AUGUST 18 - 31, 2017 • VOL. 9 — NO. 17
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Ice, ice, baby!
BeltLine founder turns focus to Buford Highway BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
The visionary behind the Atlanta BeltLine is setting his sights on Buford Highway as the very first project of a new urban planning nonprofit he created. “I love Buford Highway,” said Ryan Gravel in a recent interview in his office on the eighth story of Ponce City Market. “Buford Highway has this amazing spirit, culture and vibrancy, [and it] would be inspiring to see the next chapter of that story.” Gravel, whose thesis at Georgia Tech evolved into the renowned BeltLine, recently created a new nonprofit called Generator, an “idea studio” that is “committed to the production of ideas about cities that nobody is asking for, but that just might change the Hannah Davis, 2, enjoys an ice treat from King of Pops, bringing a smile to the face of mom Laura, at the Brookhaven Farmers Market on Aug. 12. The market runs every Saturday into December at the corner of Dresden Drive and Fernwood Circle. For more information, see BrookhavenFarmersMarket.com.
STANDOUT STUDENT Creating 3-D printed prosthetic arms
We knew we couldn’t stay in this area ... because they are making it a really rich area. They’re going to tear everything down.
OUT & ABOUT Walking, wagging for a cause
A displaced Park Villa tenant
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Council splits on for-profit probation services BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net Despite one councilmember’s objection about the fairness of having a forprofit company manage probation in the city court, the City Council recently voted to hire Georgia-based Professional Probation Services for the job. Councilmember Linley Jones cast the lone vote against the contract, saying she didn’t believe a for-profit company could administer fair justice. The council voted 3-1 on Aug. 8 to hire PPS. The city had used
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