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Newspaper Page TextAROUND TOWN COMMENTARY Presidential campaigns appeal to suburban fears P16 North End shopping center review favors mixed-use, single-family homes WORTH KNOWING A pastor’s quest for racial reco P18 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 SSMy03 aislysyd yaiAioisno ivisod This concept for the North River shopping center, a slight favorite of North End Revitalization Committee members, is high-density, but keeps buildings to six stories or shorter. A hotel on Roswell Road was proposed for each concept. The concept encourages some redevelopment of the Winding River condo community to the east of the property. Cultural Center plan changes location BY JOHN RUCH AND BOB PEPALIS An $8.6 million Cultural Center proposed by the city in a bid to be home to a state Ho locaust memorial has shifted to a new loca tion at City Springs, lost two partner organi zations intended to fund it, and may change its name. If its funding comes together, the center still would house an art gallery and the of fices of the Georgia Commission on the Ho locaust and its exhibit “Anne Frank in the World,” which is currently on display in a Roswell Road shopping center. But the Sandy Springs Perimeter Cham ber of Commerce and Visit Sandy Springs, the city’s tourism bureau, have withdrawn from previous pledges to help fund the cen ter and become tenants within it. And an See CULTURAL on page 20 BY BOB PEPALIS The North End Revitalization Commit tee and residents have wrapped up a review of four shopping centers targeted by the city for redevelopment. Mixed-use remakes were a general point of agreement, though consultants say there’s little demand for new stores, and many residents called for single-family homes rather than multifam ily buildings. The affordability of housing in such re developments has been part of the conver sation, too. “We support the city looking to rede sign the underutilized shopping centers,” said Melanie Noble-Couchman, who with her husband, David, successfully persuad ed the city to take up affordable housing is sues. “And adding more housing is greatly See NORTH on page 30 www.Lauderhills.com

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Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, October 02, 2020, Image 1