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The Sandy Springs Planning Commission on June 20 endorsed the zoning needed for a controversial gateway development near Atlanta’s Chastain Park, but there’s still uncertainty surrounding a massive intersection realignment the project requires.

If Sandy Springs City Council approves the redevelopment project at its July meeting, it will mean the city must realign Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road. The realignment will cost between $3.7 million and $5.7 million, and will be paid for by Sandy Springs taxpayers.

Three options are being considered for the realignment. Under two of the three options, the old Sentell Baptist Church would be razed to make way for the project. Under the third op-

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Tamara Carrera, director of the Community Assistance Center in Sandy Springs, leads the shopping cart parade during the center’s “Food ‘n Fun Festival” at Morgan Falls Athletic Complex on June 23. The event raised awareness, food and funds to combat local hunger and homelessness. Another photo on page 22.

Sandy Springs isn’t playing around with business owners who won’t sell their property for the city’s new downtown.

If the owners won’t sell, the city will use its powers of eminent domain to take their property.

City Council made the point at its June 18 meeting, voting to buy two similar pieces of property along Roswell Road for two distinctly different prices.

The parcels are both .29 acres, both front Roswell Road, and are both adjacent to the former Target building on Johnson Ferry Road that the city purchased for $8 million in 2008.

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Clarke Otten does what he wants and lives how he likes.

His eclectic Sandy Springs home contains artifacts from around the world: statues, ornaments and old weapons. When a reporter visited him at his home for a recent interview, Otten wore blue jeans and a T-shirt featuring a picture of a giant lizard.

Otten, 60, has devoted dan whisenhunt the past few years of his life Clarke Otten relaxes at home. to recounting Sandy Springs’ heritage. The amateur historian has done it so well that he received 2008 and 2009 altered his travel plans. the Sandy Springs Society’s “Spirit of “When the economy failed, the first Sandy Springs” award. Past recipients thing that happened is my travel budget include Mayor Eva Galambos, awarded disappeared,” Otten said. in 1997 when she was still rallying resiWith his suitcases stored away, Otdents behind the idea of a new city. ten found a hobby closer to home. He The society has bestowed this honor said Kimberly Brigance, director of prosince 1995, well before the city incorpograms and historic resources at Herirated in 2005. tage Sandy Springs, asked him to give an But Sandy Springs’ history didn’t beoral history about his time growing up gin in 2005, Otten said. in Sandy Springs. Otten said he had alOtten said he often finds interest in ways been interested in history. the city’s past at odds with the city’s presHe said recollecting Sandy Springs ent interests. He’s vocal about his opinquickly turned into “an addiction.” ion that city government needs to better “It’s the research that intrigues me,” protect its history.

Otten said. “It has that calming effect, “I get a surprising amount of support for people who have (obsessive-compulfrom the general public and a few peosive disorder), of putting together picple from the city,” Otten said. “There is ture puzzles.” an awful lot of indifference to history on For the last three years he’s been the city’s part.” working on a book that he hopes will be City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen the definitive word on what happened McEnerny said people are appreciative in Sandy Springs and, more importantof Otten’s work. She said his lecture sely, what didn’t. It’s currently at 400 pagries at City Hall in 2011 was well ates, and counting. tended.

He said what little has been written “He’s just wonderful,” McEnerny down are no more than “fables” unsubsaid. “He’s just really bringing the histostantiated by the facts. He sees his book ry of our community into the forefront.” project in some ways as a massive corThe history lessons aren’t always welrection. come, however.

“I think this is my real point of purOtten found himself crosswise with suing this,” he said. “I feel like educatthe city and a local school in 2011 when ing local people in Sandy Springs about he accused Holy Innocents’ Episcopal their rich cultural heritage will create a School of damaging a grave during its stronger sense of community.” expansion project. The city said it could Otten’s research also took him in anfind no evidence the grave existed. other direction. He founded a film stuOtten keeps in his collection a chunk dio, Southern Heritage Productions, of the handmade brick that he found at which will produce historical documenthe site. taries.

“I learned my lesson with that,” OtHe said he won’t focus solely on the ten said. “You can’t get everybody else to Civil War, because that’s only a brief care as much as you care, they either do moment in time. The American Indior they don’t.” ans, early settlers, struggling farmers and Otten cares. He grew up in Sandy wealthy investors all played their part.

Springs, graduated from high school, So what part does Otten play? and received a little college education.

Otten takes pride in helping Sandy He started a chain of auto repair shops, Springs residents better understand their Professional Automotive Repair, that beroots. He also sees it as a way to leave a came so successful, it allowed him to relittle part of himself behind. tire.

“I don’t have any children,” Otten He wandered the globe, visiting 66 said. “What legacy will I leave? My legacountries. The economic collapse in cy will be my research.”

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Community Bauman makes candidacy official

Andy Bauman has announced he will run to represent District 6 on the Sandy Springs City Council.

District 6 currently is represented by City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny, who has decided not to seek re-election. District 6 is in the southwest corner of the city, south of I-285. McEnerny has been the district’s representative since the city incorporated in 2005.

The election will be Nov. 5.

Bauman is cofounder of the Sandy Springs BR IEFS Farmers Market.

“Whether advocating to increase and improve city green space and parks, or for street, sidewalk and infrastructure improvements in our neighborhoods, or initiating more civic events similar to the Farmers Market, I will do the hard work necessary to make things happen,”

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Past, present and future Jim Squires, center, new president of the Sandy Springs Rotary Club, was joined by past and present Rotary leaders during an induction dinner at Dunwoody Country Club on June 15.

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Mayor is named to Holocaust group

Mayor Eva Galambos has been appointed to the 15-member Georgia Commission on the Holocaust by David Ralston, speaker of the state House of Representatives.

The commission was established in 1986 by then-Gov. Joe Frank Harris, and became a permanent state agen-

cy in 1998. It was created to educate Georgia residents about the consequences of hate, prejudice and discrimination through the lessons of the Holocaust. Members of the commission are appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House.

Bauman said in his campaign announcement. “Proven leadership makes the difference.”

Sandy Springs City Council on June 18 approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which begins July 1. The city made no changes to the proposed budget.

The $87.85 million general fund budget includes $10.7 million for public works projects, $3.2 million for parks and recreation, and $33.8 million for public safety services, mainly the Sandy Springs police and fire departments.

The city’s single biggest expenditure this year is $23.8 million budgeted as “other,” the bulk of which will go to pay for the city’s downtown revitalization project.

Poll workers sought for city elections

City officials are taking applications from people who want jobs as poll workers during the Nov. 5 elections. Applicants must be at least 16 years old on Election Day and be U.S. citizens, according to the city’s website. Applications must be completed by Aug. 1, and poll workers must complete a three-hour training course, the website says. To apply, go to www.sandyspringsga.gov/ pollworker.

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There will be a new 26-story office tower in Sandy Springs, but it will rise above a neighborhood that opposes the height of the looming structure.

At its June 18 meeting, City Council sided with Hines Interests Limited Partnership in its request for a zoning variance to raise its height limit from 18 stories to 26. City Council voted 3-3, and Mayor Eva Galambos cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of the developer.

Council members John Paulson, Dianne Fries and Chip Collins voted “yes” with the mayor. Council members Tibby DeJulio, Gabriel Sterling and Karen Meinzen McEnerny voted “no.”

Galambos’ vote came after several residents pleaded with the city to stand firm on its height restrictions. The residents, mostly from the nearby Mount Vernon Plantation apartments, cited numerous concerns, including blocking the sight of the skyline and shadows cast by the taller building.

Their words also recalled a time when Galambos and other city leaders formed Sandy Springs because of Fulton County’s alleged indifference to north Fulton residents’ concerns. Galambos has served two terms since 2006 and has declined to seek a third.

Mary Jo Marx, a resident, said allowing the variance would be an echo of the county government Sandy Springs fled.

“I would ask the mayor and city council to vote against this proposal, for one primary reason,” Marx said. “Stick

with the foundations of our fight that you, madam mayor, led so well for so long against exactly this type of thing.”

Trisha Thompson with the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods said the variance reminded her of the “bad old days” under Fulton County. “Even Fulton County gave us 18 stories here,” she said.

Galambos told the residents the building would have less density with the additional floors.

“The reason I’m supporting it is, the density is not higher,” Galambos told the residents. “The density is lower than you had approved. You’re better off.”

Hines, a company based in Houston, said many of the additional floors would be contained within parking decks beneath the tower. The building will be located on approximately 4 acres at the corner of Peachtree Dunwoody and Abernathy roads. The building will join three others in the Northpark Town Center project that began in the 1980s.

John Heagy, a senior vice president in Hines’ Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta, said the expansion would increase open space and green space at the property. He said the development’s proximity to a MARTA transit station will make the building attractive to potential employers.

“We want Northpark 700 to become a competitive asset for Sandy Springs, and our goal is to bring real life to this great site,” he said.

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Amid the recent controversy surcameras are,” Sult said. rounding national surveillance proThe city is now working to give backgrams, many may not realize that jurisup dispatchers access to the system to dictions around metro Atlanta are using give them the ability to do things like integrated camera systems to record view the area where there have been recity-wide security footage. ports of traffic lights out or debris in the But proponents say access to video roadway. footage is an invaluable tool for public “We give them access to it so idealsafety. ly we don’t have to send a car when we The city of Atlanta and Sandy Springs don’t have to send a car,” Sult said. already have these systems in place, and Carlos Campos, a spokesman for the cities of Brookhaven the Atlanta Police Departand Dunwoody are considment, said the department ering them. launched its Operation Bob Carter is the generShield Video Integration al manager of Iron Sky, the Center in 2011. It cost company that has helped to about $8 million and was implement these integrated paid for using money from video systems. He said Iron the Atlanta Police FoundaSky focuses on building tion and the federal governnetworks for public safety ment. technology.

Campos said the city Video is the most comhas access to about 1,400 Terry Sult, Sandy mon technology, but Carter cameras in areas including Springs’ Director said the company also uses Buckhead, Midtown and things like GPS software of Public Safety downtown Atlanta. and license plate readers.

“There was already a “Our solution is designed to integreat deal of existing infrastructure in grate with newer and effective technoldowntown that we were able to tap into. ogies as they become available,” Carter That is one of the unique aspects of the said. “Anything that gives an officer en[Video Integration Center]. We have a hanced situational awareness.” partnership with the private sector, so Terry Sult, Sandy Springs’ Director these are not just city-owned cameras,” of Public Safety, said the city used exCampos said. isting traffic control cameras for its netCampos said the system has been work. helpful to Atlanta police.

“We’re not putting that much mon“For example, during major events ey into cameras, we prefer to use existing such as the Final Four, it provided us infrastructure and partner with compawith situational awareness on a mass nies that already have cameras in place,” scale. We were able to provide live feeds Sult said. “We’re taking advantage of on the ground into a Joint Operations those that would be going up for trafCenter. It has also been helpful in monfic management or sharing cameras with itoring other major events. We have also private companies so that we reduce the recorded several major crimes on the cost.” system that have helped provide eviSult said the system features a Google dence to investigators,” Campos said. map that shows where all the city’s calls Sult recalled a particular incident for service are located. where Sandy Springs police were able to “It shows where your patrol cars are review video footage to find a hit-andon the map, your police cars, fire trucks, run driver who fled the scene after hitambulances, and it also shows where the ting a cyclist.

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Carter said “numerous, numerous events have occurred, especially in Midtown, where a camera system has helped to solve crimes, identified people in the process of committing crimes. One of the most frequent ones is entering autos, peofile ple strolling the Surveillance video feeds from cameras streets breaking installed along major roads in Sandy Springs windows. Norwill assist officers in combating crime. mal everyday issues are always Sult said footage can also be used to occurring, and you can really make an hold police officers accountable. He said impact there.” anything the city records is public reBob Mullen, a spokesman for the city cord. of Dunwoody, said the city is preparing “The tools are two-edged,” Sult said. to set up a video system in Brook Run “I think where the balance comes in is Park later this year. when you’re using them for accountabil“In the past several years, Brook Run ity as well as solving cases, that’s where Park has experienced a significant levthe Open Records Act helps. I’m a big el of crime including criminal damage fan of the Open Records Act.” to property, graffiti, Sult said the imand thefts from veportance of technolhicles,” Mullen said. ogy and video footFor more about the debate on Carter doesn’t beage was evident in surveillance cameras, see lieve security footlocating the Boston Commentary page 8 age infringes on priMarathon bombers. vacy because most “When you think recordings are taken about having to be in public places and prepared in today’s only used in emergency situations. age and the challenges we face, with ev“The idea is to make this informaerything from active shooters to sometion available so police can use it when one who can put together a pressure they need it. They don’t have a monitorcooker bomb …. You’ve got to be preing operation. No one is sitting around pared, and if you can’t prevent it, you watching it,” Carter said. “I think that’s want to have every resource possible to the reality of it. No one is sitting around be able to investigate and mitigate that watching cameras all day.” situation,” Sult said.

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tion, the city would have to remove a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen fast food restaurant. Sandy Springs staff members haven’t made a final determination about which of the three plans is best, and there’s no official timeline for completion.

The road realignment became a factor after the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority issued its ruling on the mixeduse gateway development. Due to its size, GRTA assessed the project as a development of regional impact.

There’s not much dispute about the need for the road improvements. The city reported there were 103 accidents there from 2009 to 2013. The road would be realigned to a 90-degree angle. The options have the potential to affect two existing businesses: a funeral home or a Popeyes restaurant.

The funeral home owner, Community Funeral Service President D. Brooks Cowles, already has informed the city he has retained an attorney who specializes in eminent domain cases.

Uncertainty about where the road will end up going and how long the project will take makes the developer, JLB Partners, wary. “We’re going to need to find out pretty quickly a timeline on when that road moves,” Hudson Hooks with JLB said.

City Council, at its June 18 meeting, deferred approving the zoning so the project could go before the Planning Commission.

The gateway development will be located at the intersection of Roswell and Wieuca roads. Traffic from the project will affect both Sandy Springs and Atlanta’s Buckhead community. The plan orin-

gallly presented by the developer called for 700 housing units, but during the June 20 meeting, the developer announced the plan will be reduced to 630 units.

Sandy Springs Planning Commission Chairman Lee Duncan said during the June 20 meeting that he was having trouble separating the realignment project from the zoning. The Planning Commission’s sole job is making zoning recommendations to City Council. “We’re being asked to rezone a pretty intense piece of property here,” Duncan said.

Duncan asked Sandy Springs Community Development Director Angela Parker whether the commission should consider Windsor Parkway when making its decision.

Parker said the city is fast-tracking the realignment project.

“The city is committed to making

this project happen quickly,” Parker said.

“I think what’s before you is the zoning, but from the standpoint of executing, that project is a high priority with the city.”

The Planning Commission approved the project, while recommending the city allow only one business with a drivethrough, and prohibiting construction traffic from using Roswell Road.

Residents and the developer found common ground on one key point: both wish there was more certainty surrounding the Windsor Parkway realignment project.

Several residents of nearby neighborhoods mentioned the realignment project as they criticized the project’s proposed height and density. “We see the issue related to infrastructure is inextricably linked,” Cherokee Park resident Ron Comacho said.

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CEO and president As the margins for crime reducof the Atlanta Police tion and resources get tighter, we Foundation. will look to new technologies and innovative approaches to make our city safer. Most industries in the past 20 years have progressed through technological advances. Innovations in software, hardware and processes have yielded enhanced capabilities to analyze and manage data in ways never thought possible. There is no doubt that policing is undergoing a similar transformation toward technology-driven strategies.

Consider for example Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) – the use of video cameras to monitor public spaces. While this technology is not new, recent advances in camera technology and the introduction of computer-aided video analytics make it an invaluable tool for any policing strategy.

Cameras provide a safety component, and much-needed domain and situational awareness for police officers as they are deployed to the scene of a crime. They are a force multiplier as video and analytics make it possible for one officer to monitor many “virtual police beats” 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Cameras help speed the process of solving

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STREET TALK Q: Are the security cameras that now monitor us in public places a good thing or a bad thing?

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In the post-9/11 era, cities across the U.S. have developed mass surveillance programs with the hope of improving security.

In recent years, the city of Atlanta has expanded its network of Kristen surveillance cameras. Throughout Collins the city, you will see many cameras Law clerk with the posted along sidewalks and busy inAmerican Civil tersections, and signs informing the Liberties Union of public that they are being watched.

Mass surveillance has now been ex- Georgia and a student at John Marshall tended to Buckhead and Sandy Law School.

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While we all want to live and work in safe communities, we must be aware of the potential problems that come from warrantless mass surveillance. Before expanding the use of surveillance programs, we must ensure there is sufficient oversight to safeguard our privacy and to protect against potential abuse.

The Iron Sky surveillance system has been implemented in many parts of Georgia. Iron Sky claims the technology has helped alleviate criminal activity. Reports on the effectiveness of surveillance cameras have been mixed, with many studies showing that the use of these cameras has had little to no effect in deterring crime.

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“I think they can be both. I think they can be great for deterring crime and also catching criminals after the fact. At the same time, I think they can lead to paranoia, and they can make people act differently than they normally would, like by slamming on their brakes at red lights out of fear of a ticket.”

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“As you can see, I’m “I think they’re a good thing. incognito…. I guess, in the I think they’re necessary for long run, it’s a good thing. It the safety of the community.” does make people take stock.

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Perimeter Business A monthly section focusing on business in the Reporter Newspapers communities

New workplaces attract a new kind of worker

By Joe Earle

Like many who work from home, Steve Miller used to meet clients at a coffee shop. He didn’t really care for it.

“Starbucks is loud and distracting,” he said.

Miller describes himself as a business placement coach.

He helps people find jobs and helps employers find the right people. When he joined the hoards of office-less workers doing business from crowded shops and other public places, it often was hard to carry on the kind of conversations he needed to have.

So he joined Roam.

At its new facility, which opened in the heart of the Perimeter business area in March, Roam offers a 16,250-square-foot collection of meeting rooms, work niches and, yes, its own coffee shop. It is designed to give its members a place that functions as an office. They can meet clients, hold company meetings or brainstorm with co-workers.

But Roam isn’t an office building in the traditional sense. Located at 1155 Mount Vernon Road, on the second floor of a mall and above an Office Depot, it’s one of several metro Atlanta facilities promising to create a new kind of office for workers learning to do business in a different way as new technologies – smartphones, laptops and ubiquitous WiFi connections – allow them to spend less time in cubicles and more time working from home or Phil Mosier elsewhere.

To explain Peyton Day settles into one of Roam, Peyton Roam’s conference rooms. Day is Day, who had an investor in the Sandy Springs been in the hotel facility.

Profile: ‘Basking’ in success

Phil Mosier Roam, located in the heart of the Perimeter business district, offers a 16,250-square-foot collection of meeting space, work niches, access to high-tech equipment, and even a coffee shop. business and is among investors in the new Roam office facility in Sandy Springs, holds up his smartphone.

“This,” Day said, “changed everything in how we do work. Now that you have one of these, you can work anywhere.”

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Although BaskinRobbins store owner Shaheen Haque received a master’s degree in public health from Emory University, she decided sitting behind a desk wasn’t for her.

Tom Glaser, retiring president of the American-Israei Chamber of Commerce’s Southeast Region, discusses why Georgia and the Perimeter area attract so many Israeli businesses.

Powers Ferry Landing

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Powers Ferry Landing, located four miles from Sandy Springs, and close to the Cobb County line, is looking for ways to bump up its business profile.

Perimeter Business

Baskin-Robbins franchise owner tastes success

By Dan Whisenhunt

Haque wasn’t thinking about the ice cream business back then. She The décor of the Baskin-Robbins was a graduate student at Emory store in Sandy Springs looks like a University, finishing her master’s busted piñata. degree in public health. She saw a Children spend their birthdays at future of sitting behind a desk and the two-story shop located at Citytaking orders. She decided it just Walk. They make candle wishes in a wasn’t for her. “My personality room sprinkled with shades of pink wasn’t suited for this type of job,” and blue. Frozen cakes decoratshe said. “I started thinking.” ed with a mother’s touch and crayShe bought out the owner of on-box colors of ice cream wait like the Baskin-Robbins store on Rotemptation inside glass cases. swell Road and hasn’t looked back, The aroma of cooked wafthough there were some rocky roads fles greets each customer coming along the way. through the door.

Haque moved the location to Store owner Shaheen Haque said CityWalk in 2006, hoping she would she didn’t expect her life’s work be a part of Sandy Springs’ downwould be this sweet. She’s spent 28 town renaissance. While the downyears serving up scoops of famous town plans haven’t moved as quickice cream flavors and loves ly as Haque expected, she her job. said she’s found new op“You meet people. Perimet er portunities at her much Pro fil e You manage employees. larger CityWalk address.

You have little kids comThe second story being to you as customers. came a party room and it’s You have cakes,” Haque said. “It’s something Haque credits with keepa very vibrant and happy atmoing her ice cream shop afloat during sphere, compared to sitting in a corthe economic meltdown. porate office with a desk and chair.”

When the economy crumbled Haque can win friends with a in 2008 and 2009, she stretched her few words and melt hearts with her company’s dollar by working more matronly smile. She’s not shy about hours at the store. Her uniform promoting her company’s brand. shows faint tatters at the shoulders Her sales pitch flows as easily as and 31 flavors (and then some) of caramel dripping off a ladle. ice cream stain the brim of her visor.

Haque fell in love with Baskin“You have to know how to manRobbins ice cream in 1985, when she age your numbers,” Haque said. took her first bite of the chain’s Pis“That’s the key factor to your surtachio Almond ice cream. She said vival. You have to control product that first bite “sold me on the franwaste. You have to control payroll chise.” cost.”

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BaskinRobbins store owner Shaheen Haque, left, with employee Michael Star.

Haque says working with teenagers is part of what makes her job worthwhile.

Dan Whisenhunt

The store is never far from Haque’s thoughts. When she visited Turkey for one week in November, she had a video conference with her employees every day.

Haque said the teenagers she employs in the store are part of what makes the job worthwhile. In 28 years, she’s seen many grow up, become successful and return to her shop with their own children in tow.

She thinks she can take some credit for their success. Two of Haque’s children are doctors and they worked in the store when they were teenagers.

“They have learned some of their management skills from BaskinRobbins,” Haque said.

The dessert fads have also tried to take a bite of her ice cream shop’s profits. Cupcakes, cakes and pies are all contenders, but frozen yo-

gurt currently reigns as the dessert fad king.

Frozen yogurt shops offer customers a myriad of toppings, but Haque doesn’t see the fad toppling ice cream’s enduring appeal. Haque conducts market research by visiting nearby shops.

She said that full-fat ice cream is healthier than nonfat yogurt, particularly when customers eat their yogurt with a pile of sugary toppings.

That master’s degree in public health came in handy, she said.

“I think it will take time for people to catch up and realize that having a serving of yogurt with all that toppings heaped up on it is worse,” Haque said.

And when they do, Haque will be waiting for them behind the counter at Baskin-Robbins.

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Q+A on trade with Israel: ‘Metro Atlanta and the Perimeter area … are among the favored locations’ Israeli companies need easy air access, which Atlanta provides throughout the Americas. Our costs of living and doing business are also significantly lower than the other regions they typically consider (primarily Boston, New York and Silicon Valley). We have one of the country’s fastest-growing Jewish communities, and also a sizeable Israeli community in Atlanta.

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How did the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce’s Southeast Region get its start?

Why was it created? Has its purpose changed through the years?

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AICC was organized in 1992 through the support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the Consulate General of Israel. The original impetus was to help Israel absorb the huge number of new immigrants (mostly from the Soviet Union, but also from other countries, including Ethiopia) by stimulating business relationships geared for the U.S. market as a way to create jobs in Israel.

Over the years, the mission has changed into much more of a mutual benefit as many new jobs were also created in the Southeast through our programs and initiatives. Since our founding over 21 years ago, the chamber has been involved in completed transactions between Southeast and Israeli companies valued at over $1 billion.

The Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) is now one of the top five centers of activity for Israeli companies, and most of the major corporations in our region do business in Israel or with Israeli companies.

Q

The American-Israeli chamber’s Southeastern U.S. regional office is in Sandy Springs. What brought its operations here?

A

I have lived in Sandy Springs since moving to the Atlanta area in 1992 to start AICC. Originally, we were in the Jewish Federation’s office in Midtown, and then next to the consulate’s office on Spring Street.

In 2000, we moved the office to Lake Hearn Drive, just inside the Perimeter, and four years ago, we relocated to The Pointe on Northridge Road, just off Ga. 400. It is a very convenient location for our members, guests and Israelis who are visiting the area.

Q

How are business relations between Israel and Georgia, and the Southeastern United States

Tom Glaser has been president of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce’s Southeast Region since its founding in 1992. He recently announced his plans to retire from the post.

now? How have they changed over the last two decades?

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Business relations are excellent. We have a great deal to offer Israeli companies as they look to enter the U.S. market through the Atlanta-Southeast portal. Our local and state governments, economic development agencies, and technology associations are great partners, and we can open doors for them to potential strategic partners, investors and customers.

As compared to 20 years ago, Israel is now a technology entrepreneurship powerhouse -- the “Start Up Nation.” We can learn a lot from the Israelis as we seek to develop our own economic base in the Southeast. And local companies are now quite receptive to the idea that “if it came from Israel, you ought to take a good look at it.” This was certainly not the case when we started.

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What sort of Georgia businesses succeed in Israel?

The Coca-Cola Co. was the first major Georgia company to dominate the Israeli market, and through the years, Coca-Cola has earned the reputation as Israel’s most respected brand. Subsequently, The Coca-Cola Co. has been mining Israel for technologies related to ingredients, water, energy and the supply chain.

BellSouth (now AT&T) was another big winner in the Israeli market when they established Israel’s second mobile company, Cellcom, in 1994, and subsequently sold their interest at a huge profit. AT&T also taps into Israeli technology, and has one of their four Foundry operations in Ra’anana, Atlanta’s sister city in Israel.

NCR just acquired an Israeli company, Retalix, for $650 million, and this was our 2013 Deal of the Year. But it’s not just the huge Georgia corporations that benefit by doing business with Israel. We’re seeing small and medium-sized enterprises succeed in Israel and partner with Israeli companies.

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How did metro Atlanta become one of the top five centers in the country for Israeli company activity?

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About 35 of [the Israeli businessses in Georgia] are in metro Atlanta, and the Perimeter area, Roswell, and Alpharetta are among the favored locations. Atlanta has been a favored location for them as a result of our efforts through the years, working with our economic development partners, to promote the area to Israeli companies and service them through our “headquarters” programs that provide an easy landing.

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Perimeter Business Chambers, local officials welcome new businesses New businesses offering everything from tacos to boxing lessons to holistic dog food are starting up in the Perimeter market, one of the largest commercial areas in metro Atlanta. Here’s a sampling of recent ribbon cuttings formally marking the opening of new businesses in the area. Photos were provided by the Sandy Springs/

O pe nin gs

Perimeter Chamber of Commerce and the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.

Dog City Bakery owner Marcia Lain, center, right, with Sandy Springs City Councilman Gabe Sterling, center, cuts the ribbon at the store’s grand opening on June 8, surrounded by friends, employees and Chamber representatives. The company, located at 6309-1D Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, offers handmade treats and cakes baked in-house, as well as holistic dog food, toys, collars, beds and fashionable accessories.

In a Snap Imprints owner Neil Wiesenfeld, center, with scissors, celebrates the opening of his store with Councilwoman Dianne Fries, second from right, members of the Sandy Springs/ Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, SSPC Ambassadors, family and friends. The company, located at 220 Hammond Drive, Suite 308, in Sandy Springs, offfers in-house embroidery, monogramming and digital printing.

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The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce sponsored the June 4 grand opening of Buckhead Fight Club’s newest location at 3293 Buford Highway, Suite 500, in Brookhaven.

City Councilman Joe Gebbia, left, and Mayor J. Max Davis, right, were in charge of the ribbon cutting as company owner and professional boxer Terri Moss, center, smiles in approval. Buckhead Fight Club is the home of the Boxing Chicks, one of the largest women’s boxing/ boxing fitness programs in the Southeast, which welcomes women of fitness levels, amateur or professional, to train with Terri Moss.

Barberitos, a quickservice restaurant specializing in burritos, tacos, salads, quesadillas and nachos, celebrated their grand opening in with a ribbon cutting on June 20. Owner Jim Purcell shares the scissors with Sandy Springs Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny, surrounded by friends, employees, and representatives from the Sandy Springs/ Perimeter Chamber and Keller Williams.

The restaurant is located in the Prado Shopping Center at 6210 Roswell Road.

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Atlanta earns A-

Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has released the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that Atlanta ranked among the friendliest cities in the country for small businesses. This is the second year in a row that Atlanta has made Lenox Square (simon.com) the list, with the city earning in Buckhead has announced an A- rating, and ranking in the addition of Vince Cathe Top 10. Other cities on Perimet er muto, Invicta, Tumi and Bathe list included Austin, Virchrach to its retail roster. In Briefs ginia Beach-Norfolk, Housaddition, there have been exton, Colorado Springs and pansions of the Lacoste and San Antonio. To see the full A|X Armani Exchange stores, ranking, visit thumbtack.com. and relocations of Brookstone, Original

Lenox Square stores on the move

Penguin and Carol’s Daughter.

IT company opens

Computer Generated Solutions (cgsinc.com), a provider of technology solutions and services, has opened a new office at Perimeter Center. CGS’s new location will house sales and IT support staff for their software solutions, and will serve as the main office for their Leadtec division.

Modani Furniture opens showroom

PulteGroup relocates

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PulteGroup (pulte.com), one of America’s largest homebuilding companies, will relocate its corporate headquarters to 100,000 square feet of Class A office space in an yet-to-bedetermined Buckhead building. The company will bring 300 jobs to the city.

Novelis honored

Buckhead-based Novelis (novelis. com), which makes and recycles alumi-

Modani Furniture (modani.com) has opened a new showroom in Buckhead, at 3221 Peachtree Road. The store offers furniture and accessories for the living room, bedroom, office and more.

Sandy Springs-based Affinity Bank has formed a new partnership, Banking for a CURE. If at least 500 new customers open charitable checking and money market accounts with Affinity by Oct. 31, 2013, the bank will donate $50,000 to CURE, which helps children with cancer and their families. No donation is required by those opening the new accounts – the bank will make the donation to CURE on their behalf. For more information, visit myaffinitybank.com/ cure.

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Perimeter Business

Powers Ferry businesses seek an identity of their own

By Dan Whisenhunt Business leaders can recite a list of what’s lacking in the Powers Ferry Landing commercial district, but they also can name its strengths.

Geography is not one of them, and that’s part of the problem.

The district is close to the Cobb County line and Chattahoochee River, four miles from the city of Sandy Springs. It’s in the city limits, though many people don’t make that connection.

Powers Ferry Landing is home to several high-profile companies, including IntercontinentalExchange and Graphic Packaging, but the community suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. It doesn’t have one, business leaders say.

Nearly a year ago, city and business leaders gathered for a brainstorming session on how to better market the area. Sandy Springs Chamber President Tom Mahaffey said there had been talk of creating a Powers Ferry Business Alliance, but there was little progress. The concerns expressed then were still

on the minds of the people gathered at the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce after-hours event on June 25, held at 1600 Riveredge Parkway.

“We’re working on an identity,” said Ron Comacho, chair of marketing and communications for the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce. Comacho’s specific task for the event was unveiling a potential logo for the area. He held up a placard that said, “Powers Ferry Sandy Springs” and received encouraging applause.

“It’s not the Galleria,” Corey Hooper, a vice president with Sun Trust Bank, said while sipping wine.

“But it’s not Sandy Springs. It almost has to represent itself.”

Hooper said Powers Ferry Landing doesn’t lack opportunities. He endures a brutal commute to get to his job.

Mike Laney, a property manager for the 1600 Riveredge Parkway building, said Powers Ferry Landing has good restaurants and neighborhoods. He thinks a better mix of uses that includes more restaurants

and entertainment venues could do the trick.

“I hope it does take off,” he said.

Cindy Coombs, director of leasing with Newmark Grubb Knight Dan Whisenhunt Frank, said the Ron Comacho unveils Powers Ferry Landing logo.

Central Perimeter office market is boomlike you’re in the woods,” Coombs ing because it has amenities Powers said.

Ferry Landing doesn’t. She said the But is Powers Ferry Landing’s Central Perimeter is more walkidentity getting lost in those woods? able and close to a MARTA transit Businesses and civic leaders said station, perks corporations floodit shouldn’t be, because there’s ing the Perimeter Market find aploads of potential. pealing. There are bus stops along Sandy Springs City Councilwomthe river at Powers Ferry Landing, an Karen Meinzen McEnerny told but there’s limited ability to walk to attendees of the Chamber event that work from them. once people discover Powers FerShe said some customers like sery Landing, they will be amazed by clusion. what they find.

“The really cool thing about this “This is an undiscovered gem in area is when you get here, you feel terms of an office market,” she said.

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New workplaces are designed for a new kind of worker Continued From page 9

In Buckhead, Atlanta Tech Village is creating new “co-working” office spaces aimed at technology and related companies, and targeting tech start-ups. A five-story, 1980s-vintage marble-and-glass office building at 3423 Piedmont Road is now undergoing a $5 million renovation to create the new workspace.

Some companies already are at work in the partially-renovated building. Once construction is complete, the building will offer open offices where young tech entrepreneurs can work side by side, conference rooms, expandable offices for growing companies, and places where workers can get away to play ping-pong or tabletop shuffleboard, community manager Karen Houghton said during a re“This is our office,” he said one recent cent tour for potential clients. “It will afternoon as he and his marketing dibe a very different building,” said rector Erynne Ligeski typed away on Houghton said. laptops in one of Roam’s booth-like The operators of Roam and Atworkspaces. “It’s very cost-effective. lanta Tech Village say their facilities It has this flexible space.” aren’t traditional office buildings. For Sanchez said he usually meets with one thing, they look more like college two or three employees at his office dorms or classroom buildings than at Roam while his other employees high-rise cube farms. They offer comwork elsewhere. “We started out at fy couches where workers can plop my apartment, when there were just down with their laptops and places two of us,” he said. “That’s definitely where people can write on the walls, not a place to meet clients. [Here,] we if they want to. At Atlanta Tech Vilget a clean conference room with all lage, workers ride scooters through sorts of high-tech stuff.” the building’s open hallways.

Software subcontractor Robert Jim Wade plans to move his new Hudson said he works at Roam’s fainsurance busicilities four days a ness specializweek because it aling in digital sales lows him to con“What we’re finding is that from more tradicentrate on his job. when you go home to work, tional Buckhead “Instead of workthere’s a factor called social isolaoffice space into ing from home, I tion. When you collaborate, you Atlanta Tech Vilwork here because become more productive.” lage after the first my daughter of the year. He wouldn’t let me Peyton Day, Roam Investor hopes the enviwork at home,” he ronment will help said. him attract youngThe new faer workers. “It’s as much as anything cilities also offer business owners a else, a recruiting tool and a place for chance to meet and exchange ideas them to work rather than a stodgy old with like-minded folks, their ownoffice building,” he said. ers say. As more people work from For small business owners, the alhome – and, according to a recent ternative office facilities promise flexWall Street Journal article, a 2006 govibility. Roam can handle meetings ernment study found that 42.6 people ranging in size from two people to in the U.S. worked outside an office 200, Day said. Both Atlanta Tech Vil– some are finding that distractions lage and Roam sign their customers such as children, dogs or housework to memberships, not leases. can get in the way of their productiv“People today want to keep their ity. options open. They want to be nim“What we’re finding is that when ble,” Day said. “You can add employyou go home to work, there’s a facees here or remove employees. It’s tor called social isolation,” Day said. month to month.”

“When you collaborate, you become That appeals to Blake Sanchez, a more productive.”

27-year-old engineer who’s CEO of a Jeff Thompson, a commercial real two-year-old, six-employee company. estate consultant, found that get-

Phil Mosier At left, Blake Sanchez, president and CEO of Pyrodynamics, left, works alongside Erynne Ligeski, marketing director for the company, at the Roam office. Above, Jeff Thompson, a commercial real estate consultant, said getting out of his home office helped his work. ting out of the home office helped his work. “I’m more productive when there are other people around,” he said. “Things at home can be disruptive. I get a little cabin fever.”

Now he can do his job from his virtual office. One recent afternoon, he was hard at work in a booth next to the one Sanchez, the engineer, was

using as his office and just a couple of dozen feet from the one where Miller was interviewing clients. And, of course, he was just a quick walk from Roam’s in-house coffee shop.

“A lot people who walk through think this is like a coffee bar – a Starbucks with meeting rooms,” Day said.

“But it’s so much more than that.”

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Teen Filmmaking Friday, July 12, 1-3 p.m. – Learn what goes

into filmmaking, from writing a script to the importance of production planning to the actual production. Session includes a demonstration using professional- grade equipment (cameras, boom microphones, clapboards, etc.) Learn how engineering, math and technology are used in set designing, and how special effects are created using technology. Free. Open to the public. Appropriate for ages 12-18. Registration required.

Buckhead Branch Library, in the large Meeting Room, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

Call 404-814-3500 or email: ouida.mccarther@ fultoncountyga.gov to sign up or to learn more.

Foundation for Public Spaces’ summer movie series continues with a showing of “Parental Guidance,” starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, at Town Brookhaven. Rated PG. Free. The public is welcome. Movie starts at dusk. Approved lawn chairs only. No outside food, drinks or coolers (except water). Town Brookhaven restaurants will participate. For more details, go to: www.affps.com or www.facebook.com/TownBrookhaven. 4330 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

Concerts By The Springs Sunday, July 14, 7 p.m. – The A-Town A-List

band, which performs pop music “with an edge,” brings their unique sound to the stage at the upcoming Concerts by the Springs event. Free, and open to the community. No pets. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Food and beverages available for purchase. No smoking. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

Questions? Visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org or call 404-851-9111, ext. 4. To learn more about the band, go to: http://atownalist.com.

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The 14th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center opens. See hundreds of butterflies as they are released, and check out the “butterfly encounter” tent, allowing you to handfeed more than 250 free-flying butterflies. Enjoy live music, photography and entomology exhibits, arts and crafts, and face painting. Kids encouraged to wear butterfly costumes for the butterfly parade. Food trucks on site. Festival continues Sunday, July 14, 12-5 p.m. $8 for members; $12 for non-members; free for children 2 and under. Call 770-992-2055, ext. 236 or visit www. chattnaturecenter.org for more information. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075.

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Music Time Wednesday, July 3, 10:15-10:45 a.m. – Join others for a high-energy, interactive music and movement program that will have you and your baby singing and jamming with an array of child-friendly musical instruments! Led by Ms. Jennifer, Buckhead’s early childhood music specialist. Free and open to all. Appropriate for ages 3-11 months and their caregivers.

Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., Atlanta, 30305. Call 404-814-3500 or email: comments@ co.fulton.ga.us to find out more.

Bead Fun Monday, July 8, 3-4 p.m. – Explore different

ways to express your creativity with beads. Free, and the public is welcome. For ages 13-17. Open to the first 10 participants. No registration required. For groups of five or more, call the branch at 404-848-7140 for an appointment. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

Magic Show Wednesday, July 10, 4-4:45 p.m. – Bill

Packard, the “Magic Man,” combines magic, comedy, music, puppetry and special effects to “wow” you.

Free. For preschool and elementary school audiences. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, Atlanta, 30327. Email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us or call 404-814-3508 for more details.

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Wednesday, July 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – “Buzz” into the Buckhead Library for hula

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All are welcome. Registration required by going to: http://diabetesfun4kids.eventbrite.com, calling Felicia Clift at 404-955-8352 or visiting the branch.

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For ages 5-12. Open to the first 15 participants. Call 404-848-7140 or visit the Brookhaven Branch Library to register. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

Saturday, July 13, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. –

Heritage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2- 5, continues. In this program, museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle celebrate the Fourth of July. Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@ heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Want to learn about “edible science?” Topics include: the dry ice mystery; making Play-dough; “gooey goop” (cornstarch and water); how does popcorn pop; fun with Pop Rocks candy; finding iron in cereal, “s is for Skittles,” and making candied apples. Free and open to the community. Sign-up required and started June 20. For elementary and middle school youth. Additional session from 2-3 p.m. Children may sign up for one session only. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: leah.germon@ fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 to register or with questions.

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out & about The Fourth of July holiday is a time for poolside fun, cooking out, enjoying cool drinks and topping off the evening by viewing a fireworks display. There are several locations in and around the Reporter Newspapers communities where you can put a little “sparkle” into your Fourth of July festivities this year.

Buckhead – Lenox Square

An Atlanta summer tradition for more than 50 years, Lenox Square will celebrate the Fourth of July with musical entertainment, food concessions and the largest fireworks display in the Southeast. New in 2013, Lenox Square will showcase “Atlanta’s Next Legend,” local singer Wesley Cook. Enjoy family-friendly fun outdoors in the mall’s parking lot. Evening culminates with a signature, 20-minute fireworks display, accompanied by a patriotic musical soundtrack.

When: Thursday, July 4, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. The mall’s shops and restaurants open 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; live music gets under way at 6 p.m.; fireworks scheduled for approximately 9:35 p.m.

Where: 3393 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, 30326, Lenox Square How much: Free; no pets For more information: 404-233-7575 or www.simon.com/mall/lenox-square

Chamblee

Celebrate the holiday in Chamblee, beginning at 5 p.m. with a kids’ bike parade from Chamblee Middle School to Keswick Park. Children will enjoy a multitude of activities, including train rides from 5-8 p.m. Bring a picket basket and enjoy the sounds of the “Mike Veal Band,” and end your July Fourth evening with a fireworks show.

When: Thursday, July 4, 5-10 p.m.; music by the “Mike Veal Band” at 6 p.m.; fireworks at approximately 9:15 p.m.

Where: Keswick Park Soccer Field, 3496 Keswick Drive, Chamblee, 30341.

How much: Free admission. Concessions from local businesses will be available throughout the evening.

For more information: www.chambleega.com, under the Parks & Recreation link, or contact Loren Roberts at 770-986‐5016 or lroberts@chambleega.com.

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Buckhead – Atlanta History Center

Wrap up your Fourth of July week by experiencing what the holiday has meant throughout American history. Take part in activities, demonstrations, and performances that highlight Independence Day traditions from 1776 through today. Meet Thomas Jefferson and participate in a re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Enjoy making and tasting hand-cranked ice cream, learning historic dances and songs, sharing Fourth of July memories, and competing in lawn games and trivia for patriotic prizes.

When: Saturday, July 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, 30305.

How much: Included with general admission. Free parking; food available for purchase; picnics welcomed.

For more information: 404-814-4000 or go to: www.atlantahistorycenter.com.

The annual Dunwoody Fourth of July parade, the largest in the metro area, kicks off a morning of marching bands, clowns, candy, floats, antique cars, government officials and local celebrities. The 2.7-mile route, which winds through the city along Mount Vernon Road, with an end point at Dunwoody Village, features something for everyone. Post-parade festivities include barbeque, vendor booths, kids’ activities and live entertainment. The event attracted over 2,500 participants and 32,000 spectators in 2012.

When: Thursday, July 4, 9 a.m.

Where: Parade steps off at Mount Vernon and Jett Ferry roads, Dunwoody, 30338, and ends in the Dunwoody Village parking lot.

How much: Free.

For more information: Call Pam Tallmadge at 770-393-9647 or www.dunwoodyga.org/Dunwoody-4th-of-July-Parade

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The city of Sandy Springs rolls out a fireworks show in 2013, on July 6, from the Concourse Corporate Center lawn. Sit back and enjoy live music, with fireworks set to go off at 9:45 p.m. Water will be available, and complimentary popsicles will help keep kids cool. The public is encouraged to pack snacks and a blanket, and bring soft-sided balls, Frisbees and other kidand crowd-friendly toys. Pets, tents, outdoor cooking and personal-use sparklers are not permitted.

When: Saturday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.; live music by the band “Shiloh” gets under way at 7:30 p.m.; fireworks scheduled for 9:45 p.m.

Where: Concourse Corporate Center, Five Concourse Parkway, 30328.

How much: Free admission.

Complimentary parking available in parking decks Five and Six; handicapped parking in deck Four.

For more information: www.sandyspringsga.gov or call 770-730-5600.

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Who loves a parade? Dunwoody’s Pam Tallmadge surely does

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Work starts in January. Committees start meeting. Spreadsheets fill with data. Volunteers recruit and train scores of other volunteers.

Pam Tallmadge watches over it all.

About six months later, on the morning of July 4, everything comes together as Dunwoody’s annual Fourth of July Parade – which residents of the north DeKalb city claim is now the biggest event of its kind in the metro area – steps off on its 2-plus-mile march down Mount Vernon Road.

“I love the parade,” Tallmadge said.

“The parade is my favorite volunteer job I’ve ever done. Who doesn’t love a pa-

rade?”

Tallmadge, co-chairwoman of the parade since 2006, jokes she’s known around town nowadays as “Parade Pam.” She, co-chair Penny Forman, and their volunteer crew make sure Dunwoody’s annual holiday to-do comes off without a hitch.

On July 3, Tallmadge marks the starting spots for all the units registered to take part in the parade. Once the parade starts, Tallmadge said, she actually runs alongside to make sure everything is in the right place and stays there. “I am the parade police,” Tallmadge joked one recent afternoon during a chat at a local

“I love it. July 5 is kind of like Christmas afternoon at our house. It’s over. All my email gets really quiet. I’m like, ‘Where did my friends go?’”

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What keeps her coming back? “I have a ball doing it,” she said. “It’s a cel-

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Parade co-chair is ‘one of those people who pull the wagon’ Continued from page 19 woody Crier, a community newspaper, … It’s a small-town thing.” draws more than 30,000 to the north The parade’s not her only volunteer DeKalb city, the DHA says. job. Tallmadge has held PTA and other “It’s kind of amazing that right here school-related posts, run scout groups, in Dunwoody, we have the largest paserved as swim team mom, sung in the rade,” Tallmadge said. “It’s kind of specchurch choir. In recent years, she’s overtacular.” seen the DHA’s annual Light Up DunThe Dunwoody Women’s Club woody, its outdoor Christmas light show staged the city’s first July 4 parade in and celebration.

1976. It continued “She is the Enerfor five years and gizer Bunny of volunDo you know an organization or then ended for lack teers,” said Bill Grossof a chairperson, the individual making a difference man, secretary and DHA website says. in our community? Email past president of the The parade was reeditor@reporternewspapers.net DHA. vived with DHA Last year, the sponsorship in 1991, homeowners group awarded her its and has been growing ever since. Now, “Citizen of the Year” award for her vol“anybody who’s home on the Fourth is unteer work. After the presentation, forat the parade,” Tallmadge said. mer Mayor Ken Wright joked she was Once things get going, spectators Dunwoody’s Wonder Woman. “I’m surhave lots to see. Tallmadge expects this prised you don’t have a cape,” he said. year’s parade, which begins at 9 a.m., She’s won plenty of fans for her volwill include up to 170 spots for entrees. unteer work in Dunwoody.

That’s up from about 120 when she took “The world is only made up with two over. or three percent of the people who actuThe parade includes everything ally get things done,” said current Dunfrom marching bands to displays from woody Mayor Mike Davis. “She’s one of churches to military veterans to a group the people who pull the wagon.” that likes to dress up as pirates. About 50 Dunwoody residents take pride in floats will roll past the gathered paradethe parade and its success. The event, watchers. Tallmadge hopes to someday sponsored by the DHA and the Dunattract the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Members of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce march in the city’s 2012 Fourth of July parade.

New this year? Horses. An equestrian color guard and a horse-drawn stagecoach advertizing a national bank chain are both signed up to take part.

“We’ve never had horses before,” Tallmadge said. “We have had dog units – the ‘pug club,’ the ‘Westy club’ – but not horses.”

The parade’s final spot, she said, goes each year to DeKalb County sanitation workers. She said they’re greeted in Dunwoody’s July 4 parade with the

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kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for Santa Claus in most community Christmas parades. “They always get big applause,” she said.

As she closes in on her eighth July 4 parade, Tallmadge has no plans to give up her post any time soon.

“I love it,” Tallmadge said. “July 5 is kind of like Christmas afternoon at our house. It’s over. All my email gets really quiet. I’m like, ‘Where did my friends go?’”

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crime after it occurs as was demonstrated in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attack in Boston. But, perhaps most importantly, cameras provide a deterrence factor when would-be criminals know cameras are in the area.

A study by the Urban Institute found that in Chicago cameras were responsible for a 12 percent decline in crime when deployed in Humboldt Park. The study also identified a 25 percent drop in crime in Baltimore roughly four months after cameras were installed.

Atlanta is at the leading edge of this state-of-the-art revolution in law enforcement. Our system is unique in that the bulk of cameras will consist of existing private sector cameras that monitor public spaces: sidewalks, streets, parking facilities.

Our Operation Shield Video Integration Center (VIC), inaugurated in 2011, captures live, real-time video of more than 2,000 private and public security cameras in high traffic areas of downtown, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Midtown and Buckhead. By 2017, we expect to have more than 10,000 cameras trained on public spaces in the city, supporting our uniformed officers.

The video system will be fully integrated with the 911 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, monitored by video analytics software and managed by police officers. Integration and ana-

lytics are important because it is impossible for one officer to effectively monitor thousands of cameras. In fact, it is highly unlikely for one person to monitor two camera feeds without missing some details. The video analytics software constantly “monitors” the video feeds and alerts the officers monitoring the network when a 911 call is made or other triggers are identified, such as abandoned packages left on a street.

For Atlanta, video integration is just one component of a larger, technology-driven public safety strategy known as “Operation Shield.” Through Operation Shield, we are combining a multitude of previously independent policing tools into a dynamic network.

Public and private cameras, the 911 emergency system, license plate readers, arrest records and other databases are being integrated to assist in crime prevention, and in identifying, tracking and apprehending suspects when crimes are committed.

Operation Shield ensures that we accomplish three law enforcement imperatives: first, deter crime and terrorist attacks; second, expand the eyes and ears and presence of law enforcement throughout the city; and third, speed the investigative process when crime does occur.

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ing our citizens’ right to privacy. Cameras used in Iron Sky surveillance have extremely high-tech capabilities, and if left in the wrong hands, they could potentially pose a threat to privacy.

The Iron Sky surveillance system advertises on their website that the cameras have pan-tilt zoom capabilities, high-definition megapixels, remote site monitoring, integrated map interface, and one-click access to floor plans and cameras within buildings. Additionally, the police can access these cameras 24hours a day, 365 days a year.

One concern is whether the tilt-andzoom technology will only be used in public spaces. We must assure citizens that it will never be used to zoom into a private home or office. The use of cameras should be limited to public spaces and protocols should be established to avoid privacy violations.

Other issues that can come from mass surveillance include deterring lawful expressive activities, such as political demonstrations, which are protected by the First Amendment. We are concerned that these cameras could be used to monitor certain political or religious

groups, and that it could lead to greater racial profiling. Recently, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for their unlawful surveillance of the Muslim community. The NYPD used cameras that were pointed toward the entrance of mosques to monitor their activities.

A study of a British surveillance camera program showed that minorities were 2 ½ times more likely to be monitored. That same study showed that one in 10 women was monitored for voyeuristic reasons. In San Francisco, a police officer was suspended after using surveillance cameras to ogle women at the San Francisco International Airport.

In order to ensure that the power of these cameras is not abused or potentially left in the wrong hands, there needs to be transparency about how the images are collected, stored, reviewed and used. The public needs to know who has access to these images, and how the information is shared with other parties.

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“We need to give this a tremendous amount of thought,” Mayor Eva Galambos said.

The unspecified project planned for the Powers Ferry area, code-named “Project Gamma” by City Manager John McDonough, will receive around $190,000 in incentives from the city. City officials did not name the company.

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Now, “all you’ve got to do is look up,” Certain said. “[You see] the concrete cloud.”

These days, Mountain Way passes beneath those most urban of developments – Ga. 400 and MARTA trains. The winding road, which connects North Wieuca and North Ivy roads, passes beneath the highway and the commuter train that runs through the area.

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Taylor Bradley has helped build homes with Habitat for Humanity.

She’s a member of the National Honor Society and has won awards for her scores on national Latin exams.

But some of her greatest success has come on athletic fields.

She has played numerous sports since she started high school at Marist School, where she will be a senior in the fall. She has played golf and basketball, and has lettered for the varsity track team three times.

And Taylor’s real passion is for fast pitch softball.

“It’s a team sport,” she said, “and you can never have a single standout player – to win you have to work as a team and I love it. It’s given me so much, and opened so many doors with friends and relationships, and I’m so grateful for it.”

Taylor has participated in softball from age 7. By age 10, she was playing on traveling softball teams, like the Atlanta Flames and the Las Cruces Rebels, a team in New Mexico. With the Rebels, Taylor competed in the Amateur Softball Association’s national competition in 2011. She also has participated in a regional showcase with Fastpitch Scouting Report, and was selected for the 2012 All American Games in Akron, Ohio.

During her junior year at Marist, Taylor served as co-captain of the varsity softball team. She has been chosen for both the All-Region and All-State softball teams every year starting in 2010.

At the Marist School, she has been a starting member of the varsity softball team since her freshman year, and was named the Most Valuable Player during both her sophomore and her junior years.

In 2011, Taylor was named as a Featured Athlete by the Archdiocese of Atlanta. In 2012, she was named a DeKalb County Athlete of the Week. Currently, Taylor is playing travel softball with the 18 and younger team, the Georgia Impact.

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A non-profit group has begun collecting donations to finance a study of the feasibility of creating a city of Brookhaven.

Citizens for North DeKalb announced recently that it had begun collecting donations through its website and by check.

The group hopes to raise enough money to pay for a state-mandated study by the Carl Vinson Institute of Governmental AfPHIL MOSIER fairs at the University of Georgia to examine whether a proposal Noah Rich, 5, listens to his father Mark, as he gets a bicycle to create a new city in the area makes financial sense. lesson at Keswick Park July 9. Noah, who will attend “We want to learn all we can about the municipal options kindergarten at Murphey Candler Elementary School this fall, that are on the table,” Doug Dykhuizen, president of the group, Practice, practice says was so encouraged he learned to ride that afternoon.

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Coach Mike Trapani described Taylor as “the epitome of a team player.”

“She is all about what’s best for the team, whether that means she plays out of her normal position, or is asked to sacrifice an at-bat,” he said. “You have heard the phrase “Check your ego at the door”? Well, that’s what Taylor does as she steps on the field.

“She has truly been a delight to coach and I look forward to her senior year and watching her grow as a softball player and young lady in the years to follow.”

Asked what drives her, Taylor credited her parents, both doctors.

“My parents are role models,” she said, “and they’ve driven and pushed me. But at the same time, I’m self-motivated. When I want to achieve something, I go out and do it.”

What’s Next: Taylor is committed to Georgia State University, where she plans to play Division I softball. She plans to major in psychology, and she is leaning toward a career in therapy. “I want to help people, and I think that the major will allow me to do so,” she said.

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Buckhead and Sandy Springs voters are telling state lawmakers they want to live in election districts that will strengthen representation of their neighborhoods.

Legislators listened to residents at a public hearing June 30 in preparation for the upcoming special session of the Georgia General Assembly in which the state’s legislative and Congressional districts will be redrawn to reflect changes in population.

Many of the speakers expressed hope that “communities of interest” – areas which share common beliefs and lifestyles – would be kept intact during the process.

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OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS. Student Profile: Jacob Jones The Galloway School Jacob Jones has known he wanted to do theater at The Galloway School ever since he started painting sets at 10 years old.

“Both of my older brothers did the theater program, so I grew up in that community,” Jacob said.

Throughout his time at Galloway, Jacob took on many roles, including favorites as the Scarecrow in “The Wiz,” and the King in “The King and I.” “It was very challenging, but in the end, we had a great time and a really fun experience,” Jacob said.

Challenge does not intimidate, but rather motivates Jacob to work harder.

“I enjoy being outside of my comfort zone,” said Jacob.

While preparing for a musical freshman year, Jacob was required to take dance technique classes, a completely new experience for him. He grew to love dancing, and by sophomore year, he joined the Dance Ensemble.

“My love of theater morphed into a love of the arts, and I’m now a big fan of dance,” said Jacob.

His newfound interest is aerial dance, in which he uses two vertical pieces of fabric attached to the ceiling in the choreography.

In the creative spirit of Galloway, Jacob decided to join the Galloway Jug Band, where he, along with other students and teachers, play old American folk songs with jugs, pots, pans and a washboard.

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After Jacob joined the Galloway Service Board in high school, he encountered an opportunity to travel to Nepal, which he received on scholarship with eight other kids from around the country. Their mission was to provide running water for a girls’ school in order to eliminate the hours-long trek up the mountain for water.

After his experiences abroad and through his reading, Jacob has become passionate about working for equality.

“It’s not OK to put other people down for no reason,” said Jacob. “There’s so much work still to be done.”

When he’s not busy dancing or helping others, Jacob loves being outdoors.

He’s particularly fond of hiking.

But during high school, it was rare to find a spare moment to head outside.

“There were times when I felt like a crazy person for doing all that I was doing,” said Jacob.

Sometimes, he would have to stay up all night after rehearsal to study. “But it was all worth it,” he said. “I’ve made really great friends.”

Jacob does not underestimate the little moments in life, taking advantage of every moment he has to touch another’s life. “Even as simple as giving an old lady a compliment on the street. There is nothing compared to seeing that smile, that kind of personal connection.”

The Scovils chose Canterbury for reasons you might expect – great location, maintenance-free living, intriguing things to do with time to actually do them, the promise of future health care. What they didn’t know then was how wide their already generous circle would grow to embrace wonderful new friends. Or, how much fun it would be to share experiences with people they enjoy.

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The city will pay $1.2 million for the parcel at 6204 Roswell Road owned

by Dorothy K. Steinheimer, who was a willing seller. The city authorized using its powers of eminent domain to buy property at 6224 Roswell Road, currently home to a Makara Mediterranean Restaurant, but offered only $440,000.

George Cotsakis Jr., the son of a former Atlanta City Councilman, owns the property and is refusing to sell to the city. Cotsakis has declined comment.

Attempts to reach Steinheimer were unsuccessful.

Mayor Eva Galambos, during the June 18 meeting, warned property owners that the council is “serious” about its downtown revitalization project. The city center will be located on Roswell Road just north of I-285 and will have mixed uses. It’s a decade-long effort expected to cost upward of $100 million.

“It’s eminently plain that this council has adopted a plan for downtown Sandy Springs that includes a municipal complex which fronts on Roswell Road, and would occupy some of the land (where) this particular piece of property we’re talking about is located,” Galambos said. “We have made every effort, and continue to make every effort, to negotiate with each of the property owners.

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praisal. I am happy to say that one of the property owners who was adamant that they were going to fight us is now coming around. I hope this one will come around because we want to be fair, but you cannot acquire a whole block by saying ‘Pretty please. Pretty please,’ so we’re having to get serious.

“I still hope that eventually all of these will be negotiated at arm’s length, with appraisals, but the council, with

this community, has decided to build a downtown, and you eventually have to take steps to do it, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Councilman Gabriel Sterling cast the only vote against using eminent domain.

City Attorney Wendell Willard said the purchase prices were based on independent property appraisals obtained by the city.

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Sandy Springs residents criticized the city’s actions in online comments posted on ReporterNewspapers.net.

“It is so very, very wrong to use eminent domain to acquire property for this purpose,” Janie Barker wrote. “I had thought that the city of Sandy Springs would not resort to such shenanigans. I will certainly remember this when elections come around.”

“The real truth here is that the city wanted to ‘punish’ the person not willing to work with them for being ‘uncooperative,’ whereas they wanted to reward the person willing to sell,” wrote Derek H. Baugh. “Government sucks, and the city of Sandy Springs is no different.”

Concerns over eminent domain aren’t confined to the city’s downtown project, however.

Community Funeral Service President D. Brooks Cowles has a 20year lease at the former Sentell Baptist Church on Roswell Road. He’s concerned the city will take the church as part of a plan to realign the intersection of Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road.

He wrote to Sterling because of his earlier stance against using eminent domain. In an email forwarded to the Sandy Springs Reporter, Cowles told Sterling he has retained an attorney who specializes in eminent domain cases.

The city will have to realign the intersection in order to accommodate the expected increase in traffic from a planned mixed-use development near the intersection of Roswell and Wieuca roads. Cowles asked if taking his property would violate a state law that requires property taken through eminent domain to be restricted to a public use for 20 years.

Willard said property taken for road projects are not subject to the 20-year restriction.

“We’re not doing anything as far as construction of that road for a private need,” Willard said. “It is for the public need.”

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Much of the traffic comes from anThey’ve been married 53 years, and other nearby amenity: an exit onto I-75. have lived within walking distance of Southbound drivers can’t turn left – a the park for 38 years. measure meant to curtail traffic – and “We walk along the Chattahoochee make speedy U-turns to head west, causevery day,” Richard Franco said. ing accidents.

People fish and hike there. It’s peaceMoyers’ neighbor, Randy Merrill, got ful. It’s quiet. It’s also part of one of Atinto an accident near that exit, caused by lanta’s large civic associations. Since a car making an illegal U-turn. It broke 1984, the Mt. Paran-Northside Citihis hand, but didn’t sour him on the zens Association has worked on preservneighborhood. He bought his house in ing that peace by keeping commercial 1991, and said he has been pleased with development out of the neighborhood. his decision so far.

Even the modest country store, opened “I think once you learn about the in 1906 and a neighborhood treasure, neighborhood, what sells it is the fact didn’t succeed in expanding, according it really is a neighborhood,” Merrill to a historical narrative published by the said. association.

I-75 also offers residents convenience.

The community’s boundaries are the Downtown Atlanta is a short drive away.

Chattahoochee River to the north, West Mt. Paran-Northside contains sevPaces Park Court to the south, I-75 to eral smaller neighborhoods with their the west and Northside Drive to the own traditions. Moyers enjoys the local east. It contains more than 1,000 homes, supper club. There’s also a communityand 15 percent of it wide garden club, a is in the newer city membership social of Sandy Springs. and, of course, the Is there something special about Its residents include association’s board your neighborhood? Let us know at CEOs and civic meetings. editor@reporternewspapers.net leaders. District 8 Two amenities City Councilwomthe neighborhood an Yolanda Adrelacks are sidewalks an lives there. It is zoned for Warren T. and bike lanes. Moyers said when the Jackson Elementary School. neighborhood formed, there was oppoThe neighborhood claims it has been sition to sidewalks, but she said opinions so successful in keeping commercial inhave shifted in recent years. terests at bay that they don’t bother fil“I’d love to be able to see it become ing zoning applications. The strict resmore pedestrian and more bike-friendidential zoning keeps everything in ly,” Moyers said. “I think those are chalcheck. lenges for us.”

Jennifer Moyers, the association’s curThe Francos said they worry about rent president, is a relative newcomer to crime and were sad to see some of their the area. She’s lived in the neighborhood neighbors lose their homes when the for 10 years. Her sand-yellow home sits economy collapsed. surrounded by trees, and is within walkAt the same time, they are encouring distance of the river. Moyers said she aged by what they see happening around spends much of her time dealing with them. traffic and neighborhood security.

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600 block of Summer Crossing – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 12.

6300 block of Vernon Woods Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 15.

Editor’s note: For this issue, Sandy Springs Police Capt. Steve Rose’s column is available online at ReporterNewspapers.net.

5600 block of Cross Gate Drive – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on June 15.

The following reports of incidents were compiled from www.crimereports.com through June 23.

Robbery 5100 block of Powers Ferry Road – A robbery of a residence using a gun was reported on June 19.

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ported on June 12.

5000 block of Magnolia Bluff Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 16.

300 block of Summerset Lane – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 10.

7600 block of Ball Mill Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-

400 block of Summerset Lane –

A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 17.

6000 block of Roswell Road – Theft of an auto was reported on June 11.

5300 block of Roswell Road – Theft of an auto was reported on June 11.

Theft/Larceny 200 block of Sandy Springs Place – A larceny from a building was reported on June 10.

6500 block of Roswell Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 10.

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800 block of Heards Ferry Road & Riverside Drive – A lar-

1200 block of Marsh Trail Circle – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 18.

1st block of Pointe Ridge Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 18.

7200 block of Hunters Branch Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 19.

6100 block of Roswell Road – A burglary to a non-residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 19.

ceny was reported on June 12.

1st block of Bransford Road – A theft from a yard was reported on June 12.

5600 block of Kingsport Drive – A larceny of a bicycle was reported on June 12.

800 block of Johnson Ferry Road – A larceny from a building was reported on June 12.

5300 block of Roswell Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 12.

5900 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on June 13.

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100 block of W. Spalding Drive – A theft was reported on June 13.

5900 block of Roswell Road – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 14.

7900 block of Roswell Road – A larceny was reported on June 14.

7800 block of Roswell Road – A larceny was reported on June 14.

6800 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 14.

400 block of Morgan Falls Road – A larceny was reported on June 14.

6000 block of Harleston Road – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 21.

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1000 block of Johnson Ferry Road – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 21.

8300 block of Roswell Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 22.

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700 block of Hammond Drive – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 22.

2600 block of Summer Lake Drive – A larceny was reported on June 15.

5300 block of Roswell Road – A larceny was reported on June 23.

1st block of Concourse Parkway – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 16.

Assault 100 block of Cimarron Parkway – Simple assault/battery was reported on June 12.

8200 block of Colquitt Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on June 12.

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400 block of Granville Court – Simple assault/battery was reported on June 13.

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1100 block of Huntcliff Village Court – A larceny of a bicycle was reported on June 18.

8900 block of Carroll Manor Drive – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 18.

400 block of Northridge Crossing Drive – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 18.

6000 block of Glenridge Drive – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 18.

1500 block of Riveredge Parkway – A larceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on June 19.

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