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Brook Run hosts Saturday market, Vietnam veterans By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com PROVIDED
A rendering shows what planned intersection improvements at Mount Vernon and Tilly Mill roads will look like in a couple of years. Dunwoody staff said other planned projects along Mount Vernon Road will be designed similarly.
City staff offer updates on Mount Vernon Road By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody officials discussed the progress of intersection improvements at Mount Vernon and Tilly Mill roads Sept. 23 after staff presented an amendment raising the cost of its design contract. Elected officials did not vote on the item, which is slated for approval at the Oct. 15 meeting. Public Works Deputy Director Michelle Hirose provided members of the City Council with a 10-year overview of planned projects along Mount Vernon Road. “[The] segment at Mount Vernon and Tilly Mill is scheduled for 2026 construction,” she said. “The project was originally intended to address intersection improvements … but as we went through concepts and public input, we added shared-use paths and sidewalks to the project.”
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody residents and the surrounding Metro Atlanta community put Brook Run Park to good use the first Saturday of October. While the Dunwoody Homeowners Association hosted its weekly farmers market, the South Vietnamese and American veteran communities unveiled a unique Vietnam War Memorial Oct. 5. Brook Run Park, the 110acre crown jewel of the north DeKalb County city, sports just about every recreational amenity imaginable, from a skate park and TreeTop Quest adventure course to a 250-seat amphitheater. For the farmers and vendors, it was nice to be back to normal after the fallout of Hurricane Helene. The market was held the Saturday after the storm came through, but the following weekend sported some better conditions at Crescent Circle and Georgia Way South. A couple farmers had to duck out of the Oct. 5 market with winds and rain from the storm washing away some crops in Roanoke, Alabama and
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Pictured right center, Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch gathers with city officials, American and South Vietnamese veterans Oct. 5 at the new Vietnam War Memorial at Brook Run Park. The memorial is the first of its kind in the United States and is funded entirely through private donations. the chemical fire in Rockdale County requiring soil tests. Daniel Perry, part-time market manager and farmer, spoke about his experiences with the storm in Roanoke. “We lost everything, it basically flooded, and all our crops got molded,” he said. “We’re trying to get some quick crops back growing … it’s a setback, but we also raise chickens.” Perry was selling fresh eggs and bread during the market and said he’d have crops ready
in 30-40 days. Despite the headwinds for farmers and vendors after the fallout of the storm, community members turned up to market Saturday morning. Danielle Durgin from Refarm Atlanta was one of the market’s most popular vendors, selling flower arrangements from her 1-acre regenerative farm in Atlanta. Durgin sports an infectious personality, dried arrangements for autumn and
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