9-29-16 Sandy Springs Reporter

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SEPT. 29 - OCT. 12, 2017 • VOL. 11— NO. 20

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► Traveling exhibit celebrates city’s Jewish community PAGE 6 ► Voters Guide: State Senate, City Council candidates PAGE 12

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Innovation Center opens to foster local start-up culture BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

The Sandy Springs Innovation Center, a facility intended to brand the city as friendly to cutting-edge businesses, is opening its doors after more than a year of planning. Located in a glass-walled, groundfloor corner of the Northpark Town Center tower at 1000 Abernathy Road, the center will hold a grand opening on Oct. 12, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. But it’s already quiSee INNOVATION on page 22 PHIL MOSIER

Hundreds of residents got an up-close look at City Springs, the new civic center taking shape in downtown Sandy Springs, during public tours Sept. 23. Mayor Rusty Paul and members of the City Council acted as tour guides for approximately 400 visitors, according to the city, for the open house, which coincided with the opening day of the Sandy Springs Festival. City Springs remains an active construction site, with its public spaces set to open in mid-2018.

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR From math class to ‘Jeopardy!’ studio

At first, I thought the absence of electricity would be no problem. After all, people lived happily for millennia before Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse came along.

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Lake Forrest Dam fixes could cost over $7M BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net The troubled Lake Forrest Dam finally has two repair designs on the table — and they could cost more than $7 million and require up to 18 months of road-closing construction. The 60-year-old earthen dam sits directly under Lake Forrest Drive, right on the Atlanta-Sandy Springs border. Since 2009, the state Safe Dams Program has pushed for fixing the aging dam, but that has been delayed due to complex co-ownership among both cities and several private residents. For over two-and-half-years, the cities have been See LAKE on page 22

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