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SANDY SPRINGS CULTURAUCENTER
DESIGN INPUT MEETING
Come meet the design team leading the
new Cultural Center, hear an update on
the project s process, and give your input
on how to make the Center a vital asset
in this community visioning session.
Thursday, November 29
6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Studio Theatre at City Springs
1 Galambos Way
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
For more information please visit sandyspringsga.gov
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^Community Briefs
CITY’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SET FOR DEC. 1
The city of Dunwoody is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a party Dec.
1,2-6 p.m. at Pernoshal Park, 4575 North Shallowford Road.
The event will include a community bike ride, food trucks, craft stations, giveaways,
a photo booth and cider and hot cocoa.
RUNOFF ELECTIONS TO BE HELD DEC. 4
Runoff elections in two state races will be held Dec. 4. For Georgia secretary of state,
voters will choose between Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger.
For District 3 of the Public Service Commission, which regulates public utilities, voters
will choose between Republican Chuck Eaton and Democrat Lindy Miller.
Local early voting runs Nov. 26-30, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Dunwoody Library, 5339
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.
PERIMETER TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT COMING NOV. 29
The Dunwoody Perimeter Chamber and Perimeter Center Community Improvement
Districts are hosting a Perimeter Transportation Summit on Nov. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center, 246 Perimeter Center Parkway N.E.
The summit will include a panel of transportation leaders including: Richard Fatzy-
nytz, Administrative Services Director of State Farm Insurance Company; Scott Hag
gard, director of Government & External Affairs of the ATL Transit Authority/State
Road and Tollway Authority; Ann M. Hanlon, executive director of the Perimeter Com
munity Improvement Districts (PCIDs); Vanessa Levingston, program communications
manager of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT); and Melissa Mullinax,
chief of staff, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).
The panel will be moderated by Bill Baker, general manager of Perimeter Mall.
Advanced registration is required. For more information, email Britney Hardweare
at britney@perimeterchamber.com.
DUNWOODY ELEMENTARY BRIEFLY LOCKED
DOWN AFTER THREAT HOAX
Dunwoody Elementary School was briefly locked down Nov. 14 due to a threat that
turned out to be a hoax sent from the U.K., according to police. The Dunwoody Police De
partment on Nov. 13 learned of a social media posting in which someone was “threaten
ing to shoot up his school in Dunwoody, GA,” and alerted the DeKalb County School Dis
trict, according to police and school officials.
Officials locked down Dunwoody Elementary, at 1923 Womack Road, for less than 20
minutes to make sure it was safe, according to a DeKalb Schools spokesperson.
Dunwoody Police Sgt. Robert Parsons said the department investigated the threat
and discovered it came from an internet address in the U.K. The same address was used
to post similar threats throughout the U.S. and Canada, he said.
Other internet threats were made to Dunwoody schools, but not proved credible ei
ther, according to police.
TV NEWS REPORTER HIRED AS PUBLIC RELATIONS CHIEF
The city of Dunwoody has
hired longtime llAlive TV news
reporter Jennifer Leslie Boettcher
as its new communications direc
tor. She replaces Bob Mullen, who
recently took a similar position in
Johns Creek.
Leslie Boettcher spent 21 years
as a reporter at WXIA llAlive
and has lived in Dunwoody for
12 years. She attends Dunwoody
United Methodist Church and vol
unteers at her son’s schools, Dun
woody Elementary and Peachtree
Charter Middle.
“I’m so excited about this next
chapter,” she said in a press re
lease. “Dunwoody is such a spe
cial place. I love living here and look forward to sharing and shaping the story of this
great city.”
She begins the job in December.
SPECIAL
Jennifer Leslie Boettcher, the city of
Dunwoody’s new communications director.