Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, November 23, 2018, Image 1

Previous Issue Next Issue

Clip Visible Area View Page Text View PDF

Newspaper Page Textreporternewspapers.net NOV. 23 - DEC. 13,2018 • VOL. 12 — NO. 24 FACEEOOK.COM/THEREPORTERNEWSPAPERS TWITTER.COM/REPORTER_NEWS A Sandy Springs Reporter ► In bid to attract visitors, hotel taxes seek ‘free mone] with few strings page 4 ► Sandy Springs, Brookhaven refresh their tourism tactics page 4-5 PHIL MOSIER Bailey Olson, 15, a sophomore at Riverwood International Charter School, hauls a box at the Morgan Falls Athletic Fields on Morgan Falls Place Nov. 17 as he helped with Keep North Fulton Beautiful’s document-shredding event for local residents. The Recycling Center, on Morgan Falls Road, accepts a wide variety of materials on a regular basis. For more information, see KeepNorthFultonBeautiful.org. North end task force could submit two differing plans BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reportemewspapers.net Disagreements over what affordability policies should be included in the north end task force’s report could result in two differ ing plans being submitted to the City Coun cil. The group has been meeting since May, discussing proposals to spur redevelopment in the city’s north end and hosting public in put meetings. It is now in the final stretch of its process. The group has narrowed down its initiatives to six and members presented first drafts of a report at its Nov. 14 meeting that is expected to be presented to the City Council at its January retreat. The task force plans to present a propos al to the council that recommends sever al other projects, including a new multiuse path and community center. The group gen erally agrees on those parts of the propos al, but the developer and advocate factions have been vocally disagreeing on key piec es of the housing component. Each side has See NORTH on page 23 CC The very clear message to our returning and newly elected representatives should he that the era of one-party rule is over and there is no entitlement to these seats for one particular party or the other. ANDY BAUMAN SANDY SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER See COMMENTARY, page 10 STANDOUT STUDENTS The musicians of No Solution Page 20 OUT & ABOUT 13 ways to celebrate the holidays Pages 18-19 City spends $154K on ‘cultural center’ design, eyes auto shop spot BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reportemewspapers.net Sandy Springs is spending nearly $154,000 designing a new “cultural center” after privately approving an architecture firm’s contract. And while the city says no site has been identified, a request for pro posals shows its “preferred location” was a privately owned auto shop on Hilderbrand Drive and part of Heritage Sandy Springs’ See CITY on page 22 SIGN UP TO RECEIVE DAILY & WEEKLY EMAILS WITH LOCAL NEWS @ REPORTERNEWSPAPERS.NET/SIGNUP

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, November 23, 2018, Image 1