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Advocating for High Point 2024 Year in Review
How the High Point Civic Association has been working for YOU!
- Successfully advocated for neighbors regarding the proposed Development Code at the Planning Commission meeting, City Council Meetings, and in direct meetings with City Staff. As reported in the January 2024 newsletter, the changes that HPCA opposed were NOT approved. This means that the 1/2 mile distance requirement between gas stations was retained and that retail and "neighborhood eatery" were NOT added to the list of acceptable uses for our "ON" - "Office Neighborhood" designation.
- Held the Annual Meeting in April 2024, which included all three principals from our schools - Dr. Danielle Miller (High Point), Thomas Garrett (Ridgeview), Kindra Smith (Riverwood), Sandy Springs Mayor Paul, City Manager Eden Freeman, Representative Betsy Holland, Senator Josh McLaurin, Sandy Springs District 5 Councilman DeJulio, and Police Chief Ken DeSimone. CLICK HERE for more information about our 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Hosted the Fall Cul-de-Sac social in October.
- Supported the Daffodil Project with additional plantings and garden maintenance.
- Welcomed new homeowners with information from the High Point Civic Association.
- Supported the Sandy Springs Fire and Police departments with a donation to the Benevolent Fund.
- Participated in the Citizen's Police Academy, Leadership Perimeter, and the Sandy Springs Mayor's Citizens Academy.
- Hosted a "Safe Street Initiative" forum specific for our HOA and neighborhood leaders (coordinated at the request of City staff).
- Presented at HOA meetings to provide updates on key issues.
- Published regular communications about key activities in the city.
- Advocated for a crosswalk at Forest Hills and High Point (now under construction).
- Represented the neighborhood at ALL City Council meetings this year.
- Granted two $3000 scholarships to Riverwood students from High Point.
- Represented the neighborhood at the High Point Elementary Fall Festival.
- Connected neighbors to key resources in the city for help with specific concerns.
- Volunteered for many Sandy Springs based non-profits including Solidarity Sandy Springs, Sandy Springs Education Force and others.
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Save Spalding Drive Elementary
We are advocating for you, but they need our help too! Our friends to the north of us at Spalding Drive Elementary School, located in the Fulton County School District in Sandy Springs, are fighting to keep their school open! And closing that school could impact our High Point Elementary School if the redistrictring process begins. Here is their plea:
Our beloved Spalding Drive Elementary School is at risk of closure, and we need your help to preserve this vital part of our community. Let’s stand united to protect the heart of our community.
CLICK HERE to learn more about what you can do to assist!
CLICK HERE to follow their Facebook page for updates. Take the Survey to provide your input.
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Best Place to Retire?
Sandy Springs, of course!
Travel + Leisure magazine listed Sandy Springs as one of the best places to retire in Georgia for affordable housing, tax advantages, and a relatively low cost of living. CLICK HERE to read the article.
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Safe Streets Safety Action Plan
The recommended strategies for the Sandy Springs Safety Action Plan align with the six "E's" of roadway safety:
- Education – Educating the community about safe and courteous driving, including media campaigns, brochures, billboards, and poster distributions
- Enforcement – Strategies that monitor and penalize dangerous behaviors such as speeding, double parking, and disobeying traffic signals
- Encouragement – Strategies that encourage safe and defensive driving, and greater awareness of pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users
- Evaluation – As strategies are implemented, evaluate how well they are working and if any changes are needed
- Emergency Response – Coordination of emergency services to enhance quick response
- Engineering – Infrastructure projects that improve safety, such as pavement striping, raised pavement markers, delineators, rumble strips, and signage
CLICK HERE to visit the Sandy Springs Safety Action Plan website and provide your feedback now.
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Update: Mount Vernon School to Add Athletic Field Lighting Application Restrictions
Community Voices were heard and there are some changes to the application to add lighting to the field. CLICK HERE to read about those.
It's Not Over! The next meeting will be the Sandy Springs Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday December 18, 6:00pm at Sandy Springs City Hall. Wear red if you are opposed to the lights. Other ways you can help: submit a comment, attend a meeting, email your council member voicing your concerns.
CLICK HERE to visit the website for more information.
Tibby DeJulio represents our neighborhood and will be voting on MVS Conditional Use Permit. Please email him directly and let him know how you would like him to vote.
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What is happening with the zoning of different areas of Sandy Springs? What is being built in the Lowe's parking lot on Roswell Road? Why are there so many apartments in Sandy Springs?
CLICK HERE to better understand the zoning issues, permits and conditions and any changes in the area presented to the Planning Commission
and the City Council. To follow any zoning cases, or to provide Public Comment, CLICK HERE.
CLICK HERE for the Public Meetings Calendar and previous Meeting Agendas.
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Environment Sandy Springs
MISSION
Preserve the environment for generations to come by restoring ecosystems today
WHY we do what we do
We feel every citizen has the responsibility and the agency to be good neighbors to nature.
HOW we do it
We collaborate with all stakeholders to unify our city, communities, and ecology.
WHAT we do
We help preserve and restore our city’s ecosystems by facilitating win/win ecological regeneration projects, documenting learnings and scaling best practices, informing beneficial policy changes, and connecting communities to nature through educational and outdoor initiatives.
WHO we are
We are environmental changemakers, facilitators, thought leaders, advocates, civic partners and good neighbors.
ESS works every day to change the mindset about growth at the expense of the environment. We are working on three impactful projects currently:
The Native Grasslands and Wildlife Corridors Regeneration - Pilot Program
The Marsh Creek Tributary Stream Buffer Restoration - Pilot Program
The Neighborhood Treelined Streets Regeneration - Pilot Program.
We invite all to come and
join the movement!
Also, consider supporting our initiative with a Contributution or
Volunteer wtih us!
CLICK HERE for more info!
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Visualization of Georgia Express Lanes
Top End I-285
Click the photo above to see the visualization of the proposed project. Review the environmental effects and proposed mitigation measures detailed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS).
CLICK HERE for more concept designs.
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Hats Off To....... Sallie Duncan for spearheading the Daffodil Project in the High Point area! And many thanks to the volunteers who provided a little TLC last week to our gardens! Watch for them to come up strong and bright in the spring. CLICK HERE to learn more about the Daffodil Project. CLICK HERE to follow High Point Civic Association on Instagram!
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Springboard is the new website showing the many volunteer opportunities to support Sandy Springs nonprofits. You can explore by event dates, ongoing programs, or nonprofits.
Find your passion at SpringboardSandySprings.org. The Sandy Springs Civic Roundtable
(a program of Leadership Perimeter) partnered with the City of Sandy Springs, collaborated with a group of Georgia Tech public policy students, and supported The Sandy Springs Society to create the website.
CLICK HERE to check it out.in
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Skate City Springs is Open!
November 20 - January 20
Whether you glide gracefully or bumble and tumble, the holidays are always more fun on ice! Skate to holiday music, warm up with hot cocoa, and make memories at Skate City Springs! Open November 20 - January 20; admission includes skate rental. Online reservations recommended.
It's easy: just purchase a timed session online, arrive 10-15 minutes early to pick up your ice skates, and bundle up. Then enjoy your time on the ice for an hour!
CLICK HERE for info and reservations.
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Sparkle Sandy Springs
Holiday Parade and Celebration
Sunday, December 8
Sparkle Sandy Springs is the City's annual holiday celebration with an award-winning night-time parade. City Springs District is transformed into a winter wonderland with larger-than-life inflatables, snow machines, twinkling holiday houses, and more!
The Event features a Sparkle Wonderland, Sparkle Village & Gift Market, Food Trucks, Ice Skating and a Sparkle Parade that concludes with a Menorah & Tree Lighting!
CLICK HERE for more!
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Roswell Dance Theatre Presents The Nutcracker November 29 - December 8
Roswell Dance Theatre is thrilled to return to Byers Theatre to present its revered rendition of The Nutcracker. In a classic interpretation beloved by Atlanta-area families, this cherished holiday tradition will once again be directed by local talents Nancy Tolbert Yilmaz and Mary Lynn Taylor.
CLICK HERE for more.
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Vienna Boys Choir
Christmas in Vienna
December 19, 2024 · 7:00pm
Byers Theatre
The illustrious group of child musicians has been delighting music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and popular repertoire. The enormously popular chorus is composed of four touring choirs that hail from dozens of nations and together give over 300 concerts a year around the world.
The Vienna Boys Choir is one of the most famous choirs in the world, and one of its oldest. In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court to Vienna to establish the Chapel Imperial there, along with the Vienna Boys Choir. Over the centuries, the court attracted musicians like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner. Franz Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert were themselves choirboys.
Christmas in Vienna showcases these gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty in an extraordinary program featuring Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs and, of course, holiday favorites.
CLICK HERE for tickets.
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Sandy Springs City Council Approves Mid-Block Crossing Safety Improvement Project in the
High Point area
The High Point Road mid-block pedestrian crossing will connect the east and west sides of High Point Road at Forest Hills Drive. The City plans to construct around 60 linear feet of sidewalk on the west side of High Point Road, including ADA ramps, a rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) on both sides of the road, a marked crosswalk, and a passive video detection system. The passive video detection system will allow for the RRFB to be activated by the presence of a pedestrian rather than using the signal button, allowing residents to safely
utilize the crossing to attend
Congregation Beth Tefillah.
CLICK HERE for more info.
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Let Us Entertain You!
Music, Theatre, Festivals, Free Live Concerts, Plays, Demonstrations, Restaurants, etc.
What in the World is going on in Sandy Springs? CLICK HERE to visit the City Springs Theatre District website to mark your calendar and plan your spring visits to the lovely venues located right in our city of Sandy Springs. So much to do, so much to see!
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Sign up for Sandy Springs Alert at Spr.gs/Alerts to receive the latest updates on severe weather, road conditions, power outages, and other emergencies in our City.
For non-emergency concerns and requests such as debris,
please use Sandy Springs Works
at Spr.gs/SSWorks to keep
emergency lines open for
life-threatening situations.
CLICK HERE to register for alerts.
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Who We Are:
The High Point Civic Association is a non-profit organization of Sandy Springs residents who live south of I-285 and east of Roswell Rd. The Association’s purpose, as set out in the by-laws, is to promote the common good and general welfare of the residents of the High Point neighborhood by working to promote friendship, cooperation and understanding among all residents, to foster civic pride, to enhance, preserve and maintain property values, and to provide a forum for the full and free discussion of all matters of interest to the residents of the neighborhood.
We invite you to join our volunteer organization and connect with our community. CLICK HERE to review HPCA Membership Options.
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Our Mission:
High Point Civic Association
Protects High Point Area Property Values
Creates Community
Advocates on Behalf of Our High Point Neighbors
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*****If you are interested in having someone from the High Point Civic Association board present at an upcoming HOA or neighborhood meeting, please contact the Board President, Mary Ford.
CLICK HERE for her email.
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SHARE WITH US!
See something? Share something!
Please join us in sharing anything good about our neighborhood that you might witness. We love photos and would be happy to include yours! Email to Leslie Rose for submission to the newsletter.
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