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FEBRUARY 2021 • VOL. 15 — NO. 2
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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
