11-23-18 Dunwoody Reporter

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NOV. 23 - DEC. 13, 2018 • VOL. 9 — NO. 24

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Perimeter Business ► In bid to attract visitors, hotel taxes seek ‘free money’ with few strings PAGE 4 ► Sandy Springs, Brookhaven refresh their tourism tactics PAGE 4-5

I-285 toll lanes could harm Georgetown, says council member

Hi, Santa!

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

PHIL MOSIER

O.G. Chase, 4, and sister Avery Jane Chase, 6, have a chat with Santa during Light Up Dunwoody Nov. 18. The annual community event rung in the holiday season at the Cheek-Spruill House in Dunwoody Village with a tree-lighting, a menorah lighting and other events.

The very clear message to our returning and newly elected representatives should be that the era of one-party rule is over and there is no entitlement to these seats for one particular party or the other.

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New toll lanes to be built along I-285 could hurt some Georgetown homeowners, businesses and a beloved recreation center, according to a City Council member. But nobody yet knows the details of the Georgia Department of Transportation’s “I-285 Top End Express Lanes” project, creating an uncertainty that is frustrating city officials. “This is my most hated project ever,” City Councilmember Lynn Deutsch said in an interview. She has been on the council for seven years and her district includes Georgetown. “There’s potential for a real negative impact on Georgetown ... but we don’t know,” she said. “The attitude I hear from talking to others is this is a done deal. But I don’t think it has to be,” Deutsch said. “There See I-285 on page 14

City puts 6-month hold on multi-unit construction BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

OUT & ABOUT 13 ways to celebrate the holidays Pages 18-19

ANDY BAUMAN SANDY SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

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A six-month moratorium on multi-unit building applications, permits and construction is now in effect as city officials say they need time to review the city’s fire safety codes and ordinances. It’s unclear how the moratorium will affect Grubb Properties’ proposed 20-acre mixed-use development in Perimeter Center that includes 900 condominiums or the long-dormant High Street project that would include 400,000 square feet of retail and resSee CITY on page 22


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