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reporternewspapers.net FEBRUARY 2020 • VOL 14 — NO. 2 A Perimeter Business City authorities grant tax breaks, school districts eye budget impacts PAGE 5 WORTH KNOWING These ‘angels’ save pets P10 ROBIN’S NEST Glamour shots dress up your food P15 ART & ENTERTAINMENT P25 2020 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival showcases 64 films im o Podcast Check out our podcasts and Facebook Live Streams Springs Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIPs 30327,30328, 30342 and 30350 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net SL# uuxied VO ‘eojuo|A| aivd e6eisod sn SSMH03 aislysyd H3l/\IOlSn0 IVISOd 1-285 toll lanes could take buildings, backyards; residents and officials express concern BEGIN 1-285 WESTBOUND AUXILIARY LANE EXTENSION P. I. NO. 0017 no MISSIOH HOLDINGS UC PAZIRA EBRAHIU SIERRA PLACE LLC PALMERS INVESTMENTS UC REBECCA TRNUBONO NMIE COPELAND ROAD HISTORIC DISTRICT KALEN WHEELER . av , r v, H If TRANSFORM 285/400 R mk -1 PI 0013546 1 3 0$ SPECIAL A portion of a Georgia Department of Transportation map showing a conceptual layout of the toll lanes system in the area of Lake Forrest Drive and its effects on nearby properties. Marked properties could lose slices of land, while those with red dots would be demolished. Advisory group forms to review North End plans BY HANNAH GRECO hannah@reportemewspapers.net Two years after setting North End rede velopment as a priority, the city has created a new committee to advise and review the forthcoming conceptual plans. The com mittee and the consultant will also be ex ploring possibilities of a “North End Revi talization Zone,” which Mayor Rusty Paul says will be created to pursue incentives in the area. It is unclear what the exact format and duration of the Sandy Springs North End Revitalization Advisory Committee will be, but the meetings will be public, according to city spokesperson Sharon Kraun. The committee is a 13-member board ap- See NORTH on page 22 BY DYANA BAGBY, HANNAH GRECO AND JOHN RUCH Approximately 155 properties in Broolchaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs could be affected or demolished by Georgia Department of Transportation right of way acquisition for the 1-285 top-end toll lanes project, according to new maps unveiled during January open houses in local cities. The draft plans show the project razing several residential and commercial struc tures, including some or all the Chateau Club Townhomes and possibly the swim ming pool of the Georgetown Recreation Center, both in Dunwoody. Also marked for displacement are three to four buildings in the Dunwoody Village apartment complex, and two buildings in the Sierra Place apart ments in Sandy Springs. Part of the back- See 1-285 on page 31
