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NOVEMBER 2020 • VOL. 14 — NO. 11 reporternewspapers.net Sandy Springs Reporter Perimeter Business ► Shop local for the holidays PAGES 7-10 A WORTH KNOWING P19 A PATH400 worker’s trail to a second chance COMMENTARY Giving thanks in a time of crisis P16 AROUND TOWN Time for Perimeter cities to plan together? P20 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 ‘eojuoiAi aivd e6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod i ] n*H . - Shssh iilii 11 zLSzsjl. FILE The future city of Sandy Springs public safety headquarters at 620 Morgan Falls Road. BY BOB PEPALIS More than a third of city households are burdened by rent, utilities BY BOB PEPALIS More than a third of households in the city pay so much for their housing that they are considered cost-burdened by it, consul tants creating a housing needs assessment say. Consultants with HR&A Advisors told the City Council on Oct. 20 that the average household earning less than $50,000 annu ally is pays more than 30% of its income in housing. Consultants Phillip Kash and Matthew Bedsol said presented a preview of the city’s See MORE on page 31 Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone looks forward to the day when local residents can easily find the city’s public safety building when the Police Department and Municipal Court relocate 620 Morgan Falls Road. Now they are located in the back of a business complex at 7840 Roswell Road that DeSimone said not a day goes by that some one in the parking lot has to ask how to get to court or where they go to file an incident report. The current headquarters has many woes, the chief says, and a new facility will help with recruiting and retaining officers in a challenging time. “And if you’re a 22- [or] 23-year-old young man or young woman straight out of col lege, straight out of the military or in your See POLICE on page 30
