The city's DDA/Main Street board is considering changes to how Santa appearances are organized at upcoming events, including a possible paid private-session fundraiser.
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- December 11, 2025: New Santa scheduling plan for future DDA events, including possible paid private Santa sessions fundraiser
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- No next step has been documented.
Board members are taking charge of specific tasks tied to goals set at the board's 2026 planning retreat.
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- December 11, 2025: 2026 Planning Retreat goal-to-task breakdown and board member assignments
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- No next step has been documented.
The board's December agenda includes discussion of the annual Christmas in Cornelia event.
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- December 4, 2025: Christmas in Cornelia event
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is trying to offset a tightened wastewater phosphorus limit by trading with another Chattahoochee basin utility instead of building costly new filtration.
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- December 2, 2025: Nutrient Trade agreement negotiation with Forsyth County and EPD over phosphorus
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- No next step has been documented.
A roughly 224.6-acre annexation and development proposal along Highway 365 South has moved through public hearings and a commission vote to post for comment…
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- December 2, 2025: Zoning and Annexation request for Cook Construction & Real Estate
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- No next step has been documented.
City officials are gathering resident input through a series of community town hall meetings tied to a housing planning effort…
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- December 2, 2025: Vibrant Communities Grant Project update
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's approved 2026 budget funds two new Public Works employees and three permanent part-time firefighter positions.
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- October 7, 2025: New staffing: 2 Public Works employees and 3 permanent part-time Fire Department positions
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- No next step has been documented.
Residents on Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Tower Terrace can expect repaving next year after the city commission approved SPLOST funding in the 2026 budget.
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- October 7, 2025: SPLOST 2026 paving and sidewalk project (MLK, Rosa Parks, Tower Terrace resurfacing; Wells Street sidewalk; Rosa Parks parking lot design; final payment for Fire Trucks and Patrol Vehicles)
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- No next step has been documented.
The Downtown Development Authority's follow-up fundraiser, planned after slow ticket sales for a July event, may move to a November date with a Friendsgiving theme.
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- October 2, 2025: Beverage Crawl / appetizer crawl rescheduling to November
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- No next step has been documented.
A city commissioner flagged resident complaints about speeding and non-functioning stop signs on Grand Avenue, along with trash pickup issues, at a September commission meeting.
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- September 2, 2025: Resident concerns about trash pickup and speeding on Grand Avenue
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- No next step has been documented.
Cornelia's city commission held a closed-door session on a real estate matter but made no decision.
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- September 2, 2025: Executive session for real estate matter
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- No next step has been documented.
A city manager's monthly report raises adding parallel parking spaces to Rosa Parks Street as part of a paving project planned for next year.
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- August 31, 2025: Parallel parking addition on Rosa Parks Street paving project
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- Paving of Rosa Parks Street is planned for next year, per the report.