COMMUNITY
Moving up or Downsizing?
Mayor: ‘Gateway’ bridge to
provide vision of trees, river
BY JOE EARLE
joeearle@reporternewspapers.net
Sandy Springs city officials want to
spruce up the Roswell Road bridge across
1-285 to welcome drivers to the city.
Mayor Eva Galambos said the city
has hired a Boston-based landscape ar
chitect to design the new “gateway” to
the city. City officials hope the project
can be completed by next spring, she
said.
“The gateways into Sandy Springs
should make a statement,” Galambos
told members of the Sandy Springs Ro
tary Club during their July 15 meeting.
“We keep them clean, but we want to do
more.
Later that week, she told members of
the Sandy Springs Kiwanis Club that the
design of the gateway bridge would incor
porate elements referring to the Chatta
hoochee River and to forests, two elements
of the city logo.
“The most important [entrance to the
city] is 1-285 and Roswell,” Galambos told
the Kiwanis Club members during their
July 18 meeting. “Were not going to plant
all sort of little shrubs. It will incorporate,
along the bridge, a vision of the river. We
want to replicate the logo.”
Berkovitz running for District 6
A second candidate has joined the
race for Sandy Springs City Council’s
District 6 seat.
Patty Berkovitz, former president and
founder of the Sandy Springs Watershed
Alliance, has announced she will seek
the post in the November municipal
elections. Current District 6 Council-
woman Karen Meinzen McEnerny will
retire at the end of this term.
Andy Bauman, co-founder of the
Sandy Springs Farmers Market, also is
running in District 6.
Berkovitz said she’s been volunteer
ing and advocating on behalf of res
idents since 2000. In addition to the
Watershed Alliance, she is also a for
mer member of the Sandy Springs
Council of Neighborhoods. She grew
up in Sandy Springs, and said she
wants to bring her passion for her
community to the City Council.
“I have a proven track record of
Patty Berkovitz
knowing and understanding and lov
ing Sandy Springs, and being concerned
about how we grow,” Berkovitz said.
“I’m not afraid to stand up and defend
District 6 when it needs defending.”
—Dan Whisenhunt
Paulson seeks re-election to
City Council from District 1
District 1 City Councilman John Paul
son has announced he will run for a sec
ond term on Sandy Springs City Council.
In a statement emailed to the media,
Paulson said the city could use his exper
tise. Paulson is an engineer who works
for Milliken & Company. He was first
elected in 2009. Elections are Nov. 5.
“The next four years we will continue
to see challenges in this city center devel
opment effort. My experience in engineer
ing and construction allows me a unique
perspective in this arena, with its many
implementation challenges,” Paulson said
in the statement.
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—Dan Whisenhunt
District 1 City Councilman
John Paulson
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