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City reveals new locations for city hall, police department BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
Brookhaven has found new locations for its City Hall and police headquarters, Mayor J. Max Davis said. City officials are looking to lease a former Georgia State University building at 4362 Peachtree Road for use as a city office building. Brookhaven City Hall is currently located in an office building in Dunwoody. “We’re very excited about it,” Davis said. “The one bonus of the Georgia State location is that nobody in Brookhaven will have to drive more than three miles to get to it. The geographic center of the city is about 100 yards away from this location. This was very important to all of us.”
The Brookhaven Police Department is to be located at 2665 Buford Highway, which formerly housed the Latin American Association, Davis said. Davis said the details of deals are still being worked out. He would not disclose the cost of the facilities. The new facilities will not be permanent. The city is not purchasing the space. “Our plan is to have a three-to-fiveto-six-year plan for our next location and find a place where a development would like to pitch in and have some civic space and eventually go to a place like that,” Davis said. “This is not intended to be long-term location of our City Hall.”
Brookhaven Government Calendar Brookhaven City Council usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at locations to be determined. The Dec. 17 meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Lupton Auditorium at Oglethorpe University. For complete and up-to-date schedule of Brookhaven city meetings, go to http://brookhavenga.gov .
Mehta named new head of Chamber
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The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce has appointed Parag Mehta as interim executive director. Mehta replaces founding executive director Art Freeman, who has stepped down for health reasons. “I am honored to be in this position,” Mehta said. “Brookhaven is a wonderful place for any business with it being strategically located between Atlanta and the Perimeter area. I am excited for the opportunity to work further with the board, staff and volunteers to assist the existing businesses in Brookhaven and attract new businesses as well.”
Here’s how the money will be spent: -In all parks: $30,000 for permanent waste and recycling bins, including pet waste stations -Murphey Candler Park: $65,000 for bathroom construction and improvements and upgrades to sports fields. -Brookhaven Park: $40,000 for construction of an entry feature -Lynwood Park: $25,000 for renovations to the athletic facilities, bathrooms and benches. -Blackburn Park: $25,000 for pavilion renovations -Ashford Park: $10,000 for swing set improvements -Georgian Terrace Park: $5,000 for general improvements -Briarwood Park: $15,000 toward a bathroom construction fundraising project -$15,000 is reserved for future allocation These projects are not part of the improvements that will be included in the upcoming parks and recreation master plan, the city’s detailed planning process for the future development of parks and facilities.
Brookhaven hopes to begin parks improvements by year’s end Brookhaven City Council has divvied up $200,000 to begin improvements in the city’s parks. “We want to make small, meaningful improvements to our parks that park users can take advantage of almost immediately,” Councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams said in a news release.
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