OAKWOOD – The torch is being passed at Legacy Link in Oakwood.
Founder and CEO Pat Freeman’s final day at the helm is Sunday, January 31. The non-profit agency’s Senior Community Service Employment Program Director, Melissa Armstrong, will be taking Pat’s place.
Legacy Link was designated in 1997 by the U.S. Department of Human Services as the 13-county Georgia Mountains Area Agency on Aging, advocating for older adults through a wide variety of programs.
But Freeman’s work with senior citizens and others needing assistance began well before that. “Back in 1973,” Freeman said reflecting on her lengthy career during a surprise luncheon hosted by her co-workers on Wednesday. Armstrong, standing next to her mentor, smiled and simply said she wasn’t around back in ’73 when that happened.
GAINESVILLE – Two parcels at opposite ends of the massive Mundy Mill mixed use development likely will be exchanging zoning designations after receiving a unanimous recommendation for approval Tuesday evening from the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board.
The 605-acre development along Mundy Mill Road was originally approved in 2004 for 1148 single-family homes, 1235 condominiums, townhomes and apartments, over 800,000-square feet of office/warehouse space, 885,000-square feet of commercial/retail space and an elementary school.
Developer Scott Stringer has applied with the City of Gainesville for rezoning that would allow him to construct three hundred multi-family apartments currently approved for Pod E (a 17.25-acre tract at the most eastern edge of the complex), on a 17-plus acre site on the western edge of the complex (Pod I). Both pods are owned by Butler Property, LLC.
Gas leak at Gainesville UNG campus contained
A gas leak at the University of North Georgia s Gainesville campus was contained shortly after it began, the school said Monday afternoon.
The leak was reported after 1 p.m. Dec. 14. UNG police officers and other emergency personnel responded to the scene near the Dunlap-Mathis building on Mundy Mill Road in Oakwood.
UNG officials said the gas leak was contained around 1:38 p.m. Monday, and normal campus operations will resume.