Lisa Young to open superstore at Stonecrest mall

Retailer Lisa Young will open a 145,000-square foot, two-level store in the mall later this summer, according to a news release. The superstore is a contemporary women’s apparel, cosmetic and beauty department store.

Donald Bieler, director of marketing and regional specialty leasing for the Mall at Stonecrest, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a Monday email that he didn’t have an official opening date for Lisa Young, but “it’s opening soon.”

So the Mayor of Stonecrest Jason Lary is on medical leave, is too sick to come to council meetings or do his job as...

Posted by Stephe Koontz on Sunday, August 8, 2021

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Other board members often accused him of overstepping boundaries and having an outsized influence on the department’s day-to-day operations.","_id":"VB26HJFR2ZDY5HTOORL6XMB25Y","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254579,"type":"text","content":"Lowman Smith said that won’t be her; one of her first tasks will be unblurring the lines between the board and the department.","_id":"3Q3XPMKR4VD3TJPU4GJYTQUUTQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254580,"type":"text","content":"“We set the policy and the direction, and hold the director accountable to carry it out,” she said. “We’re not gonna be in there giving directions to employees.”","_id":"6ACFO4JJJZBDLH4MO43KZYA7MI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254581,"type":"text","content":"At the same time, Lowman Smith said taking a close look at the elections department’s processes is vital. 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There have long been budgetary tensions between elections and the county, a sort of circular firing squad in which DeKalb administrators and commissioners would say they’re ready to provide any funding needed — and Tillman would say he didn’t get what he asked for.","_id":"Z476E4OMDBE4RC62IX7EPQ7P6I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254583,"type":"text","content":"Lowman Smith said other board members have traditionally been shut out of the budget process and there was “absolutely no transparency” from Tillman, who could not be reached for comment for this story.","_id":"4TJ4MBMZOVD4HJVDORBV5NLGUA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254584,"type":"text","content":"“Frankly, the advocacy that the board should have engaged in to get the budget up to where it should be was not taking place,” she said. “There were not clear strategies, there were not clear projects and initiatives to say ‘this is why we need to increase the budget, this is what we’re going to use it for.’”","_id":"7RPNYFLXZFEXLISDOOCJAT5M3A","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254585,"type":"text","content":"Lowman Smith said she wants to establish a budget committee for the board. 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About 10% of the city is in DeKalb.","_id":"3VR677JIWBHHVCN5C6NTTVH3RI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254588,"type":"text","content":"That leaves little time for Lowman Smith, the rest of the board and the larger elections office to figure out how to best serve voters under the new voting law’s parameters.","_id":"G4AECSXOMNH3XGPLNLVW7BZH5M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628108624034,"type":"text","content":"“They would have to forbid us from ever doing anything ever again to keep us from coming up with ways to add value [for] the voters,” Lowman Smith said. “We’re just going to keep looking for those opportunities.”","_id":"YPGBN4KWX5A6ZKF4CZLDXCKD5E","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254590,"type":"text","content":"New elections board member Nancy Jester — a Republican appointee and former county commissioner who previously served on an elections working group — called Lowman Smith both process-oriented and “vibrant.”","_id":"C7E6NYD3WJGRHHMNWEXB6TU6CY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254591,"type":"text","content":"“She’s all about efficiency and transparency, and I think that will be very positive in a leadership position,” Jester said. “I think she’s gonna do a great job.”","_id":"7LDWHKZ5KFE5BMJFFASOVI6RQ4","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"VE3SOFHZIVA25IQJEB2QCSGSZM","type":"divider","_id":"G4AECSXOMNH3XGPLNLVW7BZH5M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628108624034,"type":"text","content":"DELE LOWMAN SMITH","_id":"DEDRMC5ALZDONPNK6TUKHD7M64","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254593,"type":"text","content":"Age: 46","_id":"27OW6JVZHZHJJLJNV2IP6XCMB4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254594,"type":"text","content":"Residence: Stonecrest","_id":"FTJJNHYSMFFTBIPLHBHDHXJ7ZE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254595,"type":"text","content":"Political affiliation: Democrat","_id":"P3TSGMWBLBHV3INIHD63RVTUPU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628270254596,"type":"text","content":"Experience: Long career in local government, including a stint as an assistant county manager in Fulton County. 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She said that’s primarily because the owners of blighted properties “often do not pay the taxes on the properties anyway and there are sometimes challenged in identifying ownership to serve notice.” However, she said a blight tax would still be a useful tool for the city.","_id":"V6Q2RJUDTFGPHAVKSSTDG73XZE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628263876746,"type":"text","content":"Miller-Thornton said blighted properties often require more government services, namely public safety and code enforcement. Since the city could increase taxes on vacant properties, a blight tax would also incentivize those property owners to make use of those parcels.","_id":"EFMMFYOS25ACXKRFM6G4LWNHYE","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"OGHUZAVV35BGDMC2ISVQHNAXD4","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Meet this blighted house in Atlanta. 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Attorney Michele Battle, who represents the Alpharetta-based developer, said no work has been done at the site since it was last rezoned in 2008, implying there isn’t any market support for a retail center in that area of Stonecrest.","_id":"LYSIQ43AJVBK7GIOX5NYS63NPY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628165002803,"type":"text","content":"“Sure it would have been nice to have that (shopping center) get developed, but it didn’t get developed,” Battle said during Tuesday’s meeting. “The land owners along this strip have been trying to sell these properties for quite some time and what they’ve found is this (townhome) offer is the best offer they’ve found.”","_id":"RZFASBOMCNGCHH362DRFPWLY2Q","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"EQDEVTIRKJGZFLBHZH7PC6DY7Q","type":"raw_html","content":"","_id":"3XG6ZL4BIFCOTJ4QXS4FVTSD3U","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283088,"type":"text","content":"Residents aren’t pleased with the pivot. They’d rather see restaurants, shops or greenspace than a residential project that they said won’t immediately benefit them.","_id":"V2W27SXDF5HGDEZQIDYHJ7GHUU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283089,"type":"text","content":"“If the owners want to develop, let them do it under the current zoning,” Harold and Patricia Smith wrote the commission.","_id":"IDGKYKMVGVFKXIWLDMMMAHEUWA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283090,"type":"text","content":"The townhome project would consist of two- to three-bedroom units that vary between 1,200 and 1,500 square feet. The buildings will be two stories tall and include a garage. Battle said the townhomes will likely sell in the upper $200,000s.","_id":"MNDZ6OZHYVGJRO5RNUXAIHVHV4","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"RNL2HXIFVRHWTGWABWL4ZPGNAA","type":"raw_html","content":"

Stonecrest Townhomes by Zachary Hansen on Scribd

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Resident Faye Coffield criticized the developer for not making it a gated community and not including many amenities, such as a clubhouse or pool.","_id":"NYAPILOGIRBVVCNASA5UOXAGPM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283094,"type":"text","content":"“We should stop just taking whatever anybody brings to us and start looking at what is best for the community,” Coffield said. “This is not best for the community.”","_id":"WJ5JSISEB5GT5OT3MP2CDS3WIE","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"7NBTEHK6JBCERLQRXJNCN5WGM4","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Resident outcry delays — potentially ends — plans for large Stonecrest warehouse","url":"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/resident-outcry-delays-potentially-ends-plans-for-large-stonecrest-warehouse/HMT3KDAJHZDP5DSKRK2T7A6OGA/","_id":"4B3VWVUDUVGVVM6MZIEC763ANA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283096,"type":"text","content":"Battle said the townhome project would generate roughly half as much traffic as the proposed 25,000-square foot shopping center that never got off the ground. The project was going to include more than 90 townhomes before the developer heard residents’ concerns, but both residents and members of the planning commission remain worried about density and traffic.","_id":"W4HRKIXVK5HP5KL2BYOWVKHXAU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628096404419,"type":"text","content":"“If you have ever, ever been on Thompson Mill Road at 2:30 p.m., you would see traffic like you’ve never seen before,” Commissioner Joyce Walker said.","_id":"W4HRKIXVK5HP5KL2BYOWVKHXAU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628096404419,"type":"text","content":"Walker and the other commissioners asked the developer to consider conducting a traffic study, and Battle said she’d mention that to her client.","_id":"AFFIALCP6JHSRG7X2QAG6YXTGE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628165002806,"type":"text","content":"“We have done everything we can to show that this will be a quality community,” she said.","_id":"MTBL22VBIVDH7O2H4B4UPQOVGA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628195283100,"type":"text","content":"City planning staff back the project with the contingency that the developer create a mandatory home owners association for the community. The planning commission, which makes zoning recommendations to the Stonecrest City Council, decided to take more time before making a decision. They voted 4-1 to table it until a later meeting, with Commissioner Cheryl Moore-Mathis being the lone dissenter.","_id":"ZFUDKB6UKFC2RIAQS2ENIJKLSQ","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"EBV6YBRQNZFWJJJU7ZDBULUJFY","type":"raw_html","content":""],"display_date":"2021-08-06T12:30:00Z","headlines":"basic":"Future of Stonecrest townhome project in jeopardy after resident pushback","first_publish_date":"2021-08-06T12:30:00.285Z","taxonomy":{"sections":["path":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","parent":"default":"/neighborhoods","_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/neighborhoods","name":"DeKalb County","description":"Local news for Dekalb County Ga. neighborhoods, including breaking news, DeKalb County schools, high school sports, crime, events, neighborhood development and land use issues","_id":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","additional_properties":"original":"parent":"AmpNav":"/neighborhoods","default":"/neighborhoods","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"https://www.ajc.com/","MainMenuRedesign2021":"/neighborhoods","TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","site": Local news, sports, events, schools and info","navigation":"nav_title":"DeKalb County","inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"DeKalb County","_id":"/neighborhoods/dekalb","ancestors":"AmpNav":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"default":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"BottomNav":[],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":["https://www.ajc.com/","/neighborhoods"],"TopNav":[],"order":"SectionMap":1014,"MainMenuRedesign2021":2010,"ComposerNav":1069,"type":"section","version":"0.6.0","path":"/news","parent":"default":"https://www.ajc.com/","_website":"ajc","parent_id":"https://www.ajc.com/","name":"News","description":"Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles - Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/news","additional_properties":"original":"parent":"AmpNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","default":"https://www.ajc.com/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"https://www.ajc.com/","LoggedOutMenu":null,"MainMenuRedesign2021":"https://www.ajc.com/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"https://www.ajc.com/","site": Top News Page","navigation":"nav_title":"News","inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"News","Sponsor":"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":"","_id":"/news","ancestors":"AmpNav":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"default":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"BottomNav":[],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"LoggedOutMenu":[],"MainMenuRedesign2021":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"TopicsBar":[],"order":"AmpNav":1001,"default":1001,"SectionMap":1017,"MainMenuRedesign2021":1001,"ComposerNav":1135,"type":"section","version":"0.6.0","path":"/neighborhoods","parent":"default":"https://www.ajc.com/","_website":"ajc","parent_id":"https://www.ajc.com/","name":"Local","description":"County by County Atlanta: Local news for metro Atlanta, including Gwinnett County news , Cobb, DeKalb, Roswelll and North Fulton, Clayton and the city of Atlanta. 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However, the land has remained untouched for decades, leading Duke Realty’s attorney, Harold Buckley, to say the market for retail and residential projects for that property just doesn’t exist.","_id":"F7IHQASBSZB2VA4XCZIHN6TCRY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502149,"type":"text","content":"Instead, Duke Realty wants to construct a massive last-mile distribution center for an unnamed client. Metro Atlanta has welcomed several new warehouse facilities for Amazon, Home Depot and other logistics companies over the past few years, but Stonecrest residents vehemently opposed Duke Realty’s plans at a planning commission meeting Tuesday.","_id":"K5BCXSUL5RFZ5IDJSUMVCEBG7E","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628164926905,"type":"text","content":"“You would not be talking about putting this near Perimeter Mall,” resident Faye Coffield said. “You would not be talking about putting this anywhere expect for bringing it over here, and that to me is totally unacceptable.”","_id":"SXWWF3HPIRF7DDRZ2O54MNIIEM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502151,"type":"text","content":"The commission voted to delay the developer’s rezoning request, putting the project’s future in jeopardy. Chairman Eric Hubbard said the delay would give Duke Realty, which is based in Indianapolis, more time to meet again with the community and city planning staff, who also recommended denying the project since it doesn’t mesh with the city’s long-term development plan.","_id":"XPA2RJ2JFFDCXMVNZKRID3DVAQ","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"EV2O6U3X35EFZCK6HZND7JS7JM","type":"interstitial_link","content":"‘Bigger and better’: Tiny metro Atlanta city aims to quickly grow through annexation","url":"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/bigger-and-better-tiny-metro-atlanta-city-aims-to-quickly-grow-through-annexation/LCVCKDU6HJES3PBTIBX5QNPSW4/","_id":"ERTJ5P2ROZDOVJXOPYSHRZPTFY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502153,"type":"text","content":"Buckley said trying to reach a compromise with residents was a futile effort, calling their comments in opposition “the Jerry Springer hour” during the meeting.","_id":"HSXTNUASABBIDNBK45SUPPCBCQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628164926918,"type":"text","content":"“I don’t personally see any purpose in going back now, since I’ve been told that if we go through the motions at this point, we’re not going to change anyone’s mind,” he said.","level":3,"_id":"42WXEA75INCQNCWAVN2USDOVUQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502155,"type":"header","content":"Expected opposition","_id":"QXAO7GFKMJGL3FV7PORVV26SJE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502156,"type":"text","content":"Shortly after submitting the project application, Duke Realty held a virtual community meeting at the end of March. Buckley said the public feedback did not surprise him.","_id":"LBWIXXU3TZDUPCRWFW7SHBY6WY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628164926894,"type":"text","content":"“Quite frankly, it’s not a land use that anybody typically embraces anywhere,” he said. “I have yet to have anybody embrace one of these with open arms from a community perspective, but this is where we are.”","_id":"MFVZP3SDERCT3E4OGVXFW4J4C4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502158,"type":"text","content":"Despite the pushback, he said the warehouse would benefit Stonecrest, a city founded in 2017. The land, located near Lithonia Industrial Boulevard just south of I-20, has remained undeveloped since the 1960s. Buckley argued it’s a wasted opportunity for the young city.","_id":"XOIII2PQEFGPNJ5O3VMLBKF7SM","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"3QXK2T2VAZGJLJZZQKJKZ5WLXI","type":"raw_html","content":"","_id":"Y4CRWEQWIZEDVL4ELVTEY2CFOM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502160,"type":"text","content":"The property currently generates about $88 annually in property tax revenue, but that would increase to $12,300 a year if Duke Realty’s project is completed, he said. The warehouse would also create up to 200 jobs.","_id":"UC6DTUAVJBG5JBCTLTM6COO7TE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502161,"type":"text","content":"The project would join several new transport-focused facilities in DeKalb County. A Home Depot distribution center came to Stonecrest this summer, and Amazon also recently announced a last-mile distribution center for Chamblee. Buckley said the county is all-in on these type of facilities, citing a DeKalb-sponsored workforce program meant to support the area’s growing logistics industry.","_id":"PVTVLZZK4RGFTPO6WNK3FP3HVA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628164926897,"type":"text","content":"“Before the pandemic, customer habits were moving away from traditional shopping malls and more toward e-commerce,” he said. “That only accelerated after the pandemic hit, and it doesn’t look like that’s a trend that’s going to reverse itself anytime soon.”","_id":"27XPPVHNKZHVLL24YAPFEMHOQM","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"DGULD6N5TFAL7KEHWTB6ATNXIU","type":"interstitial_link","content":"DeKalb aims to expose, prepare students for growing logistics industry","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb-aims-to-expose-prepare-students-for-growing-logistics-industry/3SNYODUDHVEX5LUZWYWM56LPHA/","level":3,"_id":"BSBBZXD4QJDC3B65HIQFDSWON4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502164,"type":"header","content":"‘Honor the vision’","_id":"ZT2QVZOHEJGWBHJCQRBA7JI7BI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502165,"type":"text","content":"Stonecrest resident Dave Marcus said he and his neighbors don’t oppose industrial facilities in general — they just don’t think one should go here.","_id":"L5R2H6LREZDR3LUQ75Y6FOUOBI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502166,"type":"text","content":"The city’s comprehensive plan, a 286-page document that details Stonecrest’s developmental ambitions through 2038, has the proposed site designated as a city center, which would likely consist of mixed-use developments. Marcus said during Tuesday’s meeting the facility would be a heel turn for the city that would be hard to reverse, especially since there are other Stonecrest properties already zoned for industrial use.","_id":"GD5OW3ZO4ZBYPGUC6RF5FHHPJY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502167,"type":"text","content":"“Honor the vision for this area rather than setting the stage for it to fall pray to developers who want to usurp our vision for their own profit,” Marcus said. “Let them build in the areas where the plan envisions them building.”","_id":"YQXP7FNZ4BDQDPVOKQY4DB4PRU","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"BFQSDBVHNJH6NFN7CQUV25N5BI","type":"raw_html","content":"

Duke Realty Rezoning by Zachary Hansen on Scribd

","_id":"7LN5CXLGCBE5NL3NRS3M5ZSMDY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502169,"type":"text","content":"Renee Cail, president of an activist group, worried the massive warehouse is too close to residential neighborhoods. Her organization, The Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment (CHASE), is entangled in in a pending legal battle with the Metro Green Recycling plant site, another industrial project in Stonecrest.","_id":"LKEVPBD7BVBFTEQE6PXNKWMFQM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502170,"type":"text","content":"“There are other ways to build a city other than inundate us with warehouses, factories, gas stations and storage areas. We need things that are going to build community, not destroy it,” Cail said, adding she believes this project perpetuates “environmental racism,” given Stonecrest is nearly 93% Black.","_id":"KG6YSJG2MFBDNDFEUZFVKKG4PE","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"2H5LIC33XNC4VOUP5MIFNXSQW4","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Future of Stonecrest townhome project in jeopardy after resident pushback","url":"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/future-of-stonecrest-townhome-project-in-jeopardy-after-resident-pushback/7RY3SHO22ZCRTOW5QT2JRE7Q5U/","_id":"54VT3WIIZ5BTHHPD5BMRJ4HCY4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628103349524,"type":"text","content":"The commission, which doesn’t create policy but does make recommendations for the Stonecrest City Council, voted 4-0 to defer the project to a later meeting. Commissioner Cheryl Moore-Mathis recused herself due to “interactions” she’s had with the developer and the community regarding this project.","_id":"DRO6GYLFU5CBZMTKRQXUJ3IUPM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502173,"type":"text","content":"Given the heated comments and the lack of middle-ground, Buckley indicated nothing will change before the topic is discussed again.","_id":"CDI6HTJEIVE3NORRPJO4PMQECY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628187502174,"type":"text","content":"“The message that came back to us was they didn’t want to talk to us,” he said. “And why did they talk to us? It’s because they didn’t want us to have any false hope that they would ever change their position.”","_id":"E5VZ75G2LJCQVOQ42ZJ6DMAHFM","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"YTH2WHGGAVALNBTTT27EQKLQ7U","type":"raw_html","content":"","_id":"QBS533ADLVFDJF3AQ27PU3SIFE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1628100710390,"type":"text","content":"
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SM Residential Relief by Zachary Hansen on Scribd

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MILAM PARK TONIGHT! nnTonight is the night come out and meet your Clarkston Police Officers and staff. Food and fun is...

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Councilman Ric Dodd added that Lithonia’s small size allows city leaders to better listen to individual residents’ needs and questions. He brought up public works as an example.","_id":"GGPNBRIFWZCPTPUYGANCNDONPM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1627670071067,"type":"text","content":"“You don’t know where your stormwater fees are going (in DeKalb),” he said. “But if it’s going to the City of Lithonia, it’s going to your own backyard.”","_id":"GKW6TSIKSNHHZNOYMFOWLMA7UQ","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"PM53ZOMNX5ANZJ6RLMJFQSJFBA","type":"interstitial_link","content":"New police chief wants to bring stability to small DeKalb city","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/new-police-chief-wants-to-bring-stability-to-small-dekalb-city/VUXXKRGNUBEHNADVUK4YNRHH7Q/","_id":"QOSCB3TEAVCRPLWAWTYGKOY2HY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1627670071069,"type":"text","content":"Renee Cail, president of an activism group that’s rallied against industrial facilities near residential neighborhoods in south DeKalb, asked city leaders about what annexation would mean for developers. Councilwoman Diane Howard said city leaders will be able to keep a closer eye on resident concerns than the county.","_id":"SJCTOQJS6JFUZAT7BO4TVD27NU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1627670071070,"type":"text","content":"“The city can control what is built and what is built around you and your property. That is a great benefit,” Howard said. Reynolds also told the AJC that the city has not made any deals with developers or corporations for the vast tracts of new city land that hinge on the annexation passing.","_id":"UWEQW3DJLVAAREBIDGDBFVQAGQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1627670071071,"type":"text","content":"According to city calculations, the residents in the proposed annexation area would see their property taxes increase roughly 5.9%, but Sands said that estimate is likely high, since the city recently lowered its property tax rate.","_id":"VGPXZZFB5RG6XHIXBLVWDW5OKY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1627670071072,"type":"text","content":"Lithonia’s local elections will remain fairly unaffected by the annexation, since all elected officials hold at-large seats. 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360-degree view of @BrookCherryFest mid-performance by @rickspringfield. pic.twitter.com/bol6s2xLju

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Feel free to guess how many people are here. I’m sticking with thousands. pic.twitter.com/lZxG65r2jf

— Zachary Hansen (@zach_ehansen) July 31, 2021

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Printable copy of Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival Summer Block Party map available. Click here for pdf: tinyurl.com/blockpartymap

Posted by City of Brookhaven, Georgia on Thursday, July 29, 2021

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