Sandy Springs Police has a uniquely aggressive vehicle pursuit policy, one neighboring cities do not share.
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA —
The Sandy Springs Police
Deparment has a more aggressive vehicle pursuit policy than surrounding jurisdictions, leading to more high-speed chases and risky maneuvers to stop suspects.
In 2024, Sandy Springs officers engaged in more than twice the number of car chases than police in Alpharetta, Dunwoody and Roswell combined, according to interviews and an analysis by Appen Media.
Law enforcement officials agree that the decision to pursue fleeing motorists is a balancing
Sandy Springs Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone has presided over a department that engages in more vehicle pursuits than any neighboring cities in North Fulton County.
act; departments must weigh the risk for officers, suspects and bystanders against the danger of not apprehending the suspect at that time.
How Sandy Springs police make that calculation is what sets them apart from neighboring cities.
Guidence from the Department of Justice in 2023 recommends that
pursuits should take place when two conditions are met, “(1) A violent crime has been committed and (2) the suspect poses an imminent threat to commit another violent crime.”
The DOJ report also recommends law enforcement officials set policies for their departments that detail the requirements to initiate a pursuit, how to evaluate whether it should continue and instructions on documenting incidents.
Sandy Springs’ policy says the goal of a pursuit is to reduce the danger to the public by stopping a fleeing vehicle as soon as possible. Neighboring police departments have different philosophies.
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City buys site for relocation of fire station
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority purchased around 6.6 acres at 5275 Roswell Road July 15 for $10 million, paving the way for the relocation of Fire Station 4.
Currently, Fire Station 4 sits about 1,000 feet outside Sandy Springs at 4697 Wieuca Road in Atlanta.
City Manager Eden Freeman told elected officials that the site purchased for the new Fire Station 4 off Roswell Road would officially close after a debt issuance of $50 million for renovation or reconstruction of three fire stations.
During its adoption of the 2026 budget, elected officials added a relocation of Fire Station 4 to a planned bond issuance, replacing Station 1 off Spalding Drive and enlarging Station 3 off Raider Drive.
Freeman said Sandy Springs purchased the fire station just inside Atlanta for $1.24 million in 2014. The city is obligated to cover fire calls to parts of north Buckhead, extending south to Pharr Road, because of an agreement during the transfer of ownership.
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People watch a Georgia Department of Natural Resources helicopter land on Mount Vernon Highway during the 2024 Back to School Bash, a National Night Out event, at City Springs. This year’s meet-and-greet with law enforcement is Aug. 5 from 6-9 p.m.
Community gatherings slated for August in Sandy Springs
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs is scheduling a couple of community events on the Green at City Springs in August to usher in the 2025-26 school year.
The city says its annual Back to School Bash is from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 5 at 1 Galambos Way. To kick off the school year, Sandy Springs will honor local law enforcement, celebrate fostering stronger community-police relations and provide an enjoyable evening for families.
National Night Out is a nationwide celebration to promote community safety.
The public is invited to meet with Sandy Springs police officers, firefighters and K-9s, explore patrol cars, fire engines, a mobile command center and SWAT trucks and witness helicopter landings on Mount Vernon Highway.
Other activities include a giant inflatable obstacle course, free shaved ice, balloon art, carnival games, music with a DJ and lifelike dinosaurs from Prehistoric Nation.
Participating agencies include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement
Agency, Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Georgia State Patrol.
This year’s festivities are supported by the Sandy Springs Police, Fire and Recreation and Parks departments.
Beginning Aug. 8, Sandy Springs is bringing back Movies by Moonlight for its third season on the Heritage Amphitheatre Lawn at 6110 Blue Stone Road.
The opening night showing is “The Parent Trap” (1998) starring Lindsay Lohan, followed by “A Goofy Movie” Sept. 5 and “Practical Magic” Oct. 3.
There will be outdoor concessions starting at 7 p.m. and movies on a 30foot inflatable screen are set to begin after sunset.
The city says “Practical Magic” is rated PG-13 due to some violent scenes and mature themes and encourages parents to read a review.
Moviegoers are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for a comfortable viewing experience. With the Amphitheatre’s tiered-lawn seating, Sandy Springs says it’s one of the best places around to enjoy a movie under the stars. Also, the Moonlight Mocktails are back by popular demand, featuring a glowing ice cube.
Admission is free to all three movies.
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Alpharetta, Roswell and Dunwoody policies prohibit officers from pursuing vehicles based on traffic charges alone. Following the DOJ’s direction, Alpharetta and Roswell also say pursuits should be avoided if it’s evident the suspect could be apprehended at a later time.
Sandy Springs relies on a more situational approach, allowing pursuits based on the “totality of circumstances.”
In 2024, Alpharetta reported five police pursuits, Roswell documented 10 and Dunwoody logged two.
Sandy Springs officers engaged in at least 41 car chases in 2024, according to an Appen Media analysis. That’s up from 2023, when Sandy Springs reported 17 pursuits.
Major policy change
Department officials attributed the rise to a “major policy change” in 2024.
The new, amended policy allows for more discretion or freedom for officers, allowing them to pursue a fleeing vehicle if they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed or is about to occur.
Available data on the pursuits are scant.
Of the 41 chases identified by Appen Media, the city provided Vehicle Pursuit Reports on 13.
It withheld the remaining documents, saying the underlying cases were pending investigation.
In the 13 provided reports, there were a range of suspected crimes at the pursuits’ inception, from speeding and improper license plates to outstanding warrants and armed robbery.
Officers caught and arrested suspects in about half the cases. The others got away.
Sandy Springs officers conducted PIT, box-in or other forced termination techniques in at least 12 of those pursuits.
A PIT, or precision immobilization technique, is a method used by law enforcement to make contact with a vehicle, forcing it to abruptly turn 180 degrees and stall.
Alpharetta, Roswell and Dunwoody officials told Appen Media they conducted zero forced termination maneuvers in 2024.
“I can’t remember the last time we did a PIT,” Alpharetta Police Captain J. Braithwaite said.
Appen Media asked Sandy Springs Police spokesman Sgt. Leon Millholland why the department has a more aggressive pursuit policy than
surrounding cities.
“We’re not going to tolerate crime in the city. We have the support from our city officials, and the chief wants crime delt with,” Millholland said. “That’s where it comes from, its leadership. The citizens of Sandy Springs … we continually hear that’s what they want.”
Appen Media published two stories in December 2024 and January 2025 about the Sandy Springs Police Department conducting highspeed chases on state highways and interstates and executing PIT maneuvers.
The Sandy Springs Police Department has posted footage of some its pursuits, ending in box-ins or PIT maneuvers on its Facebook page.
Most comments show support for the officers’ actions and the department’s policies.
Others bring up the danger posed to bystanders and the public.
Risks of injuries
The DOJ’s report cited, “there were two serious injuries and 10 minor injuries for every 100 pursuits,” from 2009 to 2013.
Hugh Clements, director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, said high-speed chases should not be a routine part of law enforcement work.
“The safety of fleeing suspects, their passengers, pursuing officers and uninvolved bystanders are too important to risk on a regular basis,” Clements wrote. “But there are times when the importance of apprehending the suspect in a timely manner means that pursuit is necessary despite these dangers.”
The Sandy Springs Police
Department’s policy states “officers who engage in vehicle pursuits must continually balance the need to pursue against all known or apparent risks posed to the general public.”
In July 2024, two Sandy Springs officers pursued a vehicle into the City of Roswell. One officer drove off the road, disabling his vehicle, attempting to make a turn at 80 mph. A second officer negotiated the turn, but the police supervisor canceled the pursuit.
Meanwhile, another officer, just off duty, had turned around on his way home to join the pursuit, at one point reaching a speed of 87 mph on Riverside Drive. He continued on the chase for another 30 seconds after the pursuit was canceled, according to the department’s analysis of the incident.
In that report, the department critiqued two additional officers who responded to the scene despite being “not within the vicinity of the pursuit.” One of those officers were clocked at 124 mph on Ga. 400. The other officer, a detective, reached a speed of 90 mph and continued with emergency equipment on for 21 seconds after the supervisor’s cancelation announcement.
The vehicle escaped.
Another pursuit in December over a broken tag light ended in two PIT maneuvers conducted in an apartment complex parking lot off Cimarron Parkway. Police Chief DeSimone ruled the officer’s actions were “unnecessary PIT attempt and not within policy.”
Pursuit training delayed
Sandy Springs schedules pursuit trainings for its officers every two years to keep up with legal updates and changes in techniques or vehicles, Police Sgt. Millholland said.
“It’s not a recertification; it’s a refamiliarization because we’re not required by law to be certified in PIT maneuvers,” Milholland told Appen Media. “The training that we do every two years is a brief familiarization [with] any legal updates, any change in techniques or that have been discovered, or any change in vehicles, you know, anything that needs to be addressed. Because of an increase in mandated training hours from 400 to 800, Millholland said Sandy Springs is still attempting to schedule its “refamiliarization” at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) in the city of Forsyth.
“Right now, our training division is reaching out, and they’ve got a couple of possibilities going right now,” Millholland said. “We will get this scheduled second half of this year to do this refamiliarization … it’s in the process of being scheduled.”
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Sandy Springs performed a PIT intervention technique on a Dodge Challenger on the Glenridge Connector January 2.
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4. Egress. Barbershop request. Type of enemy.
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7. Attention-getter. In the know. Type of toast.
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3. Lackluster. Peruvian beast. Type of eagle
4. Egress. Barbershop request. Type of enemy.
5. Hirsute. Kind of knife. Sailing vessel with two masts
6. Kind of brush. Avian chatterbox. Weakling.
Empty nester creates her own community boutique
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga — Nida Mudd has slowed down enough now to talk about her new retail business.
“In May of 2024, I was very deep into trying to get everything set up … it couldn’t have been a busier time in my life,” Mudd said. “I do feel like someone above was definitely helping me get to where I am today because I couldn’t have done it without my friends and, you know, some outside force helping me.”
Judy & Grace Boutique is a new women’s fashion destination within the Shops of Dunwoody in the Village on the west side of Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
Nida Mudd and her husband Todd met as college students at Mizzou, the University of Missouri. They have lived on the Dunwoody-Sandy Springs border for more than three decades, sending their four children to Saint Jude the Apostle Catholic Church and then the Marist School.
and marketing. Nida said she was extremely busy buying fixtures, hiring people and selecting inventory in the first half of 2024.
“I had inventory, but having to steam [out wrinkles in] the inventory, unbox it, count it, put it into a system, find a pointof-sale system, purchase one, print the prices and stick them on all the clothing,” she said. “I mean, if you can just think of that process, I knew none of it.”
Nida said she was eyeing a lease of Nancy’s former space for her own shop, but the popular chain Summit Coffee was a more attractive tenant to the shopping center’s leasing team.
The popular coffee spot has been a boon for surrounding businesses at the Shops of Dunwoody with increased foot traffic, Nida said.
Last April, she signed a lease of 1,250 square feet between Palm Beach Tan and the Dunwoody Tavern.
“When my oldest child was going into his senior year, I had decided, ‘you know what, I think I'm going to stop working all together and just pursue the mommy track,’” she said. “But what I found is that I was just busier than ever working on things for the school, you know, doing various things on various boards.”
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The idea for a boutique came a couple of years ago when her youngest child and only daughter, Mattie Grace, was a junior in high school.
“I was just reflecting and thinking to myself, ‘what am I going to do next?’ I’m
kind of a worker person,” she said. “I'm not a sit around at home, cleaning … you know, just domestic. That just wasn’t in my blood.”
Nida said the name of the boutique honors the two most important women in her life: her mother, Judy, and Mattie Grace. After giving her a little seed money for the business, Nida said she decided to put her mother’s name in the store.
“I don’t like to take no for an answer, and I’m willing to take on a challenge,” Nida said. “If I don’t know something, I’m going to do what I can to try to learn about it. A lot of it is just my girlfriends just being there and saying, ‘you can do this and let’s do it.’”
After a soft opening in November 2024, the boutique had its official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony with Dunwoody officials and community leaders in late February.
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“She’s in her mid-80s, and I know that there’s going to be a day that she's not going to be with me,” Nida said. “I wanted her name in my store name in order to for me to remember her always.”
Nida said Judy & Grace Boutique is geared toward women with a “stylish, timeless and fabulous” vibe.
Mudd approached her husband, Todd, with the idea of opening a boutique, and he suggested she first get some experience working in a store. So, she approached the owner of Nancy’s Boutique, which she frequently patronized, with an offer of working as a substitute employee without pay.
“I started subbing at Nancy's for a little bit,” Nida said. “After working there for three or four months, I decided ‘you know what, this is something I would like to pursue.’”
Nancy’s Boutique closed its doors when the owner retired amid health concerns in January 2024, leaving Nida without someone experienced to bounce ideas off of.
“I don't know how I did it, now that I'm talking to you about it, I honestly am not sure how it all happened,” she said. “I hired a couple of consultants, [and] they became my friends… and I couldn't have done all that because I had really had no idea.”
While she didn’t have retail experience, her career background is in sales
When Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch asked her if she was a city resident, Nida said they had a laugh because technically her home is in Sandy Springs. However, Nida identifies as a Dunwoodian.
“What’s so funny is that Dunwoody incorporated after I moved here,” she said. “So, when I moved here, I was technically in Dunwoody … it’s just where they drew the line.”
Monsignor Joe Corbett from Saint Jude the Apostle Catholic Church and Rabbi Brian Glusman from the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta gave blessings at the ribbon-cutting at Nida’s invitation.
She said there’s no other place she would have raised her children than Central Perimeter. Her identity is intertwined with her church community, friends throughout Dunwoody and work with a local Jewish educational nonprofit.
Judy & Grace Boutique invites Metro Atlanta women to visit and enjoy a warm, welcoming atmosphere with a “girlfriend vibe” that sets the tone for shopping.
The boutique is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.
For more information, contact the store at 770-680-5213 or visit judyandgraceboutique.com/home.
For the latest updates, visit @judyandgraceboutique on Instagram.
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The team at Judy & Grace Boutique gathers behind the checkout counter Feb. 26 during the grand opening of the women’s fashion destination. From left, Judy & Grace Boutique owner Nida Mudd is all smiles with her six employees Angie Houghton, Sue Benedikt, Karen Oates, Susan DiChiara, Patricia Seimetz, Mary Peterka and Jennifer Morris.
Medley contractors at work on Johns Creek’s ‘third place’
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Medley is making its mark on Johns Creek, repurposing an old corporate campus to create a destination.
Medley is a $560 million mixed-use project within a 42-acre triangle within McGinnis Ferry Road, Lakefield Drive and Johns Creek Parkway. It’s set to feature 200,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment; 110,000 square feet of Class A office space; 150 owneroccupied townhomes; a 175-key boutique hotel and 750 luxury apartments.
After groundbreaking this January, a tentative grand opening is set for Oct. 29, 2026.
Medley is part of a larger 192-acre Town Center masterplan, which is set to include City Hall, public parks and pathways on both sides of Johns Creek Parkway.
Before he branched out on his own, Mark Toro led development of North American Properties’ mixeduse destination Avalon off Ga. 400 at Windward Parkway in Alpharetta.
Now, Toro Development Company is working to bring some of its strategies to create a “third place” in Johns Creek.
Sociologists refer to a third place as a social environment where people can build community bonds, which is not in their homes (first place) or at work (second place).
While the larger Avalon will remain a regional draw for Metro Atlantans, developers say Medley is about culture, community, connection, convenience and charm for the people of Johns Creek.
Johns Creek native Allie Cyr, who toured the construction site in early July with Appen Media, said having a spot close to home for neighbors to build connections is exciting.
Brian Keaton, senior superintendent at Hoar Construction, will manage construction.
Keaton, who started his career installing door frames at the State Farm office campus on the same site in 1990, said a lot has changed in the woods between Peachtree Corners and Alpharetta.
“It is so fulfilling to return to the same site I worked on 35 years ago,” Keaton said. “There has been so much change since then — I remember standing in line in the rain for my physical paper check and testing the robotic mail cart to make sure it could fit through the doors.”
To make way for the new project, the team has demolished one of the State Farm buildings and is incorporating the other into the Medley site plan. The remaining building is being repurposed to include ground-level retail on both
Members of Medley’s construction, development and marketing team stroll across the mixed-use project’s main entrance July 8 during a tour of the 43-acre site. Developers are repurposing one of the existing buildings at the former State Farm campus and constructing a couple others to create a mixed-use destination for existing residents and newcomers.
sides with other floors remaining office space.
“I am proud to be back at this site where it all began and play a larger role in transforming this property into a mixed-use destination that we know will serve the incredible community of Johns Creek,” Keaton said.
He knocked out one of his longstanding traditions earlier this year by tossing a coin into the first slab of concrete poured on the site for good luck.
Because of the site’s elevation changes, the main plaza is above portions of the site abutting McGinnis Ferry Road and Lakefield Drive. While most of the construction work and infrastructure is underground, the exciting stuff is beginning to sprout.
Building heights are capped at four stories for the office and multifamily buildings on both sides of the planned Medley Boulevard, cutting through the center of the site. It will resemble Avalon, with pedestrian friendly streetscapes, “jewel box” retailers with activated rooftops, open-air shops and restaurants with outdoor patios.
In early July, Hoar Construction made progress on the first floor and foundation of the multi-family building with hundreds of construction workers on-site.
Keaton said finding labor is difficult, but it’s a nationwide problem. He said his team does a great job, glancing over to
his son and smiling.
Dividing the townhomes from the retail hub, offices and main plaza are a set of two-story buildings, allowing patrons to use a staircase to trek between the two sections of Medley.
Empire Communities is building some 150 townhomes on the southern end of the site, while Hoar Construction has the reins of Medley’s first phase of mixed-use development.
While most trees on the site have been cleared, developers plan to replant more than a thousand and have saved a
pine oak near the main boulevard and a couple of others around the site.
The two entities are not partners, but the concepts support one another.
Caroline Simmel, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Empire, said Medley’s residences represent a new category in housing — upscale homes that offer owners all the benefits of an urban lifestyle, while still living in the suburbs.
To learn more and keep up with Medley’s construction, visit medleyjohnscreek.com.
Hoar Construction Senior Superintendent Brian Keaton and Toro Development Company Partner John Kelley stand in front of the heart of Medley, a 43-acre mixed-use destination in Johns Creek.
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Alpharetta jail closure delayed two months
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The county jail annex in Alpharetta is continuing operation after its planned closure was postponed to September.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office notified the City of Alpharetta June 3 that the original plan to close the North Annex Jail by July would be delayed another two months, to Sept. 1.
The decision to close the annex, which serves law enforcement agencies throughout North Fulton County, was part of a plan to address concerns about the county’s jail operations raised by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The jail, 2555 Old Milton Parkway, is owned and operated by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to allow Alpharetta and other nearby cities,
like Johns Creek, Roswell and Milton, to house inmates.
The North Annex can hold about 70 inmates, although it often houses as few as a dozen. Alpharetta pays $60 for each inmate at the facility but nothing for inmates sent directly to the downtown jail.
Its closure could require police officers to take inmates to the Fulton County Jail, 901 Rice St. in Atlanta. The trip to the jail can take as long as an hour, said Deanna McKay, Alpharetta Communications and Engagement manager.
“The increasing demand on officers’ time will be like when the jail was closed by the sheriff in 2020,” McKay said. “We are very actively exploring the option of opening the jail by Alpharetta staff and would seek to enter into agreements with the other north Fulton cities to provide for this service locally.”
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Public safety officials in Alpharetta are exploring ways to keep the Fulton County Jail Annex operational after the Sheriff’s Office closes the facility in September.
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“The deed also includes first right of refusal,” Freeman said. “If we sell the facility, we must offer it back to the City of Atlanta for at least 30 days, and it would be sold back to them at market value.”
Freeman told elected officials that the value of Fire Station 4’s site is around $3 million, and Sandy Springs is not allowed to bill Atlanta for the service calls.
Fire Chief Keith Sanders said the number of incidents stemming from Atlanta increased from 171 in 2022 to 345 in 2024, costing the city more than $1 million over three years. The Fire Department used its full operational budget to estimate the cost per call.
“When John McDonough hired me back in 2014, I began a pursuit and a journey to find property for our fire stations to improve our response times,” Sanders said. “This is the one that we need the [most] to improve our response times on the south end of the city and give the service that we’ve been giving to Atlanta to our citizens. This will meet our needs.”
The Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority, created in 2006, is composed of City Council members and serves as a financing and ownership partner for major city developments like City Springs.
Site selection process
Through a lengthy process, city officials narrowed down a site for the relocation of Fire Station 4 within city limits between Mount Paran Road/ Beachland Drive and Maryeanna Drive along Roswell Road (Ga. 9).
Mayor Rusty Paul said it’s been a journey looking at several different parcels over several years, trying not to use eminent domain.
“I want to thank the owners of this property for their willingness to work with us on this,” Paul said. “They had already started building their project when we approached them … had the permits ready to go … had made some investments.”
Following negotiations with the property owner – listed as Pace Leven LLC – the city is including an IRS form for a $2.6 million tax deduction because of the seller’s significant stormwater improvements to the site. It sits across from the Mt. Paran Walk shopping center.
City Councilman Tibby DeJulio said officials have known since incorporation that there needs to be a fire station on the southside.
He said currently there isn’t one. “I know how important it is to get
Sandy Springs is purchasing 6.6 acres, including 5275 Roswell Road and a 4-acre parcel directly east of it, for the relocation of Fire Station 4 from its existing site just inside the city of Atlanta. Sandy Springs officials said the $10 million purchase is pending the issuance of $50 million in bonds for an addition to Fire Station 3 and the relocations of stations 1 and 4.
The existing Sandy Springs Fire Station 4 is at 4687 Wieuca Road within the city of Atlanta less than 1,000 feet from the southern city limits. Fire Chief Keith Sanders told Sandy Springs officials that relocating the fire station would improve the department’s response times and drive down long-term costs.
our emergency services there and our fire trucks there in a shorter period of time,” DeJulio said, personally thanking the Fire Department and city staff. “It’s much better than the strip club, which was there for so many years. But seriously, it is something that we’ve needed.”
Savings in the long term
Sandy Springs Fire Station 4 and Atlanta Fire Station 27 off Northside Drive serve the southern parts of the city inside I-285, just north of Atlanta’s Buckhead. The cities have
agreements at both stations for mutual aid.
While council members approved the $10 million purchase agreements in their roles on the Public Facilities Authority, the purchase of the property is pending the bond issuance. During the 2026 budget process, staff indicated that the city could issue the additional debt without affecting its credit rating.
City officials also said the relocation will end up saving the city money long term because it would no longer be responding to calls inside
Atlanta.
Fire Chief Sanders said the department plans to relocate a logistics center in the basement of the existing Fire Station 4 to the new building and construct a fueling station for firefighters and police officers. Other plans include a training building or tower, which will keep personnel from leaving the city for required trainings, and a potential police precinct.
Sanders said elected officials will see site plans and renderings for the new station in upcoming months, adding that the fire station itself will sit near Roswell Road.
Council members Melody Kelley and John Paulson confirmed with staff that there will be noise mitigation and buffers between residential neighborhoods. Paulson said residents surrounding the new Fire Station 5 in the panhandle have reported positive experiences.
City Councilman Andy Bauman, who joined the City Council in 2014, said relocating Fire Station 4 is critically important to public safety, the city’s number one priority.
“It’s a lot of money for these properties, but we’ve been looking for years and these meet the needs, this is a very data driven process where you can look at response times,” Bauman said. “This is definitely a lot of money, but we can’t afford to not do this.”
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Notes about summers connecting at the beach
Our three grandchildren stayed with us this week for “Papa-Tina” camp at the beach. They are 10, 8, and 5.
They do not selfentertain all that much, but we knew that. Actually, I’m not sure that any kids do at those ages.
Food is a big deal. So is going to bed, taking baths and brushing teeth. And by “big deal” I don’t necessarily mean “problem.” I mean those things are mission-critical and, well, sometimes are embraced and at other times, not so much.
“Why I remember when” (fill in the blank) and compare it to today’s kids – their behavior, their awareness, their attitudes and such. If you dare.
Christina (“Tina”) checks on 5-yearold Annie who is in the shower:
“OK Annie, it’s time to get out. It’s bedtime.”
“I only shampooed so I haven’t finished bathing the rest of me.”
“That’s OK, the shampoo ran down the rest of you so you’re clean now.”
Annie just looks at Christina and shakes her head, “I don’t think it works that way, Tina.”
Huh? How old are you?
But that made me remember the story from years ago about the youngest child of one of our friends – 5-year-old
GET OUTSIDE, GEORGIA!
Sammie – that took place outside the Louvre in Paris. There had been an “issue” and Sammie was in timeout –with her mother sitting next to her – on the bench outside of the museum, while dad and the other kids were inside taking in all the art. After a considerable amount of time, Sammie turns to mom:
“I bet you’re sorry you gave me this punishment now.”
Huh? Yeah, no words. Sure.
I remember the times when I had to order four copies of each new Harry Potter book – all seven of them – in order to avoid World War III from my kids fighting over who got to read it first. And as I recall, the book releases seemed to frequently fall during the summer, so we would take delivery at the beach – where we spent most summers – and each kid would retreat to their own particular space and not move for days while they devoured each book. And, of course, we would then have the issue of the fastest reader sharing what happened to Harry in the book and, of course, World War III would break out anyway.
You know you really can’t win, right? I think eldest son Hans recently finished (re)reading all seven Harry Potter books to daughter Phoebe. How cool is that? Makes me want to revisit them. And, well, maybe World War III isn’t so bad after all if that is the type of collateral “damage” that results down the road?
Beach time is always special. Memories made at the beach often last
forever. And usually what makes it special are not big things; it is the little ones – top bunk or bottom; Frisbee or football; only one sand-flea net and three kids wanting to catch sand fleas; badminton versus volleyball. Summer beach romances. Freedom. New friends. No schoolwork. Bloody games of Risk, puzzles, book reading, sleeping in, cards, no TV, kite-flying, bare feet the whole time, late night snacks, uncombed hair, of course, fishing.
We have an old not fancy “cracker” Florida beach house we’ve owned now going on 26 years. It’s on a barrier island about 5 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. You get there by boat or plane. There are no stores, no restaurants, no paved roads, no stop lights, no traffic, no hotels or condos, no law enforcement or medical facilities – just sand, shells, arrowheads, pine trees with scars from sap harvesting early in the 20th century, occasionally wrecks of old Spanish sailing vessels, sand fleas, moccasins, gators, raccoons, dunes and about 80 houses – of which maybe 6 are permanent residents.
Everyone knows each other. You know each other’s boats, dogs and favorite beverages. My kids have friends they only ever see at the beach – beach friends only. Most of those kids are now adults now. But they still come back. For years we successfully avoided having a TV so everyone did “analog” stuff, like read books and play games. I think our kids learned how to connect there – how
to be just kids. That hasn’t changed, somehow miraculously on the island. It almost seems to stand still – time.
People meet and catch up at the mail kiosk – three times a week when the mail boat delivers the mail. We pop a squat on the dock in the harbor and just visit. We invite each other to dinner all the time. We’re almost never in a hurry; no one is out there. We watch weather. We watch tides, and it’s a big deal to know wind direction and speed. The weather can change hourly and it’s like going to the movies sometimes – only you and your surroundings are the script.
I think today, loneliness is epidemic, and a hollowness to be connected to something real, something meaningful is pervasive. We know we’re missing something. The loneliness is not just for each other but also for connection to a natural world.
Beach-time reminds us. It is, albeit temporary, an antidote. It is a salve, a tonic, an elixir. It heals. It nurtures. It makes memories we don’t forget. It connects.
“Time passes slowly up here in the mountain
We sit beside the bridges and walk beside the fountains
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
Time passes slowly when you’re lost in a dream.”
“Time Passes Slowly”— Bob Dylan
Feeling the heat on an afternoon in July
The other day, and despite the heat, I decide to get outside for a while after lunch.
I know, I know. This time of year, doing anything at all outdoors means dealing with sweltering summertime heat. It’s humid and sweltering. It makes you uncomfortable. It makes it hard merely to breathe.
Yeah. The fact is that this time of year, it’s just too darned hot. Still, I feel the need to break free of the keyboard. But to where? Maybe Stamp Creek? Over off Highway 20, it flows sedately through the Allatoona Wildlife Management Area on its way
to Allatoona Lake. The creek should be cool – at least enough to knock the edge off the heat.
Wading in a creek on a sweltering July day is a pleasant prospect, all things considered. But over even that, there hangs a question: Will the creek hold any fish?
You know about me and fishing. You know I’ll just have to find out.
On my way out I retrieve one of the fly rods. I also pick up an Altoids box full of flies. Dad used to carry flies in little metal Kodak film cans, though these days those metal cans are darned near impossible to find. Plastic ones show up now and then, but plastic’s not quite the same. So I’ve gravitated to Altoids boxes. They do fine too.
Is that everything? I think so. I open the garage door, and a wave of heat rolls in and swallows me up. And
when I open the car door a minute later, an even more determined blast of superheated air hits me full in the face. Am I having fun yet? I will be, in a minute, once the car’s AC works its magic.
I start the engine and turn the “cold” knob all the way to 10. Unseen machinery whirrs into motion, fighting against the sweltering air, and slowly prevails.
Only then, secure in my bubble of cool air, do I set out for Stamp Creek.
The piece of Stamp Creek I’ll visit on this searing July day is accessed from parking areas near the Ga. 20 bridge. There are small parking areas on the south side of the highway on both sides of the creek. I pick the one to the west and pull off the pavement. I grab the rod, too, and then make my way downhill toward water. In an
instant I’m sweating. It’s just hot. But then I’m at the edge of the stream. Left or right? I toss a mental coin and turn left, downstream, toward the expansive waters of the lake. The creek is cool and soothing, a perfect respite from the heat. I work my way along, in no hurry, casting now and then. Small sunfish are responsive. The day is good, for I am catching fish and (thanks to the creek) I am cool.
Soon it’s time to begin the walk back. Leaving the cool water, heat again trumps all. Sweat returns, and by the time I reach the car, I feel like leading man in a one-act play set in a planet-sized double-boiler. But again, the car’s AC provides relief. Soon comfort and joy return.
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OPINION
Haynes Bridge Road, a vital artery not well known
Many roads in Georgia are named after early pioneers. Dirt roads connected farms with small communities. Sometimes we know a lot about the roads, especially when they are long and important. The histories of less significant roads are not often told.
Haynes Bridge Road is just 5 miles long, too short to generate much historic interest. The starting point is Academy Street in downtown Alpharetta. It runs behind the Alpharetta City Hall and library, crosses Old Milton Parkway and terminates at Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek. While it is a vital connector road today, its story is not well known. Today’s column will put a little meat on the bare bone.
Richard London Haynes (1773-1844) and Abigail Ragan Haynes (1781-1853) were early pioneer settlers who moved from Virginia to Cobb County in the early 1800s and later moved to what is Alpharetta today. Both are buried in Old Big Creek Cemetery in Alpharetta. Their son Richard Luther Haynes, Jr. (1818-1894), the youngest of 11 children, was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He married twice, first to Martha Mayfield Tate (1816-1862) in 1838. That marriage started a long relationship between the Haynes and Mayfield families. Richard Luther’s second wife was Sara Hooks (18141892). Both wives are buried in the Haynes family cemetery in Alpharetta, while Richard Luther is buried in Old Big Creek Cemetery with his parents.
Like most pioneer settlers, both Haynes’ generations were farmers. Richard Luther owned a farm of 240 acres probably inherited from his father. The Haynes home place was where North Point Mall in Alpharetta is today.
In 1894 Richard Luther Haynes, Jr. died, and his land was divided and sold. The 30 acres that Haynes Bridge Middle School occupies today was a part of Haynes’ farm. Haynes Bridge Middle School was opened in 1983 for six through eighth grade students. In 2000, a chimney from Richard and Abigale’s farm dating back to the late 1700s or early 1800s was relocated and installed near the garden area of the Haynes Bridge Middle School. The move, restoration and relocation of that historic marker were made possible
by a $10,000 grant from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Honor Teacher Grant Award to Christie Pratt, a teacher at the school.
In December 2012, the relocation of a section of Haynes Bridge Road in downtown Alpharetta between Old Milton Parkway and Academy Street was completed to make room for the new city hall and library as part of the City Center project. A new library was built on a 3-acre site donated by the city adjacent to the new city hall which was completed in September 2014. The new library broke ground in March 2014 and opened July 30, 2015. The relocation of Haynes Bridge Road made it possible to create a unified city center rather than a collection of isolated structures.
Unlike some other local bridges that began near ferry boat operations, the original Haynes Bridge was a rather modest affair, possibly made of wood and primarily built to serve the Haynes farm and other nearby farms. It crossed Big Creek or a tributary and was built in the second half of the 1800s.
Elsie Knight, a longtime Alpharetta resident, grew up on Haynes Bridge Road, which was a dirt road until circa
the 1950s, according to Elsie. She recalls hearing that “Mr. Haynes had three boys who one night rode their horses into the local church during a service. They got into a lot of trouble,” she says. “My sister Edna and her husband Leroy Strickland built a house across the street from Mr. Haynes. I was born in an old farmhouse on the same hill.” She notes that the county rebuilt the original bridge prior to World War ll when she was a little girl.
Elsie’s parents were Talmage and Lunette Burgess. Talmage owned a sawmill and cotton gin. He worked for many years in the gin which was located across the street from Resthaven Cemetery in downtown Alpharetta. In the mid-1900s he owned the Talmage Burgess Grocery at 1 South Main St. Prior to that, the building housed the Jones Grocery, Lively Grocery and the John A. Oliver Store. John was Elsie’s great grandfather. Lunette taught school at the Newtown School which no longer exists. She had to quit teaching when she married Talmage because married women were not allowed to teach at that time.
Elsie remembers some of her
neighbors from the early days. “Daisy and Nick Bailey lived beside us on Haynes Bridge Road. Daisy cooked for Alpharetta schools and was the best cook ever. Bob and Elsie Shaw lived three houses up the hill. Bob was my uncle and was overseas in World War ll. After the war Bob and Elsie delivered morning newspapers for the rest of their lives. Cliff and Florence Thomas lived four houses up the road. They had a huge flower garden. Uncle Bud Isiac Shaw lived across the street. He kept foxes in his barn and turned one loose every Sunday and set his dogs after them. The dogs would tree the fox but never killed it. Uncle Bud thought that was fun.”
Thanks to Connie Mashburn; Donna Alexander, assistant principal, Haynes Bridge Middle School for their help with this column and the unknown reader who suggested this week’s topic.
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
BOB MEYERS
Columnist
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Big Creek, an important historic waterway, taken from a bridge on Haynes Bridge Road. Settlers built bridges across Big Creek in the early 1800s. None of the original bridges still exist.
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On the way home, I stop by the grocery store to pick up the makings of supper. And then, just because its close, I decide to make a quick stop at the thrift store.
I’ve come to love thrift stores. I have this hope that someday I’ll walk in and there’ll be a pile of handmade bamboo flyrods with a sign that says “Fishing Poles – $2 each.” It hasn’t happened yet. But it could. And if it does, I have a fiver in my pocket. That would cover two rods and tax too. Maybe I’d even let them round it up and give them the whole thing.
I park in the shade of a big tree. Just the other side of the tree is what
appears to be a homeless guy fanning himself with a floppy piece of cardboard. He appears to be…wilted. But it’s no big deal. We see that kind of thing all the time here in the promised land.
As I get out of the car, he calls out.
“Brother,” he says, “could you spare a dollar?”
Well. I could, but I don’t. Instead, I walk toward the store, moving away until the voice by the tree is lost in the general noise.
The store’s entryway is one of those airlock-style double doors designed to keep outside stuff outside. As I approach, the outer doors open, letting me in. Immediately the air is cooler. Then the inner doors open too. I step through them into blessed coolness, surrounded by the castoffs of others, searching for fire-sale pricing on things I don’t even need.
I make a quick run through the store. Nothing catches my eye. So I turn to go, back through the airlock that isolates the comfort inside from the inferno beyond.
Yeah, it’s hot. But don’t they say that heat refines?
I reach the car and can’t help but look toward the tree. The homeless guy is still there. He sees me, and he says again, “Brother, could you spare a dollar?”
And I stop.
I know what you are thinking: Don’t feed the need. Don’t be an enabler. Don’t fall for it. Don’t. He will just take the money and fritter it away.
No one will condemn me, I say to myself, if I just get in the car and go. I’ve got the power – the power to do what I want with my five-dollar bill.
I open the car door and settle into the
seat. I crank the engine. Cold air pours from the vents.
So heat refines?
I sigh, and I open the car door again. I climb out, back into the miserable July afternoon. I reach into my pocket and pull out the fiver and walk 7 yards and give it away.
“Thanks, brother,” he says. Did I throw away five dollars?
“You’ve been had,” you are thinking. “He played you.”
Maybe. Maybe not.
As I get back into my air-conditioned kingdom, with my groceries on the seat beside me, on the way home to my comfortable house and my cozy life and my prospects for tomorrow, I think again of the guy under the tree.
Sure, I gave him five dollars. Maybe I did it for him. But maybe I did it for me.
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