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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution I 1 1 jj I QBail Ground CHEROKEE Thursday, April 12,2001 JQ7 LOSING GROUND? Census figures show that from 1 990 to 2000, Ball Ground's I population dropped by 1 9 percent and Vtaleska's by 1 2 percent Ball Ground 90S Waleska 1 mile west of 1-575 off exit 8 Towne Lake 770-592-9933 730 700 Unique Jf shoes. Unique ktj fit. I Jf -rfrtOi Cherokee 640 Dan's Fan City Mon-Sat 10-6pm rl i 616 450 LI LI i AAA 1 irA inn "innri ft A. Kjf Unique styles to FIT your every mood, every attitude and Census: Ball Ground, Waleska at a loss over population findings every size. Fashionable Italian influenced footwear in sizes 4-12, 13, and a great selection of widths is what makes Marmi so unique.

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Wilmarth said the city will carefully review the block counts, which the census is due to release in June, to see if houses or people were missed. "There's no way," said Mayor Rick Roberts. "There's just more people that live in Ball Ground. I Basic Installation From $29.99 Roswell, Georgia 770-998-6812 ALWAYS A CESCZSZ! BRENDA'S House of Flowers "Small Bavlness Of The Year" Awarded by Cherokee Chamber of Commerce "Best Florist In Cherokee County" The Atlanta Journal Constitution Readers Select Award "Best of the Best Florists In Townt Lake" Awarded by The Townt Laktr Magaane "National Ton 2S Award" For Sending Flowers Worldwide EyTeleflora 9010 Main SL, Woodstock, GA 30188 770.926.3306 I f) Announcing my new hours: Miiy iime any aay. Bruce Gaston, Agent 1 105 Parkside Lane Suite 1328 Woodstock, GA 770592-1800 E-mail: bruce.gaslon.gsb-kffislatefarm.com When you call my office, someone will be available lo assist you.

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Other than the movement of students on and off campus, the town has changed little, Cline said. No new subdivisions have been built in the city, though they are beginning to press close, and the one four-way stop sign is starting to see backups as commuters from nearby subdivisions pass through on the way to work or home. Cline points out that Waleska has added a bank and a new post office, but few new houses. "In fact, a joke that Canton Mayor Cecil Pruett makes is, if he hears anybody say that they moved into the city of Waleska, he asks them, 'Well, who moved Cline said. bunch of people who manage to make a lot of money off them.

Towne Lake is built out to the point where we're becoming a mature area. There isn't much more to develop. "Of course, I guess you could look at it one other way. We're certainly in the big leagues now. The important issue is how to maintain the quality of life." And, as yet, there's no way to qualify that with a dot on a map.

HvnworiPrtithml tim 2000 l5Pj at Vk ft Hannigan: County's in the big leagues i 1 Lilt Heoith '90 think we were undercounted." Meanwhile, in Waleska, Cline took news of declining population with the same small-town aplomb that would grace a front-porch conversation. "We have never believed we had as many residents as the census said. It says we have 600-and-something. I seriously doubt that we have that many," Cline said. How many does Waleska have? "A lot of people have asked me that, and I really don't know," she said.

Cline speculated that Rein-hardt College students may have skewed the number. She thinks fewer students listed Waleska as their home than did students in the 1990 census. "And we are very glad they claim us, but I think that is where the reduction in numbers between 1990 and 2000 is," she said. Reinhardt has 343 students liv Because of the way census tracts are drawn, varying greatly in size and shape, much of Towne Lake falls into the "suburban" category, including Eagle Watch, Towne Lake Hills East, Deer Run and Wyngate. It's a government thing.

You wouldn't understand. Cherokee's first and only "urban" parcel is contained within a 5.8-mile perimeter formed by Eagle Drive, Bells Ferry Road and Towne Lake Parkway. Its neighborhoods include the Arbors, Rose Creek, Summer-chase, Wellesley, Towne Lake Hills West, Towne Lake Hills North, Grove Park, Cherokee Hills, South Fork, Bentley Hills and two developments under construction, Mirramont and the Courtyards at Towne Lake. "What you're saying is I now live in an urban area?" remarks Cherokee County Commissioner Larry Singleton, who lives in the Arbors. "We've been this dense for the past few years in the Towne Lake area.

What do these demographics mean? I'm not sure other than there are a MEETINGS Cherokee County Impact Fee Appeals Board meets at 6 p.m. Conference area of the Building Inspections Department, Cherokee County Administration Building (old Jones Building), Canton. 770-479-0414 UPCOMING Cherokee Parks Authority and Recreation Board meets at 7 p.m. April 25. The Recreation Center, 7545 Main Building 200, Woodstock.

770-924-7768. Lilian M. King Located in The Colonnade at Towne Lake Adjacent to Wendy Townt Lake 770 Flowtrs 6 Gift 516-ROSE DM RocoCor I WIS Source: U.S. Census Bureau '60 "'59 i r1 $75 37.M CHARLOTTE F. LOCKHART ACADEMY KENNESAW, GA Small Class Sizes Students allowed to progress at their own academic rate.

AMI Certified Montessori Preschool Program. Expanding curriculum with a full service summer school in 2001. Continued from Jl dents of an urban area, it certainly is a pleasant one. On a glorious spring morning, the air filled by a cool, gentle breeze and the sounds of half a dozen birds singing and chirping, Jones provides the muscle-power to keep her 2-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, gently swaying back and forth on a playground swing. Mom and daughter have the neighborhood playground to themselves.

In half an hour, Jones will drive a mile up the road to retrieve her 4-year-old son, Sam, from his preschool class at Hillside United Methodist Church. Just up the block, LeAnn's husband, Kevin, is working out of his home office. Across the street, at the Arbors, four women are enjoying a lively and competitive doubles tennis match. Other than the birds and the wind swirling through the trees, it's all quiet on the urban landscape. No planes.

No trains. No noisy trucks. GOVERNMENT MONDAY Canton Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. City Hall, 687 Marietta Highway. 770-704-1500 TUESDAY Cherokee County Board of Conv missionen meets at 7 p.m.

The Justice Center, Jury Assembly Room, 90 North St, Canton. 770-479-0400 Cherokee County Public Library Board meets at 4 p.m. R.T. Jones Memorial library, 116 Brown Industrial Parkway, Canton. 770-479-3090, Ext.

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