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Plans being developed for ‘walkable’ Peachtree

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PATH400 construction under way soon

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Now that the northern end of Peachtree Road has a new look, planners are turning their attention to the south.

The Buckhead Community Improvement District, one of the groups behind the project, calls it the “Peachtree Transformation.” The plan is to add granite curbing, medians, trees, bike lanes, wide sidewalks and turn lanes, and bury utility lines in order to make Peachtree a more attractive and safer place to walk or bike.

“Bicycles and beautification are a byproduct. It will be a safe and more reliable corridor first,” Buckhead CID Executive Director Jim Durrett said.

The Buckhead CID has hired planners Kimley-Horn and Associates for $460,000 to take a new look at the plans for

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Over the past few weeks, police reported several burglaries and pedestrian robberies in neighborhoods including Chastain Park, Peachtree Battle and Historic Brookhaven.

There have been reports of burglars knocking on doors during the day to check if anyone is home. If someone answers the door, the visitors will claim to be selling door to door or say they are looking for someone. If there’s no answer, they’ll break into the home, homeowners believe.

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If you ask Rebecca Guinn, metro Atlanta has come a long AngIe PonSELL, way since 2002.

Twelve years ago, Guinn SANDY SPRINGS called county animal control officials after she noticed a dog that had gotten its paw stuck in www.isellsandysprings.com a fence. The dog was taken to the county shelter and Guinn learned that it would only have five days before it would be killed if its owner couldn’t be Research indicates a connection between located.

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I called the shelter every flow in the brain. A condition called director, visits with one of the dogs at day,” Guinn said.

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On the fifth day, she decid(CCSVI) can be associated with: ed to save the dog that had been caught in the fence. The first day she had Animal Project, a non-profit organiza• Multiple Sclerosis visited, the shelter was packed. But by tion dedicated to animal welfare. Guinn • Chronic Lyme Disease the time she came back, many of the annow serves as the CEO of the organi• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome imals had been euthanized. zation.

• Fibromyalgia “That empty shelter -- I’ve never “We started LifeLine and started forgotten that moment,” Guinn said. looking at why is it like this in the Atlan• Neurological Disorders “At that time in the Atlanta area, over ta area, what can we do to make a differ100,000 animals were being euthanized ence?” Guinn said. “Today, we run that Call 404-941-2000 for an Evaluation a year. I had no idea.” shelter.”

Guinn knew there had to be a betLifeLine Animal Project now oper455 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA • ccsvi-atlanta.com ter way and was moved to start LifeLine ates the animal shelters in Fulton and DeKalb counties. LifeLine is coming up on its first anniversary of running the shelter in Fulton County, having taken over the management of the facility and county animal control services on March 15, 2013. LifeLine began managing DeKalb’s shelter July 1.

In December, both counties had record low rates of euthanasia: 25.8 percent in Fulton and 13.4 percent in DeKalb, Lifeline says.

“We’ve done a lot to promote adoptions at Fulton County. We’ve tried to raise the profile of the shelter and bring more people to the shelter,” Guinn said.

Guinn said one way LifeLine has Low Maintenance,Town Home-inspired Living Plans boosted the number of adoptions is simply informing people that they can go to Now Selling from the $300s! their county shelter to adopt a pet. Life(DEKALB COUNTY) ATLANTA Line also has used several other strategies to find homes for animals in its shelters and prevent more from ending up there.

For example, Guinn said there is a “surrender counselor” in both that will Located in the Lake Claire / Kirkwood talk with people about why they are area near downtown Decatur, this turning their pets over to the shelter. Ofintimate setting of 14 homesites offer ten, she said people feel they can’t afford something their pet needs. all the comforts and living that Atlanta “We try to find resources for them, has to offer to the discerning buyer. whether it’s building a fence for them, or a dog house, or veterinary care,” Guinn Minutes from local restaurants, shops said. and area attractions.

One of LifeLine’s first initiatives was a spay/neuter clinic, Guinn said. All of the adoptable pets at the shelter are already spayed or neutered. But Guinn www.kirkwoodgreen.com said the organization is continuing to 404.304.4483 emphasize the importance of getting pets fixed to prevent unwanted litters of puppies and kittens.

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ing a program called SNIP DeKalb, to provide free spay and neuter operations and vaccinations for people who can’t afford it.

“This is a program that we raise money for, it’s not something that the counties pay for,” Guinn said.

As a non-profit organization, LifeLine has resources such as volunteers, donations and relationships with other animal welfare groups that allow it to be more flexible than a traditional government-run shelter.

DeKalb County Commissioner Jeff Rader said he’s been pleased with LifeLine’s work at the animal shelter.

“I think that the experiment in outsourcing shelter services has been a good success,” Rader said. “Based upon the numbers I understand coming out of shelters we’re seeing a reduction in euthanasia and increase in placement of animals, which is very positive.”

DeKalb commissioners have approved funding for a new animal shelter to replace the current facility, which is outdated and too small to serve the county’s needs. The new shelter is to be

built on land adjacent to the DeKalb Peachtree Airport. Rader said that facility is expected to be complete by March 2015.

Guinn said taking over county services has been a big adjustment for LifeLine.

She said each shelter can take in up to 30 animals a day, which means the organization is providing services for between 25,000 and 30,000 animals a year.

But Guinn said bidding to provide the county services was a logical extension of the work LifeLine was already doing.

“We’ve always been involved in the solution and felt like if we wanted to take Atlanta to the next level, we needed to lead the way,” Guinn said. “Both counties were struggling.”

Guinn said there’s still a lot of work to do, but she’s pleased with what LifeLine has accomplished in Fulton and DeKalb.

“Where it used to be that 83 percent were dying [at the DeKalb shelter], in December, 87 percent left alive,” Guinn said. “Which just goes to show you, if you see a problem, you can fix it.”

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work along a stretch of Peachtree, a little more than a mile long, Durrett said.

“We’re exploring what makes sense given the constraints in the corridor and the development that is taking place now and is likely to take place in the future,” he said.

On Feb. 19, planners held an open house at the Buckhead Theatre to discuss the project with residents.

Wayne Morgan, who lives in Buckhead, walked on Peachtree to the theater for the presentation. He said it was the first time he’d walked the busy street.

“It’s ridiculous,” he said. “You can’t drive in urban areas at 50 miles an hour.

The traffic has to be slowed down.”

After examining the maps, Gordon Certain, president of the North Buckhead Civic Association, said the proposed changes should help slow traffic.

“I’m glad they’re paying attention to it,” Certain said. “I think it’s going to be a lot calmer for pedestrians.”

The first two phases of the overall Peachtree project have been completed, the CID says. The work already done covers Peachtree from Maple Drive to the Buckhead CID boundary at Rox-

boro Road.

The new designs will cover segments of Peachtree from Maple Drive to West Shadowlawn Avenue and then from Shadowlawn to Sheridan Drive. Construction is to begin this summer on the Shadowlawn-to-Sheridan segment.

Work on the Maple-to-Shadowlawn segment is scheduled to begin in 2015, the CID says on its website.

“Fairly often I walk from here to the [Buckhead] Village,” Durrett said during a recent interview in his office in a high-rise near Peachtree and Piedmont roads. “It’s not that far, but with the quality of the walking experience right now, it feels like it’s a long way.”

Work done on future phases of the project will differ from the work already done, in part because there is less space between buildings and the roadway, Durrett said. “[On the north end], we were able to widen Peachtree. You’re not going to be able to widen Peachtree down there,” he said. “You’re not going to have seven lane cross-sections with huge landscaping and huge sidewalks. People should not expect that. It’ll be scaled down.”

Kayla Robins contributed to this report.

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Dads’ ‘bucket list’ runneth over with father-child fun When he was younger, Matt Boettchwant to do er wrote himself a checklist of things he this stuff, we hoped to do someday. He didn’t call it his need to plan “bucket list” – the preferred current shortit for them.” hand for a list of things to do before you George kick the bucket – because the term really Markley, one hadn’t come into common parlance at the of the origtime. But it sort of served as one. inal dads, Around the turn of the century, in a counts the bit of self-evaluation, he dug out the list parade as the and took a look to see how things were best experiAROUND going. He realized a lot of the items on ence he’s had TOWN his list were things to do with his chilso far with dren. “Take your kids skiing the first the group.

JOE EARLE time.” That sort of thing.

“We worked Cut to the summer of 2012. Boettchwith the kids er’s young sons were playing on sports to build a float,” he said. “We just didn’t teams by then. When Boettcher and think it would happen, and then it did, other dads gathered at Murphey Canand the people of Dunwoody just loved dler Park in Brookhaven to watch their the concept. It was an old-school float, children compete in Dunwoody Unitlike you did in high school. Kids don’t ed Methodist Church get exposed to that anyleague games, they talkmore.” ed about how they wantMarkley said his ed to do more things with 7-year-old son and their kids. They wanted 11-year-old daughter to do memorable things now look forward to the together. So, Boettcher events. “My kids ask evsaid, they created Dads’ ery month: ‘What’s Dads’ Bucket List.

Bucket List going to do Notice the position of this month?’” he said. the apostrophe, Boettch“We’re all working er said one recent afterdads trying to find time noon in the basement with our kids,” said Marof his Dunwoody home. kley, who’s 45, grew up in Matt Boettcher Dads’ is plural. It’s not his California, and now lives list, but the group’s. “It’s in Dunwoody. “This proabout dads getting together and having vides structure, and it helps my kids get a group bucket list,” he said. out of their little clique and meet othAnd since last June, these mostly er kids.”

Dunwoody dads and kids have been off Besides, he said, “a lot of the things on periodic adventures. we have done, it’s not stuff I would have They climbed Stone Mountain. That done without Dads’ Bucket List.” was Adventure Number One. They set Now these Dunwoody dads are tryoff with a party of 13 – five dads and ing to take their concept a step further. eight kids. “Climbing a mountain, it They’re organizing a Dads’ Bucket List was kind of symbolic,” said Boettch“Checklist Challenge” for March 1 at er, who’s 44 and grew up in Colorado.

Cagle’s Dairy Farm near Canton. It’s “That kind of set the ball in motion.” open to the general public, and if it’s Since then, they’ve gone caving, successful, they may try to do more facamping, fishing, tubing, ziplining, ther-child events. Entry fees start at $79 and, yes, skiing. Boettcher’s 8-year-old for a dad and one child and add $25 for son Blake is quick to say that ski trip to additional children. For more informaNorth Carolina was his favorite. “We tion, go to dadbucketlist.com. liked it a lot,” he said.

During the day, participants can take It’s not all road trips to ski resorts part in 14 or 15 “challenges” based on and caves. They’ve breakfasted at a Wafreality TV show-styled games. They will fle House. They’ve done good deeds as have a chance to kick a field goal, tear a group. They once shook hundreds of down and rebuild a small structure made pounds of pears from a donated tree and of PVC pipes and, Boettcher promises, harvested them for a food pantry. They join in “some sort of eating challenge.” did a Polar Bear Plunge in one dad’s Boettcher says the basic idea is for Dunwoody pool one cold morning. fathers and their children to share exAnd last July 4, they made a big, buckperiences. “My dad was all in on faet-shaped float and marched in Duntherhood,” he said. “He didn’t miss an woody’s Fourth of July Parade. opportunity to do things with me.”

Boettcher said the idea behind the He says he and the other dads want group is just to get dads and kids out dotheir kids to think the same of them ing things together. The dads take turns someday. “We want to leave a legaplanning events. “Women naturally plan cy for our kids,” Boettcher said. “I replay dates,” he said. “They’re just good member some great times with my at this stuff. Men aren’t. We’re more ‘fly dad. That’s what we want our kids to by the seat of our pants’ types. If people remember.”

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On the trail to an even better Buckhead Construction for PATH400 – a 5.2-mile multi-use trail running through the heart of Buckhead – will get under way this month. It’s a big moment for Buckhead, and the fact that it comes just three years after this project was proposed speaks volumes about the potential that PATH400 holds for this community. I’ve worked in Buckhead for almost 20 years, and I’ve never seen an effort that has so quickly gained momentum and been embraced so fully.

There are a number of factors that have contributed to that progress, not the least of which is the enormous level of cooperation that we’ve received from all sectors – state and city government, neighborhood associations, local businesses and nonprofit organizations. Hundreds of people have provided input on PATH400, which can slow a project, but in this case brought an energy that has quickly moved us to where we are today.

What is so special about PATH400 that has generated this level of support? What benefits will it bring to Buckhead?

• Opportunities for exercise and recreation. We all know it’s important to be physically active. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always translate into more trips to the gym or more time on the treadmill. But what if you could lace up your tennis shoes, walk out your back door and spend 30 minutes walking or biking a neighborhood trail? People who reported using trails at least once a week were twice as likely to meet physical activity recommendations than people who reported rarely or never using trails according to a study published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2006). PATH400 will give Buckhead residents the opportunity to enjoy a safe, attractive, paved trail that connects the community’s neighborhoods to parks, trails, schools, the Buckhead Business District and ultimately to the Atlanta BeltLine. This project will be a tremendous asset for Buckhead, and could greatly improve residents’ health and well being.

• Economic benefits. Well designed and maintained trails like PATH400 have been proven to increase property values, which is good news for Buckhead homeowners. PATH400 will also support and provide opportunities for local businesses by making them accessible to pedestrians and bik-

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ers. It isn’t hard to envision, for example, a family taking an impromptu walk on a summer evening to enjoy a cool treat at the local ice cream shop. As foot traffic increases, businesses will have new opportunities to attract customers that might never have been in reach otherwise. PATH400 will also boost Buckhead’s long-term economic viability by providing a much-needed amenity that will DENISE help attract future residents, visiSTARLING tors and businesses.

LIVABLE BUCKHEAD • Community connections.

One of PATH400’s greatest attributes will be the way that it fosters social interaction by creating a safe, attractive public space where people can spend time together. Local garden clubs will have a new venue for practicing their skills. Exercise groups will have a new setting for workouts. Children will have a safe place to learn to ride their bikes. These small, everyday interactions build community in a way that is often underestimated.

So keep an eye out as PATH400 begins to take shape. Construction on the first segment running from Lenox Road at Tower Place to Old Ivy Road will be under way for approximately nine months, wrapping up before the annual holiday traffic increase. Additional phases will begin construction later this year. I encourage you to visit livablebuckhead.org for updates on PATH400, an exciting project that has almost unlimited potential to make Buckhead an even better place to live, work and play.

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Not your daddy’s alley: New bowling venues offer more ways to play

BY ANN MARIE QUILL Forget smoke-filled bowling alley hangouts.

Bowling venues that are more than just alleys are popping up in the metro area in the form of upscale boutiques and family entertainment centers with some local entrepreneurs at the helm.

In Sandy Springs, North Fulton residents Jack Canouse and Chris Albano opened Stars and Strikes in December at 8767 Roswell Road, just south of the Chattahoochee in the North River shopping center.

“Jack and I each have three children and we ANN MARIE QUILL just didn’t think there Chris Albano, co-owner of the Stars and Strikes bowling venue were enough activities in Sandy Springs, says the facility also offers laser tag, video [in the area] for parents games, a full bar and restaurant, and live entertainment. and children to do as a family,” Albano said.

Meanwhile, in Buckhead, the 20,000-squaresuch as wood fired pizza, sandwiches and small plates foot Painted Pin is slated to open in April along Mimeant for sharing. ami Circle, offering an upscale entertainment venue Both are opening at a time when the Bowling Prowith sophisticated dining and drink options, includprietors of America brag that more people take part ing wines, craft beers, signature cocktails and foods CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

Perimeter market becoming ‘economic hub’ of metro Atlanta region

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The Valentine’s Day announcement that a Texas developer planned to build more than 2 million square feet of office space in the heart of the Perimeter drew widespread notice.

But developers, office building owners and planners were closely watching insurance giant State Farm’s plans for a corporate campus across from the Dunwoody MARTA station long before Dallas-based developer KDC made the formal announcement.

State Farm, they say, is a “game changer” for the Perimeter.

“State Farm has changed everything – and not just for Dunwoody, but for Perimeter Center,” Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said. “[They’ve taken] this big block of space and everybody else is looking and saying, ‘OK, now where are we going to land?’ The ripple effect is all the office projects now are tightening up, if you want big blocks of space.”

KDC announced Feb. 14 that it planned to build 2.2 million square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of restaurants and shops, and a 200-room hotel on property located on Hammond Drive across from the Dunwoody MARTA station. State Farm will lease 585,000 square feet of the office space, and plans to add additional buildings over the next decade, KDC said in its press release.

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PERIMETER BUSINESS Chambers, local officials welcome new businesses Here’s a sampling of recent ribbon cuttings formally marking the opening of new businesses in the area.

Photos were provided by the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce and the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.

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Christophe’s To Go, which offers gourmet take-out food, celebrated the opening of their new location in Sandy Springs Plaza on Jan. 23.

Cutting the ribbon is owner Cyclone Covey and chef Christophe Le Metayer.

The Pet Resorts, offering grooming, day care and boarding for cats and dogs 40 pounds and under, recently opened in Dunwoody at 4343 Dunwoody Park. Owner Malcolm Aga, center, flanked

by Mayor Mike Davis, left, and City Councilman Denny Shortal, right, cuts the ribbon.

Morris/Hardwick/ Schneider, a law firm specializing in real estate, recently opened their office at 8200 Roberts Drive, Suite 200. From center to the left: Nat Hardwick, Natalie Hardwick; from center to the right, Dunwoody City Councilman Denny Shortal, Brent Morris.

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New bowling alleys offer more than just strikes and spares CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7

in bowling than any other participatory sport. According to the association, modern venues require a variety of entertainment options and fresh menu choices in competing for disposable income.

At Stars and Strikes, Albano said that community response to the 51,000-square-foot facility has been good, but it’s not just the bowling balls and pins that are drawing in the crowd.

In addition to 20 regular bowling lanes, plus eight more in a “VIP area” for private parties, the facility provides a laser tag arena, a video game room, a 250-seat restaurant, a full bar and live entertainment. “We offer something for everyone,” Albano said.

The Painted Pin co-owner Justin Amick grew up in the hospitality industry. His family owns Concentrics Restaurants, which develops restaurant concepts nationally, and he himself trained as a sommelier, or wine steward.

After working every aspect of the family business, Amick said he wanted to strike out on his own. After talking it over with a friend, William Stallworth, the two decided to open an upscale bowling and entertainment venue, combining Amick’s food and bever-

William Stallworth, left, and Justin Amick are opening their upscale bowling alley in Buckhead this spring.

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age experience with Stallworth’s sales and financial background.

“As a kid I can remember bowling on the weekends,” Amick said. But The Painted Pin will differ from the places Amick bowled in his childhood.

The two hope to attract young families and executives by featuring Old English décor, exposed brick walls, natural lighting and a dark oak bar. Bocce courts, shuffleboards, basketball pop-a-shots, a pingpong room and skee-ball are among

the extra amenities complementing 20 bowling lanes.

Stars and Strikes’ owners expect to bring 100 jobs to the area, while The

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Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said he’s especially excited about Stars and Strikes’ north Roswell Road location. “They are located in an area where we’re trying to get commercial activity generated,” Paul said, adding that such a business can help begin revitalization of an important commercial district, attracting more businesses if it’s successful.

Amick said he was surprised how easy it was to raise money for his and Stallworth’s venture. “Getting investors was one of the easiest steps,” he said.

“They saw what a viable concept [The Painted Pin] was. We couldn’t have gotten a better response.”

A little less easy was the zoning and permitting process, as some retailers on Miami Circle, which largely consist of antique dealers, protested the traffic that would be created by the bowling business and the parking it needed.

Amick ultimately obtained the needed permits, and hopes the retailers, along with local consumers, will see his venue as not just a bowling alley but an upscale boutique business.

“We’re reviving an old American pastime and presenting it in a new, modern way,” Amick said.

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North Park

1.5 million square feet office space; 150,000 square feet retail space; 500 residential units; 250-room hotel

Sterling Pointe

134-room hotel; 20,000 square feet retail space

High Street

635,000 square feet office space; 400,000 square feet retail space; 1,500 condos; 1,500 apartments; 400 hotel rooms

Hines Ravinia IV

30,000 to 40,000 square feet retail space for restaurants and shops

State Farm

2.2 million square feet office space; 100,000 square feet of space for retail, restaurants and entertainment; 200-room hotel

Goldkist Site

1.03 million square feet office space in two high-rise buildings

John Hancock

250,000 square feet office space; 500 apartments

Palisades

200-room hotel; 425 residential units; 54,000 square feet retail space

Hyatt Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina 173-room hotel

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Perimeter becoming ‘economic hub’ of region CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 it from the activity, the phone calls. Evone of the largest corporate office develerybody is fighting to be the first out of opments in metro Atlanta history. the ground.”

State Farm plans to create a new naSandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul sees tional operations center on the property. the changes, too. “There’s no question The company plans to hire up to 3,000 that the Perimeter is rapidly becoming more workers to add to the 5,000 it althe economic hub of the region and, in ready employs in the metro Atlanta area, many ways, the ‘new downtown’ of the KDC said. metro area,” he said.

“We are working to create a ‘workOne reason is an effort to attract place of the future,’ including a live/ younger workers. Developers believe work/play environment – with housing, younger workers want to live and work public transportation, shopping and ennear places to shop and dine, and are attertainment all within easy access,” State tracted to areas served by mass transit, Farm spokesman Justin Tomczak said. such as MARTA. These workers, in their “We envision buildings and offices 20s and 30s, often are described as “milthat foster a creative and collaborative lennials.” environment – open spaces and meet“We are all focused now on millening areas, a bright nials,” Heagy and new look and said. “Millennifeel, comfortable als are very happy gathering areas, to live and work and easily accessiin places where ble amenities.” they don’t have to The scale of drive a car.” the development Business own– combined with ers in the area other projects welcome the new such as plans to customers.

“I relocate the Atthink it’s going to lanta Braves basemean more busiball team to a new ness for us,” said stadium in Cobb restaurant owner “We are all focused County – show Doug McKendnow on millennials. a renewed interrick. “It’s going to Millennials are very est in developadd a lot of young happy to live and work in ing large projects business people places where they donʼt along the “top to the area.” have to drive a car.” end” of I-285, Still, some reseconomic develidents worry deopment officials velopment will – John Heagy say. In the Perimspawn more trafHines, senior vice president eter area, develfic, already the aropers are dusting ea’s biggest proboff plans that had lem. been shelved for properties zoned in the “About 80 percent of the people who past to allow construction of millions of work here live elsewhere,” Paul said. square feet of new office space, hotels, “The goal is to have more people who shops and restaurants, government offiwork here to also live here. If we reduce cials said. the distance people must drive to work, “What was happening before the reit will have a significant, positive impact cession just sort of sped up [recently] beon congestion, so we hope the new peocause we took so long a break,” Starling ple coming here to work will also choose said. “I think you’ll see a slightly more to live here as well.” dense development. You’ll have some Doug Dillard, a lawyer representing very dense nodes in Perimeter, on the the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Dunwoody side and the Sandy Springs regarding a planned mixed-use developside.” ment in the Brookhaven portion of the Just a few years ago, at the bottom of Perimeter, argues that a mixture of ofthe recession, little was happening in the fices, shops and homes in a single develPerimeter office submarket, said John opment will help avoid traffic problems.

Heagy, senior vice president-marketing “I think as you look at these subfor Hines, an international real estate urban areas developing into an urban firm developing a high-rise office buildnode, mixed-use is the best way to make ing in the Sandy Springs portion of the them pedestrian-friendly and minimize Perimeter. “Today, compared with two the cost associated with getting into and years ago, it’s a different world,” Heagy out of the project,” Dillard said. “You said. put food and beverage in close proximiStarling says developers are positionty to where people work and live, you’re ing themselves to be the first to raise going to minimize traffic and other imnew buildings in the area. “I think the pacts.” next couple of years are going to be inMelissa Weinman contributed to this teresting,” Starling said. “You can sense report.

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Savor Sandy Springs Local owners Jason Sheetz (pictured) and William Sigley have 50 years of experience with the best restaurants in Atlanta and Las Vegas. Hammocks combines their attention to detail with a casual family-friendly, neighborhood feel. The menu features cuisine from the southern U.S. coastal regions and every dish is made from scratch. Popular items include BBQ oysters, baked salmon, gumbo, shrimp and grits and grouper.

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Stories of Sacrifice Wednesday, Feb. 26, 6 p.m. – In commemora-

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tion of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Eighth Air Force in Savannah, the Atlanta History Center hosts an evening program, featuring veterans who served in the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Hear first-hand accounts of bravery and sacrifice from those who fought the air war over Nazi-occupied Europe. 6 p.m., light reception; 7 p.m., program begins. Free, and all are welcome. RSVP requested by calling 404-814-4150. In McElreath Hall, Woodruff Auditorium, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. To find out more about the program, visit: www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/ VeteransVoices.

Winter Star Gazing Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.

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50 Years Friday, Feb. 28, 7:30-11 p.m. – Friends of North Springs Foundation invites all to a 50th Birthday Bash for the charter high school. Enjoy dinner, drinks, entertainment and bidding on auction items.

Proceeds benefit the school. Tickets, $100 per person, and can be purchased online by going to: www. friendsofnorthsprings.com. Held at Hudson Grille, 6317 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

Chattahoochee Road Race Saturday, March 1, 8-11 a.m. – It’s time for the 31st annual Chattahoochee Road Race! Participate in a very fast out and back race, with a 3/4 mile downhill finish, one of the fastest 5K & 10K races in Georgia. Peachtree Road Race seeded qualifier. $3035. Race benefits the Chattahoochee Road Runners. Parking available at the finish line, at LeFont Theaters; shuttles to the start, 171 Mount Vernon Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Awards and post-race refreshments. Long-sleeved running shirts, professional photos. For more details and to register, go to: visit www.iwelife.com or http://crrrace.com.

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Poetry Contest Monday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. – Children and teens in grades K-8 can enter the Ida Williams Memorial poetry contest at the Buckhead Library. Win gift cards for Barnes & Noble! Poetry can be free-verse or rhyming. Entries can be hand-written, typed or computer printed. Three grade categories: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8.

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Monday, Feb. 24, 5-6:30 p.m. – Budding po-

ets, storytellers and writers aged 12-18 - join poet Lizzy Fox and deepen your personal connection with nature through writing and performance. Using the Dunwoody Nature Center’s 22 acres, this course focuses on sensory language, quiet observation, and storytelling to connect you with nature. Each class ends with sharing and feedback. Sign up for one workshop or all six. Mondays through March 31. $15 each or $75 in advance for all six classes. 5343 Roberts Dr., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-3943322 or go to: www.dunwoodynature.org or www. lizzyfoxpoetry.com to learn more.

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Martial Arts Monday, March 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Martial

arts is fun! Kids learn valuable skills that help with focus, selfdiscipline and confidence. You will learn basic moves, and test for your white belt in a safe learning environment. Free and open to the community. For ages 4 and up. Registration required and started Feb. 17.

Space is limited. Classes continue Mondays through March 24. Call 404-303-6130, email: leah.germon@ fultoncountyga.gov or visit the Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328 to sign up and learn more.

Turtle Tours Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Heri-

tage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an educational series appropriate for children ages 2-5, continues. In this program, museum mascots Spring and Sandy “feed their feathery friends.” Free; donations encouraged. No reservations required. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more information, email: kbrigance@heritagesandysprings.org, call 404851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesandysprings.org.

Cardboard Challenge

Saturday, March 1, 9:30 a.m. – Join an At-

lanta Audubon Society naturalist for a morning of birding and exploration! Participants learn how to use binoculars, identify at least 10 common birds by sight, and use a field guide. Appropriate for ages 6-11. $15 per child, and includes a pocket field guide, nature journal, and handouts. Register by going to: www.sandyspringsga.gov/registration or by calling 770-730-5600. Morgan Falls Overlook Park, 200 Morgan Falls Rd., Sandy Springs 30350.

St. Patrick’s Day

Saturday, March 8, 6 p.m. – To celebrate Teen

Tech Week, youth are invited to test their problemsolving skills by escaping the Pit of Doom! Contest rules and entry forms available at the Sandy Springs Library starting Feb. 1. Entries due March 8. Prizes awarded to best entries. Registration required.

Free and open to youth in middle and high school.

Email: marlan.brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov, call 404-303-6130 or visit the library for details. 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.

Saturday, March 1, 3-4 p.m. – Ms. Leah

holds a seasonal story time about St. Patrick’s Day. Free and open to the public. Appropriate for ages 3-7. Registration required and started Feb. 17. Space is limited. Call 404-303-6130, email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or visit the Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328 to sign up and find out details.

Memphis Belle at PDK Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2 – The Lib-

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BY COLLIN KELLEY Atlanta has a reputation for tearing down the old to make way for the new, but there are still hundreds of historic sites in metro Atlanta, and they will be open for tours and special events during The Phoenix Flies, presented by the Atlanta Preservation Center.

There are 237 events during this year’s annual Phoenix Flies program, which runs March 8 through March 23, and takes place in buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods around the city, according to coordinator Carolyn McLaughlin.

“We’ve added 30 events this year,” McLaughlin said, “and we’re expecting 4,000 to 6,000 people to take part in this year’s celebration.”

The Phoenix Flies includes guided walking tours, bicycle tours, exhibits, interactive children’s activities and visual and performing arts.

Notable events happening include the Atlanta History Center’s tours of Kenan Research Center, Whittier Mill Village Neighborhood Association’s neighborhood home tour, a tour of the Atlanta International School, New Hope AME Church & Cemetery, Sardis Church & Cemetery, The Cathedral of St. Philip and Oglethorpe University.

Some of the new events for 2014 include: • Guided tours of the Atlanta Curb Market, Glenn Hotel and the Tabernacle.

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• Self-guided, guided and bicycle tours of Westview Cemetery, a private cemetery which dates from 1884, which is the resting place of many important Atlantans.

• An afternoon in Ansley Park, with guided tours of the Piedmont Driving Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution Building.

• Lectures on the National Register and preservation tax benefits by the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Easements Atlanta.

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Complete event listings are available at PreserveAtlanta.com.

All events are offered on a firstcome, first-served basis, but many events require reservations, so be sure to check the website to secure a spot.

McLaughlin said the Atlanta Preservation Center raises all funds necessary to produce and publicize the event with private donations, sponsorships and grants.

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STAR STUDENTS Every year, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation honors top students at both public and private high schools from across the state. Students who receive the highest scores at their school on the SAT, a college entrance exam, and have grade-point averages in the top 10 percent of their class are recognized as STAR students, which stands for Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program. Each STAR student then chooses a teacher as his or her STAR teacher. After STAR students and teachers are chosen from the high schools, school system winners are named. Winners chosen from districts compete for the title of state STAR student. Here are the STAR students and teachers from schools in Reporter Newspapers communities: Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. Their names and photos were provided by their high schools.

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Africa McLeod STAR student

Melissa Bobeck STAR teacher

Cross Keys High School

Kui Sit STAR student

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Erik Vincent STAR teacher

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Chamblee Charter High School

Mollie Simon STAR student

Christopher Y. Smith STAR teacher

The Galloway School

Lakota Rich STAR student

Rebecca Klein STAR teacher

The Lovett School

Halle Payne STAR student

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Mary Gunning STAR student

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Dunwoody High School

Mallory Harris STAR student

Raymond Wise STAR teacher

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

Natalie Kessler STAR student

Gerard Gatoux STAR teacher

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Joey Paris STAR student

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Brendan Phillips STAR student

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North Atlanta High School

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Joshua Rogers STAR student

Gus Whyte STAR teacher

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Michele Brown STAR teacher

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Joseph Martin STAR student

North Springs Charter High School

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 Henry Ballard  North Springs Charter High School, senior What sets the musical Evelyn Evelyn apart is not just its storyline or the fact that it is based on an album. What distinguishes the show is that it was written

by North Springs Charter High student Henry Ballard.

Henry, a senior in the performing arts magnet program at the high school, spent most of this past summer working on the script, and writing back and forth with director and North Springs teacher Steve Young.

The show premiered in January. It was based on an album of songs by duo Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. The score for the show was put together by Henry’s fellow North Springs senior Danny Marmer.

“I have been born and raised in theater, so I imagine everything on stage,” said Henry, who also worked as assistant director of the show. “The way the story [of Evelyn Evelyn] was built on the album made it easy to translate over, and I thought of the different images I saw on stage as I listened to the music. Then I thought, why not actually do it, instead of just thinking about it?”

The play tells the story of Evelyn and Evelyn Neville, conjoined twin sisters, and victims of various misfortunes.

Through music, writing and performing their hit album, they find the strength to overcome a frightful past.

Henry’s work won praise from his director and teacher.

“Henry is stellar; he is very involved in what he wants to do in life, which is one of the reasons he was allowed to even start pursuing this in the first place,” said Young, who has taught at North Springs for 14 years. “He is a great student and a great kid.”

Henry hopes his experience writing Evelyn Evelyn will lead to more plays

that will attract young audiences.

“I want to start really reinventing theater in a way that appeals to my generation, and to make theater more accessible to the masses, because the more live theater I go out to see, the more I notice that 70 percent of the audience is in their 70s,” said Ballard. “My generation has the instant gratification complex and wants the ‘Netflix’ appeal, and they want it instantly and that is really hard to do with theater.”

In the spring, he will stage manage the last of North Springs’ three annual productions, and has done building and lighting work for other productions in the past. To Henry, being part of theater is its own lifestyle.

This year, he is part of the teen ambassador program at Theatrical Outfit in downtown Atlanta. The program draws two seniors from each area high school, and includes free shows and workshops with professionals.

Off of the stage, Henry enjoys biking and playing the ukulele and ocarina, a wind instrument. He also attends the annual Highland Games at Stone Mountain and Grandfather Mountain with his family. “I am very involved in my Scottish heritage,” said Henry. “You can often see me in a kilt.”

The games, which Henry describes as a mini Scottish Olympics, involve everything from sheep herding to a caber toss. “It is good camping, good music and good fun, and I get to meet up with a lot of my family there.”

What’s Next: Henry plans to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts next year. He intends to major in design and production, with a concentration in stage management. Down the road, he would like to operate his own theater company.

This article was prepared by Mollie Simon, a senior at Chamblee Charter High School.

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The Historic Brookhaven neighborhood organized a meeting with Atlanta and Brookhaven police to discuss security. However, the meeting was canceled due to the recent ice storm.

Atlanta Police Department Zone 2 Commander Maj. Van Hobbs told the North Buckhead Civic Association in an email that there have been several pedestrian burglaries recently in Buckhead.

“We have seen a spike in pedestrian robberies over the last two weeks,” Hobbs said. “Although we have made arrests, we have requested additional resources to be in the area as well as using our crime suppression units to quell the issue.”

Hobbs said the suspects seem to be following people home and approaching them once they get out of their cars.

He recommended residents be mindful of their surroundings and watch out for people who may be following them. He said anyone who sees something suspicious should call 911.

“As always, we are aware of the situation and are taking steps to address it,” Hobbs said in the email. Attempts to contact Hobbs directly were not successful before the deadline for this article.

Brookhaven Police Chief Gary Yandura said he has had conversations with neighborhoods in the city who are interested in providing his department with access to security cameras. He said video footage can provide police with clues they need to find suspects.

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The Historic Brookhaven neighborhood, which straddles the city line between Atlanta and Brookhaven, is looking to install security cameras at the entrances to the neighborhood, according to Mike Elliot, a member of the board of the Historic Brookhaven Neighborhood Association.

Yandura said he has spoken with Atlanta Police Chief George Turner about sharing security camera footage.

“It’ll assist us. It’s almost like having extra police on the street,” Yandura said. “We’re trying to work out a program where we can share the same information.”

Like its neighboring cities of Atlanta and Sandy Springs, Yandura said Brookhaven would like to one day have a network of security cameras that can be used to help solve and prevent crimes.

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AS S A U LT 1st block of Collier Road, NW – An aggravated assault was reported on Feb. 1. A woman said she has a court agreement with her child’s father that specifies how and when custody is exchanged for visits. She has been unable to contact the child’s father during the visit, which made her nervous. She also said that the weekend prior, she noticed visible bruises on her child’s rear from being spanked with a metal ruler by his father during a weekend visit.

ROBBERY 1900 block of Piedmont Road, NE –A pedestrian robbery was reported on Jan. 20. A homeless man who cleans the parking lot of the club was escorting two women to their car from Room Service Lounge when they were confronted by two men in a gray Toyota Camry. They pointed a gun at the man and demanded his property. He gave the susBH

pects $125, and then the suspects demanded the women’s property. The man attempted to stop the suspects, when he was shot in the stomach. The women fled the parking lot and advised security at the club of the incident, and the suspects fled in their vehicle. The man was transported to Grady Hospital, where doctors could not find an entry wound at the time of the report. There was broken glass and miscellaneous trash in the area where the victim was shot.

1000 block of Chattahoochee Avenue, NW – A pedestrian robbery was reported on Jan. 25. A woman said a man pointed a silver revolver at her, after she finished a transaction at the Wells Fargo ATM, telling her to give him the money. She did not have any money, since she just deposited a check. The suspect fled the scene without getting anything from her.

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