JUNE 22 - JULY 5, 2018 • VOL. 10 — NO. 13
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► City freezes new Buford Highway development for six months PAGE 12 ► Bestselling author Emily Giffin talks about Atlanta, writing and more PAGE 16
Branding Brookhaven: New CVB mission to create city’s own identity
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The city has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Super Bowl guide ads, a booth at Atlanta Midtown Music fest, and other high-profile events in what it says is a necessary effort to brand the city and boost local pride. The money and push to do so is part of the council, administration and newly established Convention and Visitors Bureau efforts to create Brookhaven’s own sense of identity amid other well-established and PHIL MOSIER
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Aiden Hudson, 2, gets behind the wheel of a DeKalb County Fire Rescue engine from Station 15 – based at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport -- during a public safety “Touch a Truck” event June 16 at Blackburn Park. More photos, p. 11.►
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We want to be loved, we want to be understood, we want to be happy, we want our needs to be met, but in the dearth of any of those things, tender mercies can see us through. Page 20
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Jon Ossoff helps to spotlight soccer corruption
Council seeks mixed-use for Buford Highway townhome project BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
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A proposed townhome development off Buford Highway was dealt a blow June 12 when the Brookhaven City Council delayed a rezoning request because members say they want to see more of a mixed-use development including retail and mix of housing and price points. The delay, though, has angered residents who live on Bramblewood Drive, where the
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