SEPT. 5 — SEPT. 18, 2014 • VOL. 5 — NO. 18 Dunwoody Reporter www.ReporterNewspapers.net ‘Hole’ lotta fun PHIL MOSIER Julie Greer, 2, daughter of Kimberly Greer, assistant to the city manager, plays before the grand opening of Phase II of Brook Run Park’s multi-use trail on Aug. 23. A children’s bicycle race and a run/ walk also ushered in the latest section of the trail now open for public use. More photos on page 20. BY JOE EARLE [email protected]As former DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boy- er confronts federal criminal charges, her office will remain open to provide services to residents of the north end of the county, the DeKalb County interim CEO says. “Bob Lundsten will remain as constituent service person for District 1,” Lee May told about two dozen residents and city officials gathered to hear him speak in Dunwoody on Aug. 28. e district covers much of north DeKalb County, including Dunwoody, and a significant portion of Brookhaven. Lundsten, Chief of Staff to Boyer, said he and another District 1 staff member would stay in place until a new commissioner is elected. ey will deal with constituent concerns, pass political opinions and issues on to other commissioners, and pre- pare the office for the next elected commissioner, he said. “We’ll make sure everything is ready for the new commis- sioner when they step in.” Federal prosecutors on Aug. 26 accused Boyer of mis- using county money and a county pur- chasing card. ey said she conspired to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In a press release, they said she was scheduled to plead guilty to the charges on Sept. 3. Lundsten said he was surprised by the charges, but had no further comment on Boyer’s situation. “I haven’t spoken to her since it hap- pened,” he said. BY ELLEN ELDRIDGE [email protected]Status updates and “liking” on social media posts are slowly replacing gatherings of friends in public, but virtual reality takes away the warmth of a handshake, hug and a smile. “People don’t say to your face what they will say behind a machine,” Chuck Batcheller said. ese are some of the reasons Dan McMah- an sticks with Batcheller and several others he joins for coffee just about every morning, be- fore everyone rushes out to fulfill the day’s du- ties. ey call themselves the Dunwoody ink Tank, and they invite everyone to stop by and say hello. Well, almost everyone. “Dunwoody ink Tank, everyone wel- come,” reads the side of a sign that has been in the window about six years. From the outside, visitors cannot see the white letters added on the reverse side of the sign that say “almost.” “It’ a joke,” McMahan says. McMahan and his fellow thinkers have been meeting at the BP gas station on Chamblee Dunwoody Road for about as long as Facebook SEE DESPITE PAGE 3 SEE ‘THINK TANK,’ PAGE 4 County commission office will continue to provide services despite Boyer’s departure Gas station ‘Think Tank’ offers up coffee, politics and daily conversations Inside For updated information on the case, go to ReporterNewspapers.net. Terrible 22s? When men mimic boys ROBIN’S NEST 7 Real Estate PAGES 8-10 Speed bump Perimeter needs limits COMMENTARY 6 ELLEN ELDRIDGE Dan McMahan, a ‘Think Tank’ member, settles in for a chat.
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‘Hole’ lotta fun
PHIL MOSIER
Julie Greer, 2, daughter of Kimberly Greer, assistant to the city manager, plays before the grand opening of Phase II of Brook Run Park’s multi-use trail on Aug. 23. A children’s bicycle race and a run/walk also ushered in the latest section of the trail now open for public use. More photos on page 20.
As former DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boy-er confronts federal criminal charges, her offi ce will remain open to provide services to residents of the north end of the county, the DeKalb County interim CEO says.
“Bob Lundsten will remain as constituent service person for District 1,” Lee May told about two dozen residents and city offi cials gathered to hear him speak in Dunwoody on Aug. 28. Th e district covers much of north DeKalb County, including Dunwoody, and a signifi cant portion of Brookhaven.
Lundsten, Chief of Staff to Boyer, said he and another District 1 staff member would stay in place until a new commissioner is elected.
Th ey will deal with constituent concerns, pass political
opinions and issues on to other commissioners, and pre-pare the offi ce for the next elected commissioner, he said. “We’ll make sure everything is ready for the new commis-sioner when they step in.”
Federal prosecutors on Aug. 26 accused Boyer of mis-using county money and a county pur-chasing card. Th ey said she conspired to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In a press release, they said she was scheduled to plead guilty to the charges on Sept. 3.
Lundsten said he was surprised by the charges, but had no further comment
on Boyer’s situation. “I haven’t spoken to her since it hap-pened,” he said.
Status updates and “liking” on social media posts are slowly replacing gatherings of friends in public, but virtual reality takes away the warmth of a handshake, hug and a smile.
“People don’t say to your face what they will say behind a machine,” Chuck Batcheller said.
Th ese are some of the reasons Dan McMah-an sticks with Batcheller and several others he joins for coff ee just about every morning, be-fore everyone rushes out to fulfi ll the day’s du-ties. Th ey call themselves the Dunwoody Th ink Tank, and they invite everyone to stop by and say hello. Well, almost everyone.
“Dunwoody Th ink Tank, everyone wel-come,” reads the side of a sign that has been in the window about six years. From the outside, visitors cannot see the white letters added on the reverse side of the sign that say “almost.”
“It’ a joke,” McMahan says. McMahan and his fellow thinkers have been
meeting at the BP gas station on Chamblee Dunwoody Road for about as long as Facebook
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City advocates must agree before Legislature meets, lawmakers say
State lawmakers met Aug. 26 with advocates of new cities in DeKalb County to tell them to agree on the boundaries of their proposed communities by November or expect a panel of legislators to draw a map for the new cities.
“� e General Assembly can’t be caught in an intractable, three-way dispute over boundaries,” Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Brookhaven) said after the meeting.
Jacobs and Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) met with rep-resentatives of three groups promoting the creation of new cit-ies — the City of Briarcli� Initiative, Lakeside Yes and Tucker 2015 –and laid out directions for DeKalb County cityhood boundary line proposals from the House Governmental A� airs Committee, which oversees legislation involv-ing the creation of new cities.
Past e� orts to create the cities collapsed in boundary disputes.According to a press release issued after the meeting, directions for drawing city-
hood proposals are as follows:• Each of the three groups will have until Sept. 5 to identify one authorized signa-
tory for a compromise boundary map.• Cityhood proponents have until Nov. 15 to come to a mutual agreement on
boundary lines and submit the agreed upon map bearing three signatures from the authorized signatories to the House Governmental A� airs Committee.
• If an agreement cannot be reached by that date, House Governmental A� airs Committee Chair Amy Carter will appoint a panel of � ve state House members to carry out the task of drawing city boundaries for the proposed cities. � e pan-el’s sole charge will be to produce a boundary map no later than Dec. 31 by ma-jority vote of the panel.
• Either the agreed upon map by cityhood proponents or the map drawn by the leg-islative panel will be the only acceptable version that the House Governmental Af-fairs Committee will consider.“Our goal for this process is to encourage all stakeholders to engage in conversa-
tions now about cityhood boundary lines and to ensure any remaining disputes are resolved prior to 2015,” Jacobs said in the release.
Carter (R-Valdosta) said the plan gives cityhood proponents “the best chance for successful passage of legislation that will allow new city proposals to go before the vot-ers for consideration.”
“� ere is a need to bring order to this process and the directions outlined to the stakeholders today will accomplish just that,” she said.
Government 101 graduates new class� e third year of Dun-
woody’s Government 101 program recently graduat-ed a group of residents who are better informed about the way local government works.
� e free course is avail-able in Dunwoody for res-idents to learn more about the roles of city o� cials. On each of the eight weeks, a city department head gets in front of the class to ex-plain the job he or she does.
William Middleton, a member of the 2014 class, spoke during the Aug. 25 Dun-woody City Council meeting about the course and its bene� ts. “Now the mayor’s wife knows what he does on Monday nights,” Middleton joked from the podium.
Members of the class included Mary Pat Davis, wife of Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis. � e rest of the class included (not all pictured): Jeanna Bierenfeld, Matthew Blankenship, Richard Doster, Sally Doster, Zachary Ferrara, � omas Hall, Jan Jacobs, Arthur Katz, Carol Katz, Carol Knight, Richard Lapin, Wayne Radlo� , Ian Schon-berg, Pamela Smith, Megan Weiland and Shelia Williams.
Despite Boyer’s resignation, county services continue
Federal authorities reportedly review-ing records on the use of purchasing cards by all DeKalb County employees. “I’m in the same situation as every other employee who has had a P-card,” Lundsten said.
Th e 57-year-old com-missioner resigned from her post on Aug. 25, the day be-fore the charges were fi led.
“It’s a very hard decision, and I’m heartbroken and saddened, but I need to re-sign,” she told a Channel 2 reporter. “I’ve betrayed the people and I’ve abused my position of power, and so I feel like I need to do this and publicly acknowledge that I’m ending my position.”
She had represented the district since 1992 and was the sole Republican on the commission. Her current term was due to expire in 2016.
May immediately issued a statement on her resignation. “Recent news stories notwithstanding, Elaine Boyer has faith-fully served the constituents of District 1 and DeKalb County for over 20 years,” May’s statement said. “It is my sincere hope that her resignation will allow the healing process to begin and open the door for a new voice on the Board of Commissioners. I wish her the best.”
County election offi cials scheduled a special election on Nov. 4 to choose a new commissioner. Th e special election will be held on the same day as the general elec-tion that already is sched-uled.
In Dunwoody, May joked that the election may attract a large number of candidates. “Everyone and their mama is going to want to run for this seat because it’s been occupied for 20 years,” he said.
Th e DeKalb Board of Registrations and Elections said any candidate interest-ed in the position may fi le a notice of in-tention to run with county elections offi -cials from 8:30 a.m. Sept. 8 through noon
Sept. 10. Candidates may fi le for the seat at the offi ce of the DeKalb County Board of Registrations and Elections, 4380 Me-morial Drive, Decatur, 30032. Th e fee
to qualify is $1,151.24, the county said.
Former DeKalb School Board member Nancy Jest-er announced she plans to run for the seat. She planned to kick off her campaign on Sept. 4.
Federal authorities say Boyer paid $78,000 to a consultant who then fun-neled 75 percent of the money back to her personal bank account.
“From September 2009 to November 2011, false in-
voices were submitted to Ms. Boyer’s offi ce for consulting services purport-edly rendered by [the] advisor…,” the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce said in the press release. “Between September 2009 and November 2011, [the] advisor depos-ited more than $58,000 in DeKalb County funds into Ms. Boyer’s person-al bank account (while retaining the re-mainder of the money).
“In turn, Ms. Boyer used the money deposited into her account to pay per-
sonal expenses, including pur-chases at hotels and high-end department stores.”
Federal authorities say Boyer also made more than 50 purchases, including air-line tickets and hotel rooms for personal travel, using her county Visa Purchasing Card. “In total, she made over $15,000 worth of pur-chases on her P-Card for personal goods and servic-es,” the press release said.
U.S. Attorney Sale Quil-lian Yates said that as a commissioner, Boyer made a commitment to serve the best interests of DeKalb residents.
“Instead of honoring that commit-ment,” Yates said in a press release, “Ms. Boyer stole from the citizens she was sworn to serve by diverting thousands of dollars in county funds to her person-al bank account and using her county-is-sued credit card like it was her own.”
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‘Think Tank’ offers up coffee, politics and daily conversations
has existed. Before the BP gas station was built, the group met at other loca-tions around town, including the BP at Georgetown, and, for a short while, at the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street from their current “home.”
They meet daily, discussing local pol-itics, the community and whatever is on their minds that day. When McMa-han walked into a small Amoco station about 10 years ago, warm smiles from about four people caused him to take a few extra minutes out of his morning commute, to stop and say hello.
“We’d talk about life, everything,” he says. “This was back when I was smok-ing and we’d have a couple of cigarettes and a couple of cups of coffee and then we’d go on in to work.”
That went on for a couple years, Mc-Mahan said, before they tore the Amo-co down, and the group moved to the BP at Georgetown. “It started growing, and more and more people started com-ing by,” he said.
They meet seven days a week and 365 days a year. “It was kind of a joke be-cause people would come in and say, ‘What are you still doing here?’” he said. “We’re here Christmas morning, if we can get out of the house.”
Batcheller works as a concrete and stone contractor. He met McMahan not at the think tank, but while renovating the pool in his Dunwoody neighbor-hood. Batcheller “genuinely cares about everybody,” McMahan said, with his wife, Lori, adding, “but you don’t see it when you first meet him.”
“He has an opinion, and you may not agree with it, but it’s his opinion and he’s going to give it to you,” McMahan said.
The others have grown used to that. “We all brag about having a thick
skin, a short memory and a long fuse,” Dave Haverty said.
The idea for the sign naming the morning chat group the Dunwoody Think Tank came from Batcheller, while he visited with a cousin in Flor-ida. Batcheller asked Richard Scarpa, a friend who owns Signs Now Atlan-ta, about making a sign for the window above the table at BP. When Batcheller picked up the finished sign, Scarpa told him, “I’m not going to charge you. This is community service.”
The Georgetown BP bought outdoor tables for the group because it had got-ten so large. When the manager at the Georgetown BP became the manager of the current location, he “bribed us to come up here,” McMahan said, describ-
ing the former manager as a nice young man who has moved on to other things.
“It’s just a bunch of old guys, hang-ing out, talking about life, talking about a lot of politics,” McMahan said.
But it’s not just guys, and McMah-an may not have originally met his wife at the think tank, but they started dat-ing after running into each other at the table in BP.
“They were like light fixtures here,” she said. “They were always here every morning.”
Lori McMahan still remembers Dan was wearing a yellow shirt and khakis on the day he said to her, “We’re here ev-ery morning. Stop by and have a cup of
coffee.”A retired colonel and his wife jog by,
fixing coffee after their morning work-out running by the Baptist church. Even as far as Albania, the Fullertons said they find coffee shops with groups of old men talking.
“We travel a lot, and every town we go to we say, ‘there’s the BP boys,’ be-cause every town has them,” Roz Fuller-ton said.
“It’s part of Americana to have this kind of brotherhood, sisterhood and that kind of thing,” Fullerton said. “I think it’s wonderful. I’m serious; if we come in and they’re not here I feel like something’s missing.”
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Developer Minerva won unani-mous approval from the Dunwoody City Council to rezone property west of Chamblee Dunwoody Road to allow for construction of 55 town homes.
Th e developer said during the council’s Aug. 25 meeting that its project would re-vitalize a declining offi ce park, and coun-tered concerns about green space in the project by saying it would tie into the city’s multi-use trail and replace some existing parking areas with grass.
“What I’m hearing from a lot of people who couldn’t be here tonight that it’s a net gain of a lot of green space,” Councilwom-an Lynn Deutsch said.
Th e property consists of 5.73 acres at 4330 Georgetown Square. Construction of 55 three-story townhomes will replace the fi ve two-story, brick offi ce buildings and surface parking lot currently there.
Multi-family apartments will not be permitted, Community Development Di-rector Steve Foote said during the Aug. 11 council meeting.
Councilman Denis Shortal said one of his main concerns about the project in-volved how many units would be available as rentals.
Minerva recommended a homeowner’s association be created and that no more than fi ve units be available to rent at any one time.
A traffi c study conducted by Minerva determined traffi c congestion would be improved in a 5-to-1 reduction due to res-idential units as opposed to offi ce units.
Other concerns council members ex-pressed involved the siding Minerva would use on the exterior of the town-homes. An agreement was made to use 66 percent brick and stone facing.
Th e Dunwoody City Council backed residents in the Dunwoody Club Forest subdivision, and agreed to veto a plan to split a large corner lot to make room for two homes.
Discussions leading up to the Aug. 25 vote centered on the design of the Dunwoody Club Forest subdivision, and whether plans to subdivide a lot would devalue surrounding properties.
During public comment, Kyle Wil-liams, attorney for the property own-er at 5258 Vernon Lake Drive, said city staff ’s approval of splitting the lot should be upheld.
An attorney for residents Erika Har-ris, Constance Nagel and Eleanor Good-win presented to council members a document outlining “11 points of oppo-sition,” and he asked council to use its “broad discretion” to uphold parts of the Dunwoody code “to preserve and con-serve” land.
Councilman John Heneghan made a motion to approve the appeal and said
he planned to vote in favor of the resi-dents’ appeal.
City offi cials agreed the two units of about 19,500 square feet each planned for 5258 Vernon Lake Drive would be smaller than the majority of houses in Dunwoody Club Forest.
“We have policies, purpose state-ments and plans of what we expect the city to look like and how it will grow,” said Community Development Direc-tor Steve Foote, noting that the details and language of “contextuality” needs to be better stated in order to be up-held.
Councilman Doug Th ompson said council members had to play a “quasi judicial role” in the appeal, and not set policy. His was the only vote opposed to approving the appeal.
“I’m very reluctant to rule against property owner rights in any situation,” Th ompson said, adding that the issue could continue on to DeKalb Superior Court after the council’s vote.
Dunwoody City Council approved the construction of 55 three-story townhomes at 4330 Georgetown Square. The townhomes would replace offi ce buildings and a parking lot. For a larger version, go to ReporterNewspapers.net.
Th e times are a “changing,” but so are the speeds on the Pe-rimeter’s “Top End” come September.
We all know the Perimeter (I-285) speed limits on the half running below I-20 were raised to 65 mph several months ago. Georgia Department of Transportation’s assess-ment of the traffi c on the “Lower-Half” of the Perimeter justifi ed raising the permanent speed limits based on many criteria, which included safety, number of exits and congestion consid-erations.
Th e Perimeter Top End however, not so fast. Th ere, the congestion, number of exits and safety concerns were signifi cantly more impactful. While conditions on weekends and late nights support shifting the speed limit up from 55 to 65 mph, peak hours suggested downshifting to a lower speed.
Th us, drivers of the Perimeter Top End may have noticed new signs being installed at strategic intervals. Th ese signs are electronic and will be able to display variable speed limits.
Quoting the Texas A&M Transportation Institute: “Vari-able speed limits are enacted by signs that can be changed to alert drivers when traffi c congestion is imminent. Sensors along the roadway detect when congestion or weather con-ditions exceed specifi ed thresholds, and automatically reduce the speed limit (in 5 mph increments) to slow traffi c and post-pone the onset of congestion. Th e system’s goal is to slow traf-fi c uniformly in a way that allows smooth traffi c fl ow and avoids stop-and-go conditions.”
It also reduces crashes caused by multiple lane changes and quick stops.
What will not be intuitive to drivers is that slowing down will occur prior to encountering congestion. Th us, a driv-er may perceive little congestion and question why the speed limit has been reduced. As the goal is to prevent or delay the onset of congestion, slowing drivers down has to occur before the congestion is experienced.
Th is is the same concept applied to the ramp meters stop-ping drivers before they enter the Perimeter; even when it isn’t congested. By restricting the fl ow of vehicles entering the in-terstate, it fl ows more smoothly and the impact on congestion is ameliorated.
In practice, speed limits will be lowered upon several cir-cumstances.
First, a lane-blocking incident will trigger speed reduction miles before the incident. Sec-ond, adverse driving conditions such as a pop-up shower or blinding sunshine slowdowns can be accommodated.
Th ird, and the most impactful, is prior to the predictable peak congestion, the speed lim-its will be lowered. For example, if the peak is at 7:30 a.m., when traffi c cannot move at any-
where near the current 55 mph speed limit, anticipate the new 65 mph being incrementally lowered to 55 mph at 6:30 a.m., then to 45 mph at 7 a.m. For drivers who believe speed lim-its are simply suggestions, or worse, anticipate more than one complaint over a citation issued for exceeding a lower speed limit when the road was “wide open.”
Before we protest too much, lowering the speed limit pre-peak is the most eff ective way to improve performance to avoid the worst congestion during peak drive times.
Why does this work? It avoids the accordion eff ect that creates stop-and-go traffi c, and signifi cantly reduces the num-ber of severe crashes that degrade the fl ow. Studies consistent-ly show the optimal speed which accommodates the most ve-hicles is just under 45 mph.
Th e concept is to slow down to get there faster. As coun-terintuitive as this is, it works.
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“Th e things they are proposing make good sense. Th e only concern is the actual implementation. ... I’ll have to fi nd some way to deal with that. Perhaps work from home more.”
–Sandy Springs resident John Maynard, on plans to extend collector/distributor lanes north of Spalding Drive as part of a project to rebuild the Ga. 400-I-285 interchange.
“It looked awful. I didn’t even go inside.”–Sandy Springs resident Sylvia McAdam, recalling when she
went to the local library to get a book earlier this summer. Instead, she turned around, went home and told her husband, Don, “We needed to go cut the grass at the library.” Now the couple regularly volunteers to maintain the Sandy Springs library grounds and is recruiting other groups to pitch in.
“Our vision is to expand Blue Heron well beyond our own boundaries by connecting our trails to existing ones all around us.”
–Nancy Jones, executive director of the Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Buckhead, on plans to create trails at the preserve that could link to other walkways in the surrounding area.
“Sadly, Fulton County taxpayers have been subjected to this repetitive pattern of willful disregard of fi scal constraints, and the Fulton County Commission has failed to recognize the eventual outcome of their actions – the money runs out!”
–Reps. Jan Jones (R-Milton), Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Joe Wilkinson (R-Sandy Springs), Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek) and former Rep. Ed Lindsey of Buckhead, who brought suit against Fulton County over a recent tax increase.
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I knew what to do with a 2-year-old, but what do I do with a 22-year-old?
By the miracle of life, the 2-year-old boy who was toddling around our house — it couldn’t have been 20 years ago — has suddenly become a full grown man. He’s in that nebulous area of space and time, waffling between higher education and independent living.
He’s old enough to drive, vote and serve our country, but he still doesn’t know how to load a dishwasher. It’s that age between learning how to cite your sources and learning how to scramble an egg.
Some say it’s just a phase. He went through phases when he was
in his terrible twos. I remember that. There were books on that. There was the colicky phase, the phase of explora-tion, the “my little potty” phase. And al-though I ran myself ragged during that time, I knew that (fall-down-and-die ex-haustion aside, I can’t say it enough) this would not be the most difficult part of mothering.
He still took naps. I was still bigger than he was — and continued to be, un-til he turned 12. Above all, I knew that the crap I dealt with then I could flush down the toilet.
But the age of unflushable crap has arrived.
Still, the similarities between a 2-year-old and a 22-year-old are remarkable.
When he was 2, he waddled around the house half-naked, wearing nothing but his diapers. It was very cute. At 22, he lumbers around the house, with his 6-foot-tall, extremely hairy body, wear-ing nothing but boxers or a wet towel—never both at the same time. It’s not so cute.
When he was 2, he pattered gleeful-ly from room to room, marking his ter-ritory with squeaky toys and sippy cups. At 22, he plods from den to kitchen to bedroom, leaving a trail of stained cof-fee cups, half-eaten cookies and stacks of books in his wake.
When he was 2, he would wake up at 3 in the morning, crying from night-
mares. At 22, he comes in at 3 in the morning. And I’m the one having nightmares.
I remem-ber when he was born, how I labored for 26 hours until he final-ly came into the world, how my doc-tor presented me with him, saying, “It’s a boy! And he’s perfect!” I remember how I spent the night in the hospital, my first night as a mother, ly-ing there with my brand new baby boy asleep on my stomach. It was the most magical night of my life.
I spoke to him as he slept in his in-fant oblivion. I told him about the room we had waiting for him at home, lined with stuffed animals and decorated with cheery colors. I told him about the grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends who couldn’t wait to meet him or see him again. I told him that his father and I were so happy to have him, about all the things we would do together, the fun we would have.
Then my husband entered the room, ever the eager one, actually trying to give me lessons on breast feeding.
The summer is almost over and my son will be leaving in a few days. I could say that I’ll miss his stacks of debris and barely-clothed hairy body. But I won’t. What I will miss is his company — his humor, his conversation, his incredible intelligence.
So as I close the door to his train wreck of a room, I remind myself: This is all just a phase.
Robin Conte is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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It can all be rather confusing.Buying a house sometimes can seem like a return to
math class. There’s a parade of unintelligible numbers. Prices are up here, down over there. Inventories are flat for one kind of home, shrinking for another.
Sometimes, comparing houses can even take on the look of an algebraic calculation: Does 5 BR + 4 ½ BA in Sandy Springs = 4 BR + 3 ½ BA in Dunwoody?
To try to cut through some of the numbers, we de-cided to pose a simple question: What can you get for
about $500,000 – half a million dollars – in Reporter Newspapers communities? What’s a half-million-dollar house these days?
“Well, it’s not what it used to be,” joked Sandy Springs Realtor Katie Brinkman, who’s been in the business a quarter century. “But people get good buys for their money, particularly in the suburbs.”
Sandy Springs
$504,0009010 River RunNeighborhood: Huntcliff5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths5,500 square feetYear built: 1976Extras: master suite with two bath-rooms, two-story great room w/fireplace and built-in bookshelves, billiard room, cedar shake roof, two HVAC systems, stream and waterfall
Dunwoody
$494,8005549 Martina WayNeighborhood: Withmere4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,850 square feetYear built: 1977Extras: swimming pool, built-in bar in recreation room, screened porch
Brookhaven
$515,0001277 Village Run NENeighborhood: Village at Lenox Park3 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,030 square feetYear built: 1990Extras: fenced backyard, updated kitch-en, bedroom and bath on third floor
Buckhead
$475,0003226 Mathieson DriveNeighborhood: Buckhead Forest4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths 2,260 square feetYear built: 1935Extras: front porch, updated kitchen, walk to Buckhead Village
This information is compiled from First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) from January-August, 2014. This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and is not a complete list of activity. Data provided by Judy Soden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Sandy Springs office.
The map above, prepared by the Atlanta Regional Commission using demographic data from ESRI, shows areas with these median home values:
● $557,028 to $1 million in red ● $307,471 to $557, 028 in orange● $185,560 to $307,471 in yellow● $109,564 to $185,560 in green● lower than $109,564 in blue
For a larger version of this map, go to ReporterNewspapers.net.
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Ashton Woods Homes has opened the new model home at Gramercy, its latest Dunwoody townhome commu-nity. Priced from the $400s, luxury amenities include an optional eleva-tor, master suites, media/game rooms, decks with fire rings and built-in bars. For more visit www.ashtonwoods.com/Atlanta.
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has announced the hiring of Suzy Smith as a new real estate advisor. She brings 15 years of experience with in-depth market knowledge of the Atlanta area. Engel & Völkers also named a new se-nior vice president of business develop-ment, Valerie Levin, who has 25 years of real estate experience in sales, manage-ment, training and recruiting.
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The local market: What house can you buy for $500,000?
With the help of Realtors and real es-tate agents in our commu-nities, we sifted through listings for dozens of houses and came up with four answers, one each in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.
These homes are very different.
One is a classic “Dun-woody house,” a brick home built with windows creating the classic “5- over-4-with-a-door” look used for houses that fill portions of the north At-lanta suburbs. Another is a “California-style” home, with a two-story entrance hall and a wa-terfall in the backyard.
A third is a two-story, brick town-house with fenced backyard and space for a home office. The fourth is a 79-year-old house in the heart of Buckhead that been re-modeled and expanded to include four bedrooms and three fireplaces.
In Dunwoody, Real-tor Bob Fiscella recently found a dozen houses and two townhomes listed for sale at prices ranging from $475,000 to $525,000. Brinkman said 27 were listed in Sandy Springs.
The average sales price for a single family home in Dunwoody during the first eight months of 2014 was about $438,000, up from $415,000 for the same period last year, Fiscel-la said. “The higher-priced homes that weren’t selling last year are selling this year,” he said.
The one thing shoppers can expect when they’re browsing in the half-mil-lion-dollar range is to look at older homes, real estate agents say.
Real-tor Debbie Leonard of Brookhaven says that be-cause of the current price of land, new single-family houses gener-ally are going cost more than $500,000. At that price, she said, “you’re going to get an older ranch [house] or you’re going to get one that is, like, a cluster home.”
In Buckhead, a $500,000 budget
means you’ll probably be looking at homes your grandparents could have
owned. “You’ll be looking at a house that’s 60-plus years old,” said Buckhead Realtor Lori Fiata. “Three bedrooms, two baths, probably has had at least one renovation.”
And it’ll be more, um, cozy than a simi-larly priced house in the suburbs. Expect to shop among homes of 1,500 to 1,800 square feet, said Fiata, who said she’s been selling Buckhead homes for seven years. “There’s a backlog of buyers on the market. [Houses newly on the market] go under con-
tract in 24 hours. You get multiple of-fers. You’re getting more than the ask-ing price. When they’re on the market 30 days, that seems like forever.”
Not every Buckhead home sells instantly. Ask Art Picken. He moved into his Buckhead home in 1993. He extensively remodeled it, doing much of the work himself. He says never expected to leave. “I never wanted to sell it,” he said. “I think it’s perfect. When I’m 80 and can’t drive, I can walk to everything.” But he re-married and moved to the suburbs with his wife, so he put it on the market in early June.
Fiata, who’s represent-ing Picken, said potential
buyers seem to have been put off by con-struction across the street and the prox-imity of nearby apartments. “People [say they] want to live in a city, but have trouble living next door to an apartment house,” she said.
So Picken has dropped his price to $475,000. Fiata is hop-ing to attract interest from investors who could rent it to families looking for a house zoned so their kids could attend Sarah Smith Elementary School.
She says she’s sure the
house eventually will find a buyer. “It’s hard to get anything for less
than $500,000 these days, especially right here in the heart of the Buckhead market,” she said.
Just do the math.
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Buckhead resident Art Picken is trying to sell his home, and recently reduced the price.
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Come VolunteerTuesday, Sept. 9, 4-6 p.m. – The Cancer Sur-vivors Network of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital hosts an Open House. Cancer survivors, caregivers and those interested in volunteering in the inpatient or outpatient oncology departments are welcome. Tour the Erb Clinical Specialty Center facilities, meet staff, attend a reception, and participate in the application process. 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30342. RSVP by Sept. 5 to 678-843-8368.
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Sanctuary TourSaturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – The At-lanta Audubon Society offers its annual Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary Tour, showcasing five sites run-ning along an 18.6 mile route between Dunwoody, Sandy Spring, Peachtree Corners and Berkeley Lake. Tickets: $15 for AAS members; $20 for non-mem-bers. Children aged 12 and under are free when ac-companied by a paying adult. Proceeds support the AAS. Go to: www.dunwoodynature.org to down-load a route map. Register: www.atlantaaudubon.org/order-form.
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Prostate Cancer Wednesday, Sept. 17, 12:30-1:30 p.m. – Join experts from Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute as they discuss key health issues and cancer prevention. Omer Kucuk, MD, speaks on prostate cancer prevention and treatment. Free and open to the community. Pre-registration not re-quired. Marcus Jewish Community Center of At-lanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 678-812-4000 to learn more or go to: http://gacan-cersurvivors.org.
Fall Gardening Wednesday, Sept. 17, 3-3:45 p.m. – Sum-mer may be over, but there is still plenty of time for gardening! Sarah Brodd from the UGA Cooperative Extension provides tips and tricks for a fall vegetable garden. Open to the first 30 participants. Free. For adults. Call 404-848-7140 to register. Brookhav-en Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.
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Redheads 5KSaturday, Sept. 13, 7:30 a.m. – Run, walk or brachiate to save orangutans! Join others for the 2nd annual Run for the Redheads 5K. Dress as your favorite redhead, wear red, paint your hair red and help save the endangered orangutan. $20 pre-race; $25 race day; $10 for 1-mile Great Ape Gallop; $15 race day. Proceeds go to Sumatran Orangutan Con-servation Programme. Start/finish at Trinity Pres-byterian Church, 3003 Howell Mill Rd., Atlanta, 30327. Go to: www.active.com or www.apeconser-vationeffort.org to register. Questions? Email: [email protected].
Consignment Sale
Thursday, Sept. 18, 5-9 p.m. – Kingswood United Methodist Church holds its fall “KidStuff” consignment sale. Browse through children’s fall and winter clothing, toys, books, baby equipment, and much more. All proceeds support the missions of Kingswood UMC. Open to the public on Sept. 19; no children under 10 admitted. Sale continues Fri-day, Sept. 19, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 a.m.–1 p.m., with many items 1/2 price. Free ad-mission and all are welcome. In the Community Life Center, 5015 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Use the North Peachtree entrance. For more infor-mation, visit: www.kingswoodumc.org/missions/kidstuff.htm
Hope FliesFriday, Sept. 19, 8-12 p.m. – The annual fun-draiser for the Foundation for Mitochondrial Med-icine, “Hope Flies Catch the Cure,” features live dance music, live auction and raffle, open bar, and dinner with dessert. $175. All proceeds benefit the foundation. For more information or to buy tickets, visit: www.hopeflies.org. Buckhead Theatre, 3110 Roswell Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305.
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Turtle ToursSaturday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Her-itage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, continues. In this program, join museum mascots Spring and San-dy, as Spring “Spies the letter ___?” Free; donations encouraged. No reservations required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more in-formation, email: [email protected], call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org.
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Bogey and The ViceroySunday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. – Concerts by the Springs concludes with jazz/swing and classic pop and soul, brought to you by Bogey and The Vice-roy. Free; outdoor concert is open to the public.
No pets, no smoking. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome; no outside tables. Additional food and beverages available for purchase. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Ques-tions? Visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org, call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or email: [email protected].
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town, can Aunt Bella make it? “Aunt who?” you ask. That would be former University of Georgia professor and now restaurateur, Dr. Kim Grady’s aunt, the woman who helped raise her and gave her the inspiration for Bella’s Best Or-ganic Gourmet, a newly opened bakery restaurant tucked among the boutiques, art galleries and antique shops on Ben-nett Street in south Buckhead.
As Kim tells the story, while working on her doctoral dissertation, she would bake nightly to relax. The next day she would bring her baked goods to class. Kim’s students were the first to urge her to consider going into the baking busi-ness.
Kim reconnected with her childhood friend, now husband, Ray Grady, sever-al years ago. Ray, a big, soft-spoken man, and Kim’s number one fan, likes to tell of the first time he sampled Kim’s baked goods. He says, “The first time I tasted (it), I cussed… It was that good.” You can tell that Ray doesn’t cuss very often.
Kim and Ray began selling their all-organic vegetarian baked goods and oth-er goodies at local farmer’s markets in Sandy Springs, Emory and Tucker. Even now, with the demands of their new res-taurant, they still have a stall at each market.
It was a reader who suggested that I visit Bella’s Best. They had been open just a month and a day when I stopped in with two friends for lunch. It’s a space with lots of potential and is clearly a work in progress. Ray was behind the baked goods counter. Save for him and Kim in the kitchen, we were the only
others in the place. In addition to the sweet baked goods,
the savory offerings consisted of a spin-ach quiche, a stuffed red pepper, a vege-table pie and a pastry Kim calls “strucla” which on this day was filled with por-tabella mushrooms. All are individually sized so we chose to share one of each.
Strucla is Kim’s pièce de résistance. Originally made by her Aunt Bella as a treat at Christmas time, this pastry has its roots in Polish baking. The dough has cream cheese in it but remains light with a firm, chewy texture. Kim fills each pas-try with a variety of homemade organic fruit preserves and vegetables. The por-tabella strucla was excellent and with a side salad, would make the perfect lunch for those well-heeled shoppers who fre-quent Bennett Street. On other days a tomato basil strucla and a spinach arti-choke strucla are in the offerings.
The stuffed red pepper was filled with cooked grains, red onion, corn and peas. It was the perfect doneness with all of the veggies still having a brightness and toothsome crunch.
The spinach quiche and the vegeta-ble pie were also quite good. Kim uses the same dough for these as she does her strucla. The lack of a side or garnish makes it feel like you’re dining in a bak-ery more than a restaurant. Kim later ex-plained that when their traffic picks up she will have the ability to include more garnishes and sides, but for now, she tries to limit her perishables. All of her baked products are made fresh each day.
For dessert, we tried Kim’s signature strucla, a “classic” apricot. As Ray ex-plains, “It has apricots, walnuts, golden
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raisins, coconut and some hmmm, hmmm, hmmm.” It was gooey and not too sweet. We also tried a fig strucla, a ginger cookie and the pecan shortbread. All were very good with the ginger cookie packing a spicy punch.
Kim emerged from the kitchen to inquire how we liked our lunch. It’s clear that she and Ray have big plans for this restaurant even talking of eventually opening a kid’s baking school and a meals-to-go sec-tion. It’s also clear that those plans are firmly rooted in values that honor family and community.
Making it in the restaurant business is tough. Kim and Ray have already fielded offers to sell their products through grocery chains and other restaurants, but have resisted, fearful that they would not be able to maintain the quality and high standards that are the bedrocks of
their business.As to the original question, will Aunt Bella make it?
It’s clear that she already has. Bella’s Best Organic Gourmet is located at 25-D
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A stuffed red pepper, right, and far right, a spinach quiche, are
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The Old Hickory House on Chamblee Dunwoody Road has closed after more than 60 years in business. It was original-ly announced the restaurant would close for renovation, but To-morrow’s News Today reports it will not reopen.
Savor, the new farm-to-table restaurant at the Westin Atlan-ta Perimeter North, is now open, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. 7 Concourse Parkway.
Chef Gerry Klaskala has announced he will open Atlas, a new dinner-only restaurant, inside The St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead. Featuring American cuisine with the freshest local ingredients, Atlas will open in late fall 2014. 88 West Paces Ferry Road, atlasrestaurant.com.
New Buckhead restaurant Smokebelly features a menu of “chef crafted barbecue” inspired by different regions. The restau-rant also offers craft beer and cocktails. 128 East Andrews Ave., smokebellybbq.com.
Katana is set to open in Octo-ber in Buckhead. This new restau-rant from Mali Hu will feature a sushi bar and teppanyaki, which means food cooked on iron grid-dles. 3345 Lenox Road.
Party in the Kitchen to ben-efit Open Hand, the nonprof-it that delivers meals to critically and chronically ill people, will be held Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at King Plow Arts Center. Led by some of Atlanta’s best chefs, including co-chairs Gerry Klaskala and Kevin Rathbun, the event will showcase their signature cuisine. Cocktails, music, and live and silent auctions will also be part of the evening. Some of the other chefs representing their restaurants at the event will include Chris Hall of Local Three, Lisa and Fuyuhiko Ito of Umi, Craig Richards of St. Cecilia, Brent Banda of La Tavola Trattoria, Ted Lahey of Table & Main, Shaun Doty of Bantam + Biddy, Jeff Varasano of Varasano’s Pizza and Gary Donlick of Bis-tro Niko. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit partyinthekitchen.org.
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It’s the most important meal of the day, and if you throw a little champagne in your O.J., it’s the most fun, too. So, why skimp? Put down the microwavable oatmeal and instant coffee, and check out the best places to go for breakfast or brunch, recom-mended by Yelpers, almost any time of the day.
DunwoodyAlon’s - www.yelp.com/biz/alons-bakery-and-market-atlantaBrunch is served Saturdays and Sundays un-til 3 p.m. Try the uncomplicated All-American eggs and grits plate or Alon’s “hometown clas-sic,” Shakshuka; poached eggs with Moroccan lamb sausage.4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30346
Goldbergs Bagel Company - www.yelp.com/biz/goldbergs-bagel-company-and-deli-atlan-ta-3 Twenty-five bagel choices and 10 cream cheese spreads. Goldbergs serves breakfast all day. They also have eggs, breakfast meats and a large selec-tion of both savory and sweet items. 4520 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338
Buckhead Buttermilk Kitchen - www.yelp.com/biz/buttermilk-kitchen-atlantaUsing local, organic and seasonal items makes Yelpers happy, as well as the all-day breakfast Tuesday-Friday and weekend brunch. The kitchen is also 100 percent pea-
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School, class of 2014
Recent Holy Innocents’ graduate Amber Abernathy is working to stop vi-olence in her community.
As part of a service project for the Ju-lie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy’s Choose to Matter contest called “All Teens Against Violence,” she held a sem-inar at Woodland Middle School that featured members of the East Point Po-lice Department speaking on the dan-gers of gun violence.
The academy is part of a peer-to-peer mentoring program for young teen fe-males called Girl Talk. “I was really shy in middle school,” said Amber, explain-ing that the program helped her devel-op confidence.
After creating her service project, Amber received the National Leader of the Year 2013-14 award, which includ-ed a $1,000 college scholarship.
“Amber has literally been a standout since the first time I met her, at an inter-view for prospective students when she was in the 5th grade,” said Chris Pomar, assistant headmaster for enrollment and planning at Holy Innocents’. “Even at that young age, her poise and sweet spir-it stood out in a way that made you take note. You could tell she had a depth to her that belied her youth, and that she was a rare and exceptional young wom-an. Her success and accomplishments impress me almost as much as the hu-mility with which she achieves them.”
Also interested in international is-sues, Amber was part of the Global Cit-izenship program from her sophmore to senior year. During her junior year she traveled to Costa Rica with Botany Stu-dent Travel to a small village called Bo-
nanza Del Norte, where she interacted with the Tico, or the local natives.
Amber said she also wants to contin-ue her work against violence, extend-ing her campaign with a new movement called “Kicking Away Violence,” a peer mentoring program where high school and middle school students team up, similar to the Big Brother program.
“Positive mentorship is everything,” Amber said.
What’s Next:
Amber will be attending Brandeis University on a Posse scholarship that will cover full tuition. She plans on ma-joring in international business and pos-sibly minoring in politics.
This article was prepared by Quincy Brooks, a student at Riverwood Interna-tional Charter High School.
Do you know a standout high school student? Send nominees to [email protected].
The State Charter Schools Com-mission of Georgia on Aug. 27 de-nied the petition for Brookhaven In-novation Academy, a charter school planned by Brookhaven’s city coun-cil that had also received the support of the DeKalb County School System.
However, Bonnie Holliday, the commission’s executive director, said she is encouraging the school to reap-ply for next year.
“The SCSC staff is very supportive of the board’s efforts, and we are com-mitted to working with them over the course of the next year to strengthen their petition and improve their ca-pacity for the 2015 application cycle,” she said in an e-mail.
At a District 3 town hall meeting on Aug. 25, Councilman Bates Matti-son said if the school wasn’t approved this year the city would try again for next year.
“Even if we have to move it to get approved next year, we’re dedicated to making sure . . . there are educational options here in Brookhaven,” he said. “This school is really intended to em-brace disadvantaged kids, particular-ly on Buford Highway, and get them into high-skilled, high-tech jobs for the future and we believe that we’ve got a good petition to be able to do that. So we’ll get there eventually.”
He said he understands that the state commission is nervous about ap-proving new schools and is encour-aged by the fact that three of the four charters they approved this year were denials from last year.
“My perception is they like to move very slowly and we moved very quick-ly,” he said.
The commission’s staff had notified the city on Aug. 18 that it would rec-ommend denial of the charter school, citing concerns that the application didn’t demonstrate a cohesive plan for a consistent educational program, didn’t provide a governance structure with clear authority, didn’t provide any detail on how the school would meet the needs of students with dis-abilities and that its proposed atten-dance zone was inconsistent with state law.
Following the notifi cation, Brookhaven City Council petitioned
for more time to work with staff on those concerns, asking the commission to wait until its September meeting to make a decision about the school.
Mayor J. Max Davis responded to each of the commission staff ’s con-cerns in a letter dated Aug. 20 that ex-plained why he thought the school’s plan for its educational model was clear and that explained that the school’s board would hire profession-als with clear authority.
He also stated the need for better educational opportunities in the city.
“First, as the mayor and city council of Brookhaven, we are acutely aware of the need to offer quality education-al options to our residents,” the letter says. “We recognize that Brookhav-en has a significant educational chal-lenge. The only public high school physically located in Brookhaven . . . is Cross Keys. Unfortunately, its grad-uation rate is 43 percent.”
In July, DeKalb Schools Superin-tendent Michael Thurmond wrote a letter in support of the school to the commission. “Overall, the dis-trict supports the inaugural operation of this progressive statewide charter school in DeKalb County,” the letter read, describing the school’s propos-al to teach computer language coding
to students in kindergarten through 12th grade as “impressive and admi-rable.”
During the Aug. 1 hearing, a lot of the commission’s questions to
the council centered around council members’ ability to handle the dou-ble duty of running both a city and a school. Council members said the key would be finding the right peo-ple to run the school’s day-to-day op-erations, just like they did for the city.
“Our experience as city council-men and women lends a great deal of experience to what we’re charged to do as members of the governing board of Brookhaven Innovation Academy,” Mattison said at the hearing.
The school proposal, first unveiled in May at Brookhaven’s City Hall, calls for the school to be operated by a non-profit governed by a board whose members would be appoint-ed by Brookhaven City Council. The board also would include representa-tives of parents and the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce and could in-clude a representative of the DeKalb school board.
The school, like other charter schools, would be financed through school taxes. City officials have said no city money would be spent operating the school, but about $300,000 to $400,000 is needed to start the school, with that mon-ey coming from the state and private foundations.
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City Councilman Bates Mattison said the city would resubmit the charter school’s petition next year.
The following information was pulled from Dunwoody’s Police-to-Citizen Portal Event Search website and is presumed to be ac-
curate.
ROBBERY 4600 block of North Shallowford Road –
On Aug. 23, a robbery of a business with a gun was reported.
BURGLARY 4700 block of Summerford Drive – A bur-
glary with forced entry to a residence was re-ported.
AUTO THEFT 4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway –
On Aug. 24, a 2000 Acura Integra was report-ed stolen from a parking garage.
4400 block of North Peachtree Road – On Aug. 26, a 2012 Honda Civic was reported stolen from a residence.
12000 block of Madison Drive – On Aug. 29 at 7:22 a.m., a resident reported a black Ford F-250 Su-per Duty diesel 4-door truck stolen from the parking garage of an apartment complex. It was parked overnight.
THEFT/LARCENY 100 block of Perimeter Center Place – On
Aug. 22, a man was arrested for larceny from a building.
4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 24, an arrest was made for shoplift-ing clothes and fur from Macy’s.
1200 block of Witham Road – On Aug. 24, a report of articles taken from a vehicle was made.
1000 block of Coronation Drive – On Aug. 24, a report of articles tak-en from a vehicle was made.
4400 block of Ashford Dun-woody Road – On Aug. 24, a re-port of articles taken from a ve-hicle was made.
4700 block of Ashford Dun-woody Road – On Aug. 24, a report of shoplifting from a discount store was made. Boxer briefs valued at $9.77 were taken.
300 block of Perimeter Center North – On Aug. 25, a report of larceny was made.
1100 block of Hammond Drive – On Aug. 25, a report of articles taken from a vehicle was made.
100 block of Perimeter Center West – On Aug. 25, a report of articles taken from a ve-hicle was made; On Aug. 29, a report of arti-cles taken from a vehicle was made.
4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway – On Aug. 26, two reports of articles taken from a vehicle were made.
4700 North Peachtree Road – On Aug. 26, a report of articles taken from a vehicle was made.
100 block of Perimeter Center Place – On Aug. 27, a report of shoplifting was made; On Aug. 28, a report of articles taken from a ve-hicle was made; On Aug. 29, a report of shop-lifting and an arrest were made.
140 block of Dunwoody Village Parkeay – On Aug. 29, a report of articles taken from a vehicle was made.
4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 28, shoplifting was re-ported at Sunglass Hut.
6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – On Aug. 29, a report of articles taken from a vehicle was made.
FRAUD 5300 block of Saff ron Drive – On Aug. 25, a re-
port of swindle was made.
1100 block of Trailridge Lane – On Aug. 27, a report of impersonation was made.
2200 block of Asbury Square – On Aug. 27, a re-port of credit fraud was made.
4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 28, swindle was reported.
ASSAULT 6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – On Aug. 22, simple assault and simple battery were reported. One person was arrested.
100 block of Perimeter Center East – On Aug. 22, a fam-ily-related simple battery was reported. Two people were ar-
rested.
200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – On Aug. 22, a simple assault
and a simple battery were reported.
6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – On Aug. 29, a report of family battery, simple battery was made.
4900 block of Winters Chapel Road – On Aug. 29, a report of family battery, simple battery was made.
ARRESTS 300 block of Perimeter Center – On Aug. 22
an arrest was made for DUI.
1200 block of Hammond Drive – On Aug.
22 a wanted person was located and arrest-ed.
100 block of Perimeter Center East – On Aug. 22, a wanted person was located and arrested.
Highway 285 Westbound at N. Peachtree Road – On Aug. 24, an arrest for speeding was made.
6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – On Aug. 24, an arrest for driving while unlicensed was made.
100 block of Perimeter Center East – On Aug. 24, an arrest was made for obstruction and proba-tion violation; On Aug. 26, an ar-rest was made for obstruction and a probation violation; On Aug. 27, two arrests were made for failure to appear in court; On Aug. 28, three arrests for failure to appear in court were made; On Aug. 29, two arrests were made for failure to appear in court and an arrest was made for probation violation.
Highway 285 at Chamblee Dun-woody Road – On Aug. 25, a traffi c stop led to an arrest for possession of marijuana.
4400 block of Tilly Mill Road – On Aug. 25, a wanted person was located and arrest-ed.
Ashford Dunwoody Road at Perimeter Center East – On Aug. 25, an arrest was made for driving while unlicensed.
300 block of Perimeter Center North – On Aug. 26, police responded to a domestic dis-pute and arrested a woman for disorderly conduct and under the infl uence of alcohol.
100 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 26, a traffi c stop was made because the vehicle had an expired tag. The driver was arrested for driving while his license was suspended.
100 block of Perimeter Cen-ter Place – On Aug. 27, an arrest was
made for loitering and prowling.
2100 block of Dun-woody Glen – On Aug. 27, an ar-rest was made for driving without a license.
6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – On Aug. 28, an arrest for loitering was made when police saw a suspicious person run
away from the area after seeing law enforcement offi cers.
4900 block of Vermack Road – On Aug. 28, an arrest was
made for driving while license was suspended or revoked.
4500 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 29, an arrest was made for possession of marijuana.
Highway 285 East at North Peachtree Road – On Aug. 29, an arrest for driving un-der the infl uence was made.
Angry Ashford Park neighbors told City Council that the handling of permits for a new home in their neighborhood has them questioning their confi dence in the new city’s government.
On Nov. 22, residents addressed the City Council before a special called private meeting. Th ey are concerned about a home being built at 2802 Ashford Road that they say is being built far closer to the street than it should be under city zoning reg-ulations.
According to the DeKalb County zoning code adopted by
BY MELISSA WEINMAN AND JOE EARLESome north DeKalb parents and offi cials believe the DeKalb
County Board of Education’s recent vote to deny a “charter clus-ter” application for Druid Hills sent a message that the embattled school board isn’t open to new ideas.
Proponents of independent school systems in north DeKalb say the school board’s decision will bolster eff orts to start new school systems.
“Th e school board has a one-size-fi ts-all [philosophy],” said Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, who has advocated for a separate Dunwoody school system. “Th ey’re not willing to rec-
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Paige durand, 10, gets a jump on the holiday baking season by decorating some cookies at the Brookhaven Branch Library on Nov. 25. More photos on page 5.
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Proponents of independent school systems in north DeKalb say the school board’s decision will bolster eff orts to start new school systems.
“Th e school board has a one-size-fi ts-all [philosophy],” said Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, who has advocated for a separate Dunwoody school system. “Th ey’re not willing to rec-
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Proponents of independent school systems in north DeKalb say the school board’s decision will bolster eff orts to start new school
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Left, Amaris Wallace, 11, shows off her artistic talents to brother Amare, 3, as their father, Rick, concentrates on the task at hand at the Buckhead Branch Library on Nov. 16. Youngsters were
encouraged to drop in and create their own autumn craft. More photos on page 3.
For the last 5 1/2 years, Jim King has been the face of Buck-head’s neighborhoods.
On Nov. 14, King announced he is stepping aside from his role as Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods chairman. Tom Tidwell, a member of the West Paces/Northside Neighborhood Association, will take over that role. King says he will remain as vice chairman, “temporarily.”
King said he’d been considering giving up the post for some time, but some recent developments in his personal life pushed
Th e leader of the Atlanta Police Foundation told neighbor-hood groups in Buckhead if they purchase security cameras, At-lanta police will monitor them from the department’s integrated video center.
Dave Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Atlanta Police Foundation, told representatives of Buckhead neighborhoods at-tending the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meeting on Nov. 14 that the Atlanta Police Foundation is hoping to get neighbor-hoods involved in the eff ort to reduce property crimes.
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Left, Amaris Wallace, 11, shows off her artistic talents to brother Amare, 3, as their father, Rick, concentrates on the task at hand at the Buckhead Branch Library on Nov. 16. Youngsters were
encouraged to drop in and create their own autumn craft. More photos on page 3.
For the last 5 1/2 years, Jim King has been the face of Buck-head’s neighborhoods.
On Nov. 14, King announced he is stepping aside from his role as Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods chairman. Tom Tidwell, a member of the West Paces/Northside Neighborhood Association, will take over that role. King says he will remain as vice chairman, “temporarily.”
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encouraged to drop in and create their own autumn craft. More photos on page 3.
For the last 5 1/2 years, Jim King has been the face of Buck-head’s neighborhoods.
On Nov. 14, King announced he is stepping aside from his role as Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods chairman. Tom Tidwell, a member of the West Paces/Northside Neighborhood Association, will take over that role. King says he will remain as vice chairman,
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From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget
woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.
As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about.
One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. � e system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad-vancED, the accrediting agency.
Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed-ucation Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County schools are his No. 1 priority.
“I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” Mil-lar said.
A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched-uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If
BY TOM ODERA court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use
trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.
Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in e� ect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped.
Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal number of trees will be replanted.
� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-
SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 34 SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35
Legislators gearing up for return to Gold Dome
Court extends order halting Brook Run trail
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COMMUNITY 32
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COMMENTARY 11
Number onePolice chief named ‘Citizen of the Year’
From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget
woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.
A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.
Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in e� ect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped.
Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal number of trees will be replanted.
� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-
SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35
Court extends order halting Brook Run trail
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From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget
woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.
A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.
Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in e� ect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped.
Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal number of trees will be replanted.
� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-
Before she exits Sandy Springs City Council in January, District 6 City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny is work-ing to secure her legacy as the city’s lead tree preservationist.
McEnerny, a fi rm believer in term limits, didn’t seek a third term in this year’s municipal election. She’s also a fi rm believer in tree protection, and has spent the last few months trying to get the council to correct what she believes are glaring fl aws in the city’s tree ordinance.
City Council on Nov. 19 discussed McEnerny’s suggested fi xes SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 27 SEE COUNCILWOMAN, PAGE 6
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Before she exits Sandy Springs City Council in January, District 6 City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny is work-ing to secure her legacy as the city’s lead tree preservationist.
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City Council on Nov. 19 discussed McEnerny’s suggested fi xes SEE COUNCILWOMAN, PAGE 6
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Does Dunwoody police force refl ect those they serve?Following protests in Missouri after a police shooting of a young black man, some residents have questioned how well local police agencies mirror the communities they
serve. Here are racial and ethnic compositions of the Dunwoody Police Department, compared to the overall population of the city of Dunwoody.
Sworn offi cers Percent of police (51 total offi cers)
Percent of population (47,591#)
White 42 82% 64%*Black 5 10% 13%*Asian 1 2% 11%*
Hispanic 3 6% 10%*#2013 estimate, *2010, Sources: Dunwoody Police Department; U.S. Census
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4000 block of Dunwoody Park – On Aug. 29, a wanted person was located and arrest-ed.
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100 block of Perimeter Center East – On Aug. 24, a report of a found keychain was made.
4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road – On Aug. 24, a report was made by a man about a civil dispute he was having with his ex-wife.
1300 block of Peachford Circle – On Aug. 24, a report was made of suicidal threats.
6800 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – On Aug. 25, a report of loitering and drinking in public was made at the Dunwoody Glen Apartments. Citations were issues, and no arrests were made.
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