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Memorial park gains ground Council approves SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Local leaders and veterans gathered at a vacant parcel across from Sandy Springs City Hall March 24 to break ground on the city’s newest construction project — Veterans Park on Roswell Road. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, District 1 Councilman John Paulson and District 5 Councilman Tibby DeJulio spoke to the crowd about what the new park will mean for local veterans. The Sandy Springs City Council gave final approval for the $5.7 million project at a meeting in early March. Veterans Park is expected to include a series of large fountains that mirror the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center fountains on Roswell Road, a memorial area commemorating local veterans and wide multi-use sidewalks connecting the park to City Springs and the rest of the city.
project to rework City Springs water reuse program By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
PHOTOS BY ALEX POPP/APPEN MEDIA
Above left, Sandy Springs City Councilman John Paulson, Mayor Rusty Paul and Councilman Tibby DeJulio join the groundbreaking.
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs is preparing to pay thousands to drain and repair large underground water cisterns at City Hall, which were reportedly installed incorrectly when the sprawling City Springs campus was built in 2018. The cisterns, which hold nearly 300,000 gallons of water below City Hall and the City Springs green, were meant to manage dirty runoff from parking lots and roadways, and clean water from roof areas, to be used for irrigation, city fountains and feeding back into Marsh Creek, an offshoot of the Chattahoochee River. However, after the City Springs campus was completed, city officials reportedly learned a contractor for the project deviated from the designs and installed a system that wasn’t watertight, which caused leaks and one of the cistern’s walls to collapse. At a City Council meeting March 21, councilmembers unanimously approved a $389,752 contract with Reeves Young to build an underground water diversion system that will allow the city to periodically drain, clean and inspect the cistern. “This is a huge project we did here. With many big projects, certain little
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