The North Fulton Community Improvement District hosted a groundbreaking March 7 for the long-awaited Davis Drive Extension project in Alpharetta. The project is geared to improve connectivity and enhance safety.
Getting rid of the long lines and backlog of absentee ballot requests from last June’s primary elections meant Fulton County had to spend a lot of money. The county doubled its budget for elections, spending more than $40 million. It also used private grants from a group largely funded by the CEO of Facebook.
“I think it was $10.5 million in grants. It helped us to get two mobile units, and we were able to smoothly get training done,” said Fulton County Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman.
But the next election could be different. Republicans who control the Georgia Legislature want to ban private grants and prohibit mobile voting units as part of House Bill 531. That concerns Abdur-Rahman, a Democrat.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. â Thanks to a resolution from State Rep. Angelika Kausche, Feb. 27 will henceforth be known as Johns Creek Art Center Appreciation Day in Fulton County.
Under normal circumstances, the Arts Center staff and board would have been invited to the state Capitol to receive the resolution. Instead, former and current board members, including some charter members of the board, gathered this year at the Johns Creek Art Center to celebrate this honor.
They were joined by City Council members Erin Elwood, Brian Weaver and Chris Coughlin.
Kausche presented the resolution to Executive Director Stephanie Donaldson.
âThis is recognizing the Johns Creek Art Center for 25 years of providing affordable, high quality art education to the residents of North Fulton and the surrounding communities,â Kausche said.