🌱 Ginger Sottile Q&A + Beltline Construction + Local Pet Adoptions

Good morning, Sandy Springs! I am your host, Patrick Murray here with three fresh headlines to kick off your day.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny with a high of 83 and a low of 66.

Here are the top stories today in Sandy Springs:

1. Ginger Sottile serves as the community development director for the City of Sandy Springs, and recently sat down for a Q&A with Reporter Newspapers. Sottile spent the interview discussing the permitting process across the four divisions of the development department. Among the biggest changes to the department has been the transition to a paperless workflow. (Reporter Newspapers)
2. Construction has begun on the next stage of the Atlanta Beltline. The end product will eventually connect 45 different neighborhoods across Atlanta. A donation of $30 million from the James M. Cox Foundation is going towards closing the loop in the Northwest section, and hopefully completing the project by 2030. (WSB Atlanta)
3. For those of you interested in adopting a new member of the family, look to these local animal shelters. Patch has teamed up with Petfinder in order to connect pets with loving homes. (Sandy Springs Patch)

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Today in Sandy Springs:

• Kevin Nealon, live comedy at City Springs. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sandy Springs Youth Sports kicked off its Braves Youth Baseball and Softball Clinic at Morgan Falls. (Facebook)
• Check out a list of fun activities in and around Atlanta this weekend. (The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Patrick Murray

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