10-27-17 Brookhaven Reporter

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OCT. 27 - NOV. 9, 2017• VOL. 9 — NO. 22

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► Local players get a kick out of new sport of FootGolf PAGE 4 ► Book Festival of the MJCCA will bring big-name authors PAGE 20

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BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Lisa Tantillo of Calou Calay Studio begins creating a pottery cup in her booth at the Brookhaven Arts Festival Oct. 21. Tantillo and her sculptor fiancé, Zack Callaghan, were among more than 140 artists joining in the annual festival on Apple Valley Road, which extended into Oct. 22 with a car show and other events.

I finally figured out that a very effective way to get back at the offspring ... is to bombard them with Bitmojis.

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Peachtree Creek Greenway ‘model mile’ unveiled

Whirling away at Brookhaven Arts Festival

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OUT & ABOUT Gear up for the holidays at arts and crafts markets Page 18

Praise, and some pushback, greeted the unveiling of the “model mile” design for the Peachtree Creek Greenway, the first leg of the approximate 12-mile linear park that is expected to connect Brookhaven with Chamblee, Doraville and eventually the Atlanta BeltLine. An Oct. 16 open house at the Salvation Army’s massive southern territory campus on Northeast Expressway attracted about 30 people. They were able to see and provide feedback on the first specific designs of the first mile of the Greenway, from Corporate Boulevard to Briarwood Road. Groundbreaking for the project is expected early next year. “This trail is being built for the average person, not for the Spandex crowd,” Ed McBrayer, executive director of the PATH Foundation, said of the Greenway. The City Council hired the PATH Foundation this year to design its portion of the Greenway. Other PATH Foundation trails include the Atlanta BeltLine, the Silver Comet Trail and PATH 400. See PEACHTREE on page 12

Council rejects fence, wants ungated communities BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Gated communities in Brookhaven are not unusual today. But a move by the City Council points to a new trend by city leaders to eliminate enclosed complexes for a future of “connectivity” in the city. “I don’t support any more gated communities in Brookhaven,” Councilmember Linley Jones said in an interview. “In the long term, I think it will benefit the city through connectivity. I know we See COUNCIL on page 14


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