Druid Hills Civic Association

SPARK-Focused Redistricting Forum, Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 pm

SPARK-Focused Redistricting Forum
Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 pm

The SPARK PTO would like to invite you to a Redistricting Forum. During this forum we will discuss how the four proposed redistricting maps could impact the SPARK community. You will also have the opportunity to share what you see as positive changes for our elementary, middle, and high schools, what is concerning or negative about the maps, and any proposed opportunities or solutions not reflected in the maps. We will also share ways in which our community can provide meaningful feedback to APS.

The forum will be held on Thursday, December 8th at 7:00 pm in the SPARK cafeteria

Selig revitalization plans for Suburban Plaza, including a Walmart

Selig Enterprises is trying to revitalize Suburban Plaza, on N. Decatur Rd between Church St. and Medlock just northeast of the Decatur, GA city limit. For years, the center has lanquished.

If DeKalb County approves a parking variance in December, Walmart will build on the NW end, at the corner of N. Decatur Rd. and Medlock.

Selig is planning some retenanting, as the leases of current occpants run out. For instance, L. A. Fitness has expressed interest in moving into part of what has historically been a grocery store.

Read more on North Decatur Heights Neighborhood website

DeKalb restricts parking in Emory Village

(Source: AJC)

DeKalb County is installing hourly parking near Emory Village in a bid to encourage more visitors in the area.

The county will restrict parking to one hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays on North Decatur and Oxford roads near the commercial strip. Signs detailing the change will be up soon.

The restrictions come just months after the county installed atraffic roundabout in the area, to ease traffic around the busy intersections.

Emory will fund the Emory Village Roundabout Plaza

Letter sent to Lois Berthaume on October 25th, 2011 from Michael J. Mandl, Emory University
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Lois Berthaume
President, Alliance to Improve Emory Village
1727 Ridgewood Drive
Atlanta, GA 30307

Dear Lois:

As the Emory Village road improvements and roundabout near completion, I know that you and the Alliance to Improve Emory Village (AIEV) Board share Emory’s excitement regarding this community asset. However, as you are aware, the unfinished park in the Village continues to be problematic as a safety issue for pedestrians and drivers, as well as visually unappealing.

It is Emory’s understanding that there is a budget shortfall for completion of the park in the amount of $66,000. Emory would like to fund this shortfall now so that the park can be completed at the earliest date possible. If you would like Emory to proceed along these lines, please let me know and Emory will move forward with an appropriate agreement with DeKalb County.

Emory expects that this park will be a beautiful addition to the Village and a complement to the improvements that have already occurred there. Thank you to AIEV for its longstanding commitment to this project.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Mandl
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
Emory University
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Transportation SPLOST Meeting, November 14th @ 6:45PM

November 14 – Transportation SPLOST Meeting 6:45 pm
North Decatur Presbyterian Church

This meeting will inform the community about the Transportation SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) to be voted on in July 2012.

If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Watts-Hull at
rebecca@mocleanair.org

As usual, please refrain from parking across the street (Natural Buzz, Relish Salon) so as to not interfere with their client parking.