Woodstock Eyes Opportunity Zone Designation

The Downtown Development Authority wants the City Council to move forward with applying for opportunity zone designation with the state.

Woodstock Eyes Opportunity Zone Designation

The Downtown Development Authority wants the City Council to move forward with applying for opportunity zone designation with the state.

The city of Woodstock could be next in line in Cherokee County to receive an opportunity zone designation from the state. The Woodstock Downtown Development Authority earlier this month unanimously approved a resolution calling on the City Council to consider applying to receive an opportunity zone designation from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The resolution was presented to the council during its meeting on Monday.  City Manager Jeff Moon said the city is surrounded by other jurisdictions that have opportunity zone designations such as Alpharetta, Roswell and Cherokee County and it would be in Woodstock's best interest to consider applying for the designation.  He referenced the Reformation Brewery project, adding that the…

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Watermarke Church Plans Deemed 'In The Best Interest' of Region

The church wants to build a new facility in Woodstock.

A proposal to build a church in the Ridgewalk area has been deemed in the best interest of the region by the state. Canton-based Watermarke Church's Developments of Regional Impact application submitted in September by the city of Woodstock to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs has been completed and the department has signed off on the plans. With the ruling in hand, the church is now moving forward with its proposal to build 250,000 square feet of buildings, which would include about 2,400 parking spaces.   Northpoint Ministries, the developer and affiliate of Watermarke Church, has filed a variance request with the city of Woodstock for 32.5 acres on the south side of Ridgewalk Parkway between Ridge Trail and the Georgia …

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Woodstock In No Rush To Fill Peppers' Position

Billy Peppers' last day will be on Nov. 30.

Woodstock officials want to wait before diving into the search to replace its director of economic services. City Manager Jeff Moon said he plans to move slower on the quest to fill Billy Peppers' shoes.  Peppers announced Wednesday that he will stepping down as the city's director of economic services. His last day with the city will be on Nov. 30 and he will start his new position with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Peppers will work in the department's Community Development & Finance Division. "We will take a couple of weeks and look at how we want to approach filling Billy’s position," Moon said. "With his position and community development director open, we will evaluate our current organizational structure and see if we…

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