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FEBRUARY 2021 • VOL. 12 — NO. 2
Dunwoody Reporter FOOD FOR THOUGHT
General Muir comes to City Springs
SUMMER CAMPS
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Calling All Campers! P18 and 19
Volunteers aid parks and arts in ‘Day of Service’
Design work begins on new ChambleeDunwoody Road bridge
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AUTHOR Q&A
Meet the mothers of Civil Rights icons
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
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WORTH KNOWING
Locals donate plasma for COVID battle
PHIL MOSIER
Elijah Nicpon, left, and Esha Bhat join volunteers painting a mural design on a courtyard path at the Spruill Center for the Arts during the city’s Jan. 18 “Day of Service” to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See story and more photos, p. 15.
Council expresses skepticism about hotel-to-apartments plan
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BY SAMMIE PURCELL
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The Dunwoody City Council met with skepticism a reworked development plan for 84 Perimeter Center East. The property is situated at the corner of Ashford-Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center East on about 2.86 acres. The development, which was first approved as a
12-story hotel by the council back in 2019, is now being submitted as an age-restricted, multi-family apartment complex. Plans for the hotel were scrapped due to the effect the pandemic has had on the hospitality industry. Councilmembers said at their Jan. 11 meeting that plans for See COUNCIL on page 23
The city has begun designing a new and improved Chamblee-Dunwoody Road Bridge over I-285 in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Transportation’s plan to add toll lanes along the highway in coming years. But it remains to be seen how the design will match two other bridges -- and who will pay for which parts of the bridge. The City Council discussed the plans in a Jan. 25 meeting for the future of a bridge that acts as a southern gateway into the city’s Georgetown neighborhood. The conversation focused on the bridge’s design and how much the enhancements would cost the city. GDOT’s toll lane project, which is intended to help with traffic congestion, would widen highways, adding toll lanes along the top end of I-285 and on Ga. 400 between Sandy Springs and Alpharetta. The expansion has been immensely controversial due to the possible demolition of residential properties and the addition of highway entrances onto local streets. While the toll project is expected to take years – some segments are projected to be finished as late as 2032 – Public Works Director Michael Smith said GDOT expects a plan for bridge enhancements much sooner. See DESIGN on page 23
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