Open House For Sandy Springs City Center Scheduled For Wednesday

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The city of Sandy Springs on Wednesday will host a public open house to update residents and community on the progress of its City Center project.

The open house will also serve as a way for the city to gather input on visual aesthetics throughout the downtown development.

The open house is scheduled for 6 p.m. March 4 at Sandy Springs City Hall. The event was originally scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26, but had to be rescheduled due to inclement winter weather.

“The heartbeat of a city is its downtown,” said Mayor Rusty Paul. “It’s important to reach back into the community to gather feedback as we approach milestones within the project to keep in tune with the community’s thoughts.”

A formal presentation will start at 6:30 p.m. to provide an update on activities related to the overall City Center project.

From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., residents will participate in visual preference surveys designated by City Center components: city green, performing arts center and city hall offices and retail/restaurant areas that would be part of the private development component of the project.

An online survey will soon be published on the City Center project’s website to gather feedback from those who are not able to attend the open house.

“We know that design is driven by personal preferences and personalities,” Paul added. “Design for City Center should reflect and reinforce the concept of City Center as a shared place of community for the city as a whole. Through the collection of this input, we’ll be able to extrapolate commonalities to help us accomplish that goal.”

Goals for the project include the creation of a unique, vibrant, walkable city center, which incorporates mixed-use development introducing new dining, high-end residential living, and amenity retail and entertainment options. The project also will create an appropriate setting for a new civic/cultural center that will contain multiple uses such as city offices, meeting space and a performing arts facility. In addition, the city block will encompass a green space network to accommodate a variety of activities.

The open house will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, which is at 7840 Roswell Road Building 500.

Visit the project’s website for more information.

Photo credit: city of Sandy Springs