10-27-17 Dunwoody Reporter

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OCT. 27 - NOV. 9, 2017• VOL. 8 — 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

Lining up for kosher barbecue

See STORY on page 8

VOTE TUESDAY NOV. 7

ELECTION DETAILS | PAGE 22

Chef-driven restaurants coming to Dunwoody Green BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Dale and Michael Yoss of the BBQ’n Hebrew Hillbillies were among many cooks serving samples to hungry attendees at the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival on Oct. 22 at Brook Run Park.

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Westminster counselor wins national honor

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

See Robin’s Nest page 11

JOHN AWTREY

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

The city of Dunwoody’s Urban Renewal Agency expects to finalize plans with a developer next month for the design and construction of several restaurants as part of the long-planned Dunwoody Green project. Economic Development Director Michael Starling said the URA is in the final stages of firming up a contract with developer Crim and Associates to build about five or six restaurants on about 2.5 acres in what’s designated as the city’s Project Renaissance urban redevelopment plan. The restaurants would be built around a small park space. The acreage, at the intersection of North Shallowford Road and Dunwoody Park, is part of the Dunwoody Green commercial site within the larger Project Renaissance development. “This is to be our Canton Street [in RoSee CHEF-DRIVEN on page 12

Excitement, wariness over Amazon HQ2 possibility BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

With the High Street property on Georgia’s official site list for its Amazon headquarters bid, residents and officials are voicing both excitement and wariness over the potential city-sized complex coming to town. Michael and Renee Fraser have lived in Dunwoody for 22 years. They don’t remember ever seeing anything but grass on the High Street property in Perimeter Center near the Sandy Springs border. See EXCITEMENT on page 22


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