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MAY 1 — MAY 14, 2014 • VOL. 9 — NO. 9
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Residents question Spalding Woods townhome plan
Remembering Eva
BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE
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Clif Poston nodded his head as he listened to residents’ concerns about a plan for developing more than 100 townhomes on Spalding Drive. The executive vice president of Traton Homes addressed community members for the first time April 28 to answer questions about the townhome development on 11 acres now used for the Spalding Woods Club’s swimming pool. Members of the club have agreed to sell the land. But some nearby homeowners are saying members of the nonprofit club don’t have a legal right to profit from the sale of the land. On Feb. 28, the club’s membership voted to sell the 11 acres as long as two conditions were met, resident Richard Boswinkle said. The first condition is that the rezoning must be approved by Sandy Springs and
ISADORA PENNINGTON
Friends, family, residents and fans of Sandy Springs’ “founding mother” Eva Galambos remembered her at a memorial service at Sandy Springs United Methodist Church on April 24. The first mayor died April 19 at the age of 87. For more, turn to pages 6-8.
SEE RESIDENTS, PAGE 27
Creeks are ‘magical places,’ water tester says BY JON GARGIS Memories of his childhood and a radio ad that aired more than 20 years ago are two reasons why David Fountain heads to Long Island Creek every month. The Sandy Springs resident is a volunteer with Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, and his efforts have him monitoring the creek near his house in Powers Ferry Estates, which he and his wife moved into in 1993. It was in November of the next year when he responded to an ad from Fulton County that sought volunteer stream monitors. “The idea interested me, and I went to a training course. That started the whole process, and it’s just kept going ever since,” Fountain said. More than 20 years later, he continues to measure the qualities of the nearby creek, whose headwaters are up near Roswell Road and Interstate 285. It flows south and west, eventually
dumping into the Chattahoochee River. “I have always really felt like creeks were just magical places, and some of my fondest memories from my childhood were playing in the creek near my grandparents’ house, and so when it came time to buy my own house, I really viewed the proximity to the creek as a wonderful thing. I wanted my future child, at least at the time we bought our house, to be able to play in a safe and healthy creek,” Fountain said. “It was really that desire. “My daughter was born a few years later, and she has very much enjoyed playing in the creek and going back there with me,” he added. “Ultimately, [for me it’s about] just wanting to ensure that the creek is a safe place for the kids of the neighborhood to play in.” His daughter, now 15, sometimes joins him in his efforts. SEE CREEKS, PAGE 26
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