This week at the Farmers Markets

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/16 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh, along with a...

New Sandy Springs SUP Showdown to feature six-mile paddleboarding course

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/16 2:26A Rough Draft Staff

Sandy Springs is inviting paddlers from across the Southeast to compete in the inaugural Sandy Springs SUP Showdown on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Morgan Falls Overlook Park. The city says the new Sandy...

Call for vendors and creators ahead of Sandy Springs Blue Stone Arts & Music Festival

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/15 7:29A Rough Draft Staff

The Blue Stone Arts & Music Festival returns to Sandy Springs Sept. 25 and 26 for the city s fourth year of its free downtown fair, featuring live music from nationally acclaimed acts, a market with more than 60 artists, and an area for kids...

Roberts Drive in Sandy Springs closed after fire hydrant is damaged in crash

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/14 9:29A Hayden Sumlin

A section of Roberts Drive at Roswell Road in north Sandy Springs will be shut down through Friday, July 17, after an overnight crash that affected a fire hydrant near the State Route 9 bridge over...

Greater Perimeter Chamber names Todd Olesiuk as development director

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/12 5:00A Rough Draft Staff

The Greater Perimeter Chamber has named Todd Olesiuk as its new development director. Olesiuk, a Dunwoody resident, has a background in business development, strategic partnerships, fundraising, and relationship management across the technology,...

Sandy Springs kicks off back-to-school season with National Night Out event

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/12 3:00A Rough Draft Staff

Sandy Springs announced its upcoming back-to-school youth programming, kicking off in early August with the city s annual National Night Out event and the first Movie by Moonlight showing. At the city...

Leadership Perimeter announces Youth, Flagship Class of 2027

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/7 9:02A Cathy Cobbs

Leadership Perimeter announced the members of its class of 2027, which includes its regular flagship group and a new initiative for youth. These two outstanding groups of rising change-makers and community champions are ready to embark on a...

Women-owned bookstores team up for Black Girl Book Fair

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/7 7:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Six Black women-owned bookstores are teaming up for the Black Girl Book Fair on Saturday, July 11, at Brave + Kind Bookshop, 722 West College Ave., in Decatur. The collection of booksellers from...

Sandy Springs’ Island Ford Unit expands trail system with community support

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/6 8:48A Hayden Sumlin

The City of Sandy Springs isn’t the only organization building paths and trails in the northern Atlanta suburb. With the help of the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy , the National Park...

Sandy Springs Wine Festival returns Oct. 11 with reduced ticket prices

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/5 4:00A Rough Draft Staff

The Sandy Springs Wine Festival returns on Oct. 11, bringing grape enthusiasts together for an afternoon of live entertainment in partnership with the Greater Perimeter Chamber and Visit Sandy Springs...

Did you miss these June 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Buckhead Reporter 7/3 12:30A Beth McKibben

Restaurant openings exploded in June as Atlanta prepared to host tens of thousands of soccer fans for the World Cup. Nearly 40 restaurants and bars opened for business around Atlanta and the metro...

Midtown International School blames declining enrollment for financial woes, but avoids bankruptcy

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/1 3:30A Logan C. Ritchie

Midtown International School (MIS), a Druid Hills private school that shocked parents this spring by closing abruptly, will not declare bankruptcy after all. Founded in 2013, MIS was a school for...

Sandy Springs Conservancy updates on proposed trails, park improvements, grants

Sandy Springs- Reporter Newspapers 6/30 8:34A Rough Draft Staff

The Sandy Springs Conservancy, a citizen-led nonprofit promoting parks and paths around the city, recapped its ongoing efforts to construct new nature trails and recreation areas in a recent June...

Dunwoody City Council to consider rezoning for 24-home community with three homes in the city

Sandy Springs Reporter 6/29 3:00A Cathy Cobbs

The Dunwoody City Council will consider at a yet-to-be determined meeting a zoning request that would allow a former church property that straddles Dunwoody and Sandy Springs to be developed into a...

Where to celebrate the Fourth of July and America 250 in metro Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 6/29 12:00A Rachel Spooner and Collin Kelley

America’s 250th anniversary, or the semiquincentennial (say that five times fast!) is officially on July 4, but the celebrations are going all summer long. Check out where you can party like it’s 1776...