FEBRUARY 2020 - BROOKHAVEN REPORTER

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FEBRUARY 2020 • VOL. 12 — NO. 2

Brookhaven Reporter WORTH KNOWING

These ‘angels’ save pets

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City authorities grant tax breaks, school districts eye budget impacts PAGE 5

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I-285 toll lanes could take buildings, backyards; residents and officials express concern

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A portion of a Georgia Department of Transportation map showing a conceptual layout of the toll lanes system and its effects on properties in Dunwoody to the north and Brookhaven to the south. The area shown is to the west of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.

ry University at I-85 and North Druid Hills Road and are asking a state agency to intervene in the city’s newest annexation proposal. The property owner of the nearly 7 acres at 2601 North Druid Hills Road is seeking annexation into the city to make way for Miami-based Related Group to build more

Approximately 155 properties in Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs could be affected or demolished by Georgia Department of Transportation right of way acquisition for the I-285 top-end toll lanes project, according to new maps unveiled during January open houses in local cities. The draft plans show the project razing several residential and commercial structures, including some or all the Chateau Club Townhomes and possibly the swimming pool of the Georgetown Recreation Center, both in Dunwoody. Also

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DeKalb pushes back against Brookhaven annexation BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

The city could soon spread its borders even further south of I-85, just two months after annexing the LaVista Park community. But DeKalb County officials are fighting back against the snowball effect generated by the multibillion-dollar expansions of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emo-

BY DYANA BAGBY AND HANNAH GRECO

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