The Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center may be known for its trails but it also contains a portal to our past. The Heritage Center has many exhibits that show what life was once like. Its current exhibit displays antiques and artifacts found at the Green General Store. The Green General Store was run from the early 1920s to the 1950s by the Green family at the corner of Old Alabama and Buice roads. The building went into disrepair and it was closed and locked down until 2004 when the Heritage Preservation committee acquired it and moved it to Autrey Mill's grounds. The …
Three Scouts from Johns Creek Troop 2000 were recognized on Saturday for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Cody Newman, Kyle Johnston and Chad Rush were honored at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church. While there are many prerequisites before someone can earn the rank of Eagle Scout, perhaps the most difficult is the Eagle project itself. This requires months of planing and development, including written proposals and fundraising. Newman's project was at the Orr Cemetery, where he cleaned the cemetery and the gravestones, rebuilt the retaining wall and painted the fence. Johnston cleaned …
Residents came out en masse to recycle their Christmas trees for free at the Home Depot on State Bridge Road. In exchange, they received free seed packets and could sign up for free mulch. The program is an initiative of Keep Johns Creek Beautiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful, which has been recycling Christmas trees for 20 years.
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The full moon is captured from the Emory Johns Creek area. Have a similar photo? Perhaps one of the lunar eclipse? Upload it here for a chance at a prize.
Today we kick off our picture project, Scene of the Week. Johns Creek Patch is building a photo album of our city, and we need your help! On Mondays we'll introduce a place, and each day through Friday we'll feature a new photo from that location. We urge you to upload your own photo from that area, and our photographer, Enzo Mastroianni, will pick each week's winner, who will be rewarded with a small prize from Patch. All ages and levels of photography experience are welcome, and extra points for video!
