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October 2024

It's Fair Time: Hopping Into 30 Years!

It's that time of year again! The Cumming Country Fair & Festival is "Hopping Into 30 Years" and will run daily October 3rd through 13th at the Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry Road. Come out to enjoy all your favorite rides, carnival games, ground acts, arena shows, and, of course, fair food!

Advance, discount tickets can be purchased online through Oct. 2nd. Regular ticket price is $10 for ages 11 and up (ages 10 and under are free!), and advanced tickets are $7 for ages 11 and up. There are several free admission nights and ride specials on various days throughout the fair. For the complete fair schedule, click here.

We hope to see you this year at the fair's 30th anniversary!

Spook-tacular Month at the Cumming City Center

It's spooky month and the Cumming City Center has several spook-tacular events planned for this month! Don't miss any of these great, family-friendly events:

Tin Cup Cruise-In Halloween Edition - October 24th, 6-8 p.m. Come out to Vision Drive to check out great classic cars and trucks with a Halloween theme!
2nd Annual HOWL-oween - October 26th, 4-8 p.m. Come out with all the kids (human and furry) for this fun-filled, pet-themed Halloween event featuring pet vendors, pet adoptions, activities for kids and pets, people and pet costume contest, treats for everyone, and more!
Movies Alfresco: Hocus Pocus - October 26th, 8-10 p.m. After HOWL-oween be sure to stick around for a Halloween classic, "Hocus Pocus," on the big screen at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater!
Crooked Culture Brooks Demo and Costume Contest - Oct. 29th, beginning a 7 p.m. Crooked Culture Brewing is partnering with Big Peach Running for a demo of the Brooks' Ghost Max and Glycerin Max running shoes and a costume contest.

Do you receive the City Center Bulletin Board, the monthly e-newsletter of the Cumming City Center? If not, click here to subscribe and receive a newsletter in your inbox at the beginning of every month with all the upcoming City Center events for that month. Events are also posted @cummingcitycenter on Facebook.

Registration for the following new Fall Art Classes at the Cumming Recreation & Parks Department is now open! Click here to learn more. To register, go to crpdonline.com.

Let's Make Art (Ages 7-11) - October 22nd - November 19th on Tuesdays, 4:30-6 p.m. , No Class Nov. 5th (Cost: $110, supplies included)

Exploring Art (Ages 12-17) - October 22nd - November19th on Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., No Class Nov. 5th (Cost: $110, supplies included)

Oil Painting Class for Beginners and Intermediate (Ages 16 & Up) - October 1st & 8th, Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon (Cost: $120, supplies not included)

Cumming Aquatic Center: Half-Price Family Fridays Return in October

The Cumming Aquatic Center's Half-Price Family Fridays return this month on Friday, Oct. 18th, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Every third Friday of the month, come enjoy the Aquatic Center's indoor pools at half-off daily admission cost between the hours of 2 and 6 p.m.! This promotion does not apply to memberships, programs or group exercise classes.

Click here for more information.

Christmas Parade: Registration Now Open

Save the date for this year's City of Cumming Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 14th, beginning at 5 p.m.! Any group or individual interested in being in the parade can now register. Please click here for the registration form. Completed forms must be returned to cledford@cityofcumming.net (or by U.S. Mail: Cumming City Hall, Attn: Crystal Ledford, 100 Main Street, Cumming, GA 30040) by 5 p.m. on Monday, December 9th.

Mayor & City Council September Meeting Recap

During their Regular Meeting on September 17th (the September 3rd Work Session was canceled), City Council presented three proclamations:

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Proclaimed September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and encouraged the community to support organizations such as the American Cancer Society in their efforts to research and develop new treatments.

Hispanic Heritage Month - Proclaimed September 15th through October 15th as Hispanic Heritage Month, and honored people of Hispanic and Latino heritage for their contributions to our local community and nation.

Constitution Week - Proclaimed September 17th through 23rd at Constitution Week in honor of the 237th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. Members of the Chestatee River Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution accepted the proclamation.

City Council also took the following actions (all votes were 4-0, with Councilman Christopher Light absent):

Approved the low bid from Bone Dry Roofing for emergency roof repairs to City Hall.
Approved a rezoning application from Micter Enterprises for rezoning of 0.935 acres on Kelly Mill Road from Single Family Residential to Office Professional for use of the small house as an office.
Approved an amendment to the City's Alcohol Ordinance to create a new special exception permit, and then approved the first such application by Grazey Girls LLC., located at 230 Elm Street, Suite 400.
Authorized Mayor Brumbalow to sign documents relating to a Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA) grant for Cumming Utilities to pay for new lead service line requirements of the U.S. EPA and Georgia EPD.
Approved the low proposal from Foster Fence to replace the barbed wire fence along Environmental Campus Drive with black chain-link fence.
Approved the low proposal from C.W. Matthews Contracting Company to replace waterline along Hwy. 20 West due to the Georgia Department of Transportation's widening project.

Click here to view meeting agendas and minutes.

SAA Arts Center: October Exhibits

The Sawnee Association of the Arts presents "Elements: Fire, Water, Earth & Air" though October 26th. SAA members and non-member local artists used themes inspired by the natural elements to create unique artworks in various media. Come by the Arts Center at 111 Pilgrim Mill Road from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday to view the exhibit and shop in the artisan gift show.

Additionally, the SAA presents the following events in October:

Tom Gonzalez Solo Art Show - Opens Oct. 30th in the First Floor Gallery
Forsyth High School Students & Teachers Art Show - Opens Oct. 30th in the Upstairs Gallery

For more information about Cumming Arts Center events, click here.

"Sweeney Todd" Runs Through Oct. 13th

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" continues at the School Street Playhouse through Oct. 13th. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays. In this infamous tale, which was made into a blockbuster movie featuring Johnny Depp in 2007, an unjustly exiled barber returns to 19th Century London seeking vengeance against a lecherous judge who framed him after ravaging his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. The partnership, and Todd's bloodlust, leads to the introduction of a unique and ghastly ingredient into Mrs. Lovett's meat pies that has the people of London lining up for a taste. Click here to purchase tickets.

MEETINGS

City Council Work Session - October 1st at 6 p.m.

Planning & Zoning Board Meeting - October 15th at 5 p.m.

Regular City Council Meeting - October 15th 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 previous meeting videos.

Click here for City Council Agendas and Minutes.

Click here for Planning & Zoning Board Agendas and Minutes.

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