07-21-17 Dunwoody Reporter

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JULY 21 - AUG. 3, 2017 • VOL. 8 — NO. 15

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Perimeter Business ► From farm to frozen treats PAGE 4 ► Bike shares growing

in Perimeter area

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Historic farm gets final touches for public use

Canine kisses

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

KATE AWTREY

Donna Manrique gets some love from Murphy while enjoying singer/songwriter Wesley Cook performing in the Dunwoody Nature Center Summer Concert Series’ final show of the year on July 15. More photos, p. 14-15.►

STANDOUT STUDENTS Westminster grads win national debate championship Page 20

The city of Sandy Springs can be held up as a great example of thoughtfully approaching its public art program with carefully crafted goals, strategies, criteria and policy. CHERI MORRIS Chair of Art Sandy Springs’ “ArtSS in the Open” public art program

See Commentary, page 10

OUT & ABOUT Stepping out, speakeasy style Page 19

The historic Donaldson-Bannister Farm at 4831 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road is nearly ready for public use after years of work, as the City Council recently approved funding for finishing touches. The council voted July 10 to award a contract not to exceed $558,000 for site improvements at the Donaldson-Bannister Farm to include handicapped parking and Americans with Disabilities Act regulated accessibility to the house and restrooms, paving the way to the cityowned park opening sometime this summer to the public. Parks and Recreation Director Brent Walker told the mayor and council that the contract, to P.E. Structures and Associates LLC, will be used to apply the final touches needed that will then allow for the property and farm house to be opened to the public for events. No specific date has been given for when the farm will open. See HISTORIC on page 12

City may rein in business signs BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Dressed as the Statue of Liberty? Not allowed. Spinning a gym business sign on the street corner? Out of here. Posting your business signs among a crop of political signs? No more. At least, those are some of the recommended amendments to the city’s sign ordinance now being considered by the City Council. But it must tread carefully around the constitutional rights of businesses to advertise and residents to express opinions and support, according to legal counsel. The proposed amendments to the sign ordinance included restricting “sign-spinners” and people in costumes, such as Statue See CITY on page 22


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