2-3-17 Buckhead Reporter

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FEBRUARY 3 - 16, 2017 • VOL. 11 — NO. 3

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► New surveillance cameras, plate readers coming PAGE 2 ► Perimeter Center bus, shuttle lanes proposed PAGE 4

The fun is back at Atlanta Memorial Park

BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER

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“Find ways to talk to people in the community, outside of a policing activity’s context.” Residents share their ideas for improving local policing. See COMMUNITY SURVEY Page 8

COMMENTARY Trump order inspires first-time protestor Page 9

RESTAURANT REVIEW: SUPER SOUTHERN COOKING | P6

Master plan proposes big road changes

Whitney Phippen, and her daughter Josie Phippen, 1, try out the slide at the new playground at Atlanta Memorial Park. The new playground opened Jan. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The playground replaces a facility damaged by flooding and sewage last year and was moved to higher ground closer to Wesley Drive off Northside Drive.. Read story page 10.►

STANDOUT STUDENT Top cellist in Emory youth orchestra

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A new Ga. 400 interchange on East Paces Ferry or Lenox roads was among the “big ideas” in the “BUCKHEAD REdeFINED” master plan that got the crowd talking at a Jan. 19 meeting. Dozens of ideas for improving connectivity and open space in Buckhead’s commercial center were presented at the meeting, held at Atlanta International School. Other notable examples were a Lenox Road linear park with a “boardwalk” and a new loop pairing bike paths with a dedicated lane for the Buc shuttle bus. But two Ga. 400-focused ideas — the additional interchange and rebuilding the existing Lenox Road interchange as a “diverging diamond” — seemed to get the most eyebrow-raising and chin-rubbing from the crowd of about 100 people. District 6 City Councilmember Alex Wan, a candidate for council president, later said those items were “freaking me See MASTER on page 11

Mayoral candidates make pitches, cite scandals BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

The 2017 Atlanta mayoral race got an unofficial kick-off at the Buckhead Coalition’s annual luncheon Jan. 25, where eight candidates gave brief pitches that defined their personalities. The only moment of heat came when one Buckhead candidate, former city Chief Operating Officer Peter Aman, slammed another Buckhead candidate, City Councilmember Mary Norwood, and Council PresSee MAYORAL on page 12


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