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COMMENTARY
Some residents favor project
at Wieuca and Roswell roads
To the editor:
An article [“Scrutiny slows down
development,” Sandy Springs Report
er, Nov. 30-Dec. 13] listed High Point
Civic Association (HPCA) as one of
four neighborhood associations that
opposed a planned development near
the intersection of Wieuca and Ro
swell Roads.
I wanted to at least send you a dif
ferent perspective as my wife and I are
HPCA members that are in favor of this
development for the reasons below:
1) The development will help revi
talize the area and will bring a new im
age as well as new retail shops and res
taurants closer to our neighborhood.
2) This has potential to increase prop
erty values.
3) Several apartment complexes on
Roswell Road could use facelifts or a re
build, and these two complexes are two
of many that could use some modern
ization or a dynamic shift is space utili
zation (which is what this will do).
4) This has potential to help our
neighborhood school with population
control. High Point has been making
great strides toward re-establishing its
prominence as a great neighborhood
school. No one that has kids going to
High Point (or those that live in the
High Point school district) wants to see
trailers added to accommodate growth.
By revitalizing this area, there is a strong
possibility that the High Point popula
tion will see a small decrease in the stu
dent count which helps the school main
tain its focus on the number of students
the school is set up to support.
5) Now that the HPCA community
has sidewalks on Windsor Parkway that
run from High Point Road to Roswell
Road, there will be even more potential
for neighbors to walk to and from res
taurants and shops located in the revi
talized area.
6) We would like to see a thorough
traffic plan laid out in order to support
this development (we agree with every
one with this concern), but we also are
cognizant that this new development
will possibly attract a different work
classification which in turn could help
minimize the early-morning traffic pat
terns we see today. A younger genera
tion (or simply a more technical/pro
fessional generation) could potentially
provide more work from home-type sce
narios.
We do understand there is much
more to discuss on this and we only ask
that the Sandy Springs Reporter also
cover some of neighbors that are in fa
vor of this development as well as those
that oppose.
We just think this is a great opportu
nity for the neighborhood and want to
show our support.
Rodney and Autumn Murray
Tennis programs have taught
many local children
welfare of the children of Sandy Springs
is a by-product of learning the sport of
tennis and the children are always fore
most in our mission. We continue to
look forward to a safe and stable envi
ronment for our programs and to the
long-term support of the Sandy Springs
community.
Best regards,
Manny Guillen
Chairman of the Board ofDirectorj
SSTA
To the editor:
The SSTA is a Com
munity Tennis Asso
ciation (CTA) of the
United States Tennis As
sociation (USTA). The
SSTA is a nonprofit or
ganization under 501C3
regulations and its main
mission is to grow ten
nis through teaching the
sport to the elementary
schools of Sandy Springs
at after school programs.
We have taught more
than 500 children in about four years of
existence. Our funding depends mostly
on small fees, grants and donations, and
many of the children are underserved,
being part of the Hispanic and African
American diverse population.
In the past, the SSTA as a CTA of the
USTA, has partnered with many entities
which include the city of Sandy Springs,
the Sandy Springs Tennis Center and
others. The Reporter Newspapers has
been very kind to the SSTA in publiciz
ing our various events. The health and
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