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A controversial Pill Hill apartment plan was de-ferred again by Sandy Springs City Council Oct. 20, pending renewed talk of a new roadway through the area.

Th e Perimeter Center Improvement Districts are moving ahead on an old plan to extend the “fl yover bridge,” Councilman Tibby DeJulio said. Th at bridge takes Perimeter Center Parkway across I-285 to Lake Hearn Drive.

“I think we really need to see what [PCIDs] have in mind,” DeJulio said, and not “eliminate the possibility of doing this [connection] in the future” by approving redevelopment on part of the possible site.

PCIDs President and CEO Yvonne Williams said in an interview that engineers are doing a 60-day “feasi-bility study” of the roadway extension. “We’re in an in-formation-gathering mode,” she said.

Both the road and the apartment project—planned on Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital land at Johnson Fer-ry and Old Johnson Ferry—are pitched as partial solu-tions to the traffi c tangles in the medical area at John-son Ferry and Peachtree-Dunwoody Road nicknamed Pill Hill. Mayor Rusty Paul revealed that on Oct. 19, he had his long-planned traffi c-planning meeting with administrators of the three hospitals in the area, Em-ory St. Joseph’s, Northside and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

“What keeps me awake at night is [the idea of ] an incident like a tornado or something where we can’t get people in for treatment,” Paul said of Pill Hill traffi c.

Th e hospitals’ meeting also included traffi c consul-tants from the fi rm Nelson/Nygaard, according to Em-ory Saint Joseph’s spokeswoman Mary Beth Spence.

“At this initial meeting, all three hospitals commit-ted to working with the mayor and the consultants, and the consultants also shared that they will provide information about best practices from other cities,” Spence said in an email, adding that those meetings will continue.

Dane Peterson, the president of Emory Healthcare Hospital Group, attended the meeting. In a written statement, he said, “We are eager to enter this collab-oration with our neighboring hospitals to make im-provements for our patients, families, employees and the community we serve.”


A $159 million bond issuance to fund the City Springs project was approved Oct. 20 by Sandy Springs City Council. Now the project just needs a fi nal bud-get—in this case, a complicated spending plan that confused members of the council earlier this month.

City Councilman Gabriel Sterling was among several councilmen who asked for a better budget explanation from members of the city staff . He said he believes the explanation is coming soon and that core City Springs features are not at risk of budget cuts.

“I feel very comfortable with where we are,” Sterling said in a recent interview.

“I’m confi dent we will have a very good briefi ng on this,” Sterling said, adding that “there’s no possibility of

losing the big parts [of City Springs].”City Springs is the massive redevelopment

under construction on Roswell Road at the Mount Vernon Highway and Johnson Ferry Road intersection. It will include a new City Hall, a performing arts center, parks, housing and commercial space.

Th e bond issuance and a fi nalized budget were supposed to happen at the same time, but

they are separate eff orts. Mayor Rusty Paul and several councilmen expressed satisfaction at the bond issue details.

Demand exceeds supply for City Springs’ bonds

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Proposed athletics facility on High Point Road fi nds critics

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Th e Galloway School’s propos-al to build an athletics facility in San-dy Springs is drawing emotional attacks from neighbors who argue it will cre-ate runoff problems and bring unwant-ed traffi c.

“Th ere is not one single person in this community who wants you here,” Sandy Springs resident Sheila Cornelius told Galloway offi cials during an Oct. 27 meeting at Sandy Springs City Hall.

“We don’t want you here. Th is is not good for our community. We want you to expand and grow your program, but we want you to go somewhere else.”

Many among the more than 60 San-dy Springs and Buckhead residents who crowded into the City Hall meeting room applauded her.

Galloway offi cials want to build a softball fi eld, tennis courts, a conces-sions stand and bathrooms on 8.3 acres at the end of High Point Road, just in-side the city of Sandy Springs.

After discussions with neighbors, the proposal is to go to the city Plan-ning Commission in December, city of-fi cials said.

Galloway representatives said the school’s athletics programs have out-grown its Buckhead campus and more fi elds are needed to accommodate Gal-loway’s students.

Th e school already has some off -cam-pus athletics facilities on Defoors Ferry Road, Athletics Director Josh Burr told the crowd.

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and fi eld, Galloway lawyer Sharon Gay told the room, would not include light-ing, bleachers or a sound system, and would only be used during daylight hours.

Most players would be bused from the school’s campus at Chastain Park, representatives said, but the facility would include a parking lot. “We know High Point Road is narrow, and nobody wants us to park on High Point Road,” she said.

But residents argued the facility would draw too much traffi c to an area they said now has relatively little.

“It’s just a quiet, little residential area,” said Tom Ramseur, who said he’d lived in the neighborhood for more than 20 years. “I think the increased traffi c would be bad.”

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Emory Saint Joseph’s CEO Heath-er Dexter voiced traffi c concerns at the City Council meeting. Commute times for doctors and staff are issues, she said. Th e hospital sold the land for housing, restaurants and parks because it needs “apartments that employees can aff ord,” she said. Richard Munger of North American Properties, the developer, claims his project’s “walkability” to hos-pitals and MARTA meshes with a recent U.S. surgeon general’s report.

But the project continued to receive criticism from some Sandy Springs and Brookhaven residents as potentially worsening the traffi c issues, among oth-er concerns. Dozens of residents showed up at the council meeting, many clearly there to restate opposition to the project that was proposed in August. Th ey said North American had agreed to reduce the apartment count from 305 to 270, but that didn’t appear to satisfy anyone.

While the council chose to defer a decision with the PCIDs’ study in mind, some councilmen leaned toward ap-proval. “Until we locate housing where people work or…near mass transit, we’re not going to impact traffi c,” said Coun-cilman Ken Dishman.

It also remains to be seen how resi-

dents react to extending the roadway from the fl yover bridge, which many jokingly call the “bridge to nowhere.” Brookhaven Mayor Rebecca Chase Wil-liams said in an interview that she has “mixed feelings” about the idea and not-ed that local opposition to the Glenridge Connector prevented its extension be-yond Peachtree-Dunwoody Road.

“Use of the fl yover bridge is expand-ing” with new development, said the PCIDs’ Yvonne Williams. But extend-ing its roadway has “not been on our priority list” and could be complicated by impact on wetlands, neighborhood reaction and other issues, she said. Th e recent traffi c concerns triggered PCIDs’ renewed look at whether it is a “project that makes sense,” she said.

Paul doesn’t get a vote on the proj-ect unless there’s a tie, but he indicated some Brookhaven residents’ comments aren’t helping their cause. “I’ve been a little bit testy about this,” Paul said. “I’ve never been accused of criminality before and corruption, and being in the pock-et of developers…Our own folks haven’t talked to us the way people in Brookhav-en have talked to us.”

Th e council returned the project to the city Planning Commission and will rehear it Dec. 15.

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A total of $159,475,000 in bonds will be issued and will produce about $179 million in funds because of some “premi-um” sales at higher-than-face values, the city’s bond consultants said. Th e council previously authorized issuing up to $222 million in bonds—the expected maxi-mum cost of the project—and can still do so, but only with a separate action.

Th e interest rates are complex, but have a total “weighted average” of 3.659 percent, according to advisers with the fi -nancial fi rm Raymond James. Th e city re-ceived credit agency Moody’s highest cred-it rating, “Aaa,” and the second-highest rating category from Standard & Poor’s, “AA-minus.”

Th e bonds, sold in denominations of $5,000, were put on the market on Oct. 20 for advance orders. Th at helped de-termine the rates approved by the coun-cil, City Attorney Wendell Willard said. He said that they were oversubscribed by $400 million, meaning that demand ex-ceeded supply. Th e issuance was to occur in late October or early November.

“I bought a couple [of the bonds],” Paul said at the council meeting.

Not so clear is exactly how much of the funds will be spent and on what. Th e council already decided to spend no more than $222 million on the project, but a specifi c “maximum guaranteed price” will be set in consultation with Holder, the project’s construction fi rm.

Th at was supposed to be done Oct. 6, but the council balked at Holder’s request to delay setting the price and presented budget estimates that had widely vary-ing line items—in one case varying from $75,000 to $1 million.

A clearer budget with the price cap was supposed to be delivered Oct. 19, but that

didn’t happen, either. Sterling and Coun-cilman Andy Bauman—two who previ-ously voiced some strong concerns—said that they are not worried about taking a bit more time. “Better to get it right than to get it early,” Bauman said of the budget. “It was more a timing issue than a budget issue…So far, I have no concerns.”

Sterling said the budget is inherently complicated and he believes it will make sense in the end. Th e exact timing of the budget report is unclear, but Sterling said the fi nal design is down to dealing with small details.

“Th is is not the traditional model of building things,” Sterling said of the City Springs process, where a budget cap is set and the project tweaked to match it on the fl y. “By doing that, we’ll actually end up saving money because we will do the building faster. We could have complete clarity on the front end, but it could cost us more money and take more time.”

However, there is also a question about whether parts of City Springs will be cut from the fi nal design. At the Oct. 6 meet-ing, consultant Ennis Parker surprised the council by saying one piece of the proj-ect—a parking lot off Mount Vernon Highway—might have to be cut. Th at lot and a park on the east side of Roswell Road were “bonus” projects added to City Springs in June.

Asked about whether core parts of City Springs could be cut as well, Bauman and Sterling had diff erent takes. “I don’t want to speculate on scope,” Bauman said.

“No. Th ere’s no possibility of that,” Sterling said, adding that the main site’s infrastructure will be in place within a few months. “Th ere’s no turning back from that. We couldn’t decide we’re not going to build that performing arts center, or make it smaller.”

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MARTA plans to ask for portion of transportation sales taxBY JOE EARLE AND ELLEN ELDRIDGE

MARTA plans to ask Georgia law-makers next year to convert a portion of a proposed transportation sales tax for use to add rail lines, the transit agency’s chairman says.

MARTA Chairman Robert L. Ashe said the agency wants to use half of a proposed transportation sales tax to pay for transit expansion, and to ask DeKalb and Fulton voters to extend the tax for 42 years, through the life of the current MARTA sales tax.

“Th at’s the only way we’re going to get [the expansions] built,” Ashe told members of the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs during their Oct. 26 meeting.

State lawmakers last year agreed to al-low voters to decide in 2016 whether to impose a penny sales tax in their coun-ties for fi ve years to pay for transporta-tion improvements, Ashe said. MARTA wants lawmakers to allow Fulton and DeKalb voters to dedicate half of that penny to transit rail expansions and to

extend the tax.If the voters approve the change, Ashe

said, the tax could raise $4 billion that could be used to help fi nance construc-tion of rail extensions north along Ga. 400 to Alpharetta and east along I-20 in DeKalb, and to connect the east and north train lines with a light rail through the Emory University area.

But Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dun-woody), who chairs a MARTA oversight committee, said during a Dunwoody City Council meeting, also on Oct. 26, that the proposed MARTA sales tax would likely bring a “battle royal” in the upcoming legislative session.

“Th e issues that is going on with this is, they are putting a lot of pressure on [legislators] outside the two counties that have funded this for the past 45 years to pass it, saying, basically, ‘Hey, it doesn’t aff ect you. DeKalb and Fulton are going to pick it up.’”

“What I intend to do here is if they

want to make it a statewide issue, let’s make it a statewide issue,” Tay-lor said. “If it’s a benefi t to the state, let the state get some skin in the game.”

Without the sales tax, Ashe said, “we have no way to pay for” the rail line extensions. Together, the proj-ects are expected to cost $6 billion to $7 billion, he said. By dedicat-ing sales tax proceeds to MARTA expansion and extending the tax, he said, the funds could be used to at-tract federal monies to fi nance the remainder of the cost.

Ashe said he was “cautiously op-timistic” state lawmakers would go along with MARTA’s request. He said the state transit agency had changed its reputation by putting its fi nances in order. Th e agency posted a $35 million surplus in its 2015 fi scal year, with about $443 million in revenues and about $408 in expenses, he said. As recently as fi scal year 2011, the agency had run $35 million in the red, he said. “Over

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But Taylor seemed unconvinced. “Th is is going to aff ect county sales tax-es for the rest of our lives,” he said. “I see no reason why the counties should bear this burden. Th is is going to be a big po-litical fi ght this session.”

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‘Cover and show’To the editor:[Re: “City’s Next Ten planning pro-

cess gears up,” Sandy Springs Report-er, Oct. 16-29].

Th e road show is a joke. A poorly advertised kickoff meeting in an emp-ty storefront and fi ve mini-visits by a hospitality van do not qualify as a seri-ous attempt to gather public comment and input. Th ey are just for cover and show.

‘Springs City’ is a foolish and very expensive attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, the sow’s ear being Roswell Road, and all of its broken in-tersections in Sandy Springs.

We tried and failed 10 years ago with City Walk, which is one of the worst developments I have ever seen, and has been plagued with a revolv-ing door of second- and third-rate es-

tablishments. Its clientele is made up primari-

ly of Roswell Road apartment dwell-ers and an aging community of home-

owners living between Abernathy and Hammond. Th is will be the primary Springs City clientele. And they will defi ne the second- and third-rate re-tailers who will populate the center.

I know Mayor Paul (and Eva Galambos before him) envisioned a place where those who live on the Ar-lington Cemetery side of things would go to shop and socialize, but they are out of their minds. I don’t know any-

one who will park underground to have lunch and shop during the day or go to a concert at night at Roswell Road and Johnson Ferry.

I’m still trying to imagine who would want to live at 1 City Walk at Roswell and Hammond.

One more thing. It is astound-ing to me that we would let Hold-er Construction start digging Springs City holes without a clear set of Cart-er/Selig plans and then even consid-er increasing their Stage 1 budget. Th ese are the kinds of things that hap-pen when a politician who is one of the leading lobbyists for developers in Georgia (Mr. Paul) becomes the may-or of a city with major development dreams.

Th anks for listening.

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Regardless of location and circum-stances, cities everywhere face similar challenges. Traffi c congestion is insolu-ble. Never “just right,” growth is either “too dense” or non-existent. Meanwhile, nothing trumps public safety. Yet, great communities constantly seek to do it faster, cheaper, better.

Th at’s why a six-person Sandy Springs delegation just returned from Israel, af-ter establishing a sister city relationship with 11 communities forming the West-ern Galilee Cluster. Th e sister city ini-tiative lets communities experience and learn from each other, exploring new ideas, approaches and opportunities.

West Galilee is an emerging tech-nology, medical innovation and tour-ism area with similar aspirations as San-dy Springs. It also features a rich ethnic heritage where Jewish, Arab, Druze and Christian neighborhoods live peacefully side-by-side; a real contrast with global perceptions.

Over fi ve days, our delegation ab-sorbed how this area addresses our sim-ilar challenges. For example, the recent I-285/Ga. 400 collision among a fuel tanker, grocery truck and automobile highlighted our vulnerability to mass casualty events. Our seasonal precarious weather can produce widespread dam-age and injuries, too. So, we were eager to visit the West Galilee Medical Cen-ter, a world-renowned trauma facility. Headed by an Arab-Israeli physician, it features state-of-the-art operations, in-cluding an underground ER, so it can safely treat mass casualties even when under direct attack.

Likewise, West Galilee is an evolving medical technology center. Recent news reports have touted the high-tech exo-skeleton system that allows wheelchair- bound patients to walk and lead more normal lives. Th e system, currently fab-ricated in a West Galilee facility near the

Lebanese border, off ers life-changing hope for individu-als everywhere.

Sandy Springs is a leader in using traffi c management technology to make our roads more effi cient. Occa-sionally, however, we stum-ble across older technolo-gies that still work. Count me among the skeptics about whether roundabouts would work here. Yet, even in dense areas like the city of Akko, West Galilee com-munities are using round-abouts almost exclusive-ly to move traffi c smoothly. Th ey do, in the right applications, im-prove mobility.

Sister cities also promote tourism and cultural exchanges to cultivate great-er international understanding. While somewhat off the typical Israel tourist’s itinerary, the West Galilee area shares both ancient sites and modern marvels.

We visited a cave that was acciden-tally discovered when an excavator fell through the ceiling. Not yet publicly ac-cessible, the cavern lay undiscovered for 10,000 years due to the collapse of its original opening. As a result, archaeol-ogists are fi nding evidence of human and animal activity dating back 25,000 years.

Th ere were moments of serendipi-ty during our trip. During a survey of agricultural tourism and farm-to-ta-ble locations, our hosts took us to a bee farm, unaware of my beekeeper status. Beekeepers worldwide form an instant bond. When local residents visit Isra-el, the West Galilee is defi nitely worth a couple of vacation days.

Finally - what about the general situ-ation there, especially in terms of safety? While the international media under-

scored the drama occurring in Jerusalem’s Old City and the West Bank, we felt safe in every location we visited. We walked the streets at night in Nahariyya, Tel Aviv and other communities, feeling as secure as if stroll-ing through a Sandy Springs neighborhood. We knew of the problems, but as in any major city, the news media can report on several inci-dents dramatizing in such a way that the communi-ty appears more dangerous than it is.

Th roughout the week, our travels repeatedly bumped the Leb-anese border. At one stop, we looked down a high mountain peak at Lebanese villages in the valley fl oor. Th e danger is real, but as the Lt. Colonel charged with northern border security told us, “We stand guard, so normal life can go on.” It does.

Our sister city program was launched by Mayor Eva Galambos when she fos-tered our continuing relationship with Taicang, an inland city near Shanghai, China. In fact, we, with North Springs Chaater High School, hosted a Chinese student delegation in Sandy Springs in early October.

Going forward, we will hold monthly videoconferences with West Galilee of-fi cials to work on common objectives, and we plan to host an Israeli delegation in Sandy Springs next year. We want to nurture cultural and student exchanges over the fi ve-year duration of the sister city agreement, and hope the ties grow so strong, the communities extend the relationship beyond its initial phase.

Rusty Paul is the mayor of Sandy Springs.

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The Savor Sandy Springs Restaurant Week, returning Nov. 2-8 for its second year, is one of many similar promotions boosting the dining business around the Perimeter and the nation. But there’s something special about the group or-ganizing it, the Sandy Springs Restau-rant Council, and about how Restaurant Week fits into its much bigger business plan.

An initiative of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, the Restaurant Council hosts expert speak-ers at monthly meetings and is organiz-ing quarterly public events with the goal of putting the city on the metro Atlanta fine-dining map.

The Restaurant Council model could become influential amid talk of Dun-woody and Sandy Springs possibly col-laborating on future Restaurant Weeks, and as the young city of Brookhaven considers creating its own.

“Basically, the purpose of the Restau-

rant Council is to make Sandy Springs a fine-dining destination,” said Karen Try-lovich, the council’s chair. “People go down Ga. 400 to get to Buckhead and bypass Sandy Springs ... when we have over 500 restaurants in Sandy Springs.”

The council made a splash in Au-gust with its new football season cook-out party that drew hundreds of custom-ers. At a recent council meeting, Jason Sheetz, the owner of the Hammocks Trading Company restaurant, praised the group’s model.

“We have massive momentum,” Sheetz said, adding that with its Restau-rant Week program, “You can absolutely see the increase in business year-to-year.”

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Rick Tapia admits he got really inter-ested in bourbon only fairly recently. He’d been a vodka man.

“Growing up in the Northwest, you grew up drinking vodka, rum, maybe some Jack [Daniels] and Coke,” he said. “I don’t recall any bourbon. It wasn’t sexy at the time.”

But times change. Bourbon turned sexy after all. And Tapia, who was born in Peru and grew up near New York, now lives in Sandy Springs and has created his own brand of bourbon, the favorite whiskey of the Amer-ican South. He hopes it will catch on as part of a new interest in small batch bourbons.

He named his whiskey J.R. Revelry. Th e “J.R.” represents his initials; his full name is Jesus Ricardo Tapia. Th e “Revel-ry” part of the name suggests celebration, he said. And the design on the label of his bottles – a black bowler – is a nod both to good times and his family’s roots in South America, where the round-topped hats still represent high fashion in some areas.

Tapia is quick to point out that his bourbon is 100 percent American-made. It says so right on the label, in Spanish. (“Th e Spanish on the label was for me, a personal thing,” he said. “I was saying, ‘Hey, I’m Latino.’”) His bourbon, which sells for $30 to $40 a bottle, is distilled in Indiana and bottled in Nashville, he said. Even the stoppers are made in the U.S., he said.

Tapia, who’s 44, comes by his interest in producing spirits through experience. He actually started out as an accountant (In college, “I knew I couldn’t do a fl uff y degree,” he said.), but quickly moved to working as a promoter for various nation-al and international liquor companies. He promoted vodka, tequila, even the occa-sional Scotch. He worked for various com-panies during his 18 years in the business.

About nine years ago, he and his wife planned to move from the Northeast to

Miami for his job. But liquor companies buy and sell one another all the time, he said, and before his transfer was complet-ed, his company was bought by anoth-er company and they found themselves headed to Georgia, instead. “My wife and I were a bit surprised,” he said.

In Georgia, he discovered bourbon. “When I moved here was when I learned

about it and started drinking it on a regular basis,” he said.

When his company was sold again a couple of years ago, he and his family faced another corporate transfer, which would have required starting over in

another town. So he decided to head off on his own, “to create my own brand,” he said.

He knew what he liked in the bour-bons he drank himself, he said, so he “re-verse blended” his own brand to get a smooth bourbon that would mix well in cocktails, he said.

And small batch bourbons now seem to be the hot commodity. “Th ings were changing. Th e whiskey thing was start-ing to happen,” he said. At the same time, in the world of selling whiskey, “the eco-nomics of creating a brand had complete-ly changed. Craft brewing had evolved to craft distilling.”

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Mercedes-Benz USA’s relocation to Sandy Springs is sparking a “transfor-mation” of the luxury automaker, Pres-ident and CEO Steven Can-non told a crowd of hundreds at the Oct. 20 Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Com-merce luncheon.

Cannon also discussed Mercedes’ forthcoming new offi ce tower and charitable programs. And he voiced his optimistic hope of having a 20-minute commute from his new Buckhead home.

“What started as a move from Montvale, N.J., to At-lanta has been a transforma-tion for the company,” Can-non said, describing Mercedes’ move to the Perimeter as a cre-ative shake-up. “It’s almost got a start-up feeling to it at our tem-porary headquarters.”

Th at temporary site is in Dun-woody, where the company will remain through 2017, until the fi rst phase of its new headquarters off Abernathy Road in Sandy Springs is built. Cannon de-scribed the “open-fl oor, transparent” in-terior design of the forthcoming towers.

“I said to the architects, ‘Build a building around a town hall concept,’” where employees can quickly and easily gather for meetings, he said. “Th e cubi-cle culture…that’s going away.”

Cannon said that local hiring has gone better than expected. He said he appreciates the welcome and off ers of support he has received here.

In a sign of the political part of that support, Cannon was seated at a table with the mayors of Brookhaven, Dun-woody and Sandy Springs.

“Th ere’s a great migration going on in this country,” Cannon said, with many people moving from the North to the “smile states” of the Southeast, South and Southwest. In that sense, Mercedes’

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Cannon answered questions from

Jim Fitzpatrick, CEO of CBT Automo-tive Network, a Sandy Springs-based au-tomotive industry news outlet.

CBT provided a comedic video about the top 10 reasons for buying a Mercedes here, including use of an “exclusive Mer-cedes HOV lane” and a self-driving car that would pilot itself to Sandy Springs’ forthcoming City Walk apartments.

Of course, local traffi c and commut-ing nightmares are no joke, and Mer-cedes is well aware of that part of its move. Th e company is already facing challenges in Dunwoody.

“We’re looking at some fl ex-time op-tions” to stagger employee commute times, Cannon said in an interview af-ter the luncheon. Th e new generation of employees expect such fl exibility in life-style, too, he said.

“Look, if you don’t off er millennials those kinds of options, you’re not go-ing to hold onto them,” Cannon said. “You’ve got to change the way you do business.”

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“It’s a unique way for residents and visitors to try restaurants they wouldn’t try otherwise, and to try them at a fixed price point,” said Katie Bishop, execu-tive director of the Dunwoody CVB, which has organized a Restaurant Week in collaboration with the city and the Dunwoody Perimeter Chamber each June since 2011. This year’s Dunwoody Restaurant Week had 17 restaurants offering lunch menus and 24 offering dinner menus.

Dunwoody copied the Restaurant Week idea from other places, Bish-op said, but the CVB has tried some homegrown efforts, too. One exam-ple was the “Wine-ing About Win-ter” event, running in January of 2013 and 2014, with restaurants offering dis-counted meals or bottles of wine dur-ing a dead-of-winter week. “We just want to affect the bottom line that week,” Bishop said. “We’re just trying to drive business into what is a slower week for restaurants.”

She and other Restaurant Week or-ganizers acknowledge that measuring the impact is difficult. “Each restau-rant owner has their own way of do-ing things,” said Trylovich, “so it’s re-ally hard to know what that impact is.”

The debut Georgia Restaurant Week, a statewide event in July ar-ranged by the Buckhead-based Geor-gia Restaurant Association, in collab-oration with the state Department of Economic Development, shows how the measurements can be tricky. At first glance, an association report looks pret-ty good: total sales over $900,000; 500 meals ordered from the special menus; 42 percent of customers showing up to try a new restaurant and 81 percent

“highly likely” to return.But with 96 participating restau-

rants, that means each location sold less than one Restaurant Week menu meal per day. The sales figure includes all res-taurant revenue, not just any above-av-erage bump that week. And only 35 customers responded to the survey.

Thirty percent of the restaurants saw a business boost, said association spokeswoman Melanie Charyton. She emphasized it was the statewide Res-taurant Week’s first year, adding that “we hope to build on this next year and create more revenue for our restau-rants.”

The Sandy Springs Restaurant Council is aiming beyond the quick-hit Restaurant Week model to brand the city as a dining hotspot like Buckhead or Midtown. The council formed in late 2013 when Mayor Rusty Paul was serving as the Chamber’s board chair and heard the call for more restaurant promotions. “As far as greater Atlanta is concerned, Sandy Springs is a restau-rant desert,” Paul said at a recent City Council meeting about the Restaurant Council effort.

About 15 people attended a recent council meeting at Seven Hens, includ-ing restaurant owners and representa-tives from the city, the chamber and the Perimeter Center Improvement Dis-tricts. One agenda item was the Res-taurant Week’s cross-promotion with an older tradition, the Sandy Springs Society’s Elegant Elf event. (Several res-taurants will serve “Elf-tini” cocktails.)

“It’s been collaborative amongst us. It’s not a competitive thing,” said Tisha Rosamond of Nothing Bundt Cakes, describing the council as a “partnership as well as friendship.”

Barbara Boukater, whose 5 Seasons Brewing hosted the football kickoff event, said the collaboration is “driv-ing home that this is a neighborhood effort. Keep it in Sandy Springs.”

Restaurant weeks strive to heat up local dining businesses

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Footprints Road RaceSaturday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. – Th e Sandy Springs Education Force presents the second annual Foot-prints for the Future 5K and Family Fun Run, a cer-tifi ed Peachtree Qualifi er. Th e event also includes a pre-race warm-up at 7 a.m. led by fi tness profession-als, live entertainment, vendor booths and a 1K fam-ily Fun Run starting at 8 a.m. T-shirts and swag bags given to all race participants. Lake Forest Elemen-tary, 5920 Sandy Springs Cir., NE, Sandy Springs, 30328. Additional details and registration informa-tion can be found online at sandyspringseducation-force.org/roadrace.

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Susan Tourial could barely contain her enthusiasm.

“I’m ready to go already. How much longer?” she asked one recent afternoon as she sat at the kitchen table of her San-dy Springs home. “I’m ready to start. Get this party started, already!”

She wouldn’t have to wait much longer. The party she eagerly await-ed is the Marcus Jew-ish Community Center of Atlanta’s 24th annu-al book festival. It starts Nov. 5 and continues through Nov. 22.

Tourial’s enthusiasm is understandable. This year, she co-chairs the event. She’s been in-volved with the festival for five or six years and started working on this year’s edition last Janu-ary.

Besides, she thor-oughly enjoys this an-nual showcase of Jewish writing that has grown from presenting just three authors in its first year to hosting more than 40 this year, in-cluding such recognizable names as Ted Koppel, Alan and Arlene Alda, Mitch Albom and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. “We feel like this is our gift to the communi-ty, to have the caliber of some of these authors,” Tourial said.

Besides, she said, “it’s so much fun. It’s probably the most fun volunteer thing I have ever done.”

Through the years, the festival also has been fun for the writers, too, she said. More than 13,000 book fans are expected to attend the festival’s events this year. And they buy books, Tourial said. “Over 24 years, Atlanta has built up a really good reputation for the num-ber of people in our audience, the way we treat authors and the fact we sell books,” Tourial said.

Author Joey Reiman of Buckhead, who will discuss his book, “Thumbs Up! Five Steps to Create the Life of Your Dreams” on Nov. 22, calls the Marcus Center festival “one of the most impor-tant festivals that has ever been creat-ed.” Part of its appeal comes from its at-tachment to the Marcus Center, which was named for Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, Reiman said. “In Jewish nomenclature, there is something called a mensch,” he said. “A mensch is a genu-ine human being in the moral and ethi-cal arena. When I see Bernie is involved with an organization, the word mensch comes up.”

The festival’s appeal also is based on the authors it chooses to present and how it presents them, Tourial said. More than 200 volunteers are involved in 14 different committees that put on the fes-tival, according to the MJCCA.

From 75 to 100 volunteers are in-volved in the author se-lection process, Tourial said. Some read books and rate them. Some take part in one annu-al event, held in New York, that functions as sort of “speed dating” between writers and book festival officials from across the coun-try, she said. Other au-thors are chosen after their publicists contact festival officials to pro-mote their work, she said.

Is it worth all the work? “I think it’s an important thing to

do,” Tourial said. I think it’s an important cultur-al festival for the whole community. Atlanta’s a big community. I grew up in a Jewish Atlanta

where there were maybe five synagogues. Look how many there are now.”

Besides, she said, “I love to read. When I started going to the book festi-val, I realized how much I enjoyed hear-ing an author talk about their process.”

So, after months of putting the fes-tival together, Tourial is eager to get things started.

“I really and truly enjoy it,” she said enthusiastically. “It’s fun.”

JOE EARLE

Susan Tourial, co-chair of the Marcus Jewish

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There’s a train that runs past a drive-in theater showing “Gone with the Wind,” over Savannah’s famous River Street, alongside an Atlanta Steel plant, and into the Georgia mountains. It’s called the My Way Railroad, and it makes the entire trip in a basement on Nesbit Ferry Road.

Mike and Lee Dunn’s enormous model train layout was one of sever-al Sandy Springs stops on Oct. 25 on an open-house tour called the Piedmont Pil-grimage. Hundreds of model railroad fans

made the trip, and will visit more layouts in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs as the open houses continue through November.

“It gets bigger every year,” said Dave Bennett of Woodstock’s Train Installa-tions, who built the layouts for the Dunns and many other model-railroaders.

In fact, Sandy Springs is an epicen-ter of the old-school hobby. The regional Piedmont Division of the National Mod-el Railroad Association meets month-ly at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, sometimes drawing 100 members. Ben-nett stays busy working with many mem-bers, making home visits in a locomotive-style van outfitted with a cowcatcher and a smokestack. He also maintains the train layout running in the Children’s Health-care hospital on Pill Hill, an item donated by one of his customers.

Building a model train layout can take years and cost $1,500 to $15,000—or way more, for layouts such as the My Way line, said Bennett. The Dunns’ layout fills a 30-by-25-foot room with 500 feet of track and realistic murals providing a 360-de-gree background.

“I guess it’s in the genes,” said Mike Dunn. He got hooked on model trains as a kid in Los Angeles, then became an entrepreneur and a fan of trap-shooting. Years later, after coming South, he learned his great-great-grandfather was a trap-shooter and president of the Central of Georgia Railway.

“I’m the historian,” said Lee Dunn,

who’s writing a book about her husband’s ancestor. She pointed out some of the lay-out’s small details that were often charm-ing or humorous, such as “Wicked Wan-da’s,” a miniature railroad brothel.

Small details and family roots were themes in all the local layouts. At Joe Nichols Jr.’s Ridgemont Drive home, fa-ther Joe Sr. helped him run a recreation of 1917-era Colorado gold-hauling train.

Joe Jr. and Joe Sr. share a name, a pro-fession—they’re both surgeons—and the

family hobby. They’re both NMRA-certified “Master Model Rail-roaders,” only the third father-son pair to have the status, Joe Sr. said. The elder Nichols will open his home on the Nov. 7 Piedmont Pil-grimage date, and his son will return the fa-vor by helping to run it. “He’s got one of the biggest layouts in town,” around 1,000 square feet, said Joe Jr.

The space, cost and time needed to build

a layout mean that most hobbyists get into it later in life, Joe Jr. said.

“The biggest limita-tion is cost,” he said. “The second limita-tion is getting permission from your wife.” That’s Lynn Nichols, who confirmed some complex negotiations underway about some extra basement square-footage.

Many of Joe Jr.’s Colorado mountains were still unfinished Styrofoam carvings, and he isn’t picky about the complexi-ties of switches and signals on the minia-ture railroad. “I don’t care if they derail,” he said, explaining that he enjoys building the train models more than running them.

For Robert Young, who runs a minia-ture Pennsylvania Railroad in his Hunters Trace Circle basement, the appeal is cre-ating trackside scenes—people fishing, fire trucks leaving a station and hundreds more events packed into the landscape.

“It’s vignettes,” said Young. “You pick an area and it tells a little story. That’s the part I enjoy, is detailing it.”

Young has worked on his layout since 2006. His love for the hobby was passed on by his father, who built a layout about 50 years ago. Some components of that layout are in Young’s setup today.

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Nearly every fall, Viju Rao and his family throw a huge party.

Th ey invite crowds of guests to their home — “everybody that we meet on the street in Dunwoody, plus all of [daughter] Devika’s friends,” Rao said. “Most of them have started asking, ‘When’s Diwali this year?’”

Th is year, Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will be celebrated Nov. 11. Piy-ush Behre, a volunteer with the Hindu Temple of Dun-woody, said the holiday is mostly celebrated in homes.

Diwali commemo-rates “the day Rama comes back to his kingdom after 14 years—that’s why all the lights,” Viju Rao said. “Th e kingdom lights up and ev-erybody celebrates the return of the king.”

In Dunwoody, Hindu families hang on to their cultural heritage by celebrat-ing the stories and the traditions. Devi-ka Rao described the celebration as “fi re sparklers, food, friends, family and lots of

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local temple or consider themselves reli-gious Hindus, “we are cultural Hindus,”

Viju Rao said, and happy to celebrate the holiday.

“Th e cultural part is very peaceful, very secular,” Devika Rao added.

Viju Rao said a Hin-du guides himself with two books, one of which is the “Ramayana,” an 8,000-word epic poem written in Sanskrit about the story of Lord Rama. “Th ese stories are not religious,” Rao said. “Th ey’re just mythology.”

Sunitha Gandava-di teaches Sanskrit to chil-dren at the Hindu Temple of Dunwoody. She, too, says

culture and spirituality outweigh reli-gious dogma. “We just say we are Hin-dus because of the festivals we celebrate,” Gandavadi said.

She added she and her friends “are not religious in a way that would look down on another religion.” “We don’t,” Ganda-vadi said. “Even back in India, we went to Catholic schools.”

When people understand the mes-sages in myths, such as tales about Lord Rama, Rao said, the stories teach about morality. “Th e fact is it’s a very intelli-gent, smart way to teach a common-er,” Rao said. “If you spend a little time thinking about it, and reading about In-dian spirituality, you start to understand why they told these stories.”

He says his family is celebrating the new year when he invites people for Di-wali, which mirrors Christmas because people exchange gifts and sweets. Ac-countants get their books blessed “so they can cheat for the rest of the year,” Rao joked.

Last year, the Hindu Temple of Dun-woody opened at 2029 Pernoshal Court. Th e owners of Indian Bazaar grocery store converted a warehouse they own into the temple space, Gandavadi said.

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Gandavadi and Sunitha Umashankar moved to Dunwoody in the late 1990s. Th ey said they are thankful for the tem-ple, which introduces children to their Indian culture and their community. “Everybody who comes here is part of Dunwoody,” Umashankar said.

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Of course “rob-in” wouldn’t work—I didn’t even attempt that. But I had created a handy new username, “alwayswrite,” that I have used before on other sites and consid-ered somewhat clever in a punny sort of way, and which I can actually remember.

So I keyed it in, but that one was taken. I could chose “I-alwayswrite-blog,” which completely loses the pun, or “awesomealwayswritelove,” which is an awful username. So, no. I could also choose “youralwayswrite,” which I would never, ever do, because your in this case should actually be the contrac-tion you’re, and I would rather melt my keyboard into a useless metal blob than choose a username that so defi les one of the most basic grammar rules.

I could, of course, revise the name to read “youralwayswritemother,” but that also blows the pun right out the win-dow. So, no.

Th e feeble fl icker of username cre-ativity that I possess had already been expunged upon the name “alwayswrite,” so I looked around for inspiration. My geraniums are still in bloom in the blue pot on my back deck, so I typed in, “ge-ranium.”

I was stunned to be informed that “someone has already claimed your username,” even when it was so com-pletely random, and I was off ered the names “geranium-things,” “a-gerani-um,” (both of which are stupid, I’m sure you agree), and “omg-geranium,” which is not only stupid, but juvenile. So, no.

Th rough-out this exer-cise, however, the Tumblr site off ered me a collec-tion of new and unsullied usernames, such as “SecretPhilosopherBouquet,” and “AtomicBluebirdFart,” which were admittedly tempting, but didn’t quite feel right. So, no.

Still on the fl ower theme, I tried “hon-eysucklerose,” but that was also taken. I could be “bat-honeysucklerose,” which doesn’t even make sense, or “honeysuck-lerose-stuff ,” which is equally inane. No, and no. Tumblr, meanwhile, of-fered me “TenaciousFuryStudent,” and

“UnadulteratedNin-jamoon,” but neither of those really defi ne me, so, no.

I was getting testy now. Our ample bowl-ful of Halloween candy prompted me to go all-out with “99%choc-olate,” a name which not only describes my diet, but also my fa-vorite Lindt choco-late bar. I came awful-ly close with that one, but was informed that “Tumblrname can only contain letters, num-bers and dashes,” al-though I could choose “omg99chocolate-

blog,” which again, for reasons men-tioned, I would never do.

On the suggestion of one of my twins, I typed in “99chocolate” and was fi nally admitted to an entirely new page, but then demurred, because I was not ready to abandon the qualifying “%.”

So I backtracked, and of course, had to start all over again. But I was re-warded with a new off ering: “Teenage-DoughnutEarthquake,” which my own teenage son thought fi t me perfectly, and which convinced me that check-ing out username suggestions on Tum-blr could become a habit.

Committed to my username deci-sion, I typed in “99percentchocolate,” which did indeed and at last work. But now I was forced to reveal my age (because Tumblr did not accept “old enough” and because I cannot tell a lie, not even to Tumblr). I then assured Tumblr that I am not a robot, and that was all it needed to know in order to present me with a veritable landslide of Tumblr accounts prime for the follow-ing.

It doesn’t understand. I’m only here to follow my son.

Robin Conte is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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While many Atlanta-area high school students spent the summer lying out by the pool, Holy Spirit Pre-paratory School junior John Arnold was feeding hungry children. Last summer, John coordinated a community-wide lunch-making effort in partnership with Action Min-istries that made 300 lunch-es per week for disadvantaged children in College Park and East Point.

“I was so enthralled with this ministry because it struck me that there were children in this nation, a nation with so much global affluence and respect, who relied so heavily on the public school systems and private donations for some-thing as simple as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,” John said.

During his sophomore year, John spent every Sunday and Tuesday night with his family making lunches for Ac-tion Ministries, but he was not satisfied with this level of commitment. Upon re-alizing that many children go hungry in the summer when they are unable to re-ceive free or reduced-cost lunches from school, John organized a weekly sand-wich-making mission in the main hall of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

“I was the person going through the process of coordinating dates for sand-wich making, figuring out how many people could show up, actually making the lunches, as well as delivering all the lunches to the sites,” said John.

The sandwich-making ministry soon became a part of ONE Apostolate, Holy Spirit Prep’s community service organi-zation that serves the homeless. By the end of the summer, the initiative had

made 1,950 lunches for hungry chil-dren.

This school year, John is serving as president of ONE Apostolate. The sand-wich ministry is not as active during the school year, so the organization focuses

on volunteering at soup kitch-ens and sewing sleeping bags for the homeless.

When not engaging in community service, John is a competitive archer. He still finds time to excel academical-ly, too, and counts Latin, AP Calculus and AP U.S. History among his favorite classes.

“John is very bright and very driven,” said Jill Stedman, John’s AP U.S. History teach-er and ONE Apostolate advi-

sor. “He is one of the best crit-ical thinkers I have taught during my career. John will be able to accomplish anything he sets his mind to. He has a strong work ethic, and he has a person-ality that inspires his peers to be excited and engaged in their work.”

“John’s maturity, respect for others and love of ideas is inspiring,” added John’s homeroom teacher, Archie Deen. “John’s ability to relate to all sections of our school community, and his respect-ful and engaging connection with his teachers speaks to the wonderful young man he has become.”

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This article was reported and written by Catherine Benedict, a senior at The Westminster Schools.

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lawn and private walled patio off of the master bath. Gourmet eat-in kitchen w/ La Cornue oven/cooktop.

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625 Mount Vernon Highway - $1,875,000Debbie Sonenshine 404-250-5311

Spitzmiller & Norris Architect, Robert Fields premier builder, Alec Michaelides top landscape designer at

LandPlus and Kay Van Doren designed interior. Custom moldings, heart pine floors & beams, custom solid

doors, extra insulation, cabinetry by Charles Reinike.

4423 Mount Paran Parkway - $1,475,000Joyce Schechter 404-797-9698

Renovated Buckhead Home w/many amenities on 1 level. Fin ter level. Large & open kit flowing into

a Grt Rm w/high cathedral exposed beams.Magnificent hdwds throughout. Large Sunny

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1 level living w/high ceilings & large rms. Custom built w/steel beams & extra thick walls, renovated in 2003. Acre lot w/level front yard & garden w/pond in backyard. Kit w/cherry cabinets, Gaggenau ovens, SubZero fridge & granite. Updated master bath w/frameless shower. 2nd kit, in-law suite terrace lvl.

110 Savannah Estates Drive - $515,000Debbie Sonenshine 404-250-5311

Southern Living charm w/leaded glass transoms, plantation shutters, detailed moldings, hardwood flrs,

French doors plus renovated kit w/newer ss appliances, granite, etc. Renovated master ba w/raised granite

vainities, new tile. 2 big walk-in closets. Big bedrooms, 9 ft.ceilings up. BR w/trey ceiling & full BA terrace lvl.

2990 Coles Way - $599,500Debbie Sonenshine 404-250-5311

One of the best lots in the area, private, level play area, huge deck, stone patio on quiet cul-de-sac street. Huge kitchen. Office/study, banquet size dining room, great room & sun room on main. Big bedrooms up w/

hardwood floors & built-in custom closets. Terrace level offers playroom, gym/bedroom, full bath & fireplace.

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Fantastic opportunity for entry into popular High Point area. Plenty of house & full finished daylight basement with in-law suite and expansion areas. Lots of natural

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� 5400 block of Glenridge Drive—On Oct. 20, a man said he returned home after four days to find that his residence was entered and he is missing a PS4, two guitars, an external hard drive and an electric shaver.

� 6000 block of Roswell Road—On Oct. 21, the manager of a doughnut shop said that around 11:30 p.m. a man came into the closed store with a key and stole $300 from the register. Video captured the burglary. The manager confirmed that the front door key was missing. The sus-pect’s physical description matched a re-cently fired employee.

THEFTS � 5500 block of Roswell Road—On Oct.

17, employees of a discount department store reported that a man came into the store wearing a black Polo shirt and kha-ki pants, which look like the normal dress for some employees. He went to the cus-tomer service desk and asked for the keys to a locker. He signed the keys out un-der the name Darrin. He went to the stock room. Inside, he told other clerks in the room that he was at this store for

the first time and asked where the locker was. They showed him and he opened the locker and took 26 phones that he placed in a small duffle bag that he had con-cealed under a sweatshirt. While doing so it was noted that he was on the phone, possibly being directed by the person on the other end. The man then returned the keys to the desk and left the store in a white two-door Nissan Altima or Infini-ty. It appears the same suspect entered a store at Atlantic Station and took a large number of phones as well.

� 5300 block of Roswell Road—On Oct. 17, package store employees reported that a man came into the store and took three bottles of Cîroc Vodka, placed them in his pants and then waddled out.

� 6700 block of Powers Ferry Road—On Oct. 17, a restaurant employee report-ed that he left his iPhone 6 on the podi-um to greet customers. He believes one of them took the phone. Meanwhile, at another restaurant, the manager report-ed that four males fled without paying the $54 bill, running to a car and leaving south on Roswell Road. The tag was ob-tained and it is being investigated.

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONINGPetition Number: RZ15-0074

Petitioner: Angie Mabry

Property Location: 5111 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, 0 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd

Present Zoning: R-2

Request: Rezone from R-2 to R-3 for the development of three (3) single family lots.

Public Hearings: Planning Commission November 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council December 15 at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600


Petitioner: Gary Unell

Property Location: 5755 Powers Ferry Road

Present Zoning: R-1

Request: Rezone from R-1 to R-2A for the development of three (3) single family lots.

Public Hearings: Planning Commission November 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council December 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.


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Do you have a pinched nerve?

We Can Help!Dear Friend, It’s hard to believe, I know, but it’s true. Last year more Americans were killed by prescription drugs than by guns, AIDS, suicides and terrorists combined...But we’ll get to that in a minute. Let me start by explaining the photo in this letter. You know, when I meet people in town they usually say, “Oh yeah I know you, you’re Dr. Acosta. I’ve seen your stories for years....”Well, that’s me. I’m also the guy in the back of this amazing family of love. In the early 90’s during Atlanta’s pre-Olympic Construction Boom, I was a Carpenter. First interior trim and decks, then framing, then I installed hardwood � oors, then my own remodeling company. About the time of my hardwood installation career, I started to be-come disabled with debilitating low back pain. It would take me 15-20 minutes to stand up straight in the mornings. I was scared. What would I do if I couldn’t work? And what a blow to my indestructible 20 some-thing year old ego. A friend suggested I try Chiro-practic. � e Chiropractor explained to me what might be the cause of my disability. � e explanation made sense to me. � e Upper Cervical Chiropractor did a unique exam, took some special 3D � lms, and then “adjusted” my spine. � e ad-justment didn’t hurt, it actually felt good. He helped me get better and keep my job! I have been visiting a Chiropractor ever since as part of my health strategies. I did not become a Chiropractor myself until many years later when my brother himself ran into some health challenges. It was his poten-tially life threatening situation that had a meaningful impact on me. I knew right then and there that I wanted to be involved in helping

others, especially in a way that helps them “get out of the woods,” and on to greener pastures. My kids, Riley and Nica, were adjusted within the � rst 15 minutes a� er birth. � ey obviously didn’t complain of neck pain or back pain; I adjust them to keep them healthy... as with all the hundreds of children I care for in my o� ce. You see, it’s not normal for kids to get ear infections, asthma, allergies or a number of other illnesses we see clear up in our o� ce every day. When the nervous system is working correctly your internal resistance and healing powers are enhanced. A healthy family does NOT rely on medication to make them well. My family does not turn to medication to seek health and we don’t have a “medicine chest” in our home. Due to years of advertising saturation from the pharmaceutical companies most Americans do seek health from outside- in and most families have a “medicine chest” � lled with an average of 16 di� erent medications. In an average year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports over 1.5 million hospitaliza-tions due to medication. Last year the WHO reported 350,000 deaths due to medication people took... and 160,000 were when the drugs were prescribed correctly. More people died last year from medication than at Pearl Harbor and Vietnam. Amazing huh?If drugs make people well, then those who take the most should be the healthiest, but this simply isn’t the case. Many people are beginning to understand that health comes from within. � is is why Upper Cervical Chiropractic helps so many people. You see, God created a body that can heal itself. Your body doesn’t

need any help; it just can’t have any interference. With chiropractic, we don’t add anything to the body or take anything from it. We � nd interfer-ence in the nervous system and re-move it thus enhancing the healing capacities of the body. We get tremendous results... it really is as simple as that.

Here’s what some of my patients have to say:

“I quit taking pain medication two weeks prior to starting care with Dr. Acosta so that I would know if his care was helping. I am now drug free, and the terrible pain I lived with for years is now gone. Chiropractic is a way of life for me and I love it.” (Carol C.) “I had been told that the only way to relieve my back and neck pain was to live on pain medication because surgery was not an option. I had scoliosis as a child and back surgery at 15. Since Dr. Acosta’s care I have virtually eliminated all the medications including aspirin that I used to take to get through the day. My husband, both my children, and myself have bene� t-ed greatly from Dr. Acosta’s care” (Shelly H.)

Being a chiropractor can be tough because there’s a host of so-called experts out there. � ey tell people a lot of things that are just plain ridiculous about my profes-sion ... usually it’s “My neighbor’s sister’s friend said...” Let me ask you, do you make your healthcare decisions based on honest facts or biased opinions? Interesting ques-tion, isn’t it? NOW... Find out for yourself if you and your family can bene� t

from Upper Cervical care. We be-lieve that you should be able to have a conversation, without making a commitment. � at is why we o� er a Complimentary Conversation. We listen to you, and then determine if your problem is an Upper Cervical problem. If your problems are being caused by an Upper Cervical problem, then there is no one more quali� ed to help you. I utilize a highly special-ized adjusting technique (only 300 doctors in the world use this) in my o� ce to better serve you. I’m here to serve you and make a di� erence in your life. I’ve been entrusted to take care of tiny babies to 98 year olds for over ten years now. My assistant; my wife Ashley is great and absolutely full of love. Our o� ce is both friendly and warm and we try our best to make you feel at home. We have a wonderful service, o� ered at an exceptional fee. Our o� ce is called UPPER CERVICAL CHIROPRACTIC of GA and is located at 310 Hammond Drive NE. Sandy Springs GA 30328. Our Website is www.Getwellga.com. Our phone number is 404-796-9010. Call us today for an appointment. We can help you.

� ank You.Dr. René Acosta Upper Cervical Structural Chiro-practor for Children & Adults

P.S. As part of our Re-Grand opening receive $50 o� a Complete Upper Cervical Structural Examination upon completion of a consultation.

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Sandy Springs Police BlotterCONTINUED FROM PAGE 20

� 8700 block of Roswell Road—On Oct. 18, employees of a grocery store report-ed that a man came in and took two con-tainers of baby formula and then left the store, got onto a black motorcycle and drove off .

� 8100 block of Colquitt Road—On Oct. 18, a man reported that anoth-er man ran up beside him and took his purse…then ran off .

� 5300 block of Roswell Road—On Oct. 19, a 27-year-old woman reported that she accidently left an iPad inside one of the apartments in the complex. Th e lo-cator app directed her to that apartment where she talked to the resident who said he just bought it for $150. Th e report wasn’t conclusive as to if or not it was re-turned, but it is being investigated.

� 5700 block of Roswell Road—On Oct. 20, a gas station employee report-ed that a man came in and asked if he could pump gas and pay later. Th e em-ployee agreed and turned the pump on. Th e man pumped $51 of gas and then drove off without paying.

�Th ere were numerous reports of thefts from vehicles recently. In all but one or two, there were personal items in the cars including sensitive account numbers, per-sonal ID, etc. Th e recent trend the past couple of weeks has been focusing on ho-tel parking lots. Even at home and espe-cially if you park in community parking, such as for apartments and condos, or es-pecially if you use parking decks, take it all out of the car. Th at is the only way to guarantee that your stuff won’t be sto-len. We’ve stepped up patrols, especially


Petitioner: Investment Partners X, LLC

Property Location: 342 Johnson Ferry Rd & 185, 203, 225, & 245 River Valley Rd

Present Zoning: R-1 & R-3 (Single Family Dwelling Districts)

Request: Request to rezone from R-1 and R-3 to R-3 for construction of ten (10) single family homes with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings: Planning Commission November 19, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council December 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.


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at night, but we can only cover so much area between calls. Please do yourself and us a big favor and stash your stuff . Take it out if at all possible. Never leave anything in view if you have to leave it in the car. It doesn’t matter if you’re going to be out of the car for two minutes or two hours. Take it all out.

FRAUD � A woman reported that she has been

nagged by a man named Jim Ziegler, who is from South Carolina, regarding help due to the recent fl ooding. She be-lieves that he found her Facebook page, seeing apparently that she was from S.C. She believes the call is scam-based.

ASSAULT � 100 block of Northwood Drive—On

Oct. 18, a 31-year-old man reported that he was at a party and got into an argu-ment with another man who broke a bot-tle and cut the lip of the victim. Alcohol was involved.

OTHER THINGS � Jeff erson Drive—Cops responded to a

neighbor dispute. Th ey were told by the upstairs neighbor, who called the po-lice, the downstairs neighbor came up and complained that they were stomp-ing on the fl oor. He was banging on the door, then walked down to the parking lot and kicked the upstairs neighbor’s car and threatened to fi ght him. Th e upstairs neighbor, who was on the balcony and saw the car being kicked, yelled at the man who yelled back, etc. etc. etc. A wit-

ness saw him kick the car and eventually he was arrested.

�Huntcliff Village Court—Respond-ing to a suspicious-person call, an offi -cer found a male in his car parked near the leasing offi ce. Th e man was semi-con-scious and had numerous needle tracks on his arm. Uncapped needles were on the console. Th e offi cer called an ambu-lance for the man who admitted he had

just injected heroin into his arm. He was taken to the hospital. Some heroin, bagged up, was found in the car.

� A man called the cops to say his friend took his keys and won’t give them back.

� A woman called and said that his son was watching a R-rated movie and as such, the boy’s uncle, also in the room, disconnected the TV. Th e boy threw a rubber ball at the uncle. It missed, but the uncle’s return throw did not. Th e of-fi cer said it left a minimal mark on the boy’s neck. Th e uncle was charged with assaulting the boy.

ARRESTS � Brentwood Way—On Oct. 17, around

3 a.m., “Jerry” was caught smoking dope in his car. He also had a probation war-rant on him from Sandy Springs. He was arrested.

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