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NEWTON EVENTS: Skate park, Easter egg hunt, Chamber annual awards
Easter egg hunt

Some upcoming public events in Newton County include:

• Covington/Newton County Chamber of Commerce will present its Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration virtually March 25 at 4 p.m. to celebrate its honorees for 2020.

Awards to be given include the prestigious R.O. Arnold Award for community service and achievement; as well as awards for Spirit of Excellence, Small Business of the Year, Deal of the Year, and Hope of the Community.

The event is set for and can be accessed free on YouTube by visiting www.youtube.com/newtonchamber. For more information, email amcdaniel@newtonchamber.com

• An Easter Egg Hunt for ages 1 to 10 is set for March 27 at 11 a.m. at Wolverine Football Field at 8134 Geiger St. NW. 

Newton County Parks & Recreation will host the event. Prize eggs will be given in each age group.

For more information, visit www.newtonrecreation.com.

• The Newton County Board of Commissioners will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a new SPLOST-funded skate park March 29 at 2 p.m. at Denny Dobbs Park at 6244 Ga. Highway 212 in Covington.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/784438338874313/.

• Snapping Shoals EMC’s offices will be closed April 2 in observance of Good Friday. 

Those experiencing an outage can report it with the mySSEMC app, on the website ssemc.com, or by calling 678-814-4961. 

Service issues can be reported at 770-786-3484. Please do not use social media to report outages or service issues.

• A paper shredding event free for Newton County residents is set for April 19 from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the shred truck is full) at the Newton County Library parking lot at 7116 Floyd St. in Covington.

Keep Newton Beautiful will host the event. Each person is limited to five standard-sized moving boxes. 

Because of COVID-19, all participants are asked to remain inside their vehicles and have volunteers remove cardboard boxes with paper from their car trunks or truck beds.

For more information, visit keepnewtonbeautiful.org.

• April 30 is the deadline for applications for Snapping Shoals EMC’s SSEMC Leadership Experience. 

Each applicant must be a high school sophomore or junior and be at least 16 years old by June 16. 

Three students chosen will receive a $2,000 scholarship when they begin college. 

Snapping Shoals has chosen to host its own leadership program in 2021 in place of the annual Washington Youth Tour, which was canceled due to COVID-19. 

The winners will tour SSEMC and learn more about the co-op in a one-day program held at its headquarters at 14750 Brown Bridge Road in Covington. 

Participants also will hear presentations from SSEMC employees about the history of the co-op and its day-to-day operations. 

Visit the Our Community page at https://www.ssemc.com/Community.aspx for more details and to download an application.

First Units Delivered, Leasing Underway at The Sinclair at Callaway Farm
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Ground was broken on the site in 2023. - photo by Evan Newton

Brook Farm Group has delivered the clubhouse and first two residential buildings at The Sinclair at Callaway Farm, a 388-unit, luxury, Class A multifamily community in Covington, GA. Leasing is underway and residents have started moving in to the community, located along the dynamic I-20 growth corridor in the greater Atlanta market.

“As many large companies expand and bring new, high-quality jobs to the Covington area, The Sinclair at Callaway Farm is well positioned to fill the demand for modern, luxury rental units in this dynamic submarket,” said Peter DiCorpo, Chief Operating Officer, Brook Farm Group. “There is limited new construction in the pipeline, which bodes well for occupancy and rent growth for this community.”

The U.S. multifamily sector is moving into a new expansion phase in 2025, with Atlanta expected to experience a continuation of strong housing demand amid slowing project starts. An estimated 10,000 new jobs are planned for the Covington submarket in the next few years, including 7,500 from Rivian, which recently received a $6.6 billion loan to restart its EV manufacturing facility, just ten miles from The Sinclair. And approximately 1,000 new jobs are expected from Archer Aviation which is less than 1 mile from the development.

Other employers entering or expanding in the market include Takeda, SKC, Cinelease’s Three Ring Studio, 80 Acres Farms, Ascend Elements and Amazon which recently acquired nearly 430 acres to develop a data center less than one mile from The Sinclair.

Covington is a historic town with antebellum architecture and a picturesque town square that has served as the backdrop for a significant number of movies and television shows. Known as “the Hollywood of the South,” Covington is also home to the 160-acre Cinelease Studios. The town is in Newton County, halfway between downtown Atlanta and Lake Oconee, one of Atlanta’s premier recreational lakes.

The Sinclair at Callaway Farm is located immediately off I-20 on the southwest corner of Alcovy and City Pond roads, adjacent to the 180-acre Covington Town Center mixed-use development. The community was purposefully designed to take advantage of the bucolic 39-acre setting with abundant mature trees and natural water features, and includes two distinct “Town and Country” neighborhoods encompassing 11 residential buildings, and a “best-in class” 9,000-square-foot clubhouse. The project also features a resort style pool, expansive two-story gym, co-working space, a dog park, pet spa, fast-charging EV stations and the first roof-top lounge in the market. Four of the buildings include elevators for convenient access to upper-level homes with tree canopy views.

“We’re excited to participate in the thoughtful transformation of this vibrant community, which adds a unique blend of modern design and historic character,” said Eric Hade, Brook Farm’s Chief Investment Officer. “While the Covington area has benefitted from the delivery of several new multifamily apartment communities since 2020, many of these communities have been purposefully developed with a more limited amenity offering and homes that are designed to appeal to a more cost-conscious resident. We designed The Sinclair at Callaway Farm to raise the bar and appeal to residents seeking a differentiated, luxury residential community.”