Dunwoody Crier — February 13, 2020

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Dunwoody Police launch security cameras initiative

Preservation Trust begins Volunteer Hall of Fame

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Spruill Center sets sights on expansion By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com

Jewish Fertility Foundation/Special

From left, Robert Weiss, mom Sarah Ashton and baby Oliver Anklowitz play at Berman Commons on Feb. 2.

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Fertility group organizes photoshoot to celebrate legacy of Holocaust survivors

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Frank, the Atlanta native founder of DUNWOODY, Ga. — Some of the oldthe Jewish Fertility Foundation. Frank est and youngest members of the local started the foundation in 2015 after Jewish community met Feb. 2 in a battling years of infertility. The nonspecial event organized by the local profit provides financial assistance, nonprofit Jewish Fertility Foundation. educational awareness and emotional Rose Sowadsky, an 83-year-old support to Atlantans who have medical woman who fled Nazi Germany, had fertility challenges. the opportunity to introduce her Jewish The group has helped bring 32 ba@ @ friends @ @ and neighbors to her legacy: the bies into the world with 17 on the way. @ @ infants who were created with the help 1 13/4/19 Page11 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 3/4/1911:16 11:16 AM AM Page @ @ of her @ 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout granddaughter’s foundation. 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 11:16 AM Page 11:16 1 03-06-19_HAbannerBlue.qxp_Layout 1 3/4/19 AM Page 1 @ Sowadsky’s granddaughter is Elana See FERTILITY, Page 2 @ @ @ @

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annex, freeing up classrooms at the Cultural Center for the arts center to use. To further meet demand, Spruill has the architectural plans to build eight new classDUNWOODY, Ga. — The Spruill Center rooms. The plans add on to the northeast for the Arts has a clear priority for 2020: wing of the building, creating a two-story expanding its space so it can offer more mirror to its existing hallway of classes. The classes to more people. plans also include revamping the courtyard Since 1993, the Spruill Education Centhe arts center shares with the library. ter has been located at the North DeKalb “We would like to have this built and Cultural Center on Chamblee Dunwoody be growing into it by the end of the year,” Road, a space it shares with DeKalb Public Kinsey said. “Now, it’s just a matter of Library, the Stage Door Players and the resolving the money.” Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild. Initially, the arts center was looking From this location, the center offers for a three-way split for financing the more than 800 visual arts classes annuproject, with Spruill putting in one-third ally to more than 5,000 students of all of funds, the city of Dunwoody putting ages and skill levels. in one-third and the final one-third com“People come here for every reason ing from grants and arts foundations. under the sun,” CEO Bob Kinsey said. Making it a city project, however, could “We have people who go on to professional create additional bureaucratic hurdles careers in the arts, folks who just want to and extend the timeline, which the arts develop a specific skill. There are people center wants to avoid, Kinsey said. who see this as stress relief from their day Further complicating the discussion job, folks who come here to socialize, and is the Old Austin Elementary site. With lots of empty nesters and retirees.” the school moved to its new location, the However, the Education Center city gets the old facility. The city is workcan’t keep up with demand. Their most ing with a contractor to study what to put popular classes — usually ceramics and there, which could include moving some jewelry making — sell out quickly, and of the groups currently located at the people are constantly asking them to ofCultural Center. fer new disciplines, like woodturning. Despite the lingering questions, Kinsey “It’s a good problem to have,” Kinsey said he is confident the city and the arts admitted. “But we don’t like to have to are close to reaching an agreement turn people away. That’s why upping > >center and that the City Council and new mayor capacity is our main priority for > 2020.” > > > The city’s new North Shallowford An-> have > all been supportive of the arts. > > > “We want people to know that we nex has provided some > > temporary > > > relief for Spruill Community > >  For> >   >hear their cries, we’re trying to do some> meetings. > instance, the Dunwoody Homeowners > > >   >  thing and we’re excited about the oppor> > now held Association meetings are at >the >tunities this could bring,” he said. >

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