City of Cumming
Council for Quality Growth Co-hosts Cumming-Forsyth County State of the Community; A Great Success!
Pictured Above: Mayor H. Ford Gravitt of Cumming, R.J. Pete Amos, Chairman, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, Mason Zimmerman, Chairman, Council for Quality Growth, Darla Light, Chairwoman, Forsyth County Board of Education, Michael Paris, President and CEO, Council for Quality Growth, and James McCoy, President and CEO, Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce. At the annual State of the Community Luncheon employment and population growth, new school openings, and improvements in public safety were just a few of the...
read moreMoney Down The Drain
Water prices may “drown” Forsyth County residents if a new water contract with the City of Cumming is not signed. The 25-year water usage contract between Forsyth County and the City of Coming will come to an end on May 26, 2012. The Cumming Mayor, H. Ford Gravitt believes that residents of Forsyth County may encounter “dramatically higher” water rates on their next invoice if the deadline passes with no resolution. This coming after the City of Cumming again rejected the County’s fifth proposal of the water contract. Forsyth County...
read moreNo Agreement Between City of Cumming and Forsyth County Regarding Water
An $11.4 million water bill from Cumming to Forsyth County is one of several issues the city and county must work out before their current water contract expires in May. Forsyth County owes Cumming this bill to pay for their chare of a new water intake facility at Lake Lanier. If a resolution is not reached on the bundle of issues that accompany this agreement, then Cumming will be allowed to charge the 47,000 people that rely on the county any price they would like if they chose to continue service to these customers. Disagreement...
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