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Business

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22 Coweta Living 2011-12 • BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

hen Central EducationalCenter CEO Mark Whitlock

first spoke of “The Triangle”two years ago, it was more of

a set of promises and wishesthan anything concrete.

Since that time, plenty of concrete hasbeen poured and promises kept, and those

long germinating plans for two new hospitalsand a technical school campus are at lastbecoming tangible.

Perhaps the best example of this is thenew 136-bed, 362,376-square-foot PiedmontNewnan Hospital going up on Poplar Road.The nine-story structure, highly visible fromI-85, is expected to become a new icon forthe community.

“This is long overdue,” Piedmont-NewnanHospital CEO Michael Bass said. “What we’rebuilding out at Poplar Road, at I-85, will beone of the most gorgeous facilities ... it’s goingto be absolutely incredible.”

But as impressive as the new hospitalmay be, it’s just one corner of “The Triangle.”

Central Educational Center (CEC) CEOMark Whitlock said “The Triangle” has twoaspects. The first aspect is the actual physicalarea that will now be powerfully anchored byPiedmont-Newnan Hospital, the new CancerTreatment Centers of America on NewnanCrossing Bypass (and the adjoining AshleyPark shopping area), and the new WestGeorgia Technical College campus on TurkeyCreek Road.

But the second and perhaps moreimportant aspect of “The Triangle” will be thepartnerships that are sure to develop

‘The Triangle’

By Jeff Bishop

One of the biggest localexpansions in years is currently inthe works at the Yamaha plant onHwy. 34.

coming to lifein Coweta’s new businesses and industries

Rendering ofWest GeorgiaTechnicalCollege

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Above are some ofthe ATVs producedat the CowetaCounty YamahaMotorManufacturingCorporation plantoff Highway 34 East(photo courtesy ofYamaha). At left,Harry Ito, presidentof YMMC, presentsthe keys to a newGrizzly ATV to MajorMike Kinsey andMajor Bob Yeagerof the CowetaCounty Sheriff'sOffice.

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between the three new entities that willcomprise “The Triangle,” as well as betweenthem and existing local businesses, localgovernments, area residents and existingeducational institutions like CEC.

The physical proximity and synergisticrelationships, Whitlock said, will all makefor “quite an interesting Triangle” – and a

new, powerful economic engine.He said the CEC and the technical college

will “certainly have an emphasis on healthcare,” in light of the new CTCA and Piedmontmedical facilities.

“I think we are going to see the wholecomplexion of this community change,” saidDoug Cantrell, who serves on theCommission for the Promotion of Private andPublic Higher Education, Inc.

In what West Georgia Technical CollegePresident Dr. Skip Sullivan called “anextraordinary moment for Coweta County,”

“This is going to give ourkids a chance to stay hometo get their education, thatpreviously they had toleave the county toobtain.”

– Dr. Skip Sullivan, PresidentWest Georgia Technical College

One of the new buildings on MainStreet in Senoia houses medical officespace upstairs while downstairs thereare businesses including a bakery, wineshop and retail shops.

At the groundbreaking ceremony for West Georgia Technical College, Tom Moatof the Newnan Hospital Board of Directors, left, presented WGTC President Dr.Skip Sullivan, center, and West Georgia Technical College with a check for $1million to fund construction of a health services building. At right is Dawn Cook,vice president, Institutional Advancement, WGTC.

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ground was broken on a newCoweta campus at theintersection of I-85 andTurkey Creek Road last spring.

“It’s a momentousoccasion,” said Sullivan. “Thisis going to give our kids achance to stay home to gettheir education, thatpreviously they had to leavethe county to obtain.” Phase I,the Foundation Building, willinclude a 20,000-square-footadministration building, twosimilar sized classroombuildings and an industrialclassroom building.

Ron Jackson,commissioner of the TechnicalCollege System of Georgia,said the new facility will“make such a difference forthis community.”

“In case you didn’t knowit,” he said, “every county inGeorgia wants one of these ...the economic developmentimpact of this cannot beoverstated.”

Executives from CancerTreatment Centers of Americawere in Newnan recently tocontinue planning for theconstruction of the company’snew hospital on NewnanCrossing Bypass, across fromAshley Park shopping center.

Although construction isgoing slower than originallyplanned due to propertyacquisition issues, GregWright, president of theCoweta County DevelopmentAuthority, said the company“continues to be very positive.”

“They continue to thinkthis is the great location forthem that they haveexpected,” he said.

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new Piedmont Newnan Hospital and groundbeing broken on the new West GeorgiaTechnical College campus – in addition tonew retail such as Sam’s Club at FischerCrossing opening recently on the easterncounty line – Coweta is seeing a lot ofexciting and major new development at atime when such projects are increasingly

A number of CTCA executives have beenin town for tours and meetings, Wright said,and the site continues to be prepared fordevelopment.

“We continue to see increased activityrelated to Cancer Treatment Centers ofAmerica,” Wright said.

With work now progressing rapidly on the

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With work now progressing rapidly on the new PiedmontNewnan Hospital and ground being broken on the new WestGeorgia Technical College campus – in addition to new retailsuch as Sam’s Club at Fischer Crossing opening recently onthe eastern county line – Coweta is seeing a lot of excitingand major new development at a time when such projectsare increasingly difficult to come by.

Fischer Crossing Sam’s Club

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difficult to come by, Wright pointed out.But that’s not the only good news.“We continue to hear from local industries that

are hiring employees,” Wright said. “Job orders at theDepartment of Labor are up, and we talked today toan industry that has hired new employees for the firsttime in four years. So things are looking more positivefor the local community.”

Wright said one big shot in the arm in the comingyears is going to come from local industries that areconsidering expansion projects.

One of the biggest local expansions in years iscurrently in the works at the Yamaha plant on Hwy. 34.

Yamaha’s “utility” ATVs and the Rhino “side-by-side” vehicles have been built at the Coweta plant forseveral years. However, the “sport” ATVs have beenmanufactured in Japan. Over the next few years, themajority of Yamaha ATVs will be assembled inCoweta. The Coweta plant is already the only locationin the world where the Yamaha Waverunner personalwatercraft is built.

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Toshi Kato, president of Yamaha MotorCorporation USA, based in Cypress, Calif.,said he recently visited Alabama and was ableto gain an extra “appreciation andunderstanding of the Americanoutdoorsman, and just how important ATVsare to their lifestyle.”

Despite the economic downturn, the ATVmarket “continues to be a vitally importantone,” Kato said.

The United States is “by far the biggestand most important market for Yamaha ATVsin the world.”

The transfer of the ATV production toNewnan will allow Yamaha’s Japanesesubsidiary, Yamaha Motor PoweredProducts Co. Ltd., to concentrate onmanufacturing generators, multi-purpose

engines and golf carts.Yamaha golf carts began being assembled

at the Coweta plant in 1989. Utility ATVs wereintroduced in 1998, and the side-by-sidesbegan production in 2003.

The golf carts, side-by-sides and all ATVswill be produced on the plant’s flexibleassembly line. Waverunners are produced ontheir own line.

When the transfer is complete, thenumber of ATV models will go from seven to11. It’s estimated that Yamaha MotorManufacturing Corp. will add approximately200 new jobs over the next three to five yearsdue to the transfer.

All of this positive economic news forCoweta County comes just as Bloomberg

“So we are seeingrecovery and we’re seeingsome absorption andhopefully, what thatmeans is we are at leastmoving in the direction ofequilibrium.”

— John Thrasher, local Realtor

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Businessweek recently named CowetaCounty its “Best Affordable Place” in Georgia,and local officials hope to use thatdesignation to bring more attention to thecounty from even more industrial prospects.

The magazine listed Coweta County ashaving a population of 129,433 and medianfamily income of $68,212. The magazinenoted the county has a 9.8 percent

unemployment rate, 24.7 percent of the adultpopulation hold a four-year college degree,and 30.3 percent of households spend morethan 30 percent of their income on housing.

The magazine’s online profile for thecounty states:

“While Coweta County is largely rural, itoffers easy access to Atlanta. Locatedsouthwest of the Big Peach, the county is

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The Ashley Park retail development inNewnan is a popular spot with its sceniclandscaping and year-round activities forfamilies.

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home to Yamaha Motor Manufacturing, oneof the area’s largest employers, according tothe Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce.Coweta’s population has expanded rapidly,growing by 65.7 percent from 1990 to 2000,and by 42.7 percent from 2000 to 2010,according to the county.”

Wright said the Bloomberg recognitionidentifies Coweta County as one of thosespecial areas that “enjoys a higher quality oflife at a lower cost.”

David Brown, chairman of thedevelopment authority, said the news is notnew to those working to market the county todevelopers.

“We know it. I hope we’re about to tell thenation and the world about it,” he said.

While Brown said he does not necessarilywant an explosion of population growth, hewants “quality growth and quality people” inCoweta’s future.

Candace Boothby, president of theNewnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce,said the Bloomberg recognition “could notcome at a better time.” The Chamber isworking on a community brandingcampaign.

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story in so many different places,” Boothbysaid.

Local Realtor John Thrasher said theestablishment of “The Triangle,” coupled withcontinued local manufacturing expansionand retail growth, will play a big part inbringing new people who want new homes toCoweta.

There are currently 475 lots of five acresor less listed for sale on Georgia MLS(Multiple Listing Service), Thrasher said. Lastyear, sales of lots averaged about 11 permonth. Recently it’s gone up to about 19 salesper month, he said.

“So we are seeing recovery and we’reseeing some absorption,” Thrasher said. “Andhopefully, what that means is we are at leastmoving in the direction of equilibrium.”

In addition to the new hospitals and thenew technical college campus, Thrasher seesthe ongoing Yamaha expansions andcontinued development along I-85 related tothe Kia plant in West Point as positives forCoweta.

“That is different from the metro area asa whole,” Thrasher said.

Realtor Tom Barron also thinks CowetaCounty is on the upswing, especially whencompared to other metro Atlanta areas.

“Obviously, prices down here are a wholelot more affordable than they are on thenorth side,” said Barron. He also noted there’sa lot more congestion on the north side soCowetans’ commute to the airport andAtlanta is “smoother and quicker.”

“We’re going to fare far better than mostmetro area counties in the long run,” Barronsaid. CL

The Bloomberg recognitioncould not come at a bettertime. The Chamber is workingon a community brandingcampaign.

Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce

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By JEFF [email protected] local authors and the

outgoing superintendent offCoweta County schoolswere recognized for theircontributions to the arts atthe Richard BrooksVisionary Awards fofDistinction programThursday night.The Centre for ff Performing

and Visual Arts and thePatrons of the Centre recog-nized humorist, columnist,and author Lewis Grizzard;author Margaret AnneBarnes, who wrote “Murderin Coweta County”; andrecently retired CowetaCounty Superintendent fofSchools Blake Bass.Dr. Marc Guy and former

Coweta County Board fofEducation member MikeSumner introduced Bass, theonly living award recipient.“Look at this facilitff y. Look

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ss. Look at all ofthe activities that havea takenplace here,” said Guy.Many of those things were

made possible by having aman like Blake Bass at thehelm, said Guy.“Mr. Bass has been a big

supporter of the arts,” saidGuy.

Sumner said that after aturbulent few years the“floodwaters began torecede” in Coweta CountySchools when Bass took thehelm in 2004.“Conf idence was

restored,” Sumner said. “WeWWare all forever grateful.”Bass’ leadership style hasbeen to “speak softly,yy andcarry a big stick,” Sumnerquipped.

He said he admired Bass’straightforwf ard approach,and the conf idence heinstilled in everyone whoworked with him. Sumnersaid he remembered a num-ber of times he receivedphone calls from Bass, relat-ing “alarming news” of some“desperate situation.”

Blake BBlake Basshonored withBrooks AwarA dLewis Grizzard, Margaret AnneBarnes honored posthumously

Sumner said that eventhough he maya not be a greatartist himself,ff Bass’ contribu-tion to the local arts cannot becalled into question.“I don’t even know if he can

carry a tune,” said Sumner.rr “Idoubt if he knows a treble fcleffrom a bass clef,ff or a Picassofrom a Monet. But I do knowwhat he’s done for the artshere in Coweta County.”As Bass accepted the award,

he said he deserved a bit morecredit than Sumner was will-ing to give.“Mike sells me short,” he

said, launching into a soliloquyfrom William Shakespeare’s“Hamlet.”

“I learned that in Mrs.Parrott’s class at Newnan HighSchool,” he said. “I was in one-act plays, I was in ‘Our Town ’

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Friday, December 31, 2010yy Coweta’s Local Daily

By ELIZABETH [email protected]

The cause of af firf e Thursday morning thatheavily damaged a home on First Street neardowntown Newnan remains under investigation.

The fire occurred at 12 First Street around 8:40a.m., according to Newnan Fire Marshal RickyAyers. The property was a rental home belong-ing to Bobby Orr.r The renters were reportedlylnot at home when the firf e started.

The fire erupted in an upstairs bedroom,according to Ayers.

Newnan Fire Department Station One onJJefferson Street and Station Three on TempleAvenue responded to the scene. Firefightersconfined the flames to the upstairs.

The department remained on the scene forabout an hour and a half, accorf ding to AyeA rs.

No one was injured in the fire, but AyeA rs esti-mates that more than half the home was dam-aged or destroyed.

He estimated the damages between $50,000and $65,000.

Fire damagesFirst Street home

By ELIZABETH [email protected]

Wednesday’s fire at a vacant home on East HillStreet is being investigated as possible arson.

It is the sixth fire that has occurred in vacanthomes on and around that street since November2008, according to Coweta County Fire DepartmentAssistant Chief Mitch Coggin.

The fire occurred WednesdaWW y afternoon at 34 EastHill Street. Firefighters arrived within minutes tofindff the approximately 950-square-footf home fullyinvolved in flames. The structure — whichww belongedto WoodWW y Wood — wW as deemed a total loss.

On Thursday, Coggin said the incident is beinginvestigated as “an intentionally set firff e.”

“There was no electrical power or gas service con-nected to the structure,” said Coggin.

The string of suspected arson fires began on April8, 2008, with a fire at 25 East Hill Street. The subse-quent fires occurred: Aug. 6, 2008, at 23 East HillStreet; Nov. 20, 2008, at 33 East Hill Street; and July4, 2009, at 2 East Murphyh Street — located in closeproximity to East Hill. The home at 25 East HillStreet was targeted a second time on June 28, 2010,according to Coggin.

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By ELIZABETH [email protected]

As Georgians prepare for New Year’s Eve,experts urge consumers to consider safetyf asthey ring in 2011 and bid farf ewell to 2010.

Nationally, fireworks consumption increased635 percent between 1976 and 2008, whilew fire-works-related injuries decreased dramaticallyfrom 38.3 injuries to 3.3 injuries per 100,000pounds of ff irf eworks during that same time peri-od, according to the most recent data ava ailablefrom the American Pyrotechnics Association.

John Conkling, a spokesman forff the AmericanPyrotechnics Association, attributes the steepdecline in injuries over the years to the fire-works industry’s consumer safety and educationinitiatives during the last three decades.

“Fireworks can provide hours of wf holesomeww ,familff y entertainment, but they must be used byadults carefully and safely,” said Newnan FireMarshal Ricky AyeA rs.

Ayers warned adults against allowing childrento handle any type of ff irf eworks. Also, alcoholand firff eworks do not mix.

Despite the decline in fireworks-relatedinjuries, consumers should resolve to use onlydevices permitted by state law while adheringto safetyff warnings and instructions that appearon product packaging.

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There will be alcohol servedat one upcoming weddingreception at the Moreland Mill,but it is not clear whetherthere will ever be anotherchampagne toast in the historicbuilding.

The Moreland Town Councilhas been discussing ways toramp up use of the mill’s meeting room, but 2010 is drawingato a close with no resolution fofthe alcohol issue.

“It seems like the more wetalk about it, the more ques-tions we have,” Mayor JoshEvans reflected recently.

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