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InsideRoll & strollBrook Run trail opening

celebrates with a parade

COMMUNITY 3

Let’s reviewCrowd gets civics lesson

from Rep. Tom Taylor

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Hurdle happyTrack star plans collegiate career

STANDOUT STUDENT 18

Wide gapParents need to understand

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Allie Riordan, 4, center, with mom Amy, learns something surprising during the “States of Matter” program at the Dunwoody Public Library on July 22. Georgia State University brought its Bio-Bus, a mobile laboratory,

to the library so youngsters could learn about solids, liquids and gases. More photos on page 19.

BY JOE [email protected]

Dunwoody city offi cials have imposed a 90-day moratorium on rezoning applications because the city is rewriting its zoning and building codes.

Dunwoody City Council unanimously approved the moratori-um during its meeting July 22.

City Manager Warren Hutmacher told council members the moratorium was needed because the council would soon begin considering new zoning and building codes for the city.

Th e moratorium, he said, would keep developers from rushing to the city with rezoning or Special Land Use Permit requests un-der rules that may change soon. It would prevent the city from ac-cepting any requests for 90 days or until the new ordinances are adopted.

“Moratoriums are not ideal, but I think it makes sense at this


Many long-time Dunwoody residents say that in election years, their city’s political season starts with its popular Fourth of July parade. Candidates, they say, like to announce their intentions in time to appear in the parade and shake a few hundred hands.

But when the July 4 parade stepped off this year, only a single candidate had announced his intention to run for one of the three seats on Dunwoody City Council up for election Nov. 5.

Th ings have changed.Over the week starting July 16, two incumbent councilmen an-

nounced they plan to run again, and three other candidates public-ly announced plans to run together as a slate and try to oust the in-cumbents from offi ce.

Heyward Wescott, a Dunwoody Homeowners Association board member, who had been the sole announced candidate, said

SEE REZONING REQUESTS, PAGE 3 SEE ELECTION HEATS UP, PAGE 5

Moratorium imposed on rezoning requests

Election heats up as season arrives late

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Brook Run trail to open Aug. 3 with a parade


Dunwoody city offi cials plan to open the fi rst phase of the multi-use trail in Brook Run Park on Aug. 3, with a pa-rade and prizes.

Th e “roll and stroll event,” which the city dubbed the “Wheel-a-Palooza and Pedal Parade,” is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. at the trail entrance between the playground and skate park.

Th e city plans to complete work on the second phase of the trail by next spring or summer, city Parks and Recre-ation Manager Brent Walker told mem-bers of the Dunwoody Homeowners As-sociation during their meeting July 14.

“Most people who go to the park don’t go past the skate park, unless they go to the dog park or the community garden,” he said. “What this project is going to do is activate all the rest of that space.”

Th e trail eventually will connect with

trails to be built in the city’s Project Re-naissance redevelopment in the George-town area of the city, Walker said. Th e completed network, he said, will allow residents to walk or bike the trail from Peeler to Chamblee-Dunwoody roads.

Th e city’s plan for the Brook Run portion of the trail has drawn criticism from residents who said it required re-moving too many trees and could create fl ooding in nearby neighborhoods. City offi cials deny the trail will create fl ood-ing and say the trees will be replaced.

City offi cials say they have removed about 230 trees to make room for the trail. On July 22, Dunwoody City Council voted to hire Trees Atlanta, a nonprofi t, to plant 300 trees in Brook Run and other city parks. Th e trees will be planted in September by volunteers taking part in Volunteer for Dunwoody Day, Walker told council members.

Rezoning requests ‘on hold’

point,” Hutmacher told the council. “It will not stop any development from oc-curring, but will delay it until after the new ordinance. When we started this, and laid out the timeline, the market was dormant. Th ere is a beehive of activ-ity now, a lot of it in the Perimeter area.”

Th e rezoning and building code re-writes have been in the works for nearly two years, city offi cials said. Th e coun-cil is scheduled to meet Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 to discuss the proposals, Hutmacher said.

In the same meeting, the council ad-opted a plan to speed construction plan reviews by taking over some reviews from DeKalb County. Th e city will be-gin providing required life safety and ac-cessibility reviews for projects in the city. Th e reviews now are done by DeKalb County fi re offi cials, city offi cials said.

Hutmacher said the city could do the reviews more quickly and help ease the seven- to eight-week backlog of plans awaiting review from county offi cials. “We will help DeKalb County improve their backlog,” Hutmacher said.

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Charter Commission crowd gets a civics lesson


Th e standing-room-only crowd who packed the July 17 meeting of the Dun-woody Charter Commission was given a civics lesson.

“I want to explain what this commission does,” Rep. Tom Taylor told the crowd.

Th e fi ve-member commission, Taylor said, could consider only whether to rec-ommend changes to the city’s charter, the founding document of the city.

It did not take positions on recent con-troversies within the city. Groups of residents publicly have protested recent city actions, including the construction of a 12-foot-wide multi-use trail in Brook Run Park and a plan to redesign Dunwoody Village Parkway.

“If you’re talking about Dunwoody Vil-lage Parkway [or other controversial issues] …, you’re in the wrong meeting,” Taylor told the crowd. “Th is is strictly for charter re-view.”

Th e commission, he said, “is not here to undo actions of a duly-elected body.”

Taylor also urged the audience “to tone down the rhetoric.”

A large crowd also attended the char-ter commission meeting two weeks ear-lier, overfl owing the conference room in City Hall where the commission had been meeting. Th e size of the crowd convinced city offi cials to move the meetings to a larger room in an offi ce building across a parking lot from City Hall.

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Th e commission makes only recommen-dations. It will report any changes it feels are needed to state lawmakers. Th e state Legisla-ture would then consider whether to make the changes, Taylor said.

Commissioner Robert Wittenstein criticized unsigned messages he said were circulating in the community about the commission’s actions. “I think leadership matters, and leaders ought to sign their names,” he said. “Th is is an awful piece of trash.”

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Election heats up as season arrives a little late

he welcomed the new campaigners be-cause they would increase interest in the election, sharpen the public debate and energeize supporters.

Incumbent Councilmen Denis Short-al and Doug Th ompson announced July 16 they plan to run for re-election to the seats they now hold.

Shortal, who represents District 1, said he decided to seek a return to the council in order to “continue the prog-ress we’ve made and not to regress.”

“My ideals and my ideas, I think, are in line with the majority of citizens,” he said in a telephone interview. “I think we have to ensure we will continue to do what we told the people we would do. I think I have done that.”

Th ompson issued a short statement saying he planned to run again in Dis-trict 3. “It is with great excitement and the support of my family, friends, neigh-bors and colleagues, that I announce that I am seeking re-election for the lo-cal District 3 City Council post with the city of Dunwoody,” he said. “Th e great things going on in our city have inspired me to seek another term as I continue to advocate for paving, parks and police.”

Councilwoman Adrian Bonser, who represents District 2, also is reaching the end of her current term. She had not an-

nounced publicly whether she intends to seek re-election. Wescott is running for the District 2 seat.

At the Dunwoody City Coun-cil meeting July 22, the number of an-nounced candidates doubled.

Calling themselves the “clean sweep candidates,” Jim Riticher, Henly Shel-ton and Sam Eads announced plans to run as a slate of candidates opposed to the current direction of the city. Riticher said he plans to run in District 2. Shel-ton said he will run in District 1 and Eads said he will run in District 3.

Riticher said the three were “dedicat-ed to basic and practical improvements, and common-sense solutions favored by a majority of Dunwoody residents.”

“We are nonpartisan candidates and we are not members of – or behold-en to – any organization or government agency, …” Riticher said, reading from a prepared statement. “We intend to re-store trust and confi dence in Dunwoody city government.”

Th e text named groups the three said they were “not beholden to” - Save Dun-woody, the Dunwoody Homeowners Association, the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, the Dunwoody Bicycle Club and the Atlanta Regional Com-mission.

But before their announcement, they mentioned local issues that have in-spired area yard signs and letters to the

editor, including the city’s multi-use trail through Brook Run Park and the Dunwoody Village Parkway.

“You hear people stand up and say, ‘I’ve not been listened to,’” Shelton said. “Well, I’ll do something about it. I will listen.”

And, it turns out, all the newly an-nounced candidates did take part in the July 4 parade this year.

In their statement, the three on the “clean sweep” slate said they carried signs that read, “clap if you want your roads repaved.”

Shortal and Th ompson appeared, too, as sitting members of City Council.

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JOE EARLE

“Clean sweep” Dunwoody City Council candidates, from left, Henly Shelton,

Sam Eads and Jim Riticher at the council meeting on July 22.

Heyward WescottDouglas Thompson, City Council Post 3

Denis Shortal, City Council Post 1

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Some of us value lifestyle over development

To the editor:

Regarding Economic Development Director Michael Starling’s “Major Im-pact” article [Dunwoody Reporter, July 12-25]:

While it may be true that pawning off homeowner tax responsibilities on busi-nesses moving to Dunwoody (assuming no tax concessions were made to get them to come) expands the tax base, it is defi n-itively not “highly benefi cial to each and every resident.”

In fact, the quality of life in Dun-woody has been seriously diminished by traffi c congestion, pollution, litter, noise and overcrowded public facilities, to name just a few, resulting drawbacks. Simply because it is possible to raze one house and squeeze in nine, doesn’t mean it is benefi cial to the community. How many Dunwoody residents feel good

about another hotel, apartment complex, or high-rise offi ce building in the neigh-borhood? Th is attitude of “lower taxes by growth of any sort” as the be-all and end-all of Dunwoody city policies is foolhar-dy at best.

As a Dunwoody homeowner for more than 25 years, I would like Mr. Starling to know that I did not move to Dunwoody because the jobs were here or because I might save a buck on my tax bill. I came because it was a lovely, quiet residential area, mostly single-family homes, conve-nient location, great schools, ample access to mom and pop shops as well as Perime-ter Mall, which we could actually get to in fi ve minutes in those days.

While then, like now, there was a dearth of sidewalks, we could cross the street without fear of being run over, and calling DeKalb County actually got a re-sponse when a repair was needed.

Now we are paying for the abomina-tion referred to by concerned citizens as the “Brook Run Anti-Nature Pave Over” (i.e. the council-misnamed Multiuse Trail, of which it is neither, unless the sec-ond “use” is economic benefi t of the ce-ment company) rather than fi xing dan-

gerous sidewalks and potholes. Th e loss of our other green spaces (the

so-called “Dunwoody Park” and former Shallowford Hospital grounds) to devel-opers, will bring more taxpayers, but not enough to off set the impact of their cars, congestion and demands for more ser-vices and infrastructure... all of which in-creases the tax burden on citizens, while lowering the quality of life in Dunwoody, not improving it. Mr. Starling’s “confi -dence” in the opposite is sorely misplaced as demonstrated by the evidence of cur-rent circumstances.

If he wants to live next to the parking lot of a corporate headquarters, he is free to do so (hopefully elsewhere) and take advantage of whatever tax saving putting up with that brings, but please do not try to justify imposing that lifestyle on those of us who moved here because we value peace and quiet more than having “one of the lowest mill-rate of any similarly-sized city” in the Atlanta area.

Economic development has a major impact on the community, just not the feel-good, free-lunch, propaganda the di-rector pretends.

–Susan Andre

To the editor,

What is the proper role of an accreditor?In the Dunwoody Reporters’ July 12-25 editions, we heard

from Mark Elgart, the CEO of AdvancED, parent company of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) about the “proper role of a board member.”

With the power and infl uence that AdvancED wields in Geor-gia why is it that our state is permanently parked at or near last place in student achievement? Th is is especially troubling because our spending on education remains in the Top 10 in the nation.

What is being accredited and what does it mean? What is the proper role of an accreditor?

AdvancED/SACS has a great deal of power in our state. Th ere are laws linking the HOPE scholarship to graduating from an ac-credited school.

Ironically, there is no law that requires a school or district to be accredited at all. Most people seem to believe that accredita-tion means something about the quality of the academic prod-uct within the schools and some minimum standard for results.

Unfortunately, this commonly held belief is wrong. SACS “accredits” schools and districts based on “standards” and “indi-cators,” none of which require rigorous instruction or basic pro-fi ciency for students.

SACS’ accreditation methods were criticized by a former U.S. Senator from Colorado, Hank Brown, in a Wall Street Journal article earlier this year. Brown decried the lack of objective mea-surements by SACS, as well as their bullying tactics used to pro-tect college administrators. He’s seen this fi rst hand. In addition to being a former senator, he was also the president of the Univer-sity of Colorado. In his article, Sen. Brown pointed out that re-gional accreditors have threatened removal of accreditation based on salary and benefi t cuts to administrators.

Th e American Council for Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has also illuminated the shortcomings of the accreditation process and the political agendas that play out with AdvancED/SACS. ACTA has fi led an offi cial complaint with the U.S. Department of Education regarding accreditation as currently practiced by our regional accreditor.

Th ese critiques and others emphasize that accreditation is meant to be a designation of quality assurance but has strayed

from this responsibility. ACTA calls for a reformation of the ac-creditation process so that Americans can rely on objective mea-surements of academic rigor and success.

Many states accredit their own K-12 schools based on objec-tive criteria. Virginia’s state Department of Education has a page with listings of their accreditation standards and the accreditation status of all schools in the state.

Recently Virginia’s DOE revoked the accreditation of a high school in Manassas because their achievement levels failed to reach the state’s standards. In an interesting twist, after losing state accreditation, the high school community contracted with AdvancED/SACS in an eff ort to buy their accreditation product. AdvancED/SACS found them highly functional and granted ac-creditation to the school.

Our state doesn’t require a school or district to be accredit-ed, but links accreditation by a private agency to receiving the HOPE scholarship and then doesn’t even keep a public list of these schools. Th is doesn’t even begin to address the fact that HOPE is a merit-based scholarship and accreditation is not based on any objective measures of student achievement and/or aca-demic rigor.

Th ere is a wide gap between what the public generally believes accreditation means and what is really going on. Shouldn’t the proper role of accreditation be to convey an objective assessment on the quality and outcomes of a school?

Our state should quit abdicating this role to a private agen-cy and, as many other states do, accredit our own schools based on concrete, objective standards and achievement data.

It is clear that the recent declination of Georgia’s academ-ic standing has come in tandem with the growth and power of AdvancED/SACS. It’s time that we join with other states and informed leaders to restore the proper value to accreditation.

Our taxpayers and parents deserve real quality assurance and our children’s futures can only be built on these honest assessments.

–Rick Callihan

Relinquish accreditation from private agencies

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There’s a sharp increase in the amount of homebuilders applying for construction permits, data from Perimeter area cities and Buckhead show.

Builders are responding to a growing need for inventory in a market that’s become increasingly competitive. They’re finding that keeping up with the demand isn’t as easy as it was five years ago.

“This is exactly the kind of problem I want to deal with,” Dunwoody homebuilder Bill Grant said.

The number of single family home permits issued for the first six months of 2013 are striking compared with 2012 fig-ures.

Sandy Springs reported the best numbers for 2012, with 158 permits issued. So far this year the city has issued 66. Buckhead has shown the most dramatic improvement. In 2012 there were 29 permits issued. So far this year, there have been 60.

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Retailers have heightened their focus on the quality of the shop-ping centers they locate in, and who their neighbors will be. From a landlord’s perspective, we’ve placed a much stronger focus on merchandising, assessing the quality of prospective tenants, as well as keeping our shopping cen-ters looking fresh.

Q Planners in the Perimeter area project “live-work-

play” developments in the fu-ture, which usually is interpreted to mean more mixed-use and me-dium-rise or high-rise buildings. How does the traditional retail shopping center fit into that sort of plan?

A Retail, in its purest form, re-volves around retailer sales.

If retailers perform well in mixed-use developments, then that will drive demand and rents for these types of developments, and devel-opers will consequently follow suit.

Besides some obvious man-agement and coordination chal-lenges when mixing residential with commercial uses, tradition-al retailers often shy away from mixed-use properties, as many re-tailers pose concerns about park-ing, access and visibility, which ultimately affects their ability to generate revenue.

A more desirable approach may be a “multi-use” format, rath-er than mixed-use, where office, retail and residential uses co-exist nearby each other, but are locat-ed on separate properties. You get most of the benefits of “live-work-play” without as much pushback from retailers.

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ready for business

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permanent employee

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love to homeless

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Tightly woundTennis center contract

being challenged

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Party onSynagogue celebrates

125th anniversary

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BY MELISSA [email protected]

As state lawmakers head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about.

Each year, the state budget looms as a daunting task, and this year is no di� erent. Georgia is a balanced budget state, meaning that tough cuts must be made when revenues are down.

“It’s going to be a di� cult � nancial year for the state. � e bud-get picture in particular looks bleak,” said Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-DeKalb.

� e hospital bed tax, which collects funds for indigent care, ex-pires this year, Holcomb said.

“� at is going to be a pretty intense debate about whether that tax gets extended or not extended. � ere’s some pretty extensive re-

BY MELISSA WEINMAN [email protected]

Brookhaven City Council voted Jan. 8 to delay a controversial decision on adopting a new ordinance to regulate adult businesses.

On Dec. 17, its � rst day of opeartions, the city adopted all of DeKalb County’s ordinances, including one regulating adult en-tertainment businesses. But council is looking to replace the coun-ty’s ordinance with one that has been adopted by other cities in the metro area, including Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, and most recently, Doraville.

Attorney Scott Bergthold said the new ordinance is similar to the one already in place in DeKalb County. It would ban the sale of alcohol and prohibit contact between dancers and customers.

But Bergthold said “there are a number of constitutional de-SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 36 SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 38

Hands held high

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Jenny Morgan, member of the Skyland United Methodist Church and altar prayer team, soaks up the “Friday Night Fire Worship service,” on Jan. 4 in Brookhaven. The contemporary service, held the fi rst Friday of each month, is an open gathering without an agenda or order, attracting people from all communities. Another photo on page 30.

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Members of Fulton County’s state legislative delegation said they are going into this year’s session with a big-picture agenda.

Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. Th e legislature convenes on Jan. 14.

Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is promoting his “parent trigger” bill that will make it easier for moms and dads to form charter schools, publically-funded schools that are more independent from the school district than traditional schools.

While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school dis-tricts, Lindsey said he also wants to focus on water management and transportation issues.

By Dan [email protected]

It’s not particularly glamorous work signing agreements, sub-mitting plans and conducting studies for a planned trail, Livable Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling said.

But Starling and other backers of a planned 5-mile trail along Ga. 400 knew it would take time. Th at patience and attention to detail may also be gaining them some support from neighbors liv-ing alongside the project. Th e path will connect pedestrians, cy-clists, skaters, Buckhead’s businesses, parks and schools to the At-lanta BeltLine.

Starling said planners presented 30 percent drawings to the pub-lic in October and November, renderings that give an idea of what the fi nished product will look like.

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from left, ivan tiaseca, fatima Biviano, Lauren fitz and Karime Soriano seem loose and relaxed before their roles in “pastorela de cristo Rey,” a christmas play performed during the three Kings day celebration at the atlanta History center on Jan. 6 in Buckhead. the festivities, presented by

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Going to be a busy year

PHIL MOSIER

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.

BY MELISSA [email protected]

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-

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Riverwood International Charter School coach Scot Waldrop, center, gets his junior varsity girls’ basketball team fi red up as the Lady Raiders prepare to take on the Creekview High School Lady Grizzlies

Jan. 4. The Lady Raiders eventually fell to their opponent 43-15. More photos on page 31.

BY DAN [email protected]

Operation Tennis Inc. in December � led a lawsuit to overturn the city of Sandy Springs’ decision to award a contract to a competitor.

But disputing the contracts to run tennis centers may be as popu-lar as the game itself, public records and newspaper reports show. In the past, disputes have arisen over contracts to run tennis centers in Sandy Springs and at Blackburn Park, a DeKalb County facility locat-ed in what is now the city of Brookhaven.

Operation Tennis’ lawsuit alleges the winning bidder, Groslimond Tennis Services, gave the city “bogus” third-party evaluations of pre-vious work. Some of the evaluations were written by people who ap-pear to work for Groslimond.

President Gery Groslimond denied those allegations. City At-

BY DAN [email protected]

Members of Fulton County’s state legislative delegation said they are going into this year’s session with a big-picture agenda.

Ethics, schools and transportation are among the broad range of topics they intend to tackle this year. � e legislature convenes on Jan. 14.

Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta, is promoting his “parent trigger” bill that will make it easier for moms and dads to form charter schools, publically-funded schools that are more independent from the school district than traditional schools.

While that’s the bill that’s generating the most discussion in light of controversies at the Atlanta and DeKalb public school districts, Lindsey said he wants to focus on water management

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A Several key trends have im-pacted our centers, particu-

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taurants and service businesses. Why? Because you cannot pur-

chase services and a restaurant ex-perience online. And many tradi-tional, product-based retailers are starting to utilize their brick-and-mortar locations as showrooms to complement their online presence along with point-of-sale revenues.

We’ve also seen an uptick in in-terest from medical tenants, and we expect that trend to continue. Aging Baby Boomers will need more medical services in the com-ing years, and many medical users see the marketing benefit of hav-ing a retail presence.

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Mary Anne Walser, a Keller Williams Realtor who also writes about real es-tate at maryan-newalser.word-press.com, said she noticed a big increase in in-terested buyers about a month ago. She said the market is beginning to cool off a bit.

“Interest rates took a couple of sharp ticks up, and that slowed down activity,” Walser said. “We went through a period where it was real-ly dramatic. You’d put four houses on the market and get four offers that day.”

According to Busines-sinsider.com, at the end of June the interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.46 percent, up from around 4 percent at the be-ginning of June.

“People are worried that [interest rates are] going to keep going up, and a lot of buyers have a sense of urgen-cy they didn’t have before,” Walser said.

People on the supply side of the market are concerned about labor shortages and the price of materials.

Grant said he’s had problems find-ing workers since the state Gener-al Assembly passed immigration re-form in 2011, driving out much of the skilled labor in the homebuilding business. He said the labor shortage has slowed down the rate of produc-tion.

“I think it’s had a dramatic im-pact,” Grant said. “We’re kind of like

the farmers in south Georgia who couldn’t find anybody to pick crops. We couldn’t find anybody to drive the nails.”

Grant said people cut fewer trees during the recession, resulting in an increased price of materials.

Glazer said he’s had problems finding workers, too. In ad-dition to workers affected by immigration reform, he said there are fewer com-panies building homes than there were before the reces-sion hit.

“A lot of the guys that were in business are out of business now, the smaller companies back in the day, are out of business,” Glazer said. “They filed for bankruptcy or closed down their stores and their shops. A lot of my old contacts, I call them and their phones are disconnected.”

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Company JThursday, August 1, 8 p.m. – Company J at the Marcus Jewish Community Center-At-lanta closes its 2012-13 theater season with “Le-gally Blonde,” the story of rich and flamboy-

ant Elle Woods, who after being dumped, enrolls at Harvard Law School, and dis-covers newfound confidence, self-respect, and the triumph of pro-ductive brain-

power over revenge. Show runs through August 11. Tickets: $10-$20, with discounts for students, seniors, groups and MJCCA members. A portion of the proceeds benefit Angels Among Us Pet Res-cue. Morris and Rae Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For information on show dates and times, and to purchase tickets, call the box office at 678-812-4002, or visit: www.at-lantajcc.org/boxoffice.

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Blood DriveWednesday, July 31, 11 a.m. – Northside Hospital hosts a community blood drive. All donors receive a free T-shirt and free parking. As long as you are healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds, and are 17 years or older, you can give blood every 56 days. Northside Hospital Doctors’ Centre, Ground Floor, Classroom B, 980 Johnson Ferry Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342. For more information or to schedule an ap-pointment, call Mandy Snavely at 404-851-6561 or email: [email protected].

Grill & Grub 5KSaturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. – The Grill & Grub 5K gets under way! Run or walk the streets of Buckhead, starting and finishing at Frankie Allen Park. Participants enjoy food trucks, merchant expo, music, t-shirt, a pig nose to wear while you run, and an eating contest. $ 35; $20 for children 2-12. Stroll-er and dog friendly. Race raises money and aware-ness to benefit Project Open Hand. Canned food donations welcome. Registration ends August 2; no same day registration. Race begins and ends at Frankie Allen Park, 445 Pharr Rd., Atlanta, 30305. For more details or to register, visit: www.active.com or http://grillandgrub5k.com.

National Night OutTuesday, August 6, 6-8 p.m. – Join oth-ers for the 2nd annual “National Night Out,” and build a stronger, safer community. Check out First Responders and their vehicles, and enjoy a picnic, snow cones, popcorn and an appearance by the Fire Clown. Additional activities include sack races, tug-o-war, face painting, a waterslide and inflatables. Free and open to everyone. Hammond Park, corner of Hammond and Glenridge Drives, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 770-551-3328 or email: [email protected] with questions.

Springs ConcertsSunday, August 4, 7 p.m. – Concerts by the Springs continues with The Mustangs, a six-piece group who covers popular tunes from the past 40 years. Free; outdoor concert is open to the public. No pets, no smoking. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets are welcome. Additional food and beverages available for purchase. Heritage Green, on the Sandy Springs Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Questions? Visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org, call 404-851-9111, ext. 4 or email: [email protected].

Folk MusicThursday, August 8, 6:30 p.m. – Kathy Reed, a native of Georgia, with roots in east Tennessee, pres-ents “Folk Music and Folk Tunes.” Reed is a sing-er/songwriter, and plays bass and guitar. She and her band have opened for many performers, includ-ing Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Claire Lynch and Patty Loveless. Free and open to the public. Heritage Sandy Springs Museum, 6075 Sandy Springs Road, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information call 404-851-9111, email: [email protected] or go to: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Ancient CivilizationsThursday, August 1, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.– Become an archaeology detective and dig for clues that lead to understanding the civilizations of ancient Egypt, China, Africa and Greece in four education-al films. Free and open to the public. Appropriate for children ages 5-12. Groups of 10 or more must reg-ister. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 to find out more.

Teen BossThursday, August 1, 1-3 p.m. – Workshop teaches young people how to start their own busi-ness, setting them on the road to entrepreneurship, self-confidence and money. Learn about pricing, profits, customer service skills, marketing, licens-es and taxes. Understand the importance of math, and how technology is crucial toward success. Free and open to the community. For ages 12-18. Regis-tration required by calling 404-814-3500 or email-ing: [email protected]. Buck-head Branch Library, in the large Meeting Room, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

CSI for TeensFriday, August 2, 2:30-4 p.m. – Are you a teen who’s interested in becoming a forensic scien-tist? The Georgia State Bio-Technology Department hosts a forensic science program. Learn about fin-gerprinting, blood typing and other techniques used by forensic scientists. Geared for middle and high school youth. Free; all are welcome. Registra-tion is required by calling 404-814-3500 or email-ing: [email protected]. Buck-head Branch Library, in the large Meeting Room, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

Beautiful BiomesSaturday, August 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. – Have you ever wondered what biome you live in? Learn about biomes, and the animals and plants that live in them. Build your own biome, enjoy story time, and check out a super-sized creature feature with indige-nous snakes, turtles and raptors. General admission: $10 for adults; $7 for seniors; $7 for students 13-18; $6 for children; free for CNC members and kids 2 and under. Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Call 770-992-2055 or go to: www.chattnaturecenter.org to learn more.

Knitting Workshop Saturday, August 3, 3-6 p.m. – Beginners are invited to a free knitting workshop. Representa-tives from the Atlanta Knitting Guild will be avail-able to teach and offer advice on knitting. Bring size 8 or 9 bamboo or wood needles, and worsted or medium weight yarn (light colors, no black). For adults. Open to the public. Registration is required by calling 404-303-6130. Sandy Springs Branch Li-brary, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] for addi-tional details.

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Magic Man Tuesday, July 30, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Bill Packard digs into his bag of tricks, puppets, music, story-telling, video projec-tion, and lots of books to inspire children to read. Free, and the public is welcome to attend. For all audiences. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 for information.

Dinosaur PuppetsWednesday, July 31, 4-4:45 p.m. – Join “Dr. Dinosaur” on this exciting expedition of prehistor-ic proportions! Presented by Lee Bryan, “That Pup-pet Guy.” Free and open to all. Suggested audiences: preschool and elementary school youth. Northside Branch Library, 3295 Northside Parkway, NW, At-lanta, 30327. Email: [email protected] or call 770-992-2055 for details.

Magical Balloons Thursday, August 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – There will be big digging machines, hungry golems, buried treasure and more! Free. Open to the pub-lic. Appropriate for toddlers, and preschool, elemen-tary and middle school youngsters. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] or call 404-303-6130 to find out more.

Go Fish!Saturday, August 10, 8-10 a.m. – It seems like just yesterday that the school year ended! It won’t be long until you’re back at a desk, writing about summer vacation. So, get outdoors for one last chance to learn to fish. You may hook a catfish, bream or bass! Materials supplied. Dress appropri-ately, and bring insect repellent, sun screen and a camera. $3 daily park pass or annual pass. Reserva-tions are required by calling 678-538-1200. Space is limited. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Island Ford Parkway, Sandy Springs, 30350. Go to: www.nps.gov/chat with questions.

Turtle ToursSaturday, August 10, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Heritage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educa-tional series appropriate for children ages 2-5, con-tinues. In this program, museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle “Find a Treasure Map.” Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For additional information, email: [email protected], call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

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Walking through the chain link gates into Brook Run Dog Park, it’s easy to see it’s a place people care about.

Under the tall canopy of trees, noth-ing appears to be there by accident. Tidy clumps of monkey grass and logs sur-round benches volunteers assembled to raise money for the park. Little blue clean-up bags tied around trees and fenc-es are frequently replenished by a loyal le-gion of volunteers. Homemade wooden plaques around the perimeter fence hon-or beloved pets.

“We’ve taken good care of it all these years,” said Laine Sweezey, president of the Brook Run Dog Park Association. “We feel very slighted we’re not getting any credit for that, or any support.”

The dog park, located on nearly four acres of Dunwoody’s Brook Run Park, has often been controversial. It is viewed by some Dunwoody residents as a pun-ishment foisted upon them by former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, a reminder of the time before Dunwoody was a city. Others look at the erosion and compacted soil from years of use as a threat to the park’s mature trees.

Now, many of the dog park’s regular patrons are upset about a city of Dun-woody plan to move the dog park to a different area of Brook Run. Though the new plan includes bathrooms, wa-ter fountains and shaded seating areas, dog park regulars are still upset about the move.

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Samantha Suggs said her German Shepherds enjoy being able to run around in the shade at Brook Run Dog Park.

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area will be dead,” the study reads.City officials said they have listened to

dog park users and have come up with a plan for a new dog area in a different part of the park. The new design calls for 1/4 of an acre to 1/3 of an acre for a small dog play area. The main dog park will be di-vided into two areas, which will be alter-nated every three to four months to allow the land in one area to rest while the oth-er is in use.

“The overall acreage in the boundaries of the new dog park will be similar in size to the existing dog park, however the new design incorporates a “small dog” park area and a “large dog” park area, and also allows for areas to be closed for recovery and maintenance,” Mullen said.

Dog park users say the shade at the current location is a large part of its ap-peal and something they feel simply can-not be replaced.

“The best part of the dog park is the trees,” said Samantha Suggs, another reg-ular visitor. “I’d say it’s an easy 10-degree difference, and just makes it so much nic-er for the dogs on those summer days.”

Sweezey said she doesn’t think the dog parks’ opponents have taken the time to look at all the positive things the park brings to Dunwoody. Sweezey said the Brook Run Dog Park has repeatedly been named by publications such as Atlan-ta Magazine as the best dog park in the city. She worries that by moving the dog park, Dunwoody is squandering one of its greatest assets.

“It gives a really positive image to Dunwoody. People now know where Dunwoody is because it’s the city that has the best dog park,” Sweezey said.

The Brook Run Dog Park Association holds monthly clean-up days, she said. Sweezey updates a Facebook page for the dog park and sends out newsletters. Re-cently, volunteers from the dog park col-lected 200 pounds of dog food to donate to an animal shelter that was running low on supplies, Sweezey said.

“It truly is a community. It’s a cli-ché, but it really is,” Sweezey said. “The bonds that have occurred out there over the years are phenomenal.”

Sweezey visits the park every day with her dog, Bama. On a recent afternoon, she walked around with a few plastic bags in her pocket, stopping every so often to pick up dog waste. She greeted a woman and her daughter, walking their new pup-py through the park, and gave them her business card. She told them to call her if they had any questions about the dog park or wanted advice on puppy-rearing.

Before long, two German Shepherds came running into the park and Sweezey greeted them enthusiastically. “At any given time I can usually name most of the dogs in the park,” Sweezey said.

Suggs, the German Shepherds’ owner, said she’s met a lot of people at the dog park, including Sweezey, who now baby-sits Suggs’ dogs when she’s out of town.

“People just come up and start talk-ing to you. You have your dogs in com-mon. It just opens up the conversation,” Suggs said.

Lamont Robeson is another regular, who comes with his Shar Pei, Maserati, nearly every day. Robeson said before he adopted him, Maserati was abused, and it has taken a while for him to trust peo-ple again.

“Everybody’s really nice,” he said. “This is a good place for him to be.”

For some, the dog park is more signif-icant than just a place to let their dogs run around.

Gantt said her fiancé, Bryan Rosen-grant, proposed to her at the dog park in March.

“We’ve lived up the street from the park for about two years and we go to the park almost every day,” Gantt said.

She said the dog park is a special place for the couple. They spend about an hour there each day sitting on the benches to-gether as their dogs run around and play. But Gantt said she was “totally surprised” when on one of these evening visits to the dog park her boyfriend got down on one knee, and pulled a diamond ring out his pocket.

“He wanted to make sure it was at the park so the whole family could be in-cluded, which I thought was adorable,” Gantt said.

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In life, many obstacles cross our paths.

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Kenny was introduced to hurdling at the age of 12 when he began running with the Gazelle Track Club.

“I tried it, I liked it, and I had good results in it.”

Since then, Kenny has been in sever-al competitions. Earlier this summer, he won the 400-meter hurdles at the Gold-en South Invitational in Orlando, Fla. He also won the Emerging Elite men’s 110-meter hurdles in Greensboro, N.C., at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Now, Kenny is the state champion in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles.

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Kenny hurdles at the Pace Academy, but also trains five days a week with an outside coach year-round.

Along with hurdling, Kenny enjoyed playing basketball for the Pace Knights. He manages the varsity girls’ volleyball team and is involved with the Pace the-ater program as a stage manager.

“It’s something that I like to do,” he said. “It’s a ‘me’ thing.”

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BURGLARY 5200 block of Meadowcreek Drive – A bur-

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5000 block of Tilly Mill Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was re-ported on July 8.

5100 block of Winters Chapel Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on July 9.

4900 block of Firth Lane – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on July 9.

100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A burglary to a non-residence, without using forced entry, was reported on July 11.

4000 block of Dunwoody Park – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on July 12.

5000 block of Chestnut Forest Court – A burglary to a non-residence, using forced en-try, was reported on July 15.

5600 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on July 15.

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4700 block of North Peachtree Road – Theft of government property was reported on July 4.

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100 block of Perimeter Center West – Shoplifting was reported on July 10.


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1100 block of Hammond Drive – Shoplift-ing was reported on July 12.

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1200 block of Hammond Drive – Shoplift-ing was reported on July 13.

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100 block of Perimeter Center Place – Shoplifting was reported on July 15.

1100 block of Hammond Drive – A larce-ny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on July 15.

4400 block of Ash-ford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on July 15.

4800 block of Vermack Road – A larceny was reported on July 15.

100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A larceny was reported on July 15.


4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on July 16.

4900 block of Winters Chapel Road – A larceny was reported on July 16.

100 block of Perimeter Center West – A lar-ceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on July 16.

300 block of Perimeter Center North – A larceny, parts from a vehicle, was reported on July 16.


100 block of Perimeter Center West – A lar-ceny, articles from a vehicle, was reported on July 17.


ASSAULT 6600 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-

vard – Family battery/simple battery was re-ported on July 7.

6900 block of Peachtree Industrial Bou-levard – Simple assault/battery was report-ed on July 7.

4900 block of Buckline Crossing – Fami-ly battery/simple battery was reported on July 7.

4700 block of North Peachtree Road – Simple assault was reported on July 8.

5000 block of Winters Chapel Road – Sim-ple assault/battery was reported on July 11.

6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – Simple assault was reported on July 12.

OTHER 4400 block

of Ashford Dun-woody Road – Car-rying a concealed weapon was report-

ed on July 3.

4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Disorderly conduct was reported on July 3.

4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A bomb threat at a department store was re-ported on July 4.

6900 block of Peachtree Industrial Boule-vard – A loitering violation was reported on July 9.

4800 block of Luray Drive – Disorderly conduct under the infl uence was reported on July 9.

5200 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Disorderly conduct under the infl uence was reported on July 11.

4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Disorderly conduct was reported on July 11.

2100 block of Peachford Road – A civil dis-pute was reported on July 11.

1700 block of Mount Vernon Road – Disor-derly conduct was reported on July 12.

2100 block of Westover Plantation – Disor-derly conduct was reported on July 14.

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