CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY Board Adds 2 New Faces, Sees Return of Familiar One
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THURSDAY November 8, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Planning commission recommends Commissioner Savoy annexation, rezoning request approves contracts, BY JAMES SWIFT Applicant Highlands Development Associates [email protected] LLC, represented by Dale Baumann, requested grant applications that 2.35 acres of land along 36 Old Tennessee The City of Cartersville Planning Commission Road and 36 Oak Drive be annexed “for addi- BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE voted unanimously at Tuesday evening’s meeting tional space and use” by the proposed museum. [email protected] to recommend two measures that would expand The applicant is also requesting that those two the footprint of the Savoy Automobile Museum. parcels, currently zoned as A-1 Agriculture, be Although it’s not yet the holiday season, Bartow County Com- “Several months back ya’ll had actually an- rezoned to General Commercial. missioner Steve Taylor spent the majority of Wednesday’s public nexed some additional property for the develop- The Savoy Automobile Museum will be lo- hearing handing out cash, either directly or indirectly. ment of the auto museum,” said Cartersville cated about one-and-a-half miles west of the Taylor approved Bartow Transit Director Weldon Dudley’s re- Planning and Development Director Randy Man- Highway 20/Interstate 75 intersection. The quest to apply to the Georgia Department of Transportation for nino. “This adds a couple of more acres to that 60,000-square-foot-plus facility would sit on $199,375 in annual financial assistance with $153,348 making up JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS City of Cartersville Planning tract that they’re developing and with that, we about 34 acres of land — possibly 36 acres-plus, the annual operating budget and $45,027 to replace an aging bus. Commission Chairman Lamar Pinson need to do it based on standards for exercising pending the annexation request is authorized by The county’s portion is about $4,500. reviews the docket at Tuesday evening’s zoning powers and staff did recommend approval meeting. of this annexation.” SEE ANNEXATION, PAGE 7A SEE CONTRACTS, PAGE 7A Bartow school CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY board adds 2 new faces, sees return of familiar one BY DONNA HARRIS [email protected] Bartow County’s school board will see a couple of new faces and the return of a familiar face when it convenes for its first meet- ing in January. In Tuesday’s midterm election, Republican Tony Ross garnered 80 percent, or 5,311 votes, of the 6,680 votes cast in the District 1 Board of Education race while his opponent, Democrat Larry Slocum, received 20 percent, or 1,369 votes. In the District 3 contest, incumbent Republican Derek Keeney cruised to victory over Democrat Willie Coombs, 74 percent to 26 percent. Keeney received 4,096 votes to Coombs’ 1,415. Republican Terry Lee Eggert of Cartersville, who defeated Dis- trict 2 incumbent Dr. Davis Nelson in the Republican primary in May, had no Democratic opposition in this election. Ross, who won a place on the November ballot by beating in- cumbent John Howard in the May Republican primary, said Wednesday he got “wonderful results” from the election. “The number of people I saw coming into the polls, I thought it was wonderful,” he said. The owner of Tony Ross Renovations said he was “most defi- nitely” surprised by his margin of victory. “Anytime you go for this, you always want to get at least 50 per- cent, and I was very impressed with all my supporters that came out and voted,” the White resident said. Keeney, an engineering manager, was happy he had enough Dis- RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS trict 3 supporters to allow him to retain his seat on the board. More than 2,000 early Christmas shoppers attended the Christmas Village Friday and Saturday at the Clarence Brown Conference “I am very grateful to the voters for the confidence they have Center in Cartersville. According to event coordinator Karon Mauney, the Christmas Village, featuring 82 booths, was “...a great placed in me by allowing me to serve a second term on the board opportunity for small businesses to showcase their products and for our guests, a wonderful time to get some holiday shopping of education,” he said. “Pastor Coombs ran a very good campaign, done early.” and I applaud him for making himself available for public service. We need good people to choose from in our elections, and I believe Pastor Coombs is certainly a good person and a good choice.” The Cartersville resident said he was “really surprised with the outcome of the election.” Fall for Emerson to benefit Monroe Park “Pastor Coombs had a lot of great support and worked hard in BY MARIE NESMITH Community Redevelopment Coor- this race,” he said. “I am thankful that the voters have placed their [email protected] dinator Patrick Nelson. For the kids confidence in me, and I look forward to this next term.” playground and community garden, Keeney also said he appreciated the support of his wife, Beth, Offering family-friendly enter- we are looking at a cost of around and their sons, Daniel, Luke and Tyler, along with the campaign tainment, Fall for Emerson will $150,000. The infrastructure costs volunteers and others in the community. bolster funds and awareness for the and additional park amenities will “Our school system has accomplished a lot in the past few creation of Monroe Park. be upwards of about $500,000.” years,” he said. “We have much more work to do, and we have the The festival will take place Sat- Providing support for the Monroe right team in place to make this the best school system in the state.” urday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Park project, the Allatoona Resource The one-term board member said he enjoys “living, working and grounds and parking lot of Emer- Center is serving as its fiscal agent. serving in our community.” son City Hall, 700 Highway 293. “They operate under the Alla- SEE SCHOOL BOARD, PAGE 7A Along with arts and crafts booths, toona Resource Center, under our Fall for Emerson will feature food 501(c)(3) status, because we are a trucks, a kids’ inflatable zone, silent nonprofit,” said Nichole Varnell, auction and concert stage. site coordinator of ARC, an exten- “Fall for Emerson is presented by sion of Bartow County Social Serv- Allatoona Resource Center, local ices. “So they operate under us in churches, local schools and local order for them to apply for grants businesses,” said Frank Bennett, and accept tax-deductible dona- lead pastor of Lake Point Church in tions for the park. Here at the ARC, Emerson. “The idea of Fall for our focus and our mission is to RANDY PARKER/DTN Emerson came about because of a serve the southern part of Bartow Incumbent need to have a community park in RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS County. Our service area includes Republican Emerson. We wanted to raise funds Frank Bennett, left, lead pastor of Lake Point Church, walks the Acworth and Emerson. So Emer- property that will become Monroe Park in Emerson with his Derek Keeney and have some fun at the same time. son is a part of the population, defeated daughter, Marion, and sons Lawson, center, and Lincoln. Democrat Willie We thought a community festival which we serve. Coombs in the would be a great idea. ing trail, picnic table shelter and acre church campus. “So it was a no-brainer for us to race for the “… [Fall For Emerson] has be- restroom facilities. Depending on “… Monroe Park is named after partner, just walk alongside of Mon- Bartow County come an event that connects our funding, construction is tentatively the family who owns the land. This roe Park because it aligns well with Board of community together, much like the scheduled to start in fall 2019. land has been in their family for our mission. Our mission is to pro- Education future Monroe Park. We hope to “We are super excited about over 100 years. They want this land vide the residents of southern Bar- District 3 seat. see everyone this Saturday. … It’s Monroe Park, and so is our com- to be used to bring life and joy to tow with resources and education free to attend, but plan to support munity,” Bennett said. “Lake Point the community. We have architec- and information and services. So the development of Monroe Park Church is gifting the land [to the tural renderings of Monroe Park. with Emerson growing … one thing by purchasing from the food trucks, city of Emerson] for Monroe Park We have a design team and an hon- that they were missing is a public vendors and silent auction.” that will be adjacent to our future orary committee made up of Emer- park. There is no public park. [A To be situated on Fourth Street, church location off of Fourth son Mayor Al Pallone, park] strengthens communities. It the future Monroe Park will in- Street. The park will include Commissioner Steve Taylor, gives them a sense of community.” clude a playground, outdoor venue, around 2 [to] 3 acres, plus a paved Cartersville-Bartow Chamber CEO For more information, visit community gardens, paved walk- walking trail around the entire 20- Cindy Williams and Bartow County www.fallforemerson.com. 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