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DAN WHISENHUNT
Gov. Nathan Deal speaks to the Sandy Springs/
Perimeter Chamber of Commerce on July 9.
Deal touts Georgia job growth
to local chamber members
BY DAK WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Gov. Nathan Deal dropped by Sandy
Springs on July 9 and talked to the com
munity’s business leaders during a lun
cheon at First Data hosted by the Sandy
Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Com
merce.
“Our job growth has certainly ex
ceeded the national average,” Deal
said. “In fact, a recent study, and I
believe it was done by On Numbers,
they place our state as No. 7, and me
as No. 7 among governors for job cre
ation among current governors in the
U.S.”
The Perimeter, home to Fortune 500
companies such as UPS, has played an
important role in the state’s job creation
efforts, Deal said.
The governor said Georgia’s low rank
ing in another category is actually a
compliment.
“We are a state that has a very favor
able tax structure,” Deal said. “We are
ranked No. 50 in terms of the burden
of taxes on our citizens. That’s where it’s
good to be No. 50.”
Deal encouraged local business lead
ers to contact their members of Con
gress and encourage them to support
deepening of the port of Savannah, one
of his top economic development initia
tives.
“This is a Georgia priority,” he said.
“It is not a coastal priority.”
Gateway project on July 16
council agenda
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
City Council will likely decide the
fate of the controversial Sandy Springs
Gateway project during its July 16 meet
ing.
The gateway development will be
located at the intersection of Roswell
and Wieuca roads. Traffic from the
project will affect both Sandy Springs
and Atlanta’s Buckhead communi
ty. The plan pushed by developer JLB
Partners initially called for 700 apart
ment units, but during the June 20
Planning Commission meeting, the
developer announced the plan will be
reduced to 630 units.
The Planning Commission recom
mended approval of the zoning, but still
had concerns about the realignment of
the Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road
intersection. That realignment was a rec
ommendation of the Georgia Region
al Transportation Authority, which as
sessed the project as a development of
regional impact.
The High Point Civic Association re
cently sent an email to City Council en
dorsing the current plan.
It said that the intersection realign
ment will be an important point of dis
cussion going forward.
“This intersection has a direct and
critical impact on the homeowners in
our community, as it rests within our
representative region, and serves both
our homeowners and the many thou
sands who commute through it each
day,” Civic Association President Zach
Wilson wrote.
The July 16 meeting begins at 6 p.m.
and will be held at Council Chambers at
Sandy Springs City Hall, 7840 Roswell
Road, Building 500.
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