections of GA 140. Residents in neighborhoods along Rucker Road …
