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Monday, September 25, 2006
City fever may be spreading to Vinings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sandy Springs, what hath thou wrought?
A notice has gone out to Cobb County residents in a certain geographic sector, inviting them to a meeting to discuss a City of Vinings, sponsored by the Vinings Homeowners Association. The date is Monday, Oct. 16.
One immediate problem comes to mind, should this section of southeast Cobb become citified. If the upscale name of Vinings in fact becomes a kind of trademarked commodity, half of Smyrna will have to call itself something else.
Here’s the entire notice from VHA president Ron Sifen:
Subject: Should Vinings investigate becoming a city?
COMMUNITY MEETING MONDAY OCT. 16 AT THE COCHISE CLUB
Hello Vinings. At the annual meeting in April 2006, a Vinings citizen asked whether Vinings should consider becoming a city. This topic was not on the agenda, so after a brief discussion, we moved on to other issues. However, a vote was taken to gauge preliminary interest. Only about a quarter of those present voted against to the idea.
As a result, the VHA Board put together a Committee to study the concept of a City of Vinings. The Committee, and subsequently the whole VHA Board, initiated an in-depth study.
The VHA Board concluded that there were substantive reasons to investigate becoming a city. Ultimately, we asked, in the long run, is Vinings better served by putting itself in a position to make its own decisions on key issues that will impact the future of Vinings?
This will be an initial discussion of the concept of Vinings becoming a city. We will not make a final decision on cityhood at this meeting. There will be a vote to determine whether Vinings wants to request a non-binding “Viability Study”. We will discuss issues that are crucially important to Vinings.
We will have a community meeting on Monday October 16 at 7:00 at the Cochise Club. Please plan to attend this very important meeting.
I will get additional information out to you in the next week or so.
Please let me know your questions or comments.
Thanks
Ron Sifen President, Vinings Homeowners Association
