Let the zoomies begin
Friday, Oct. 24 — If you’re looking for a reason to be outdoors this weekend, you and your pooch should check out the newly renovated Morgan Falls Dog Park.
🍁 We have another weekend on tap that reminds us why we love October in Georgia, with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60s.
📍 The Atlanta City Council voted this week to sell the City Detention Center to Fulton County for $68 million after a chaotic meeting.
🎃 Sandy Springs’ annual Spooky Springs takes place Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Abernathy Greenway Playable Art Park. The family-friendly event is free and includes trick-or-treat stations, face painting, food trucks, and more.
⚡️ The Sandy Springs Education Force Lightning 10K and 5K also takes place Saturday. Learn more and sign up here.
⛹🏽♀️ Hudson Grille in Sandy Springs is one of the many locations hosting watch parties to cheer on the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA Finals. The Dream leads the series against the Golden State Valkyries 2-1. Tip-off for Game 4 is Saturday at 1 p.m.
🍣 The founder of Circle Sushi in Sandy Springs has opened Japanese restaurant JuNi for omakase dining in Midtown.
SANDY SPRINGS SNAPSHOT: Everyone was getting into the Halloween spirit at last weekend’s Paws and Pastries event at Morgan Falls Dog Park.
Enjoy your weekend!
The Rough Draft team
🎃 Emily’s Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn’s & Colitis celebrates 10 years of Halloween fun with trick-or-treating, games, arts & crafts, face painting, music, a silent auction, and more. Sandy Springs, tomorrow, Sat., Oct. 24, 2-4 p.m. Use code RoughDraft for $5 off. SPONSOR MESSAGE
Sandy Springs City Council moves forward with City Springs 2.0
🌆 The Sandy Springs City Council voted unanimously to proceed with land sale negotiations for 5.5 acres of municipal property slated to be redeveloped into City Springs 2.0, just south of Mount Vernon Highway.
The Oct. 20 resolution is a project milestone, advancing plans for the next phase of the city’s downtown district. Elected officials discussed the project publicly for the first time after months of closed-door executive session conversations, proposal reviews, and debates over what Sandy Springs’ city center will look like in the 2030s.
Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, who teased the selection of a new development partner during his September State of the City address, said the public will have the next few months to provide feedback on the project.
🌳 Read more about the latest plans for City Springs 2.0.
Emily’s Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn’s & Colitis celebrates 10 years of Halloween fun
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CROHN’S & COLITIS FOUNDATION
💜 For ten years, Emily’s Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn’s & Colitis has turned love, friendship, and community into meaningful impact. Together, we are on track to raise more than $1 million for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, expanding resources and driving meaningful change for people living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Join the Halloween fun! Trick-or-treating, games, arts & crafts, tailgating, face painting, music, a silent auction, and more!
🎃 Sandy Springs tomorrow, Sat., Oct. 24, from 2-4 p.m. Use Code RoughDraft for $5 off.
Sandy Springs police cite former mayoral candidate at ‘No Kings’ rally
🪧 The Sandy Springs Police Department cited a former mayoral candidate and two-time runner-up, Dontaye Carter, for violating public assembly and protest permit ordinances during a “No Kings” rally on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Sandy Springs’ city code regulates public gatherings and forbids obstructing access to any public or private building. According to the city’s Oct. 21 statement, officers issued Carter a citation for violating city code after demonstrators refused requests to relocate.
Carter said his group received a permit the day before the rally, but never received any documentation from the city outlining where they were allowed to gather and protest. “We stood on a public sidewalk, blocked no one, and never disrupted the farmers’ market,” Carter said. “Yet, I received two citations for peacefully exercising our First Amendment rights.”
🗞️ Read Hayden Sumlin’s full report.
Major Sandy Springs construction projects near completion
🚶🏽♀️The city’s $18 million project to construct sidewalks and multi-use paths along Mount Vernon Highway is complete, with final landscaping and plantings expected before the end of the year.
Another nearby $27 million intersection project around Veterans Park is nearly complete, pending an aerial-to-underground utility relocation that will bolster the aesthetics of Sandy Springs Veterans Park and the Performing Arts Center at City Springs. Motorists can travel through the area, but streetscape conditions are holding up pedestrians who want to cross the state route from City Springs. (pictured above)
Sandy Springs officials are pitching more corridor and intersection improvements to voters as part of the city’s proposed project list for Fulton County’s upcoming TSPLOST renewal referendum.
⚠️ Read more about city construction projects.
🪕 Misty Creek Community Church is hosting our Bluegrass & BBQ. Join us for a down-home Bluegrass-style worship service followed by a delicious BBQ lunch with all the fixins! All are welcome. Admission is free. Sun. Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m. 590 Mt. Vernon Hwy NE. SPONSOR MESSAGE
What’s doin’ around Sandy Springs
🥂 Oct. 24:Minis and Mimosas at Battle & Brew
⛑️ Oct. 24:Free CPR/AED Training at City Hall
🏎️ Oct. 24:Cars & ‘Q for the Cause on Roberts Dr.
🎸 Oct. 24:Orchid & Korruption & Gunny at Mutation Brewery
🎷 Oct. 25: Joe Alterman’s Toast & Jam Jazz Brunch at Heritage Park
🐛 Oct. 27: The Amazing World of Caterpillars at Lost Corner Preserve
The Sports Section
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCORE ATLANTA
🏈 FOOTBALL
- Holy Innocents’ (8-0): Friday vs. KIPP Atlanta Collegiate (6-1)
- Lovett (5-2): Friday vs. Haralson County (3-5)
- Mt. Vernon (6-2): Oct. 30 vs. Mt. Paran Christian (1-7)
- North Springs (2-6): Oct. 30 @ Stephenson (7-1)
- Pace Academy (2-5): Friday @ Douglass (4-3)
- Riverwood (0-7): Friday @ Roswell (6-2)
- Westminster (3-4): Friday vs. Stephenson (7-1)
🥎 SOFTBALL
- Holy Innocents’ (10-16): Season Complete
- Lovett (6-17): Season Complete
- Mt. Vernon (20-9): Wednesday vs. Pace Academy (21-5) (GHSA Playoffs / Doubleheader)
- North Springs (7-16): Season Complete
- Pace Academy (21-5): Wednesday vs. Mt. Vernon (20-9) (GHSA Playoffs / Doubleheader)
- Riverwood (15-7-1): Season Complete
- Westminster (15-14): Season Complete
🏐 VOLLEYBALL
- Holy Innocents’ (29-10): Saturday @ Savannah Christian (44-3) (GHSA Playoffs)
- Lovett (33-6): Saturday vs. Fellowship Christian (36-11) (GHSA Playoffs)
- Mt. Vernon (21-23): Saturday @ Hebron Christian (42-5) (GHSA Playoffs)
- North Springs (9-19): Season Complete
- Pace Academy (18-18): Season Complete
- Riverwood (29-10): Season Complete
- Westminster (40-5): Saturday vs. Mt. Paran Christian (41-11) (GHSA Playoffs)
School records are as of Thursday, Oct. 22.
