Sandy Springs Residents Want Walkability, Not Density
Sandy Springs is in the midst of updating its comprehensive plan for the next decade.
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It was 10 years ago that Sandy Springs was incorporated. Now, the city is creating a plan for the next decade, and Mayor Rusty Paul has high hopes.
“Our goal is to become the most envied city in metropolitan Atlanta,” Paul said.
At a community workshop last night off Roswell Road, Paul asked Sandy Springs residents for their opinions on how the city can reach that goal.
A big priority for Justin Moseley is reducing traffic.
“I work 3.3 miles from my house and it can take me 30 to 45 minutes to get home on certain days,” said Moseley.
He wants more transportation options in the city – though he’s not totally sold on the monorail idea that’s been proposed.
He’s also interested in creating more walkable places.
“I live up off Northridge,” he said. “There’s just nothing local that you can walk to.”
At the same time, some, like Diane Black, are worried about dense development changing the character of the city.
“I mean, you get enough of this and you’re just going to have another Midtown and that’s why everybody was moving to Sandy Springs to begin with,” she said.
Paul said the residents’ input will influence a draft of the city’s comprehensive plan that will be presented in March.
