OCTOBER 14 - 27, 2016 • VOL. 10— NO. 21
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► New Buckhead master plan in the works PAGE 2 ► Wieuca Road Baptist considers sale, redevelopment PAGE 3
A day in the garden
Meet local candidates for Legislature VOTERS GUIDE | P14-15
BCID board votes to move forward with plans for park over Ga. 400 BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net Planning for a park over Ga. 400 will move forward after a 4-2 vote of the Buckhead Community Improvement District board on Oct. 5, an approval that came amid concerns from major hotels and malls about possible higher business taxes and “conflict of interest.” In addition, planning for the park will merge into the public process for a recently begun update of Buckhead’s master plan, now renamed “Buckhead RedeSee BCID on page 16 PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER
Garden Hills Elementary School kindergarten student Nella Zurn tries out a trellis and finds plenty to smile about during Garden Clean Up Day at the school. Her parents, Allen and Lupita Zurn, joined in the Sunday morning garden cleanup on Oct. 2. Students and parents made new raised beds, harvested vegetables and planted bulbs. More photos on pages 18 and 19.
OUT & ABOUT Where to find a good Halloween scare
“Both candidates performed as expected [in te recent presidential debates]. Hillary continues to prove she thinks she’s above the law and Trump wastes opportunities to do her in by saying dumb things. --31-year-old woman
I thought the VP debate has been the most affecting one.
“They honestly made me sick. I realized I can’t support either candidate. They are more interested in smearing the other person…than they are with actually helping America. They just keep hitting on points their political consultants tell them will most damage the other candidate. They both seem very fake to me. --28-year-old man
--30-year-old man
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Andrea Goss and the 2016 national touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s CABARET. Photo by Joan Marcus
For more thoughts on the presidential election see COMMENTARY Page 12
DIVINELY, DANGEROUSLY
DECADENT.” BEN BRANTLEY
Legion wants to replace its 1930s building
American Legion Post 140 plans to demolish its rustic, 1930s-era building alongside Chastain Park and replace it with a larger stone-and-wood structure pictured above. The old building is falling apart, post leaders say, but the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is calling for it to be saved. See LEGION on page 6
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