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MARCH 2019 • VOL. 13 — NO. 3
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One Sandy Springs neighborhood revealed that GDOT says 20 homes are slated for demolition. Residents worried it would “destroy” neighborhoods in Brookhaven and sink Dunwoody values. And Dunwoody City Council has raised concern that the city is getting the short end of the stick after Sandy Springs has negotiated some access
The Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center was operating about $185,000 in the red at the end of 2018, despite receiving over $1 million in subsidies from the city. A foundation that was created to provide additional financial support has not yet done so after hitting some snags. The revenue between August to December was $1.9 million, including performances, private rentals, the city subsidy and parking income. Expenditures cost the city over $2.09 million, including parking, putting the PAC in the red by $184,803. The PAC was budgeted to bring in $5.2 million in revenue and spend over $3.3 million by July, the end of the fiscal year. The PAC experienced major leadership changes in its early months since opening last August. The general manager departed and the city has stopped using a thirdparty management company. The city has said it will keep tweaking the operations as it learns how to operate an event venue, including a recent action to make onstreet parking free. Financial records that end in December, the latest available, show PAC performances often post at least some profit, but vary widely in attendance and costs. In October, the Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir, which only brought 146
See HOUSE on page 12
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EVELYN ANDREWS
Tim Matthews, a Georgia Department of Transportation program manager, discusses the Ga. 400 toll lanes project with the Perimeter Center Improvement Districts board at its Feb. 27 meeting.
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House demolitions, access points cause rising concerns in toll lane plans
BY EVELYN ANDREWS AND DYANA BAGBY
As the Georgia Department of Transportation prepares to release long-awaited details on its toll lanes projects on Ga. 400 and I-285, residents and officials are expressing concern over recently revealed house demolitions and questions about access ramps.
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