Two GA 400 Arenas, and No NHL Team to Put in Them
Alpharetta approved a 20,000-seat arena at North Point on a 4–3 vote. Ten miles up the highway, Forsyth's Gathering has been entitled and voter-funded since 2025. Neither has a team — and the NHL's next franchise is going to Texas. What the case file actually says.
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Acworth Just Opened One. Kennesaw Has Two Coming.
TapTown is open with 50+ self-pour taps. Kennesaw has a brewery and a distillery under construction — and closed three breweries in three years. Every one of them was outside downtown.
Half of Kennesaw's Zoning Activity Is Happening in One Half-Mile
A brewery, a distillery, 300 apartments and two infill projects — 30 of the city's 62 zoning cases sit within 0.6 miles of Main and Cherokee. Plotted from the city's own records.
Roswell Wants to Raise Its Tax Rate 56%. Here's What It Costs on Your House.
4.949 to 7.732 mills — the largest single-year jump in a decade. The arithmetic on your home, and the four dates you can speak before the September 28 vote.
Woodstock Proposes Heavy Industrial Zoning at Dixie Speedway
139 annexed properties are sitting with no zoning at all. The city's own map assigns Heavy Industrial to the two largest tracts. Council votes September 28.
What's Being Built at 3842 Old Milton Parkway? 195 Townhomes, Approved
Alpharetta council approved 195 for-sale townhomes 6–1, split between Empire and Toll Brothers. The city's agendas show it was deferred five times and shrank from 207 units along the way.
What's Being Built on Embry Farms Road? Toll Brothers' 200 Homes
One of the largest for-sale residential rezonings Johns Creek has approved in years: 200 detached lots on 204 acres in the Shakerag area, at roughly one home per acre.
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