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AUGUST 2020 • VOL. 14 — NO. 8
Buckhead Reporter COMMENTARY
Racial justice means talking and remembering
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Weekend getaways
City plans carrot-andstick approach on water sellers
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AROUND TOWN
BY JOHN RUCH
New leader of Conservancy helms park expansions
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around the city.
WORTH KNOWING
ship Advisory Council, a group formed
The city appears headed to a carrotand-stick approach to young people who sell bottled water on the streets, a practice that authorities say has sometimes triggered serious crime in Buckhead and The Atlanta Youth Entrepreneur-
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Seamstress Lisa Rochon offers a face mask to shoppers July 25 at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market, where mask-wearing was required and widely observed. July was a month of mask battles amid a COVID-19 surge, as Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms established a mask-wearing mandate for which Gov. Brian Kemp took her to court, alleging it violated his own less restrictive executive order.
Buckhead cityhood talk reappears; business leaders condemn it
BY JOHN RUCH
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Talk of Buckhead separating from Atlanta to become its own city is rumbling once again, with neighborhood groups said to be forming to discuss the idea. But local City Council members warn it’s a difficult path, and major business organizations are con-
demning the idea as divisive in a time of debates about racial and economic inequity. City Councilmember Howard Shook of North Buckhead’s District 7 said he has heard new cityhood talk informally from residents and that it is driven by concerns about crime. But he also expressed skepticism about the complex process and the po-
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poised to release policy recommendations about the water-selling issue on July 31, after the Reporter went to press. “We appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit of youth who are selling water to motorists,” said Bottoms in a July 25 press release about the pending policy announcement. “But we have seen an increase in unsafe and violent activity in some locations and cannot allow it to continue. It’s going to take a village and we are working with our partners to provide outreach and resources to these young people to help them gain access to job opportunities, workforce training, and educational programs.” One of the leaders involved in discussions about the water-sellers, Jim See CITY on page 14
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