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Newspaper Page Textreporternewspapers.net JANUARY 2021 • VOL. 15 — NO. 1 A FOCUS ON EDUCATION Students find creative ways to support the community in pandemic crisis m-30 (f ^ _ pp 1 Jfg I fi -- 2020'n REVIEW Looking back at a historic year ph COMMENTARY Peering into the 2021 crystal ball P16-18 PUBLISHER’S NOTE New Year, New Beginnings pi6 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 a6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod mm o.ir tvis G&EtSPACE W& SPPiitLL mu HOT 8£ OHPUCEO comer98 10 £E cmrmm IH SfPtMTE fnn MfiSUW ct€vm fU&TCtTlZEHS em \jvrjs 55- ■1 . j'r T ■ | J ftiMM rwrfSS I An illustration of the proposed redesign of the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Mount Vernon Highway. North End remake means incentives, code changes BY BOB PEPALIS Redevelopment of four North End shop ping centers would require the city to loosen code restrictions and offer financial incen tives - and maybe even a direct purchase of property, consultants say. That was the word the City Council heard on Dec. 15 in the wake of conceptu al redesigns for North River Village Shop ping Center, 8765-8897 Roswell Road; the former Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping Center, 8610 Roswell Road; and North Springs Cen ter, 7300 Roswell Road. The concepts arrived this year after work by a city North End Re vitalization Advisory Committee. “I view us as stakeholders, not develop- See NORTH on page 14 BY BOB PEPALIS The city plans to shift millions of dollars around with the aim of completing trans portation projects funded by a sales tax whose revenue has been lower than expect ed. Meanwhile, a decision on whether to ask voters to approve another transportation sales tax could come as soon as this year. The changes would put on hold a contro versial roundabout proposed for the inter section of Mount Paran and Powers Ferry roads; increase funds for a remake of the in tersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Mount Vernon Highway; and move money away from trails and transit right of way and to ward sidewalk installations. “The bottom line, it’s about $5.4 million ... over the available budget,” Public Works Director Marty Martin told the City Council Dec. 1 about the TSPLOST project list. See CITY on page 15 r' Fine Jewelry Find M<Wen gem in gonr own b«rckg*frt( See Page 9 m

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