police foundation blurs meeting records
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Tracking the Sandy Springs Police Foundation, the chief entity behind the city’s police training complex, just got a little more difficult.
In the process of requesting meeting records from the nonprofit, Appen Media and its newsroom has hit a snag.
In April, Appen Media reported the city intends for the foundation to be the primary funding source for the training facility, which would sit next to the new police headquarters and municipal court currently under construction at 620 Morgan Falls Road.
Cost estimates for the training facility sit at between $37-$45 million.
The Sandy Springs Police Foundation supports the city’s Police Department in acquiring the resources to maintain an elite standard of safety and efficiency, its website says.
It differs from the Sandy Springs Police Benevolent Fund, a nonprofit formed in 2010 to support law enforcement in times of crisis.
Georgia’s Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act, passed in 2022, allows individuals and businesses to donate to the foundation and receive dollar-for-dollar tax credit.
It’s a win-win for residents and corporations looking to bolster public safety in Sandy Springs.
See FOUNDATION, Page 6
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A January 2023 map shows the site of a proposed firing range and training center behind the Sandy Springs Police headquarters.
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this year
By BEECHER TUTTLE newsroom@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in April signed a bill to limit large annual property tax increases that have plagued homeowners in Metro Atlanta suburbs for the better part of a decade.
While the legislation should help property owners in counties like Fulton, DeKalb and Forsyth, it will also quietly remove what some deem a loophole that has benefitted taxpayers who know the ins and outs of the property assessment process. The coming days and weeks will likely represent the last chance homeowners have to lock in their property values without much of a fight.
Set to be enacted prior to the 2025 tax season, House Bill 581 will enable counties to limit the appreciation of property values to no more than the current rate of inflation. The new law comes on the heels of significant annual surges in taxable property values in most every county in North Georgia and parts of Metro Atlanta.
However, the bill will also soon prevent homeowners from taking advantage of the current system where simply appealing a property tax assessment will freeze the appraisal value for the current and two succeeding years, no matter if they actually win their case. Starting
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Newell Brands signs lease at Queen tower
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs announced Newell Brands signed a 180,000-square-foot lease June 24 at the iconic Queen tower at Concourse Office Park for its new global headquarters.
With the national office vacancy rate around 18 percent in the second quarter of 2024, a new major tenant in the Queen tower signifies a jump in the regional competitiveness of Perimeter.
Newell Brands, a global manufacturer and marketer of consumer and commercial products, is known for products like Coleman, Rubbermaid and Sharpie.
The Fortune 500 company moved its global headquarters less than 2 miles south from 6655 Peachtree Dunwoody in Sandy Springs.
Newell Brands is one of six Fortune 500 companies in Sandy Springs, home to the most in Atlanta’s Perimeter market.
The Queen Building at 5 Concourse Parkway lies in the heart of Perimeter and stands 31 stories with almost 700,000 square feet of Class A office space.
The property is a part of the Concourse Office Park, a 2.2 million-squarefoot development just north of I-285 and immediately east of Ga. 400.
Mayor Rusty Paul said the city is thrilled to keep Newell Brands headquarters in Sandy Springs.
“We have several programs designed to encourage the retention and expansion of existing businesses, and the incentives we have put in place to foster a pro-business community are clearly working,” Paul said. “We are excited that Newell decided to stay home and look forward to the positive impact of retaining 890 jobs and
Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Sandy Springs
• UPS
• WestRock
• Veritiv Corp.
• Newell Brands
• Intercontinental Exchange
• Graphic Packaging
adding 165 new jobs to Sandy Springs’ economy.”
Sandy Springs offers economic
City replaces platform for resident requests
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs Works, the city’s new web-based mobile platform, launched June 26, replacing the existing app for submitting non-emergency requests and reports.
The existing app will be discontinued July 1 in the Apple App and Google Play stores.
The new user-friendly platform offers a more streamlined and efficient way for residents to connect with Sandy Springs, the city said in a statement.
The website allows residents to submit requests and reports directly from their smartphone, laptop or desktop anytime with a few taps.
Reporting a street light outage, request-
ing a pothole repair or submitting a code enforcement complaint are examples of how residents can use the site.
Key features of Sandy Springs Works include a modern interface with the ability to upload photos, enhanced transparency through tracking requests, simplified navigation and improved functionality.
“We are committed to making government services more accessible and efficient for our residents,” Mayor Rusty Paul said. “This is a significant upgrade from our previous app, offering a more intuitive interface and experience.”
To access the new platform, visit spr. gs/works.
incentives to attract new business and encourage growth of existing ones.
Benefits of this program include an expedited permitting process, a waiver of permit fees and a waiver of business and occupational taxes.
In March 2024, the Sandy Springs City Council approved the request from Newell Brands to waive building permit fees and business occupational taxes for three years. The estimated value of the fees waived totals $281,883.
The relocation, brokered by Cush -
man & Wakefield, increases the square footage of Newell Brands’ headquarters by 20 percent.
“We are pleased to call Sandy Springs home to our global headquarters and to continue our strong partnership with the city,” a Newell Brands spokesperson said. “We look forward to bringing our Atlanta-based employees together in a single space that will foster performance, innovation and inclusion.”
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Fortune 500 company Newell Brands signed a 180,000-square foot lease in June at the Concourse Office Park’s Queen tower, keeping their headquarters in Sandy Springs. According to Cushman & Wakefield brokers, the building is 92 percent leased.
Visitors to the June 20 Fulton Fresh Mobile Market at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center receive a bag of fresh produce. The summer program, led by University of Georgia Extension and funded by Fulton County, shares nutrition education to “food deserts,” or low-income communities at least a mile from a grocery store.
Fulton County, UGA drive for clean eating
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
ROSWELL, Ga. — Over a month of weekly sessions, interest has grown in the University of Georgia-led food education program at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center.
Starting with maybe a couple dozen attendees, the turnout June 20 saw around 125 people. They learned a new salad recipe and took home a bag of fresh, in-season produce to make it, stored in the county-funded Fulton Fresh Mobile Market outside the door.
The facility is considered within the bounds of a “food desert,” the target area of the market on wheels. The term is defined as a low-income community at least a mile from a grocery store.
Cecilia Tran, an agent with the Family and Consumer Sciences branch of UGA Extension, emphasized affordability playing a part.
“The perception is there’s not a food desert up here, but in some places, it is,” Tran said. “...I really, really wanted to bring it up here because there are people who get overlooked because the assumption is, ‘No. Roswell, Milton, Alpharetta — they all have money.’”
Less than 2 miles down the road from the center is the Roswell Housing Authority, which oversees affordable housing in the city.
Area fire departments prepare for July 4 amid dry conditions
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA — As Independence Day rolls around, fire officials across Metro Atlanta have shared the game plan for fireworks displays.
According to the National Drought Information System, parts of Fulton County and all of Forsyth County are “abnormally dry,” meaning the region is going into or coming out of a drought.
Because of the conditions, Alpharetta Fire Marshal Ethan Talbot said the risk of fire has significantly increased.
“Recent fire incidents like the brush fire earlier this week on Westside Parkway show how easily fires can start, posing a threat to property and disrupting community life,” Talbot said.
Alpharetta, Talbot said, is strongly urging all residents to consider the potential dangers of using consumer fireworks this year. While it has been legal in Georgia to use fireworks for some time now, he said the risk of starting a fire is exceptionally high under the drier-than-normal conditions.
put that in place just because this time of year is the dry time of year, and you never know what may happen if some of those beautiful sparks fall in somebody’s pine straw … So, we’re there to get on it quick.”
This year, there are six professional firework displays scheduled, three on July 3 and three on July 4.
Coons said the city has seen some fires because of consumer-level fireworks, citing an example of a firework landing in a gutter with leaf litter.
“Be mindful of where [the firework] is intended to go and where it could potentially go and what that may look like,” Coons said. “Fireworks can be very, very dangerous outside of just the fire side of it. Obviously, they cause fires, but they can cause just incredible injuries.”
Coons also cautioned parents against allowing children to handle fireworks, or a lighter to set them off.
For more information about the Fulton Fresh Mobile Market, visit extension.uga.edu.
Tran just gave a talk on making plates more colorful with fruits and vegetables. There was also a curriculum-based SNAP-Ed nutrition segment for those who receive government assistance.
Each week, visitors learn a new recipe and get to try it out in-session in a cooking demonstration.
The program at the Roswell Adult Recreation Center, one of six locations across Fulton County, ran from May to June. It will ramp up again at six new locations from July 9 to August 8.
While the program is open to the public, most of the audience that day were older than 50, many with memberships to the center.
This was the second time the Fulton Fresh Mobile Market made its way to the facility, though its staff has worked with UGA Extension for several years to provide educational programs.
Mary Rummell, program coordinator for the Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs Department, said she hopes to have ongoing nutrition education for those at the center.
“As they get older, they don’t always cook healthier meals because they're by themselves, or they're one or two people,” Rummell said.
“Instead, we encourage everyone to enjoy professional fireworks events like the Alpharetta July 4th celebration at Wills Park,” Talbot said. “This event is organized with the utmost attention to safety and provides a spectacular and secure way to enjoy the holiday with friends and neighbors.”
Alpharetta division chiefs said staffing for the Fourth of July is currently planned to be the same as in previous years, though they would reevaluate as the holiday draws near in case adjustments become warranted.
In Johns Creek, Fire Chief Chris Coons said the Fire Department will continue to house a fire truck at each professional firework display, permitted and inspected by the city’s fire marshal.
“We’ve been doing that now for several years,” Coons said. “We kind of
Depending on the size of the event, Forsyth County Fire Division Chief Jason Shivers said a fire engine, a brush truck, ambulances as well as on-foot personnel and the bicycle team will be on-site, such as the celebration at the Cumming Fairgrounds July 4.
“We always have a very large presence there for that event, and it’s from both a fire prevention and fire response [perspective] but also because of the large crowd,” Shivers said, adding that the Sheriff’s Office and the Cumming Police Department will be there as well to ensure safety.
In the past two to three weeks, Shivers said the Fire Department has handled small brush fires, which he said are not uncommon for this time of year.
“Anytime you’ve got a period of dry weather, a grass fire on the side of Ga. 400 or in someone’s backyard or from a campfire, those are going to get worse quicker because of the dryness … and the wind,” Shivers said.
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Through community support and donations, the foundation looks to provide improved recruitment, training, police equipment and technology.
Specifically, the foundation’s website explains it’s focused on constructing a firearms training facility in Sandy Springs to provide a convenient location for local law enforcement qualifications.
During the 2025 budgeting process, city officials decided to split the cost of a $100,000 scoping study for the shooting range between city tax dollars and the Police Foundation.
Since then, the foundation has maintained its own records, including agendas, minutes and other documents.”
Agendas typically show what items will be discussed, and meeting minutes summarize those talks.
The foundation’s website offers the minutes and agenda of the March meeting, along with the agenda for a June meeting. The June document mentions approval of minutes from a May meeting, but that event is not mentioned on the site.
In the city’s initial June 27 response to Appen Media, it did not address how much money the foundation has raised or where the funds come from.
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Appen Media first learned of the foundation from June 2023 emails obtained through the Open Records Act. The emails contained messages in which local police officials thanked members of the Atlanta Police Foundation for guidance about “starting up a non-profit fund.”
After two attempts through open records channels, Appen Media received the agenda and draft minutes from the March 4 Sandy Springs Police Foundation meeting.
The open records request returned the nonprofit’s bylaws, the agenda and an account of motions made, votes taken and topics discussed.
Subsequent requests for meeting minutes have been denied, and information about the Police Foundation’s actions has dried up.
After repeated requests for an explanation, city spokespeople told Appen Media the foundation is a separate nonprofit from the city and is not subject to the Georgia Open Records Act.
When asked why the city provided the first set of documents and then stopped, Communications Director Carter Long issued a reply.
“City email accounts were initially used,” she wrote. “Because of that, the city clerk provided the documents requested that were on file in the city’s email archive.
Shortly after, City Manager Eden Freeman who serves as the foundation’s treasurer sent an email saying the nonprofit has received $75,330, none of which came from the city.
Of note, the initial email was sent to Freeman’s @ sandyspringsga.gov domain. Her response came from a @sspdfoundation.org domain.
The remaining six members of the Executive Committee include Mayor Rusty Paul, chair; Councilman John Paulson, vice chair; Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone; Maj. Nable, secretary; police Sgt. Leon Millholland, director; and local businesswoman Gail Early Jokerst, director.
Because the city says the Sandy Springs Police Foundation is separate from the government, it is not subject to the Georgia’s open records and meetings laws, cornerstones of the First Amendment and the state’s sunshine laws.
However, Freeman did answer Appen Media’s questions through her role as treasurer of the foundation.
All but one person on the Executive Committee are city employees or elected officials.
For now, the foundation says its plan is to release agendas and minutes on its website.
It’s still unclear when documents from the May 23 meeting, or other meetings of the Sandy Springs Police Foundation’s Executive Committee, will be shared with the public.
OPINION
Sandy Springs quacks like a duck
Allow me to paint for you a duck.
The Sandy Springs mayor, city manager and police chief form a club. They invite a city councilman, two highranking members of the police department and one private citizen to join them.
The gang meets in a City Hall conference room on a Monday afternoon with two of the city’s staff attorneys.
Their topic of discussion is how to build a $45 million police training facility on city property.
At the end of the meeting, they agree on some rules for the group. The mayor will act as the chairperson, the city manager the treasurer and the Police Department’s third-in-command will be the secretary. They set a schedule for the year, planning when they will come back to this room and continue working on their project. Would you describe this entity as “totally separate” from the city? Me neither. But that’s the justification the city is now
using to withhold records about the Sandy Springs Police Foundation.
When I talk to folks about Sandy Springs’ disregard for the Open Records Act, I am quick to point out it reaches far beyond police records.
Our company and newsroom are supporters of law enforcement. I sing praises of Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman and staff at the Roswell Police Department. I remember fondly dozens of hours I spent in our recording studio producing a podcast which stars Alpharetta Police Officer Phil Ritchey and K9 Officer Raider. Appen reporters have covered public safety fundraisers in Alpharetta, Dunwoody Chief Emeritus Billy Grogan’s honors from the state capitol and the coronation of Milton’s new Chief Jason Griffin.
We’re fans of police, and they should have every resource they need to ensure the highest quality training and equipment to protect and serve the public.
Our gripe is aimed higher, at those with more purview.
City of Sandy Springs staff and officials’ apparent disregard for the public’s right to know doesn’t make fine distinctions. They’ll withhold a police report one day and stop a
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reporter from attending a budget workshop the next. Equal opportunity obfuscation, if you will.
I am accustomed to the city trying to avoid accountability. What gets me red hot is when they make their efforts so obvious.
In Georgia, there are specific conditions for when a non-government body is subject to open meetings and records laws.
One is that if a third of their funding comes from taxes. Another is whether it is performing a duty on behalf of a public agency.
The City of Sandy Springs used to hand over materials related to the Sandy Springs Police Foundation. Appen Media would request agendas, minutes and other documents through the open records portal, and the City Clerk’s Office would send them over.
Then staff reporter Hayden Sumlin
used some of those materials in a story about the proposed Sandy Springs police training center, including the discovery that the project had quietly been in the works since at least 2021.
It was a surprise to most – including some on the City Council. After Hayden’s reporting, one councilmember formally requested the city manager give them regular updates on the project going forward.
That story came out April 1. The city started denying our requests for foundation materials on April 2.
They justified the change by claiming the City of Sandy Springs is entirely uninvolved with the Sandy Springs Police Foundation and, as a result, the gang is not subject to the Open Records Act.
See above duck.
Now the city manager has a new email address, dedicated to discussing foundation business. Coincidence? Of course not.
“An agency may not transfer records to a private entity to avoid disclosure,” writes Attorney General Chris Carr in his guide to open government.
Or, as they say at Sandy Springs City Hall, “quack quack quack.”
Farmhouse stood at what is now Cortland 1000 Spalding
A farmhouse once sat at 1000 Spalding Drive in Sandy Springs, where Peachtree Dunwoody Road meets Spalding Drive. In 1995 this became the location of Spalding Gables Apartments, which is now Cortland 1000 Spalding apartment homes. Lynne Byrd, on a mission to document all older homes and buildings in Dunwoody and parts of Sandy Springs in 1994, took photographs of the home, which she identified as a circa 1900 farmhouse.
Byrd’s research indicated Nolia and Nina May Holbrook Spruill were early owners of this Spalding Drive farmhouse. Nolia was the son of Joseph and Sophia Spruill, and Nina May’s parents were Susan Jarrell and Fransco Holbrook. The Holbrooks lived in the Cross Keys district which includes Chamblee and Brookhaven.
Nolia Spruill completed a World War I registration card in 1917. He gave an address of Dunwoody, Georgia and recorded his nearest relatives as his wife and four children. He was working at the time as a farm laborer for Carl Wallace in Chamblee. There are no records to indicate that Nolia
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The farmhouse at 1000 Spalding Drive was photographed by Lynne Byrd in 1994. A year later, this would be the location of Spalding Gables Apartments.
was ever called to serve during the war. Census records for 1910 and 1930 show Nolia and Nina Spruill living along what was called Spruill Road and Dunwoody Road. Several other Spruill families lived nearby. In 1920, Nolia and Nina Spruill are recorded as living in Cobb County.
Nolia Spruill is part of the Stephen and
Sarah Martin family, buried at Stephen Martin Cemetery in Dunwoody. The cemetery is located behind Perimeter Expo Shopping Center on Hammond Drive. Stephen and Sarah’s Martin’s daughter Sophia married Joseph Spruill, and they are buried in the fifth row of the cemetery along with some of their children, including Nolia Spruill, Nina Holbrook Spruill and their child Elbert.
Around 1948, Leslie W. and Helen Pickering purchased the home and property at 1000 Spalding Drive. Pickering operated construction companies P&W Construction Company and Pickering Construction Company. In 1954, he worked along with contractor E. Jack Smith to build the Skyland Shopping Center at Clairmont Road and Buford Highway. (Atlanta Journal, Oct. 17, 1954, “Skyland Shop Center Construction Started”)
1000 Spalding Drive was listed for sale in the Atlanta Constitution in 1976 and 1977. It is described as a 100-year-old country home in the city with 9.9 acres. This is older than Lynne Byrd’s estimate of the home’s age. The property includes “lots of trees and pasture for horses, a large fishing lake plus a summer house, making this a beautiful retreat.”
The adjacent property of 1060 Spalding Drive is listed as a three-bedroom home
with 5.9 acres.
Mr. and Mrs. James Asher lived at 1060 Spalding Drive with their children Phillip and Alice in 1946. There was an outbreak of forest fires that year, including near these homes. However, the Ashers and other families were able to save their homes. The Asher children were photographed putting out small fires in their backyard. (Atlanta Journal, March 5, 1946, “Forest Fires Ravage 5,785 Acres in State”)
Another address next to 1000 Spalding was 996, which Lynne Byrd recorded as the home of Helen Seamon in 1994.
To the west, at 960 Spalding Drive, was the home of Elon and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jordon. The land was given to the couple by Lizzie’s great uncle John Ball. Their home and land sat on the north side of Spalding Drive, west of where Ga. 400 is today.
There are unanswered questions in my mind regarding this property. If additional information is uncovered, there will be an update to the history of farmhouses near and on 1000 Spalding Drive.
Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
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Singer Tony Bennett’s legal battle
Singer Tony Bennett’s family’s legal battle over his trust is one example of why it’s important to set up a clear and detailed estate plan. Although it is our hope that our loved ones can settle any inheritance disputes with grace, when a large amount of assets are involved, it’s unfortunately common for predatory spouses, children, and other beneficiaries to fight over who gets what.
Let’s look at the lawsuits involving Bennett’s trust. Prior to his death, Tony Bennett set up a trust with one of his sons, D’Andrea “Danny” Bennett and himself as the Trustee. Following Tony’s death, Danny became the sole Trustee of the trust and was thus tasked with distributing the assets that were in the trust - the singer’s music and business ventures, his tangible personal property,
and accounts - to the beneficiaries, which were his siblings and Bennett’s widow.
But not everyone in the family was happy with Danny being the sole Trustee. Bennett’s daughters, Johanna and Antonia Bennett alleged that Danny mishandled Bennett’s trust and kept the beneficiaries in the dark about the singer’s actual finances and transactions involving the trust assets, including Bennett’s business interests. In their lawsuit against Danny, the two daughters are demanding that he provide complete inventories of all of Bennett’s personal property and full details of all financial activity regarding the family trust.
Danny himself, along with his brother Dae Bennett, have filed a lawsuit against Susan Benedetto, Bennett’s widow. The two alleged that Susan manipulated Bennett to secure a significant portion of his assets for herself, and that she had taken advantage of his deteriora -
tion from Alzheimer’s to make changes to his estate plan. Susan in turn has denied those allegations and stated that she only acted in accordance with Bennett’s wishes.
Although it has been nearly a year since Bennett passed away in July 2023, the legal battles among the family have continued, signifying how important it is to not just have a generic trust, but one that’s carefully tailored to be as clear, concise, and transparent to all parties as possible, to prevent the chances of family disputes. We may not be high-profile figures like Tony Bennett, but that doesn’t mean our assets aren’t worth protecting, especially when family members don’t get along and when our legacy is at stake. When setting up a trust, always make sure you have a list of assets so the Trustee and beneficiaries know what’s being distributed, and make sure that you have documents like Power of Attorney and Healthcare Directives so that no third party can take advantage of any potential legal incompetencies. More importantly, make sure you have an attorney specialized in estate planning and licensed in your state to oversee the creation of your estate plan.
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Printmaker steps into time machine with photogravure
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
CUMMING, Ga. — When someone shows you their basement, you might expect to find a mess of cardboard boxes, a pool table, exercise machines, lost things.
But, downstairs at Susan James’ home is a 2,500-square-foot printmaking studio, filled with mostly used and discontinued equipment collected over the years.
The space is the heart of her business Passerina Press which she operates alongside her husband Ken Wilkens, who acts as the “sherpa,” helping with logistics and loading the van for juried artist fairs.
Both are photographers, and their work is used in James’ printmaking process — specifically photogravure, a technique that dates to the 19th century.
It involves exposing a light-sensitive gelatin tissue to a film positive, then using a wet process to adhere the tissue to a polished copper plate. Across from James’ “dream press,” the one she regularly uses and takes to workshops at universities, is a metal shear used for cutting.
James mixes up potassium dichromate in a solution, where she floats the tissue, leaves it in for more than a minute, then adheres it to a piece of plexiglass that she places on a Lazy Susan to dry for around three hours.
“It’s a real slow drying process,” James said. “Humidity in the room should be between 60 and 65 percent, so it’s really, really finicky.”
The result is an engraved plate that captures the detail and continuous tones of a photograph, which is printed using a traditional etching press. The ink is deposited below the surface, like banknotes, a style called “intaglio.”
A rare medium
James said there’s maybe 100 people in the United States who engage in photogravure. The craft is more popular in Europe, she said.
“I knew there was a way that photography and printmaking collided back in the past, and so I did some research,” James said.
She found a guy who worked in photogravure, a former instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design named Paul Taylor. When Taylor helped James set up her studio in Nashville in 2018, the year she founded Passerina Press, she took copious notes which became her go-to manual.
“This tells me everything I need to know,” James said, holding the tattered and stained booklet of stapled paper. “It stresses how much you have to clean everything before you get started…”
Starting with a love of drawing in pen and ink, James found printmaking when she was 22, a contestant in her first art fair in Florida.
“I set up my little panels. I was so proud of my work and was getting some positive feedback, but I didn’t win first of show, and of course, I was kind of disappointed…” James said.
She met the first-place winner, David Hunter, a printmaker based in Winter Park whose hand-etched entry hangs on James’ living room wall, a sailboat riding painstakingly crosshatched ocean waves.
James said on that day, Hunter explained to her the difference between a reproduction and an “edition,” an original in its own right that uses an antique process of inking, wiping and printing by hand. Not long after that, James was in Hunter’s studio learning his process, sometimes staying until 2 o’clock in the morning, eventually getting her own key.
Italy, studying intaglio printmaking at Santa Reparata International School of Art.
Through Passerina Press, James offers photogravure plates and limited edition prints from personal digital photographs. But, her dream is to one day establish a cooperative printmaking studio in the area. James has also talked about loaning out her printing presses, acknowledging the barrier to entry.
The goal is to be self-supporting, she said. Last year was James’ first as a full-time printmaker, retiring after a career in systems engineering and cybersecurity, similarly process-oriented.
One area in the couple’s basement is James’ digital dark room. She often combines digital photography, photocompositing and digital illustration to produce her printed images.
“If someone struggles to categorize my work as one thing or another, I don’t think that’s a bad thing: I want the observer to feel a little discombobulated, and to seek more information about how my work is created,” James said.
“I was just totally addicted to it, and from then on, it’s just been printmaking, printmaking, printmaking,” James said.
An appetite to learn more
Since then, she has taken workshops at a number of schools in the United States, including Parsons School of Design in New York City, and one in Florence,
Right now, she’s working on an image that uses a photo taken from her and her husband’s trip to White Sands National Park. A group of nine individually drawn horses gallop through the scenery, and an AI-generated steampunk carousel is in the background.
“This is kind of the story of my post-retirement life, how I feel like I’m free of the carousel now, you know, and my horses are all my ideas, and they’re just running away from the routine,” James said.
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Susan James, a Cumming-based printmaker, unveils a newly printed image on her etching press using the 19thcentury technique of photogravure in her basement studio. James sells her work under her business Passerina Press, a joint venture with her husband Ken Wilkens.
Susan James and her husband Ken Wilkens, owners of printmaking business Passerina Press, stand inside their basement studio. On the wall is a photogravure print made by James, using a photograph taken by Wilkens.
COMMUNITY
Youth leadership program encourages civic participation
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Youth Leadership Sandy Springs announced June 24 the graduates of its Class of 2024, 39 sophomore, junior and senior students from eight local high schools.
The students took part in a sevenmonth immersive program to train the next generation of community leaders.
Leadership Perimeter, a nonprofit specializing in leadership development and civic engagement, runs the youth-focused program.
Participating high school students this year attend Pace Academy, Cottage (TCS), North Springs, Riverwood, Mount Vernon, Innovation Academy and Weber.
Alpharetta American Legion presents student scholarships
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Four area high school graduates received $1,500 scholarships from Alpharetta American Legion Post 201.
Scholarships were awarded based on a student’s academic performance and a themed essay on “Patriotism and Citizenship – What America means to me.”
This year’s winners also received a certificate recognizing their accomplishments.
The recipients are:
• Alexa Boada , Denmark High School, who will be majoring in business management and marketing at Georgia State University.
• Her brother Sergei Boada , Denmark
High School, who is preparing for a career in veterinary medicine at Berry College.
• Madison Elizabeth Ashe , Alpharetta High School, who will be majoring in psychology pre-med track at the University of North Carolina.
• John Cody Watkins , Cambridge High School, who will be majoring in industrial engineering at Mississippi State University.
The Alpharetta American Legion Post 201 was formed over 75 years ago to honor the contributions of our Nation’s veterans, their families and the local community.
— Hannah Frazer
Graduating seniors receive custom honor cords to wear at their commencement ceremonies.
Lori Peljovich is the program director of Youth Leadership Sandy Springs and a 2022 graduate.
“It’s been such a rewarding opportunity to help navigate these outstanding students as they learn more about their community,” Peljovich said. “What a privilege to see how they’re seeking out their next steps as leaders, both here in Sandy Springs and for the seniors preparing to make an impact at their respective colleges and universities in the fall.”
Throughout the program, students explore Sandy Springs, seeing first-hand how government, environmental groups, social service agencies, public safety and businesses come together to shape a community.
Each year, students attend monthly programming to cultivate leadership skills, learn how a community works and discover pathways for community engagement.
Some examples include how resources, such as the Community Assistance
Center, help low-income families overcome challenges.
“Through these and other development days, graduates were exposed to an incredible variety of experiences and development opportunities,” a statement from the program says. “This transformative program provides the Class of 2024 with the tools to propel positive change, engage and promote others in their roles as leaders, and ensure a brighter future for Sandy Springs.”
While the tuition-based program costs $900 per student, scholarships through Leadership Perimeter are available.
North Springs High School students who graduated include Jack Baylin, Charlie Berss, Kamilly Da Silva, Lauren Drake, Chris Drake, Ethan Liddell, Henry Lott, Kate Lott, Leighton McIntosh, Clara Peres, Arianna Schultz and Aurora Seesink.
Riverwood’s graduates are Daron Beldick, Elyse Chen, Aidan Colker, Trey Daniels, Tal Elkounovitch, Lila Fleisig, Noah Glenn, Heather Grant, RJ Houseman, Chloe Kentor, Andrew Lapes, Alan Marhic, Thomas Mason, Laila Patel, Alex Royal, Kyra Russotto and Zack Siegel.
The remining graduates come from smaller, private schools in Sandy Springs and surrounding areas.
Harper Auchincloss, Dhru Lalaji and Audrey Welch are graduates from Pace Academy.
Graduates also include the Weber School’s Levi Gordon and Amy Nowitz and the Mount Vernon School’s Kate Duncan and Ernest Gephardt
The Cottage School’s Jackson Barnes, Innovation Academy’s Cameron Boswell and Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School’s Charlie Muntz round out the Youth Leadership Sandy Springs’ Class of 2024.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP SANDY SPRINGS/PROVIDED
The 39 graduates of Youth Leadership Sandy Springs Class of 2024 gather for a group photo at the end of the seven-week program. Programming covers everything from municipal budgets to nonprofit engagement.
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Cambridge High School graduate John Cody Watkins and Alpharetta High School graduate Madison Elizabeth Ashe receive their scholarship certificates from Immediate Past Post Commander Tom Billings.
From left, Legion Post Commander Bob Byrd stands with Denmark High School graduates Alexa Boada and brother Sergei Boada at a scholarship award ceremony. At right is Immediate Past Post Commander Tom Billings.
Women took up baseball well before World War II
BOB MEYERS Columnist
In the 1992 blockbuster film “A League of Their Own,” the top grossing baseball movie ever made, an exasperated team manager played by Tom Hanks says to his Rockford Peaches all-women team “there’s no crying in baseball.” Loosely based on a true story, the film takes place during WWII when many professional male players went off to war, and an all-female baseball league was established in the Midwest.
The film shows just how skilled female players are and how they can draw large crowds to games. Sixty-five original members of the league played various parts in the movie.
Attendance peaked at more than 900,000 spectators in 1948. The league closed in 1954.
The inspiration for this column comes from Sheila Rucker Pennebaker who shared with me a treasured photo of The Crabapple Women’s Baseball Team taken in 1934. Baseball has always been important in Crabapple, home of the immortal Nap Rucker who pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1900s. According to Sheila, the Crabapple team played on Sunday afternoons.
In the photo, one girl is wearing high heels since she came directly from church. Sheila says, “Most players used their sons’ or husbands’ equipment, and most were related to each other. They played against other local women’s teams.”
In this era when female college basketball tournament finals can attract audiences as large as the men’s can, and when female tennis stars are household names, it is curious that comparatively few women play baseball professionally or at the high school or college level.
Efforts are being made in many places to provide opportunities for more girls to play baseball. One example is the Georgia Peaches girls baseball program which offer some 60 girls the opportunity to learn and play baseball. Established in 2021, the organization consists of five teams organized by age from 7 to 14 who play competitively from September to July.
According to head coach J.P. Borod, players represent all areas of Georgia with a concentration in North Georgia and Atlanta. A few players come from neighboring states.
“Since they are the only all-girls teams in Georgia, during the school year they play mainly against all-boys teams and they do very well,” says J.P. “Unfortunately, opportunities for girls are few at the high school and college levels, and many switch to softball so they can play regularly.”
Mike and Livy McLoughlin of Alpharetta are proud of their 12-year-old daughter Ellie Grace who plays first base and pitches for the Georgia Peaches. In order to play as much as possible, Ellie Grace also plays with the Georgia Jackets Gold 12U (12 and under), an all-male team that trains at the Auterson Baseball Instruction Facility in Milton. Georgia Peaches is not a recreation baseball team. It is a travel team which competes at a more advanced level. Jeff Auterson, founder of Auterson Baseball, says “we have 375 boys and one outstanding girl playing and improving their skills at our facility.”
Like Ellie Grace, J.P.’s daughter Riley also plays with an all-male team, the TG Diamonbacks that play in Ocee Park in Johns Creek. Riley plays pitcher and catcher on the 12 and under (12U) Georgia Peaches team.
“When the girls get together to play or socialize, something electric happens because they have found members of their own tribe,” J.P. says. “They only play other all girls
The Crabapple Girls Baseball Team in 1934. Baseball has always been very important in Crabapple. From left to right back row: Mossy Hughes , Louise Lacky , Helen Rucker , Nancy Rucker , Velma B. Alberson , Montez Chester , Nona Broadwell Coleman . Front Row: Byrd Broadwell Rucker , Ruth
Ellie Grace McLoughlin, age 12, plays first base and pitches for the all-girls Georgia Peaches baseball program which gives girls ages 7 to 14 an opportunity to learn and play baseball. The organization consists of five teams based on age. Some of the girls also play with all boys teams to increase the time devoted to the sport.
teams at the national level.”
If anyone knows a girl interested in playing with the Georgia Peaches, visit: georgiapeachesbaseball@gmail.com. The organization wants to grow their program.
Communities are also in the baseball business through their parks departments.
Alpharetta, for example, provides baseball opportunities in Wills Park and Web Bridge Park for some 750 players through their 57 recreation teams from 4–19 years
of age. They also have 13 higher level travel teams. The youngest play T-ball where they get used to handling balls and bats with no scoring. The city advertises its programs as co-ed, and some 25 girls play in the busy spring season throughout all recreation age divisions. The Alpharetta program is operated by the volunteer driven group Alpharetta Youth Baseball Association. Its
“Young players develop a love of baseball, and as they get older they can move to more intensive traveling clubs,” President/Commissioner Daniel Burkett says.
One organization that is working to increase opportunities for girls to play baseball is Baseball for all (BFA} which seeks to “crack the grass ceiling” because “creating opportunities for girls and women to play baseball is a social justice issue.”
An annual Baseball for All (BFA) National Tournament in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in July draws 500 to 600 girls from all over the U.S. and Canada. Last year, four Georgia Peaches teams went to the national tournaments, 9U, 10U, 12U and 14U. The 10U team won the national tournament, amassing 85 runs, 53 hits and 56 strikeouts while allowing opponents only 9 runs and 9 hits. The 9th annual tournament will take place July 7-11th, 2024, at the beautiful Ripken Experience in Elizabethtown which features 12 diamonds and stadium seating.
Progress for girls in baseball is slow but steady, and many girls do have the drive and skills to excel at the sport.
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
PHOTO COURTESY SHEILA RUCKER PENNEBAKER
Murdock , Delsie Dorris , Fuzzie Maria Westbrook , Faron Holcombe .
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MCLOUGHLIN FAMILY
Agencies weighed costs of construction on homes
TO THE EDITOR,
The original concept proposed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for the Pitts Road Bridge replacement was to construct a parallel bridge along Pitts Road while keeping the original bridge open to traffic. This approach has been successfully implemented for the Roberts Drive replacement bridge. However,
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in 2025, property owners will need an appeal to be successful and result in a reduction in the value of their property to lock in the three-year assessment –something easier said than done.
The numbers tell the story
An eye-popping number of property assessment appeals are filed in Metro Atlanta counties every year. In DeKalb County, roughly 19,000 appeals were filed for 2023, according to the Assessor’s Office. More than 16,000 of those were for residential properties. Meanwhile, Fulton County saw more than 30,000 appeals in 2023. Forsyth provided a list of around 4,000 unnamed appeals for last year.
The legislation “should cut down on the number of people that appeal things without even knowing if the value is wrong,” according to one assessor who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The same property owners have been appealing every three years no matter what, he said, noting that there are neighbors in his county with similar properties who have significantly different tax assessments, all because one homeowner pauses the process through appeals while the other cuts a check without asking questions.
In theory, the assessments should even out after the freeze is over, but that rarely happens, he said.
District 3 Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett offered a similar perspective late last year, suggesting that the powers that be have been wary to implement multi-year increases in a single assessment, especially considering another appeal would surely be waiting.
Data shows 5 to 10 percent of residential appeals have resulted in a reduced assessment in a given year, the assessor said. That is no accident.
Jody Campbell, a partner at law firm
the key difference was that the parallel bridge option required GDOT to acquire four homes. These two options were presented to the community in a meeting, and the community provided valuable input.
As this project is in my district, I discussed the alternatives with GDOT and the community. The choices were to either close Pitts Road Bridge for what turned out to be about a year, or to leave the bridge open, resulting
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in the loss of these homes. Ultimately, the community weighed in and decided that the short-term pain of the bridge closure was worth it if these
Property tax appeal deadlines, links
Fulton County: Friday, Aug. 2, 2024
fultonassessor.org/property-appeals/ Forsyth County: Monday, July 8, 2024
forsythco.com/Departments-Offices/Board-of-Assessors/Assessments
DeKalb County: Monday, July 15, 2024
dekalbcountyga.gov/property-appraisal/appeal-process
Blum & Campbell which specializes in real estate law says that due to the sheer volume they’re facing, appeals committees haven’t the bandwidth or time to critically react to the evidence put before them, or the ability to dive deep on comparable sales
“It’s easier to rubber stamp what the assessor tells them,” Campbell said.
The Board of Equalization, the panel that hears most property assessment appeals, is not always made up of real estate professionals or those who work in tangential industries. In fact, committee members are only required to be property owners who have completed 40 hours of certified training and earned their high school diploma. Property visits occur but anecdotal evidence suggests they’re more of a rarity, according to Campbell.
Hearings in front of Boards of Equalization run roughly 5 to 7 minutes, and live testimony – like that from a third-party appraiser – is typically not allowed or considered, he said.
“You can walk in with the most scientific presentation – a lockdown case – and they may just arbitrarily agree with the assessors,” he said. The end result is that 2024 is absolutely the year to appeal if you simply want two additional
DEATH NOTICES
Santo Caruso, 92, of Alpharetta, passed away on June 16, 2024. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
years with no changes to your appraisal, Campbell said. Otherwise, come next year, you’ll have to convince a committee to approve a reduced assessment to earn those two extra years.
Realities to consider
When deciding whether to move forward with an appeal, it’s important to understand the benefits – or maybe lack thereof – beyond the two-year freeze on assessment increases. The financial ramifications can be much less impactful than most people assume for typical homeowners. A $50,000 reduction in property value results in roughly $450 in tax savings in a given year, according to Campbell.
The 2023 numbers provided by Forsyth County show that a “successful” appeal can often result in no more than pocket change. One unidentified property that was originally assessed at more than $1.7 million saw its valuation drop by exactly $100 following the appeals process, meaning the property owner saved just pennies in taxes. However, another Forsyth property initially valued at roughly $2.88 million fell to less than $1.3 million after an appeal, resulting in an enormous tax savings.
Betty Maugans, 96, of Alpharetta, passed away on June 23, 2024. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
homes could be saved. GDOT listened to the community and revised its plans. It closed the bridge and replaced it “in place.”
This is an excellent example of GDOT, the City of Sandy Springs, and the community coming together to solve a challenge without uprooting neighbors from their homes.
John Paulson Member, Sandy Springs City Council
The appeals process is also lengthy, even if it isn’t necessarily arduous. Appeals are usually finalized between four and 10 months from the initial paperwork. The board of tax assessors can also increase the value of a property if an on-site inspection reveals significant additions or improvements to the property of which the board wasn’t already aware. That said, you can choose to be billed at 85 percent of the initial assessment while your appeal is being resolved, which can be a major benefit for property owners with extremely large initial assessments, particularly owners of commercial properties.
The time to act is now
While each county has slightly different rules, the main pillars of the appeals process are the same across the state. You’ll have 45 days from the date on the Notice of Assessment to file an appeal. DeKalb County said its notices were mailed at the end of May, suggesting a mid-July deadline. Forsyth County sent notices out on May 24. Appeals for Fulton County must be postmarked on or before the last date to file, which is clearly marked on every individual notice of assessment.
While you don’t need to see a reduction in property value under the current law to lock in property values, you do need to complete the appeals process. That means attending the Board of Equalization hearing or having someone else attend on your behalf.
But come next year, you’ll need to actually find a way to convince a committee or arbiter to approve a reduction to your assessment to see any benefits.
Donald Wilson, 89, of Roswell, passed away on June 24, 2024. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.
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