11-23-18 Sandy Springs Reporter

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NOV. 23 - DEC. 13, 2018 • VOL. 12 — NO. 24

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Perimeter Business ► In bid to attract visitors, hotel taxes seek ‘free money’ with few strings PAGE 4 ► Sandy Springs, Brookhaven refresh their tourism tactics PAGE 4-5

Helping hands

North end task force could submit two differing plans BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

PHIL MOSIER

Bailey Olson, 15, a sophomore at Riverwood International Charter School, hauls a box at the Morgan Falls Athletic Fields on Morgan Falls Place Nov. 17 as he helped with Keep North Fulton Beautiful’s document-shredding event for local residents. The Recycling Center, on Morgan Falls Road, accepts a wide variety of materials on a regular basis. For more information, see KeepNorthFultonBeautiful.org.

The very clear message to our returning and newly elected representatives should be that the era of one-party rule is over and there is no entitlement to these seats for one particular party or the other.

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The musicians of No Solution Page 20

OUT & ABOUT 13 ways to celebrate the holidays Pages 18-19

ANDY BAUMAN SANDY SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

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Disagreements over what affordability policies should be included in the north end task force’s report could result in two differing plans being submitted to the City Council. The group has been meeting since May, discussing proposals to spur redevelopment in the city’s north end and hosting public input meetings. It is now in the final stretch of its process. The group has narrowed down its initiatives to six and members presented first drafts of a report at its Nov. 14 meeting that is expected to be presented to the City Council at its January retreat. The task force plans to present a proposal to the council that recommends several other projects, including a new multiuse path and community center. The group generally agrees on those parts of the proposal, but the developer and advocate factions have been vocally disagreeing on key pieces of the housing component. Each side has See NORTH on page 23

City spends $154K on ‘cultural center’ design, eyes auto shop spot BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

Sandy Springs is spending nearly $154,000 designing a new “cultural center” after privately approving an architecture firm’s contract. And while the city says no site has been identified, a request for proposals shows its “preferred location” was a privately owned auto shop on Hilderbrand Drive and part of Heritage Sandy Springs’ See CITY on page 22


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