I lived in Buford (North-eastern Atlanta suburb, for those not familiar\u2026about 25 miles from the Atlanta city limits) for 18 years, and I worked in Sandy Springs for 13 of those years.<\/p>\n
The fact that it is Buckhead that is trying this is interesting. Depending on where lines are drawn, wouldn\u2019t Buckhead be completely surrounded by the Atlanta city limits? Essentially a separate city inside the city? Regardless, if I were driving this in Buckhead, I\u2019d be setting up working sessions with the people in Sandy Springs that successfully incorporated in 2005. I know it\u2019s a different scenario, but there are probably a number of experiences that could help those in Buckhead avoid some mistakes along the way.<\/p>\n
I would also imagine that the city of Atlanta will fight this with all they have. Despite their efforts, they lost the potential to annex a very lucrative area when Sandy Springs incorporated. Sandy Springs is an affluent area with nice neighborhoods and industry, and Atlanta had been trying, unsuccessfully, to annex the area since the 1960s. Corporate headquarters for UPS, Newell Rubbermaid, Cox Communication and several others are located in Sandy Springs, along with the executives that work for those companies and all the money that they earn.<\/p>\n
Buckhead makes Sandy Springs look like chump change. This will be interesting to watch even after moving to NC a couple years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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