JAN. 20 - FEB. 2, 2017 • VOL. 11 — NO. 2
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Perimeter Business ► Brotherhood of magicians has 85-year bond PAGE 4 ► Cybersecurity company promises 500 new jobs PAGE 7
Honoring Dr. King at City Hall
ZIP code errors could cut sales tax proceeds, city says BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
The Spalding Drive Charter Elementary School Show Choir, directed by Maryann Badovinac, performs at Sandy Springs City Hall on Monday, Jan. 16, for the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. During the event, Rabbi Ron Segal, senior rabbi of Temple Sinai, received Sandy Springs’ 2017 Humanitarian Award. More photos, page 14.►
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Exploring the world beyond Google
The remaining challenge is attracting workers who are willing to go without a car or to leave it at home to cover that last mile between MARTA or the GRTA bus stop and their offices or place of business. BOB VOYLES Chairman of the Perimeter Business Alliance
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OUT & ABOUT Get Bird Brainy at Nature Center Page 16
The city of Sandy Springs fears it’s getting stiffed on its share of sales tax revenues due to ZIP code confusion that leads some businesses to incorrectly report themselves as being in Atlanta. But the evidence is murky as to whether it’s an actual problem and if so, how big the losses are. City officials could not give a current example of such a business and have never conducted an audit to see whether any are misreporting. The neighboring city of Dunwoody said it occasionally sees a small number of sales tax miscalculations, but has auditing measures to catch them, and the state Department of Revenue says it has similar mechanisms. Sandy Springs’ concerns date back to the city’s 2005 incorporation in ZIP codes that once were just called “AtlanSee ZIP on page 12
COMMUNITY City Springs workers celebrate construction milestone Page 13