AJC > NorthSide > Blog > Archives > 2007 > May > 18
Friday, May 18, 2007
Sandy Springs’ Northwood Drive: On The Right Track?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The City of Sandy Springs has been trying to clean things up along Roswell Road, bit by bit.
One area that seems to be scrubbed the hardest: Northwood Drive. Just south of I-285, the street is part of a conglomerate of older apartments —- some sprinkled with gang graffiti, others in need of repair. Solidarity Mission Village serves the residents with a church, a preschool, a bank branch and some stores.
The city has performed numerous code enforcement sweeps on the apartments in the area and police cruisers can be spotted regularly, signifying an increased presence.
Still, late Monday night, 40-year-old Rey Eras Morales was shot in the head and killed in a parking lot shared by the Sierra Creek Apartments, on Kingsport Drive, and the Prado North Condominiums, on Northwood Drive. And, in September, two men were shot and one died after an ongoing feud turned deadly at a children’s birthday party at neighboring Lake Placid Apartments.
NorthSide.Talk wants to know: if you live, or work, in this area, is Sandy Springs on the right track?
