02-16-18 Buckhead Reporter

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FEB. 16 - MAR. 1, 2018 • VOL. 12— NO. 4

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Bowhunting in the ’burbs: Backyard deer-stalking draws fans and foes PAGE 18

► ‘Safest cities’ rankings don’t mean much, expert says PAGE 20

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Hotel industry booms P 4-9

Park over 400 doesn’t need special taxes, board chair says

Healing on horseback

BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

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Alan Schatten rides Tonka, a palomino quarter horse, under the instruction of Gail Wilson at Chastain Horse Park on Feb. 11. Alan and brother Todd are among the many people with disabilities who participate in the Horse Park’s therapeutic program, intended to improve participants’ cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being. See chastainhorsepark.org for details. More photos, page 22.►

AROUND TOWN A ‘family photographer’ for refugees

OUT & ABOUT CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH MUSIC, STORIES & LECTURE Pages 16-17

I think movies that people actually saw and had a cultural impact should be honored. Which Academy Award nominated film should win the Oscar for Best Picture? See page 11

See COMMENTARY, page 10

The chair of a new nonprofit formed to oversee the creation of a park capping Ga. 400 in Buckhead said she does not anticipate raising or creating taxes for the project. “We do not want to raise taxes or anything like that for this project,” said Barbara Kaufman Fleming, an entrepreneur and former MARTA board member newly named as the park nonprofit chair. The Buckhead Community Improvement District, a group of self-taxing property owners who came up with the idea for the park, announced on Jan. 7 the members of the nonprofit that would manage the project’s fundraising, operation and construction. The placeholder name of the nonprofit is POG 400, LLC. The proposed park would cap Ga. 400 See PARK on page 14

Building owners sign on for solar power, energy-saving efforts BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

Some of Buckhead’s biggest buildings may go greener with energy use reduction programs and solar power, according to Livable Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling. The organization recently recruited 10 Buckhead hotels to the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge, a citywide effort to reduce See BUILDING on page 13


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