This weekend in FoCo: the Winter Market countdown, three new restaurants, and a $5 pumpkin patch

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This weekend

• Saturday, 7 to 11 a.m. Cumming Farmers Market at City Center. [Placeholder: a seasonal note about what is in season.]
• Saturday, 10 a.m. [Placeholder event] at Sawnee Mountain Preserve. Free; parking fills by 9:30.
• Saturday, 6 p.m. [Placeholder concert] at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater. Bring a chair.
• Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. Slide Into Sundays at City Center, $10 per child.
• All weekend Fall season at [placeholder farm]; last weekend for the corn maze.

Openings and closings

• Opening: [Placeholder restaurant] takes the former [placeholder] space at Halcyon. Soft open Friday; full menu next week.
• Opening: [Placeholder coffee shop] on Market Place Boulevard, 6 a.m. weekdays.
• Closing: [Placeholder business] closes Sunday after eleven years. The owner says the lease was the reason.

Schools and sports

• Friday football: [placeholder matchup] at [placeholder stadium], 7:30 p.m. Playoff seeding is on the line.
• The 2027-28 school calendar draft is out. Spring break is April 5 to 9 either way.
• [Placeholder teacher] at [placeholder school] was named [placeholder award].

The county in plain English

The Board of Commissioners votes Thursday on [placeholder item]. In plain terms: [one sentence on what it means for a resident]. The agenda is [linked here]. If you want to speak, public comment opens at 5 p.m. at 110 East Main Street.

From the group

This week's most useful thread: "Who do you use for septic?" The top three answers, with counts, were [placeholder], [placeholder], and [placeholder]. Thanks to the 41 neighbors who answered.

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Reader photo of the week

Sunrise over Lake Lanier from Mary Alice Park, by [reader name]. Send yours to hello@focoscoop.com.

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