12-14-18 Brookhaven Reporter

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DECEMBER 14-31, 2018 • VOL. 10 — NO. 25

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► Highway toll lanes plan draws more anxiety, and some envy PAGE 4 ► Looking into 2019’s political crystal ball PAGE 10

City breaks ground on Greenway’s ‘model mile’

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

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Peachtree Creek Greenway supporters tossed shovels of dirt at a Dec. 12 groundbreaking ceremony for the first ‘model mile’ of the multiuse path in Brookhaven. From left are U.S. Rep.-elect Lucy McBath; City Manager Christian Sigman; Peachtree Creek Greenway Inc. Chair Betsy Eggers; Project Managers Patty Hansen and Moe Trebuchon; DeKalb County Commissioners Gregory Douglas and Jeff Rader; state Sen. Elena Parent; Mayor John Ernst, Councilmember Joe Gebbia; state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver; Councilmember Linley Jones; state Sen. Fran Millar, and Councilmembers John Park and Bates Mattison.

OUT & ABOUT Bring on the holidays with ‘Candlelight Nights’

Q&A Joe Gransden, the jazz man around town Page 18

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Construction of the “model mile” of the Peachtree Creek Greenway is now underway with plans to complete the first link of the planned 12-mile regional trail within nine See CITY on page 14

Brookhaven pioneers an affordable housing requirement BY DYANA BAGBY

I believe that when our airwaves are filled with holiday music, we are all bolstered with a little jolt of brotherhood. ROBIN’S NEST

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Brookhaven is the first city in metro Atlanta to adopt a mandatory citywide inclusionary zoning ordinance as one way to tackle housing affordability. The new regulation is being praised by an Atlanta city councilmember who is working to create regional affordable housing policy guidelines, but is also being knocked by building proSee BROOKHAVEN on page 22


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