Around Sandy Springs - Events This Week

Riverwood International Charter School will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on March 26, 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and March 29 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door. Directed by Riverwood drama teacher Mary Beth van der Hoek, the Broadway hit showcases the talents of 65 students. For information, call 404.847.1980 or visit www.riverwoodhs.org.

 Sandy Springs United Methodist Church will hold a free-throw shooting contest and 3-point shooting contest to support Nothing But Nets, a United Nations program to fight malaria in Africa. The event will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 10:00-1:00 p.m. in the Hitson Memorial Activity Center. To learn more about Nothing But Nets visit www.nothingbutnets.net. For more information about the contest call 404.255.1181.

Networking @ Noon will be held on Thursday, March 26 from 11:15-1:00 p.m. at Food 101 in Sandy Springs. The cost to attend is $12 (cash only please) and includes your meal, beverage, tax and gratuity. Please email lindsay@sandysprings.org to get your name on the list for this meeting. Space is limited and reservations are required to attend.

 
Join The 400 Club at Pub Night this coming Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at 5 Season Brewing Company in The Prado. Come mix, mingle and meet other young professionals who live, work and play in the Sandy Springs/Perimeter area. There is no charge to attend. For more information please visit www.sandyspringsperimeterchamber.org and click on the 400 Club logo.

The Georgia Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, will host three transit planning workshops for its revive285 top end project. The third workshop will be held at the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex in Sandy Springs on Thursday, March 26. The meeting will start at 5 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.

Sandy Springs District 1 Councilman Doug MacGinnitie will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Monday, March 30 at 5:30 p.m. This meeting will focus on the Dunwoody Club and Spalding Drive intersection improvements and the City budget. The meeting will be held at Dunwoody Charter Elementary School.

Businesses in the City of Sandy Springs have until March 31, 2009 to renew their business tax certificates by submitting a business occupational tax application with full payment of all fees and taxes due. Failure to receive a renewal application does not relieve a business of its responsibility to pay the business tax by the deadline. Questions? Contact the Revenue Division, 770.730.5600.

Sandy Springs City Council Meetings are on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Special meetings may also be called. For updated information visit the City Website at http://www.sandyspringsga.org.