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HONORING EVA 1969 - Graduates from Georgia State University with a 1992 - Galambos moves to the Grogan’s Bluff Neighborhood, 2006 - Galambos begins first term as mayor. Ph.D. in Economics. behind the current location of City Hall. (M®| M|J| J-lj j'jJ 2009 - Galambos re-elected with 84 percent of the vote. 1975 - Becomes president of Committee for Sandy Springs. •SandyAprings O K C I 2005 - Sandy Springs | residents vote to incorporate. Galambos elected city’s first mayor. m 2008 - Sandy Springs buys former Target building for $8 million, and Galambos sees it as a potential site for a future City Hall. 2013 - In April, Galambos announces her retirement. Her last City Council meeting was Dec. 17. A. Yes. Not only have the citizens of Sandy Springs gained a more attractive city, with better infrastructure and new parks, but they are also enjoying the pleasures of civic involvement. The en thusiasm of our residents in participating in our public life is palpable. The next milestone will be a public downtown area where our folks can live, shop and en joy each other, deriving all the benefits of urban life at its best. o What has surprised you the most about the - * city of Sandy Springs in its first eight years? A. I have been pleasantly surprised by how much infrastructure the city has been able to install and afford on the same, identical tax millage we paid before we became a city. Before cityhood, we lost the vast majority of our taxes for local services into the bowels of Fulton County. Now we have a 125-person police department (vs. 40 with Fulton), and we can af ford new parks and other amenities. Did you imagine other cities would follow so quickly? Is regionalism dead in metro Atlanta? A. I never dreamed beyond the creation of San dy Springs. Once Dunwoody was born, the pattern was clear. DeKalb County neglected its north ern tier just as Fulton had neglected us. The fate is the same. As for regionalism, I do not think it is dead. How ever, its main manifestation last year in the TSPOST debacle showed how it was wrong. It tried to impose a list of projects from the top down. True, there was a small group of elected local officials who traded projects among themselves. But it was a poor show of how a re gional organization needs to involve the governments and elected officials who are closest to the people. This was another lesson that “central planning” does not work. What are your plans as you leave office? It is time for my patient husband to have me at home more. I do plan to tutor Sandy Springs third graders in reading. Gov. Nathan Deal spoke recently in Sandy Springs and reminded us that workforce development is one of most important eco nomic development tools, and workforce development is stymied if a third grader advances without full read ing skills. O. A. % FOR EVA GALAMBOS, a true woman of valor from Sandy & Dave Abrams A woman of valor-seek her out, for she is to be valued above rubies. Her husband trusts her, and they cannot fail to prosper. All the days of her life she is good to him. She opens her hands to those in need and offers her help to the poor. Adorned with strength and dignity, she looks to the future with cheerful trust. Her speech is wise, and the law of kindness is on her lips. Her children rise up to call her blessed, her husband likewise praises her: ‘Many women have done well, but you surpass them all.’ Charm is deceptive and beauty short lived, but a woman loyal to God has truly earned praise. Give her honor for her work; her life proclaims her praise. — from Proverbs 31 la JF THANK YOU MAYOR GALAMBOS For Your Leadership and Vision in Guiding our Community Pond & Company Building Communities Through Architecture - Engineering - Planning www.pondco.com www.ReporterNewspapers.netl DEC. 27, 2013 — JAN. 9,2014 | 9
