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JANUARY 5 -18,2018 ■ VOL. 12 — NO. 1
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Sandy Springs
Reporter
► 2018: Looking
into political
crystal ball PAGE 10
► 2017: Year
in Review PIGE 3 ►
READ OUR STUDENT
PROFILES PAGES 14-29
Affordable
housing rises
on city’s 2018
agenda
BY JOHN RUCH
johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
Affordable housing was a hot topic as
the city drafted a new zoning code last year,
concluding in a construction incentive pro
gram officials described as just a start. In
2018, affordability is rising to the top of the
city’s agenda in both policy and practice.
Mayor Rusty Paul kicked off the new
year by saying he will place the long-antic
ipated redevelopment of the northern Ro
swell Road corridor on the city’s official
short-list of policy goals. A prime concern
in that redevelopment: ensuring a broad
er mix of housing, including units afford
able to “middle- and working-class fami
lies.” Paul is expected to name an advisory
committee about that redevelopment and
its housing options early this year.
In the immediate future, the city is
working on a deal to gain 10 middle-in
come-affordable units in a luxury apart-
See AFFORDABLE on page 13
City Springs
budget climbs
over $229M;
residences to open
BY JOHN RUCH
johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
The public’s share of the City Springs
budget is rising 3.5 percent to over $229
million, as Sandy Springs City Council on
Dec. 19 approved its first — and, officials
promised, only — increase for construc
tion delays, upgrades and other items.
The decision came the same day that city
officials got their first tour of the private
ly funded and developed residential part of
the new civic center. Branded as Aston City
Springs, the apartments and townhomes are
See CITY on page 4
