MAY 25 - JUNE 7, 2018 • VOL. 9 — NO. 11
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Brook Run Park concepts have three plans, up to $9.3M price tag BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
PHIL MOSIER
Melina Petriccione, 6, adds some color to sand bottle art with help from mom Tracy as the Dunwoody residents enjoy the annual Dunwoody Art Festival on May 12. The festival drew thousands of visitors to Dunwoody Village on Mother’s Day weekend.
Summer reading picks Page 10
EDUCATION Top of the Class
The construction of two multiuse fields and a renovated Great Lawn are on the agenda for the first phase of improvements to Brook Run Park. But will city leaders have the money to do everything they hope? That’s the question facing the mayor and City Council after being presented three concept designs for the first phase of the park’s renovations with cost estimates ranging from $9.3 million to $6.5 million to $5 million. The city’s approximate budget for the first phase is currently $5.1 million. Subtract consultants and other fees and that leaves the total at actually about $4.3 million, according to Whit Alexander with Lose and Associates. Lose and Associates was hired by the city for $324,000 to come up with design options for the park to include the addiSee BROOK on page 12
New school brings new traffic signal, turn lanes to Roberts Drive BY DYANA BAGBY
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OUT & ABOUT Peachtree Peppers heat up Dunwoody concert series Page 16
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The new Austin Elementary School opening next year on Roberts Drive adjacent to the Dunwoody Nature Center means some major changes are in the works, including a new traffic signal, additional sidewalks and new turn lanes. But some residents fear that means losing trees and parts of front yards. The changes are needed to accommodate the increase in traffic when the 900See NEW on page 22