Sandy Springs celebrates 20 years during community picnic

Key Points Sandy Springs held a area picnic on near the City Green on Nov as part of its th anniversary celebrations The picnic was an opportunity for the city to debut a video in which children interviewed city staff and leaders about the city s formation Alexandra Gomel left interviewed Sandy Springs City Council member Tibby DeJulio for a video celebrating the city s years that was shown during a neighborhood picnic on Nov Photo by Bob Pepalis Sandy Springs continued its th anniversary celebration with a region picnic on Nov that had residents trilling the city s praises Chanae LeGrier a marketing director for a pharmaceutical company notified Rough Draft she moved to the city five years ago and met selected amazing people The society has just grown and I love this part of town LeGrier explained I tell anybody that I will ostensibly spend as long as I m in Atlanta I will be in Sandy Springs It s one of my favorite places I tell everyone to come Related stories Sandy Springs at Decades in the making Sandy Springs mourns loss of founding Mayor Eva Galambos Sandy Springs celebrates its seventh birthday LeGrier answered the question What s your favorite thing about Sandy Springs for a video City staff recorded answers from willing visitors to the picnic and the last Sandy Springs Farmers Sector of on Saturday Once the farmers territory came to an end visitors made their way over to tables set out under tents on Blue Stone Road next to the City Green for the district picnic Diners chose from farmers sphere or from the CityBar Caf The last weekly farmers industry for was bustling on Nov Photo by Bob Pepalis Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul welcomed the crowd and introduced a special video as an oral history in which children interviewed city employees and several of the key people who helped create the city and get it incorporated One of those children was Alexandra Gomel a third-grade aspirant who interviewed City Council member Tibby DeJulio for the video I think it was fun seeing what other people thought about Sandy Springs and seeing yourself Gomel stated Rough Draft after seeing herself and other students in the video DeJulio stated he was in favor of everything the city does to enhance the lives of its residents whether it s the picnic farmers arena or a splash pad for the children at the City Green We incorporated Sandy Springs to enhance the lives and the lifestyle of our residents And that s our job DeJulio informed Rough Draft That s all our job is is to protect them to serve them and to enhance their lives The post Sandy Springs celebrates years during public picnic appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta