NOV. 25 - DEC. 8, 2016 • VOL. 7 — NO. 24
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Perimeter Business ► Weather Company moving to Perimeter Center PAGE 5 ► New programs promote local video gaming industry PAGE 7 Family recipe hits shelves, Page 4
All I want for Christmas ...
Dunwoody Village’s old parking limits start to loosen BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net So far this year, three developers seeking to build or redevelop in Dunwoody Village were forced to ask City Council to approve more parking for their projects than currently is allowed. Councilmember Jim Riticher is asking the Community Development staff to tweak the ordinance. “The way it’s written, everybody wanting to redevelop in Dunwoody Village has to come before us for more parking ... and it’s a little bit absurd that we have to touch that element,” he said in an interview. At the council’s Nov. 14 meeting, members unanimously approved a speSee CONCERNS on page 14
PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER
Brandon Speir, a kindergartner at Austin Elementary School, tells Santa what he wants for Chrismas at the Light Up Dunwoody Christmas Village. Culminating with a tree-lighting, Light Up Dunwoody was held Nov. 20 at the Cheek Spruill Farm House and was sponsored by the Dunwoody Homeowners Association. More photos, page 13.►
Standout Student
More. I just want to get everybody a better gift compared to years before. I don’t want to get them the same kind of gift. I want to upgrade. FRANCEIN TAVACKDI
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A passion for music See STORY on page 20
People tell us whether they will spend more or less than they did last year on holiday gifts. See Commentary, page 10
OUT & ABOUT Back to Nature Holiday Market Page 17
New citizens’ police patrol hits the streets BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net Volunteers with Dunwoody Police Department’s Citizens on Patrol program hit the streets the morning of Nov. 15 ready to serve as extra eyes and ears for officers. “My father raised me to support the local police department … and it is incumbent on us as citizens to be involved and engaged,” said Wayne Radloff, a retired Navy captain and one of the first eight members of the program. Radloff, Ron Silvers, Jim Sturgis and Russ Thompson drove from City Hall in the program’s two new white vehicles, marked “Dunwoody Citizen Patrol” on the sides, to make their first solo patrols after weeks of See NEW on page 23