Committee pushes Ed-SPLOST renewal

Cherokee County residents have created a 2016 Ed-SPLOST Renewal Committee to get the word out about the Nov. 8 referendum to renew the Cherokee School District’s education special purpose local option sales tax.

Voters will be asked to approve a five-year continuation of the 1 percent sales tax for the schools. The committee urges residents to vote yes, citing six major funding areas: construction, renovations, technology, transportation, land acquisition and debt retirement.

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Construction continues on an additional northbound lane from just north of Ga. 20 to Ga. 369; that project is tentatively scheduled to be completed next spring. The additional southbound lane will be started soon afterward and is to open in mid-2018.

The ribbon-cutting is set for 10 a.m. Oct. 5, at the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Park & Ride off Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Road, Cumming. After the ceremony, officials will convene a Forsyth County Transportation Summit at the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College. Updates on transportation projects will be given.

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Three proposals were submitted. Ed Castro Landscape Inc. submitted the winning plan for seating consisting of a series of retaining walls, veneered with flagstone, to create multiple grass terraces.

Weather permitting, construction should take 60 to 90 days.

UPCOMING

Monet Waterlily Festival: Arts and French Market, first of three fall festivals. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. $5 to $10, cash for French food. Gibbs Gardens, 1987 Gibbs Drive, Ball Ground. Accordionist on Saturday, strolling classical musicians on Sunday, mimes both days, face painting on Sunday. 770-893-1881, GibbsGardens.com.

How to Write a Cookbook. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Free. Milton Branch, 855 Mayfield Road, Alpharetta. Local cookbook author Nandita Godbole of Curry Cravings & Turmeric Press will teach how to get started, create, promote and sell your cookbook. Register: CurryCravings@gmail.com. 404-6134402, afpls.org.

Roswell National Arts and Humanities Month: Mural Dedication. Noon Oct. 8. Free. Roswell Area Park, 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell. Muralist Theresa Arlette will be present for the ceremony with Roswell city officials. RoswellGov.com/ArtsMonth.

Cobb Public Safety Appreciation Breakfast. 7-9:30 a.m. Monday. $30 to $60. Cobb Galleria Centre, Two Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. Presentation of the Public Safety Employee of the Year award and additional awards of Merit, Valor and Distinguished Achievement. Register through today at CobbChamber.org/events/First-Monday-Breakfast-6104/details.

Cobb Public Safety Appreciation Week. Monday to Oct. 9. Mary Beth Moore at 770-859-2359 or mmoore@cobbchamber.org. See link at CobbChamber.org/Member-Services/Public-Safety.aspx on how to thank and encourage public safety personnel.

Cobb Public Safety Appreciation Luncheon by Vinings Business Association. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. $20 to $30. Hotel Indigo Atlanta Vinings, 2857 Paces Ferry Road. Tickets: vba.clubexpress.com. 678-725-0099, ViningsBusiness.com.

Residential document on-site shredding event. 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 8. Free but donations appreciated to Keep Marietta Beautiful. 591 N. Marietta Parkway, Marietta. 770-794-5606, www.mariettaga.gov.

Business Expo by the city of Powder Springs Development Team. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15. Free. Ford Center and the Cultural Arts Center, 4181 Atlanta St. behind the Powder Springs Library. Exhibition booths and breakout training sessions open to business owners, entrepreneurs and residents. Powder Springs Economic Development Director Stephanie Aylworth at saylworth@CityOfPowderSprings.org.