JUNE 10 - JUNE 23, 2016 • VOL. 10— NO. 12
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Bobby Jones course: A junior golf Mecca? BY COLLIN KELLEY AND JOE EARLE
Katharine Montgomery, co-president of the Collier Hills Civic Association, joins a public discussion regarding renovations to the Bobby Jones Golf Course during a June 3 meeting at E. Rivers Elementary School. PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER
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OUT & ABOUT The challenge on Buford Highway is harmonizing the dreams of the people who have given Buford Highway its identity and vitality with an ugly, unsafe, underdeveloped, underutilized corridor designed to move cars and trucks. Marian Liou We Love BuHi See COMMENTARY Page 13
Putt-putt golf at the local library
After months of community argument over how best to remake the Bobby Jones Golf Course, city officials have transferred ownership of the historic Buckhead course to the state. Atlanta City Council voted 12-3 after hours of discussion on June 6 to turn over the course to the state of Georgia. State officials promise a $25 million makeover that See CITY. on page 16
‘Mansion party’ shows tensions of Airbnb rentals in neighborhoods BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
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A midnight hip hop concert and “mansion party” staged May 19 at a PeachtreeDunwoody Road house quickly became a poster child for problems with short-term rentals in the suburbs. Social media posts showed one guest flashing a pistol, and the See MANSION on page 14