City Council weighed adding entertainment space at City Hall and a downtown pocket park as part of a parks goal, but no decision has been recorded.
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- March 8, 2025: Parks Goal 1 - City Hall indoor/outdoor entertainment space and Downtown pocket park
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is considering moving City Hall to a central location and shifting police and fire operations to other facilities.
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- March 8, 2025: Facility Optimization Plan - relocating City Hall, Police Department, and Fire Department
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- No next step has been documented.
The council is weighing a plan to rent out City Hall as event space and upgrade its facade, part of a broader goals discussion at its retreat.
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- March 8, 2025: Parks Goal 3 - City Hall event space rental and facade upgrades
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- No next step has been documented.
City council reviewed plans touching marketing efforts, a possible public information officer role and volunteer advisory boards, though no decision was recorded.
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- March 8, 2025: Communications and Public Engagement plan - marketing plan, Public Information Officer position, volunteer advisory boards
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- No next step has been documented.
The appointees will represent Habersham County Schools at the Georgia School Boards Association's summer meeting.
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- March 6, 2025: 2025 GSBA Delegate and Alternate appointments (Dr. Darlene Hudson and Dr. Robert Barron)
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority overseeing industrial development discussed a recent site visit to the Tugaloo Industrial site.
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- March 5, 2025: Site visit report on Tugaloo Industrial site
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- No next step has been documented.
Downtown Demorest is set to host a community yard sale in early April, organized by Andrew Ferguson.
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- March 5, 2025: Community Yard Sale event, April 4-5
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- No next step has been documented.
The Franklin County Industrial Building Authority is pitching a 39-acre tract to prospective businesses, a step toward bringing new development and jobs to the park.
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- March 5, 2025: RFIs and prospect showings for 39-acre site in Central Franklin Industrial Park (CFIP)
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- No next step has been documented.
The grant applications, if awarded, would fund streetscaping, park and city hall lighting and power, and a roadway from Florida Street to Central Avenue to Demorest-Mt. Airy Road…
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- March 5, 2025: City Council GDOT grant applications for streetscaping, park/city hall lighting and power, and Florida St to Central Ave to Demorest-Mt. Airy roadway
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- No next step has been documented.
A speaker told the Franklin County Industrial Building Authority they have concerns about a project reportedly planned for Franklin Springs…
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- March 5, 2025: Public comment on potential project planned for Franklin Springs
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- No next step has been documented.
Industrial recruitment at the 185-acre site depends on an electrical upgrade that officials say won't be ready for years.
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- March 5, 2025: 185-acre site on Old Federal Road power capacity update
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority is considering using the fair's roughly 17,000 attendees in September to raise Demorest's profile.
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- March 5, 2025: Chattahoochee Mountain Fair promotional plans (September)
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- No next step has been documented.