This afternoon, as I drove along I-285 and US 19/GA 400, I saw a very special new roadsign...
Sandy Springs - City Limit (replacing the old signs that said "Sandy Springs - Unincorporated").
At 12:00 AM on December 1, 2005, Georgia's newest (and seventh largest) city, Sandy Springs, will be born.
Until now, Sandy Springs has been an unincorporated area within north Fulton County. As a result of ever-growing discontent with the Fulton County Government, the residents of Sandy Springs "seceded" from Fulton County via an act of the 2005 Georgia General Assembly and a referendum where the vast majority voted in favor of cityhood.
To read more about this history-making event, please click here.
Please join me in congratulating the citizens and leaders of the brand new City of Sandy Springs, Georgia. We here at "The Georgia Road Geek" wish them all the best in this history-making endeavor.
That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please come back soon.
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Special indeed, and it will most likely spell the end of Fulton County. When this is all said and done, the only unincorporated areas that will be left in Fulton will be the former Campbell County area, which is already shortchanged by Fulton much worse than North Fulton ever thought. Sandy Springs was the catalyst for a drama unfolding that will result in the end (or at least downsizing) of Georgia's most populous county. Will all these cities in North Fulton suddenly dissolve or consolidate into Milton County when that happens? Would Alpharetta and Roswell be willing to de-annex all that they've taken over if that happened?
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