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A publication of The Times-Herald

conomic experts agree that

the current economic downturn began when

a national real estate bubble burst, sending home

prices plunging and signaling the start of a housing crash

that still grips the nation.

Communities across the country have suffered devastating economic

consequences, but Coweta has fared better than most. In fact, when

preliminary census projections were released in the spring of 2010, Coweta

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Coweta remains one ofcountry’s fastest

growing countiesBy Alex McRae

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Homes along Stillwood Drive in Newnan’sSummerGrove neighborhood

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what really sells customers is the

local quality of life.

“We’ve really got the best of

both worlds down here,” Barron

says. “We’ve got the small town

atmosphere that not many places

can match, and we’re close enough

to the big league sports and other

attractions in Atlanta that there’s no

reason not to take advantage of

both.”

Barron points out that other

major attractions, including West

Point Lake and Callaway Gardens,

are less than an hour’s drive away.

“No matter what you want to

do, it’s an easy drive,” Barron says.

“And the traffic from here beats all

the alternatives. I’d advise anybody

to take advantage of these housing

bargains and low interest rates now.

Coweta has always been a great

place to live and now it’s a bargain,

too.”

Those who have called Coweta

home for decades have marveled at

the county’s transformation. Today,

over 50 percent of the population

County showed a growth rate of

three percent and was ranked the

49th fastest-growing county in the

U.S. with more than 10,000

population.

Local real estate professionals

say thanks goes largely to a steady

growth in new business coupled

with a coming boom in health care

facilities and related businesses and

services.

Frank Barron, president of

Newnan’s Lindsey’s Realty, has been

in business for 36 years and says

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A home on Carriage Lane in Senoia

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Double Dog Dare to Compare!

The Best Homes in Georgia

Musick Park from the low $200’s

Directions: I-85 South to Exit 61 and go South on Hwy 74

towards Peachtree City. Continue South on Hwy 74 until you

come to the red light at Ga Hwy 85, Take a Right and go straight

across Hwy 16. Go one mile and Musick Park is on your left.

Ivy Ridge from the $180’s

Directions: I-85 south take exit 61-Peachtree City, take Hwy

74 south toward Peachtree City, right on Rockaway Rd., Left

into subdivision. From Ga. HWY 85 turn on Ga. Hwy 74 and go

left on Rockaway Rd. Close to Historic Senoia.

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Discover Senoiain Jeff Lindsey Communities

Austin’s Creek - From the low 200’s

Coggin’s Farm - From the low 200’s

Drew’s Ridge - From the high 200’s

Fischers Trace - From the high 200’s

Hickory Hills - From the mid 100’s

Martin’s Pond - From the 180’s

SummerGrove - From the 200’s

Westwood Lakes - From the low 200’s

Wynn Manor - From the low 200’s

Other Jeff LindseyCommunities in Newnan

Walden Pond from the $200’s

Directions: From I-85 south take exit 51 turn left onto Hwy 154,

follow Hwy 154 to Hwy 54, turn right onto Hwy 54 to Hwy 16.Turn

left onto Hwy 16 go about 2 miles to a right onto Elders Mill Rd go

about 3 miles to a left on Rock House Rd.Walden Pond will be on left.

Morningside from the low $200’s

Directions: I-85 south take exit 61-Peachtree City, take Hwy

74 south toward Peachtree City, right on Rockaway Rd., Left

into subdivision. From Ga. HWY 85 turn on Ga. Hwy 74 and go

left on Rockaway Rd. Close to Historic Senoia.

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commutes to work outside the

county. Many have no idea that the

acres of land now covered with

subdivisions were once bursting

with crops.

From its founding in 1826

through the end of World War II,

Coweta’s economy was dominated

by agriculture. Local textile mills

provided a steady market for local

cotton planters, and Coweta’s

abundant peach, corn and produce

crops fed locals and supplied food

for dinner tables across the region.

In the 1970s, the local

agricultural economy was changed

forever when I-85 opened through

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A home in Senoia’s Cody Estates

A home on Jackson Street in Newnan

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Coweta and thousands of people

lured by easy living and easy access

to jobs in Atlanta and at Hartsfield-

Jackson International Airport fell in

love with the county’s rural roots

and postcard-pretty small towns,

including Newnan, Grantville,

Moreland, Senoia, Turin, Sharpsburg

and Haralson.

For three decades Coweta

enjoyed a real estate boom that was

envied statewide. First class dining,

retail and commercial offerings

followed the newcomers as lifestyle

choices expanded. Subdivisions

anchored by golf courses and lakes

became common. Horse farms

multiplied and prospered.

Schools sprang up to serve the

swelling population, and school

officials managed the growth and

finances in a way that keeps

Coweta’s schools consistently among

the state’s leaders in scholarship and

financial stability.

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For over 100 years, Newnan Utilities has helped Coweta County grow and prosper. We’re proud to sponsor projects that continue to enrich and strengthen our vibrant community.

— Newnan Utilities’ Carl Miller Park — Holiday lighting and summer baskets on Newnan’s historic court square

— Taste of Home Cooking School

— Customer Appreciation Day

— Summer Celebration

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Antebellum mansions still

dominate the area’s

historic districts, but smaller

traditional homes are

abundant and a variety of

low-maintenance offerings

are available for those

who want to spend more

time on their golf game

and less on mowing grass.

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mowing grass.

“Whether you want to live in a

subdivision with lots of neighbors or

want some elbow room, all the

choices are here,” says Barron. “Plus

there is plenty of green space and

undeveloped land so things never

feel crowded.”

In Senoia, local businessmen

have teamed with RiverWood

Studios to renovate and re-energize

Home buyers visiting Coweta for

the first time are pleased to learn

that Coweta has housing to

accommodate every budget and

lifestyle. Antebellum mansions still

dominate the area’s historic districts,

but smaller traditional homes are

abundant and a variety of low-

maintenance offerings are available

for those who want to spend more

time on their golf game and less on

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RiverWood and

local businessmen

formed the

Historic Senoia

Project with the

intention of

creating new

housing that

would not only

appeal to

homeowners but

also serve as a

perfect period

backdrop for

filmmakers

anxious to

duplicate the

look of America

at the turn of the

20th century.

Todd Strickland and John Bynum celebrate the opening of theSouthern Living Idea House in Senoia.

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the historic downtown area. Since

moving to Coweta in 1988,

RiverWood has helped produce a

number of films, including The War,

Pet Sematary II and Fried Green

Tomatoes.

Thanks to new Georgia tax

incentives, RiverWood is more

involved than ever in film

production, including 2010’s Killers,

starring Ashton Kutcher and

Katherine Heigl.

RiverWood and local

businessmen formed the Historic

Senoia Project with the intention of

creating new housing that would not

only appeal to homeowners but also

serve as a perfect period backdrop

for filmmakers anxious to duplicate

the look of America at the turn of the

20th century.

The project has been the spark

for a revitalization of downtown

Senoia and has attracted so much

positive attention that Senoia was

chosen as the site for the 2010 Idea

House, sponsored and promoted by

Southern Living magazine. The Idea

House is expected to draw

thousands of visitors to Senoia over

the summer and fall of 2010.

Real estate experts have long

said the three keys to success are

“location, location, location.” As

long as that remains true, Coweta

will be hard to top.

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Beautiful landscaping ideas await visitors to theSouthern Living Idea House in Senoia.

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Gardening Through the

SeasonsStory and photos by Katherine McCall

Favorite flowers in Jane Keith’s gardeninclude these pansies. Opposite, Jane'speonies are offset by the shadows of her latehusband Lawrence's camellias in thebackground. The camellias bloom fivemonths out of the year.

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family and tended their yard. As their lives

moved into the summer years they had more

time for gardening. She began to add things

here and there: peony bulbs for 49 cents from

Woolworths downtown, a quince from her

grandmother. He never forgot the beautiful


n 1949, a young couple were

wed in Attapulgus, Ga. on a

December afternoon. They returned to

Newnan as Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Keith Jr.

and built a home on Second Avenue. In the

spring of their married lives, they began their

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Plants in the Keith gardeninclude, clockwise from upperleft, old-fashioned roses, amaryllis,Sweet William and holly.

camellias from their wedding in

south Georgia and joined the

American Camellia Society.

Camellias began to take their place

in the yard, and eventually he

became a camellia judge.

Throughout their summer years,

the garden became a common

passion and, in 1965, the couple

bought the home next door, kept a

portion of the yard and enlarged

their gardens, then resold the house.

Azaleas, dogwoods, spring phlox,

irises, daylilies, tulips, pansies,

daisies, yarrow, Sweet William and

old fashioned roses were planted.

Over the years and into the fall

of their lives, more was added:

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Directions: Highway 34 to East on Fischer Road to Hammett Circle. Minutes to I-85 andthe new Piedmont Newnan Hospital.

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Daylilies, above, and ajuga and gerbera daisies,below, color the landscape of Jane Keith’s garden.

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cleome, salvia, ajuga, chaste tree,

mahonia, sedum, aspidistra and

nandina.

Today Jane gardens by herself,

but the presence of Lawrence is

there in the plants. A bed beside the

front door, originally Lawrence’s

camellia bed,

has become

Jane’s “little

bed” where

Lenten roses,

iris,

agapanthus,

Stella D’Oro

daylilies,

spiderwort,

rudbeckia

and gerbera

daisies

bloom. As

Jane Keith’s

garden so

beautifully

illustrates,

here in

Coweta

County our gardening lives aren’t

limited by the seasons, as there is

something in bloom every season.

Jane joined the Driftwood

Garden Club in 1963, and she says

the group has always been divided

equally between “arrangers” and

“growers.” It is a symbiotic

relationship; the arrangers need the

growers to create, and the growers

feel the joy of sharing their creation.

Our climate allows for many choices

for the “growers” to include in their

beds and borders. These can be

shared with the “arrangers” to be cut

for a large spray or small posy to

grace their

interiors.

The

following plant

list is

specifically for

Coweta County

and is

arranged

loosely by

bloom time

and includes

many of the

plants in the

Keith yard.

(Bulbs and

hellebores are

listed with the

perennials

since they

usually return year after year. There

may be some instances when your

perennials behave like annuals and

vice versa.)

When choosing any plant for

your garden, consider how it will fit

with the rest of your plantings in

addition to requirements such as

light and soil type.

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Shrubs:FatsiaForsythiaHollyMahoniaNandina Redtwig DogwoodWinter HazelWinter HoneysuckleWintersweetWitch Hazel

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*This list is by no means complete. It is a list of some suggestions compiled with the assistance of The SouthernLiving Garden Book, edited by Steve Bender, Garden Bouquets and Beyond, by Suzy Bales,The Peachtree Garden Book: Gardening in the Southeast, edited by Olive Robinson and published byPeachtree Garden Club, Atlanta, GA, and personal experience.

Perennials:DaffodilHyacinthIrisLenten RoseLily of the

ValleyPeonyRanunculusSnowflakeSolomon’s SealSpanish

bluebellTulip

Vines:Clematis

PerennialsAgapanthusAlliumBalloon flowerBishop’s HatCleomeCoreopsisCosmosCrocosmiaDahliaDaisyFoxgloveHoneysuckleHostaLady’s mantleLavenderMoney Plant

Perennials:AsterBlackberry LilyChina LanternsChrysanthemumJapanese AnemonePansyRosesSpider LilyToad Lily

Shrubs:BeautyberryCamellia japonicaCamellia sasanquaTea Olive

SPRING (March, April, May)

FALL(September, October, November)

WINTER(December, January, February)

SUMMER(June, July, August)

Passion fruitWisteria

Shrubs:Azalea indicaFlowering

quinceForsythiaViburnum

Trees:DogwoodFlowering fruit

trees: Cherry, pear, crabapple

Mock Orange

Cutting Garden List for Coweta County*

PoppyPurple ConeflowerSunflowerWild IndigoZinnia

Shrubs:GardeniaHydrangea

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JANE KEITH’SGARDEN TIPS:

• When purchasing peonybulbs make sure the bulbhas at least 3 to 5 eyes toensure early and plentifulblooms.

• ‘Becky’ daisy is the bestShasta daisy, as it hasstrong stems and foliage.

• To root old fashionedsweetheart roses, prune inFebruary and save somelong stems, put them 12inches in the ground andkeep watered.

Gnarly bark of an old oak is highlighted by the deepgreen of the rhododendrons whose blooms will comeout midsummer.

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