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Newspaper Page Textreporternewspapers.net FEBRUARY 2021 • VOL. 15 — NO. 2 A SUMMER CAMPS Calling All Campers! P18 and 19 FOOD FOR THOUGHT General Muir comes to City Springs P7 AUTHOR Q&A Meet the mothers of Civil Rights icons PI 7 WORTH KNOWING Locals donate plasma for COVID battle PI 2 Springs Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIPs 3032 7,30328, 30342 and 30350 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net SL# liuxied VO ‘eojuo|A| aivd e6eisod sn SSMU03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod Jewish Film Festival makes its return SPECIAL The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in pre-pandemic times drew 40,000 attendees to such major local venues as the Sandy Springs Performing Arts. This year, it has found a way to return with a combination of virtual screenings and a three-day drive-in event. Above is a scene from “Asia,” a 2020 Israeli drama about a single mother’s relationship with her ailing daughter that is among the many films in this year’s lineup. See story, p. 20. Most incumbents undecided on mayoral, City Council campaigns BY BOB PEPALIS Mayor Rusty Paul and four of the six City Council members aren’t ready to say if they will run for re-election this fall as the city faces such big issues as North End redevel opment, racial dialogue and highway toll lane projects. Tibby Dejulio and Jody Reichel were the only council members to say they definitely intend to run for re-election on Nov. 2. Andy Bauman, Chris Burnett and Steve Soteres re main undecided and did not rule out may- oral campaigns. John Paulson said he’s un decided about re-election but would not consider another office. Paul previously spoke of retiring after his current, second term in the Mayor’s Office, but late last year said he is undecided on a See MOST on page 22 2021 could be year of North End plans and water rate cuts BY BOB PEPALIS 2021 may be the year that the city final ly kicks off redevelopment of North End shopping centers into vast new mixed-use communities and finds out whether it can cut local water rates. At its annual retreat Jan. 26, where the coming year’s policies are set, the City Council directed consultants to turn North End redevelopment concepts into a formal zoning. And the council learned that the Georgia Supreme Court is about to rule on a lawsuit in the city’s long-running The North End rezoning plans will tar get four North End shopping centers cho sen as linchpins in revitalization plans. The council also wants a plan for incentives for developers that might include tax breaks. The sites include North River Village Shopping Center, 8765-8897 Roswell Road; the former Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping Center, 8610 Roswell Road; and North Springs Center, 7300 Roswell Road. Con cept plans for each site were delivered last year after work by a city North End Revital ization Advisory Committee. While the council and Mayor Rusty Paul asked consultants to come up with fis cal and zoning incentives to encourage re development that included affordable or workforce housing, they never asked for an affordable housing policy. Affordabili ty has been a controversial issue in North End discussions, with the advocacy group Sandy Springs Together saying more needs see 2021 on page 22

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Sandy Springs reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, February 02, 2021, Image 1