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FEBRUARY 2020 • VOL 14 — NO. 2
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Perimeter Business
City authorities
grant tax breaks,
school districts eye
budget impacts
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1-285 toll lanes could take buildings,
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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
