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King and Queen buildings glow for Muscular Dystrophy Day
Streets and Roads for All Grant to create a comprehensive street safety plan. Under the planning and demonstration grant, Roswell Department of Transportation staff will conduct a nine-month study and create a “safety action plan” which will allow the city to apply for additional federal funds to complete certain projects.
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The iconic King and Queen towers at the Concourse in Sandy Springs were illuminated orange June 20 in honor of the 8th annual World FSH Muscular Dystrophy Day. Officials said the Atlanta Chapter of the FSHD Society, the world’s largest research-focused patient organization for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, organized the lighting. “The buildings are a prime focal point for the North Atlanta Perimeter, Sandy Springs, and Dunwoody areas,” said Christiane Wyckoff, whose daughter, Carden, has FSHD. “We’re so grateful to the people at King and Queen building management for recognizing the need and helping promote awareness in a positive way for FSHD.” On World FSHD Day, advocacy groups ask community members to raise awareness and support for people suffering from the debilitating, genetic muscle-weakening condition, which affects nearly a million people worldwide. In addition to the building lighting, supporters are asked each year to post photos on social media
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Local governments are eligible to tap into $5 billion in federal transportation funds through legislation passed in 2022. The City of Roswell recently received a $200,000 federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant to create a comprehensive street safety plan.
Cities receive federal aid for road safety initiatives By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — Cities across Metro Atlanta are working toward safer streets and roads with help from a $5 billion federal initiative aimed at zero roadway deaths. In 2022, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the Safe Streets and Roads
for All discretionary program which will appropriate $5 billion in funds to different cities over a five-year span. The program has two grant categories: planning and demonstration grants, which fund the development of a safety action plan, and implementation grants which fund safety projects identified in the action plans. On June 21, Roswell announced the city received a $200,000 federal Safe