
Alpharetta
A city in Fulton County, Georgia — population 67,897 as of 2020.
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Last call for the forgotten: The Pogues’ ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’
We have always liked records that feel as though they might spill their pint before the first song is over. Rum Sodomy & The Lash is one of them. It staggers into the room with scraped knuckles, a broken smile, and a century of inherited memory slung across its shoulders. Loud…
Creatives & ArtsBefore Shanequa Gay’s newest work becomes a monument on the Atlanta Beltline, it begins with something less permanent but just as powerful: a conversation. Gay, an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist and Spelman College professor, has been selected by Atlanta Beltline Art to…
Creatives & Arts
She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead'
My Sad Dead is about an Argentinian doctor who can speak with ghosts. The Spanish-language miniseries blends creepiness, melancholy, sarcastic humor and political anger unlike anything else on TV.
Creatives & Arts
Sheryl Crow says she's found 'great liberation' in not chasing the next hit
After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.
Creatives & Arts
Reporter’s Notebook: Park Pride grants; Spelman exhibition; Butterflies at Ball Ground
Park Pride awards more than $20,000 for nine park improvement projects Park Pride has awarded more than $20,000 to support nine community-led park improvement projects across Atlanta and DeKalb County through its Small Change Grants Program. The annual grants, supported by an…
Community Groups & Organizations
What if Atlanta’s theater crisis is also an opportunity?
American nonprofit theater is in crisis. Audiences have not fully returned from the pandemic, costs have risen, philanthropy is stretched, and theaters around the country have cut programming, laid off staff, reduced seasons or closed altogether. Atlanta has not been immune.…
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- Aloft by Marriott Alpharetta
- 26 Thai Kitchen & Bar (Alpharetta)
- 2B Whole Gluten-Free Bakery
- 52 Bistro
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Alpharetta by the numbers
- Area
- 26.9 sq mi (69.67 km²), 0.37 sq mi water
- Median age
- 41.3
- Households
- 25,032
- Persons per household
- 2.7
- Median household income
- $147,612
- Median house value
- $649,000
- Office
- ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 2 PARK PLZ, ALPHARETTA, GA 30009