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Residents and officials recall the push to incorporate Sandy Springs and its aftermath
Summary
Longtime residents and local officials recalled the decades-long campaign to incorporate Sandy Springs, described the city charter process and election that created the city, and credited volunteers and first officials for shaping local services and civic life.
Longtime residents and local officials reflected on the effort to form the city of Sandy Springs and the changes that followed from incorporation.
Tibby DeGiulio, who said she has lived in Sandy Springs since 1981, described working with Eva Galambos and the Committee for Sandy Springs beginning in 1987. "For 18 years, she and I worked together to try to get the city incorporated," DeGiulio said, recounting regular visits to legislators and a sustained campaign to win the right to a…
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