Press Releases
For Immediate Release | 12/14/2007
As their first year anniversary approaches, the City of Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Department has another reason to celebrate. When the department was launched on December 29 2006, it established a goal of training 1,000 community members in CPR and the use of automated exte...
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For Immediate Release | 12/7/2007
The City of Sandy Springs’ Citizen Response Center has answered the call, more than 100,000 of them, that is. From January 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007, the “Call Center” answered 104,328 calls averaging 567 calls per day. Currently, six agents work in the S...
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For Immediate Release | 11/19/2007
The City of Sandy Springs was awarded one of eight “American City & County’s” 2007 Crown Community Awards for the start up of the Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Department. Launched in December 2006, the department was started in just under six months.
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For Immediate Release | 11/19/2007
The City of Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Department is turning one, and what better way than to celebrate its successes than to have a party? On Saturday, December 15, 2007, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., at Fire Station 2 (the corner of Johnson Ferry and Sandy Springs Circle), the Mayo...
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For Immediate Release | 10/18/2007
The City of Sandy Springs invites interested parties to two informational meetings on transportation projects planned for Monday, October 29.
The Sandy Springs Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) study meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Holy Spir...
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For Immediate Release | 10/15/2007
Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Manuel “Manny” Trujillo and James Curry have been named Chief Fire Officers by the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. A Chief Fire Officer is an individual who has demonstrated his or her skills and abilities req...
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For Immediate Release | 10/15/2007
On Sunday, October 14, a resident reported finding two unloaded rifles lying between two bushes outside the school gates at the Epstein School located at 335 Colewood Way, NW, Sandy Springs. The City of Sandy Springs Police Department responded by notifying school authoriti...
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For Immediate Release | 10/12/2007
Engineering and surveying consultants working for the City of Sandy Springs have initiated surveying and field investigation activities for three City capital improvement projects. These projects are transportation improvement projects that are slated to take place on:
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For Immediate Release | 10/12/2007
On Monday, Nov. 5, the City of Sandy Springs will hold a public “fact-finding” meeting to discuss potential transportation improvements for the corridor along Johnson Ferry Road between Abernathy Road and Glenridge Drive and continuing south on Glenridge Drive t...
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For Immediate Release | 10/11/2007
Nominations are open for the Sandy Springs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.
The award will go to a person distinguished for humanitarian contributions to society in his or her business, profession, volunteerism or philanthropic life’s work. Indiv...
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For Immediate Release | 9/25/2007
At 7 p.m. on October 3, Sandy Springs residents will have a chance to ask questions and provide input on Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System new facility master plan. This public input session will be held at the Sandy Springs branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Sy...
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For Immediate Release | 9/25/2007
In an effort to promote safety in the Sandy Springs Fire Rescue Department, 100 percent of all firefighters and paramedics have signed the National Seat Belt Pledge. This means whenever riding in City-owned vehicles, all personnel will wear seatbelts. Nationwide, nine line ...
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For Immediate Release | 9/20/2007
Sandy Springs District 5 Councilmember Tibby DeJulio and District 6 Councilmember Karen Meinzen McEnerny will hold a joint Town Hall Meeting on Monday, October 8th. This meeting will focus on the stormwater utility and what it may mean to you and will have a time for questi...
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For Immediate Release | 9/19/2007
The mayor and city councilmembers of the City of Sandy Springs officially proclaimed September 29 as Celebrate Animals Day in the City. The proclamation was adopted at the September 18 regularly-held council meeting.
Celebrate Animals is a fundraiser that will featu...
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For Immediate Release | 9/17/2007
The City of Sandy Springs has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achi...
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