SEPT. 29 - OCT. 12, 2017 • VOL. 9 — NO. 20
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Emory joins Greenway supporters BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Emory Healthcare jumped on the Peachtree Creek Greenway bandwagon as the presenting sponsor for a recent fundraiser that attracted dozens of supporters who sipped wine and snacked on hors d’œuvres on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon. The fundraiser, held at the Urban Art Collective in Chamblee, featured speeches by Brookhaven City Councilmember Joe Gebbia, Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson, DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy JestSee EMORY on page 14
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Dianna Settles worked with immigrant students at Cross Keys High School as part of the Living Walls public art conference to create her mural in Northeast Plaza that she hopes serves as a ‘beacon of beauty and resilience’ to young women of color. See story, page 12 ►
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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GDOT proposes major changes to Peachtree Road BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net State transportation officials plan major changes for a segment of Peachtree Road in Brookhaven. Their proposals include narrowing lanes, adding a multi-use path and raising a median to create a boulevard feel along the 1.38-mile stretch of Peachtree Road between North Druid Hills Road and Ashford-Dunwoody Road. The changes, unveiled recently by the Georgia Department of Transportation, stem from the Brookhaven-Peachtree Livable Centers Initiative plan, which was developed more than a decade ago through the See GDOT on page 15
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