Homestead Restaurant will present the first Cumming Wine Festival at the Cumming City Center's Lou Sobh Amphitheater on Saturday, March 4th, from 1-4 p.m. Come out and enjoy an afternoon of wine sampling with samples from more than 50 wineries and distributors from around the country, as well as a full bar, food, and live music by Liquid Southern, a five-piece rock and roll band out of Johns Creeks. Since 2019, this female-fronted party band has been rocking the Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Cumming areas with their high-energy, dance and sing-along party hits from the 1960s to today. But most importantly, proceeds from the Wine Festival go to support The Place of Forsyth County! Click here to learn more the Cumming Wine Festival and to purchase tickets.

The Well at Homestead will present a rockin' St. Patrick's Day celebration on Friday, March 17th in the Cumming City Center's Lou Sobh Amphitheater. The St. Paddy's Day Rock Fest will offer a FREE concert featuring live music by Double Take from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and Back in Black: AC/DC Tribute from 7-9 p.m. The St. Paddy's Day Rock Fest will also feature food trucks, a full bar, and of course, green beer available for purchase. Come join The Well at the Cumming City Center for a rockin' good St. Paddy's Day celebration! Click here to learn more.

The Cumming Fairgrounds will present a new spring event on March 31st and April 1st. The Spring IPRA World Championship Rough Stock Rodeo will feature bull riding, bareback riding, barrel racing and saddle bronc riding, which will all take place both nights. Each night's show will last approximately one and a half hours. Tickets each night are $15 for ages 11 and up, and kids 10 and under are admitted free. Show begins at 8 p.m. each night, and gates open two hours prior to show for ticket sales. For more information, click here.

Mayor Troy Brumbalow and Police Chief David Marsh were among the speakers at a kick-off event for a new life-saving community collaborative on Feb. 23rd. The City of Cumming and Cumming Police Department are proud to join Northside Hospital Forsyth, Forsyth County, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office and Fire Department, 911 Center, Central EMS, and Avive, a manufacturer of a new type of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), for participation in the 4-Minute City program. This new endeavor seeks to place easy-to-use Avive AEDs in the hands of first responders and community volunteers throughout Forsyth County to allow anyone experiencing cardiac arrest to have access to an AED within the first 4 minutes, when access is most critical for survival. Click here to learn more about the 4-Minute City program and how you can help.

Mayor Troy Brumbalow and City Council presented a proclamation recognizing the week of Feb. 3rd through Feb. 10th as "Be Kind to Everyone Week" during their Work Session on Tuesday, Feb. 7th. Jordyn Moore and her mom, Jackie, accepted the proclamation. The Moore Family (which also includes dad Ben, son Hudson, and dog Max) began a local business called "Jordyn's Summer Shirt Project" in June of 2018 for the sole purpose of helping Jordyn, who is on the autism spectrum, develop work skills since opportunities for adults with disabilities are limited after they age out of school. Jordyn's Summer Shirt Project sought to sell 40 t-shirts with the simple but powerful message of "Be Kind to Everyone." However, the business was a huge hit and became vastly more successful than the family could have ever imagined. In 2022, the business relocated into a 5,500-square-foot warehouse here in Cumming, and "Be Kind to Everyone" shirts have now sold in all 50 states. Additionally, Jordyn, who now independently works on a wide variety of tasks at the business, has been featured by many news outlets including the Forsyth County News, 11 Alive, Fox 5 Atlanta, 94.9 The Bull, Love What Matters, and even CBS National News! The week of Feb. 3rd through 10th was chosen as "Be Kind to Everyone Week" in honor of Jordyn's birthday, Feb. 3rd; additionally, the 'Cumming Home' water tower at Exit 14 was also lit yellow (Jordyn's favorite color) on Feb. 3rd in honor of her 22nd birthday. Learn more about Jordyn, the Moore Family, and Jordyn's Summer Shirt Project by clicking here and on Facebook and Instagram @jordynssummershirtproject.

Are you or someone you know looking for a great employment opportunity? Come join our team! The City of Cumming is now hiring for a variety of entry-level positions in several different departments. Click here for a full listing of job opportunities and for information on how to apply. The City of Cumming offers a range of benefits including: 144 PTO hours and 9 paid holidays per year; City-paid short-term disability and life insurance; City-funded defined benefit retirement plan; and Anthem BCBS PPO $500 deductible health insurance plan.

The City of Cumming will again partner with Keep Forsyth County Beautiful for the Great FoCo Cleanup event on Saturday, March 25th. City Hall will serve as one of three supply pickup locations on the morning of the event, which begins at 9 a.m. Other pickup locations are the Coal Mountain Recycling Center and the Goddard School on Old Atlanta Road. To participate in the Great FoCo Cleanup, groups are invited to organize a team (this can be families, co-workers, civic clubs, groups of friends, etc.) and pre-register their team at KeepForsythCountyBeautiful.org or KFCB@forsythco.com. Teams will pick up supplies at 9 a.m. on March 25th, then fan out across the county to pick up litter, and bring their bags of litter to any of the Forsyth County Recycling Centers by 1 p.m.

The City of Cumming was delighted to again host the Annual Community Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, Feb. 17th. This year's event was presented at the Cumming City Center's Kiwanis kids' playground area. Thank you to our event partners and sponsors: Keep Forsyth County Beautiful, UGA Extension Services-Forsyth, UGA Extension Master Naturalists, the Georgia Forestry Commission, Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club, and Los Rios Mexican Restaurant! Despite very cold and windy conditions, we had a wonderful turnout at the event, which featured a tree planting demo, free tree saplings and other Arbor Day goodies to take home, sapling education, community art project, and special VIP guests: Smokey the Bear, Sparky the Fire Dog, and representatives of the Forsyth County Fire Department's Wild Fire Unit. Thank you to everyone who came out to support this fun community event!

Mayor Troy Brumbalow is proud to again support the Forsyth County Schools' Duck Dive, which provides funding for the Education Foundation. Since 2016, the Forsyth County Education Foundation has provided more than $410,000 in grants for students and teachers. The annual Duck Dive provides an opportunity for the public to help support these teacher and student grants, while also having a chance to win $10,000! For $10, you can adopt a duck for the raffle. When you adopt your duck, you'll be assigned a duck number. The list of duck numbers will be available prior to the dive event (deadline to "adopt" ducks is March 24th) so you know your assigned duck number before the raffle drawing. All numbered ducks will be thrown into a "pond" (the Cumming Aquatic Center's outdoor pool). At the drawing, which will be held on March 31st at 1 p.m., one lucky duck will be drawn and the winner will win $10,000.  Click here for complete information on the Duck Dive and how you can adopt your ducks!

The Cumming Arts Center (111 Pilgrim Mill Road) will present a Clue Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, March 25th, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Figure out the clue to solving a mystery at the historic Brannon-Heard House, home of the Arts Center, and be entered to win prizes. This is fun event for the whole family to enjoy!

Also, the Arts Center's latest exhibits are still on display. Check out "Love is in the Air" on the first floor through April 15th, and the South Forsyth Vertical Team Student Art Exhibit on the second floor through March 4th.

Learn more about these and other Cumming Arts Center events, classes, open studio, and more by clicking here.

Youth Council - March 7 at 5 p.m.

City Council Work Session - March 7 at 6 p.m.

Planning & Zoning Board Meeting - March 21 at 5 p.m.

Regular City Council Meeting - March 21 at 6 p.m.

All meetings are open to the public and held in the third-floor Council Chambers at City Hall, 100 Main Street, unless otherwise noted. For all meetings after 5 p.m., please enter through the rear parking lot entrance.

Click here for Planning & Zoning Board Agendas and Minutes.