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St. Patrick’s gala enters 2nd year with City Green freshly surfaced By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
partment Headquarters and Municipal Court on Morgan Falls Road has a scheduled completion date of March 2025. The budget for construction and sitework is just shy of $36.7 million, not including the $10.9 million purchase of the site in October 2020. Dave Wells, director of facilities and capital construction, said the Roswell Road facility will be completed in April. He also said a budget amendment for a transfer between
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Northside Irish Culture & Arts, is gearing up for its 2nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23 in Sandy Springs. A shortfall in funds this year has scrapped plans for the parade, but the focus will be on the festival, celebrating Irish music, dance and culture. The city is wrapping up installation of synthetic turf at the City Green, a 4-acre park on Galambos Way, just in time. The celebration honors St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. It also gives Metro Atlantans an opportunity to wear green on the City Green and soak in all things Irish. Mike Moors, president of Northside ICA and former local president of The Ancient Order of Hibernians, said he and a few members of the north metro Irish community created the nonprofit during the pandemic to bring a St. Patrick’s Day celebration to the area. He also emphasized the annual event is distinct from The Ancient Order of Hibernians, a fraternal organization founded in New York City in 1836. “[Sandy Springs] Mayor [Rusty] Paul has been a big supporter, and we have worked with the folks at the city,” Moors said. “There was an Irish band that played in early 2022 at the Performing Arts Center, and then we decided to go for it.”
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A look at the construction of the Sandy Springs Police Department’s Fleet Center March 6 at 8475 Roswell Road. Construction and site work for the project will be completed in April, city officials said.
Public safety projects gain steam By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — With a new public safety and courts complex on Morgan Falls Road a year from completion, Sandy Springs is a month away from opening a $3.6 million Police Fleet Center 2 miles north on Roswell Road. The Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority, which includes members of the City Council, met March 5 to hear the latest construction
updates on the Fleet Center at 8475 Roswell Road. Sandy Springs has gone through multiple iterations of plans for both facilities and initially intended the Morgan Falls site to be a “one-stop shop” for all things law enforcement. But due to space restrictions, parking and a desire to fit a future firearms training center and fire station all on the 12.5-acre property, leaders later opted to build the Fleet Center at a separate site. Completion of the new Police De-