Candidates Split on Use of Eminent Domain to Build City Center
“Eminent domain is a component of Sandy Springs’ City Center project. Last summer, Council members approved resolutions to acquire the Sherwin Williams property on Johnson Ferry Road and Makara’s restaurant on Roswell Road through eminent domain.
During Tuesday’s forum at North Springs Charter High School by The League of Women Voters and Leadership Sandy Springs, candidates were split on how they feel about the measure being used to develop downtown Sandy Springs.
Opposed to eminent domain, District 5 candidate Clayton Cole recalled how a business owner learned through a third party that the city was going to run a street through his business. “
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Murchison, Adrianne. Sandy Springs Patch 11 October 2013.