Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Fulton County Schools will host its free All Access Expo at North Springs High School on Oct. 3, giving 8th and 9th graders a chance to explore CTAE pathways, magnet programs, fine arts and other academic options across the district.
Local Government
Appen Media Group, publisher of the Sandy Springs Crier, filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against Georgia over media restrictions during executions while continuing to litigate an Open Records Act case against the City of Sandy Springs over withheld police narrative reports.
Local Government
Sandy Springs' full City Council spent more than five hours in a closed-door real estate executive session on Aug. 27, the longest of three such sessions since May, but took no public action and disclosed no details about the property under discussion.
Local Government
The Development Authority of Sandy Springs unanimously approved a 10-year, $2.55 million tax abatement on Aug. 26 for Woodfield Development's $200 million mixed-use redevelopment of the North River Shopping Center, completing a $4.33 million incentive package for the North End project.
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GDOT will close the existing Exit 5 on southbound GA-400 on Aug. 29 and open temporary exits 5A and 5B farther south, the first ramp change tied to the SR 400 Express Lanes project.
Local Government
A special election to fill the vacant Fulton County Commission District 4 seat, which represents Sandy Springs, will be held Nov. 3, with two Democratic candidates on the ballot and voter registration closing Oct. 5.
Local Government
Fulton County and 14 cities including Sandy Springs have formally called a Nov. 3 special election on whether to renew a 0.75 percent transportation sales tax that would direct roughly $112 million to Sandy Springs over five years for road, sidewalk and congestion projects.
Local Government
MARTA has realigned Route 5 southbound trips through Sandy Springs after completing intersection improvements at Mount Vernon Highway and Johnson Ferry Road, one of more than 30 route and schedule changes the transit agency rolled out over the weekend.
Local Government
MARTA will raise long-term parking rates by $2 per day at North Springs and Sandy Springs stations starting Sept. 14, while cutting the free parking window from 24 to 14 hours, in the agency's first systemwide rate hike since 2009.
Local Government
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 19 formally relocated Medicaid and state credentialing services from Sandy Springs' Roswell Road to Alpharetta and approved sewer easements for two local development projects.
Local Government
Sandy Springs' partnership with OpenGov on AI-powered permitting features, spotlighted at a major development conference held at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on Aug. 14, could cut review cycles for homeowners and contractors navigating the city's complex terrain.
Local Government
A new federal Workforce Pell Grant covers career training as short as eight weeks, but Georgia has yet to publish its approved-course list six weeks after the July 1 launch, leaving Sandy Springs residents who want to retrain at nearby Gwinnett Tech or Lanier Tech waiting for answers.
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