SEPT. 29 - OCT. 12, 2017 • VOL. 11— NO. 20
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New projects should have less parking, leaders say BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
As traffic problems continue to plague Buckhead, two city councilmembers say one answer is limiting parking required in new developments. Councilmembers Yolanda Adrean of District 8 and Howard Shook of District 7, introduced legislation at the Sept. 18 City Council meeting that would create the “Buckhead Parking Overlay District,” their response to what they see as worsening traffic issues caused by the development the Peachtree See NEW on page 22
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Felicia Wheeler, right, shows Jordyn and Cameron Faichney some drumming techniques during the Fall Folklife Festival at the Atlanta History Center on Sept. 23. Held at the center’s 1840s-era Smith Family Farm, the event drew large weekend crowds to see a wide variety of folk arts.
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR From math class to ‘Jeopardy!’ studio
At first, I thought the absence of electricity would be no problem. After all, people lived happily for millennia before Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse came along.
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Lake Forrest Dam fixes could cost over $7M BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net The troubled Lake Forrest Dam finally has two repair designs on the table — and they could cost more than $7 million and require up to 18 months of road-closing construction. The 60-year-old earthen dam sits directly under Lake Forrest Drive, right on the Atlanta-Sandy Springs border. Since 2009, the state Safe Dams Program has pushed for fixing the aging dam, but that has been delayed due to complex co-ownership among both cities and several private residents. For over two-and-half-years, the cities have been See LAKE on page 22
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