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Dunwoody HOA members honor outgoing coach
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody Homeowners Association honored former Dunwoody High School head football coach Mike Nash March 23 naming him grand marshal of the 2025 Fourth of July Parade.
To kick off the Sunday evening gathering at the North Shallowford Road annex, DHA members invited Nash to receive a Community Association Award honoring his decade as head coach.
Nash announced his resignation Feb. 25 after leading the Wildcats to backto-back playoff appearances his last two seasons at the helm of the school’s football program.
“It has been special; I want to thank the Dunwoody family and community for taking my family and myself in and treating us like your own,” Nash said in a post on X. “I am extremely proud of where we have come in this program, but it has reached the time for me to step away.”
The Wildcats finished coach Nash’s tenure with 3364 record, celebrating their first playoff berth since 2009 during the 2023 season.
Last season, the Wildcats lost in the first round to the Langston Hughes Panthers, which fell to the Milton Eagles in the championship game.
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Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch announces TriNet’s plans to create 750 new jobs and invest $15.4 million in a future corporate center during her March 18 State of the City address at the Atlanta Marriot Perimeter Center hotel. TriNet serves as a one-stop shop for human resource functions for small and medium-sized businesses.
Billion-dollar HR firm announces Dunwoody office
Mayor promotes city growth during State of City address
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch said the city is poised for a bright and vibrant future in the March 18 State of the City address at the Atlanta Marriot Perimeter Center hotel.
The mayor had a few announcements for the conference room crowd, including a decrease in crime, continued corporate investment in Central
Perimeter and the city’s work to ensure growth is strategic.
“The state of Dunwoody is fantastic; if you live here, work here or just visit, you’re benefitting from all the improvements that this modern city with a small-town feel has experienced the last few years,” Deutsch said. “Standing still is not an option, the world is changing, and Dunwoody is leading the way by seizing opportunities,
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DUNWOODY WILDCATS FOOTBALL/FACEBOOK What’s Up Dunwoody podcast host Matt Weber, left, and Fourth of July Parade co-chair Penny Forman honor former Dunwoody High School football coach Mike Nash for his years of service to the community at the March 23 Dunwoody Homeowners Association meeting.
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SWAT responds to call of shots fired at residence
DUNWOODY, Ga. — North Metro SWAT arrested a 45-year-old Dunwoody man after he allegedly fired shots at his fleeing fiancé, then refused to exit his residence at the Villa Apartments off Chamble Dunwoody Road March 15.
Dunwoody Police responded to a shots fired call at the apartments around 3:15 a.m. An officer said the caller reported hearing the shots, then seeing a woman crouched between two vehicles in the parking lot.
The report says officers located a 29-year-old Dunwoody woman who told them that her fiancé shot at her as she was fleeing their apartment building, and her 14-year-old daughter was still inside with him.
Police escorted the woman to safety. She said her fiancé began to act “weird” and grabbed a handgun when she asked him about it. She said he was drunk and had consumed ecstasy. She provided no reason why he shot at her.
Two Dunwoody Police sergeants and Sandy Springs Police personnel entered a bedroom window to rescue the daughter from the apartment.
Police then transported the woman and her daughter to the Dunwoody Police Department’s North Shallowford Road annex to speak with North Metro SWAT negotiators.
The report says the SWAT team contacted the man via telephone, but he initially refused to exit the apartment. Eventually, the report says, the team took the man into custody without incident.
A Dunwoody officer said he transported the woman and her daughter back to the apartment after police executed a search warrant.
According to DeKalb County Jail re-
cords, the man is charged with aggravated assault, reckless conduct, false imprisonment, obstruction of law enforcement and possession of firearm during the commission of a felony. As of March 22, he remains in jail.
— Hayden Sumlin
Officers arrest suspect in restaurant robbery
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Police arrested a 36-year-old homeless man March 10 after he allegedly robbed the Buffalo Wild Wings off Hammond Drive and threatened its general manager.
Officers said dispatch reported the 911 caller was chasing the suspect west through the parking lot of Perimeter Mall toward High Street. Initially, an officer said he spotted the suspect but lost him after crossing over Perimeter Center Parkway.
Later, officers said they met with the general manager who provided security footage of the incident.
Officers said the suspect picked up the cash register and attempted to walk past the general manager. After pushing the manager aside, officers said the suspect smashed the register on the ground, grabbed the cash and walked out.
The general manager told officers that the man threatened to shoot and kill him.
A Dunwoody policeman said an officer in Sandy Springs reported that he had criminally trespassed the same man from St. Jospeh’s Hospital earlier that day.
Law enforcement personnel from both departments, including a Sandy Springs K9 unit, searched the area, eventually finding the suspect in front of 120 High Street. They found $230 in cash matching bills from Buffalo Wild Wings in the man’s knee brace.
Officers said the general manager identified the suspect as the man who had robbed the restaurant.
According to DeKalb County Jail records, the man is charged with robbery by force and simple battery. As of March 22, he remains in jail.
— Hayden Sumlin
Macy’s loss prevention detains alleged shoplifter
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Police arrested a 26-year-old Suwanee man March 13 for misdemeanor shoplifting after Macy’s loss prevention caught him walking out with merchandise.
Officers said they met with Macy’s employees who showed them security footage of the incident. They said a video showed the man selecting around $230 in men’s clothing items and concealing them in his backpack before attempting to pass all points of sale.
Officers said the man denied attempting to shoplift the items.
Security footage confirmed the store employees’ account of the incident, and officers transported the suspect to DeKalb County Jail.
According to jail records, he agreed to appear in court and was released March 16.
— Hayden Sumlin
Woodstock Road Target reports felony shoplifting
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating a felony shoplifting incident March 14 at the Super Target off Woodstock Road after two unidentified women tried passing all points of sale.
An officer said he arrived at the store after the incident and spoke with a loss prevention employee who described both female suspects as around 5 feet, 3 inches tall.
While suspects remain unidentified, the employee said one was a female around 200 pounds wearing a yellow jumpsuit and the other was a female around 140 pounds wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The employee said the women entered the store, placed 54 items totaling more than $500 in their shopping cart and attempted to exit without paying.
When the employee confronted the suspects at the front door, he said he was able to recover the stolen merchandise before the women fled.
The employee also said he recognized the two women from a prior incident at a Target in Kennesaw.
— Hayden Sumlin
Irish-based nonprofit keeps the party going
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t run 24 hours in Sandy Springs. The city kept the celebration going March 22 with the Festival by the Springs.
Community members turned out in their best green attire to keep the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day alive.
“It’s something that we’re presenting for the good of the community and in celebration of Irish history, culture [and] arts,” Northside Irish Culture & Arts
President Mike Moors said.
Now in its third year, the festival shines a spotlight on Irish Culture, while celebrating the patron saint of Ireland.
Visitors enjoyed an afternoon filled with the spirit of Ireland with performances from Burke Connolly Dance, The Roundabouts, The Phoenix School of Irish Arts, Drake Irish Dance, The Muckers and the North Springs High School Band.
Northside Irish Culture & Art, a local nonprofit, organizes the event to promote and preserve the Irish culture, arts, traditions, history and sports.
A presentation of the colors with the Metropolitan Atlanta Police Emerald Society kicked off the event. The society is a nonpolitical fraternal organization with more than 350 members made up of Irish law enforcement officers in Metro Atlanta.
To honor Ireland, a student from The Phoenix School of Irish Arts sang the Irish National Anthem, “The Soldier’s Song.”
Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul showed off his IrishAmerican heritage by singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
A final prayer was given from Kevin Peek, chaplain of the Archbishop Donoghue Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Atlanta, the oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization.
“The celebration of an event ought to be an organic development, it ought to be an expression of what has been accomplished,” Peek said.
Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta Frank Groome spoke about his home country.
“As the birthplace of the civil rights movements, Georgia has inspired Northern Ireland in its pursuit for social and economic equality and we continue to learn from each other today,” Groome said.
This year, the event was held at the City Springs Entertainment Lawn at Heritage Sandy Springs, rather than the City Green next to the Sandy Springs City Hall.
Children took the opportunity to celebrate the holiday withs crafts and music. Guests visited vendors selling a variety of Irish wares, foods and drinks.
“The celebration that we have here is a much more appropriate expression of the accomplishments of Saint Patrick,” Peek said.
SARAH COYNE/APPEN MEDIA Irish dancers from the Burke Connolly Dance perform traditional Irish dance at the Festival by the Springs March 22.
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Atlanta Regional Commission to introduce new freight plan
METRO ATLANTA — The Atlanta Regional Commission Board will recondition the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan after adopting the major update on March 12.
The plan will provide resources for local jurisdictions, policy makers and business leaders. with a comprehensive resource to better accommodate the freight traffic that drives the economy in Metro Atlanta.
“The Regional Freight Mobility Plan provides a roadmap to help metro Atlanta accommodate ever-increasing freight traffic volumes while enhancing safety, boosting the economy, and preserving our quality of life,” ARC Executive Director & CEO Anna Roach said. “The plan is a critical tool that will guide investments and inform decision-making over the next several decades.”
Metro Atlanta is one of the nation’s largest hubs, with connections to the Port of Savannah, the nation’s fourthbusiest container port. Volumes of freight and e-commerce are expected to rise even more in the next 25 years due to population growth in the region and ports.
The plan will include updates such
as freight design guidelines, countylevel factsheets, an interactive freight dashboard, a model truck parking zoning ordinance and a list of 147 recommended transportation project to improve freight mobility and safety in the region.
Freight traffic has a chance of doubling by 2050, to combat this the plan has developed two freight growth scenarios. The “low-growth scenario” with 69 percent and a “high-growth scenario” with 118 percent will provide plans for the coming years.
In 2019, Georgia saw a total freight volume of 31 million tons with a total value of $398.5 billion. The state is currently ranked fifth in the nation and first in the Southeast, with one in three jobs associated with the sector.
Efforts for the freight planning will continue in the coming years, including a creation of additional Freight Cluster Plans in areas with significant industrial development. The plans will focus on facilitating the movement of goods, reducing traffic congestion and improving safety, mobility and access for all roadway users.
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Dunwoody Garden Club plans Swing into Spring
It’s time again for the Dunwoody Garden Club’s annual Swing into Spring celebration.
Every year around this time, you can find a crowd kicking off the day with a continental breakfast and games of bridge, mahjong, canasta, Scrabble and more. The crowd grows as additional guests arrive to peruse the silent auction prior to lunch.
Come early or a tad later to enjoy whatever parts of this event strike your fancy. Your $35 ticket includes a continental breakfast, lunch and a fashion show by Chico’s of Northpoint. Take time to meet the sponsors and bid in this year’s silent auction where you’ll find items, such as restaurant gift certificates; plants, flowers and garden essentials; passes to area attractions; art and jewelry; gift baskets; and beauty, hair, nail and spa packages.
This year’s sponsors include jewelry buyer Barbree & Co. (Platinum Sponsor), Home Instead (Gold Sponsor), Phoenix Senior Living (Silver Sponsor), Dunwoody Dental Care — Dr. Benjamin Taylor (Bronze Sponsor), Dunwoody Ace (Patron & Plant Partner), and home remodeler Bath and Kitchen Galleria (Patron).
It is their support and yours that allow the Dunwoody Garden Club to continue its many projects to help beautify our community. The DGC is responsible for the entrance garden at Brook Run Park, the landscaping and atrium planter at the Dunwoody Library, the flower beds and pollinator
garden at Windwood Hollow Park, the arbor, benches and landscaping at the Dunwoody Nature Center’s North Woods Pavilion, and the flagpole, flag, and flowers at Dunwoody City Hall.
This industrious group of volunteers provides the ideas and the labor to bring these projects to fruition, but none of this would be possible without the generosity of the community — the sponsors, the local businesses that provide silent auction items and the individuals who purchase tickets.
As if their beautification projects aren’t enough to keep them busy, the DGC also contributes to and works with many other organizations in our community. They organize and conduct community outreach projects to support seniors, the food pantry at CAC, Dunwoody Police’s Christmas for Kids, Dunwoody’s MLK Daffodil Project and Atlanta’s Georgia Regional Hospital. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser enable their participation in all of this.
You can purchase tickets from the DGC’s website, dunwoodygardenclub. com. Click on “April 2025 Gala” in the menu to find a printable form to complete and mail in with your check. Please include your name, address, the number of tickets you need and your check. Hurry! The deadline to purchase tickets is Tuesday, April 1.
I’ll be there to Swing into Spring! Will you?
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Full-service needlepoint shop thrives at City Springs
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Nimble Needle, a full-service shop tucked behind Sandy Springs City Hall off Johnson Ferry Road, is bucking the belief that needlepoint is a dying art.
Owner Jan Rodgers said the COVID-19 pandemic saw a resurgence in needlepoint with Americans stuck at home with a desire to shut out the noise in an uncertain and accelerating world.
Some people enjoy the repetitive and relaxing nature of needlepoint, using the artform to relax after getting home from work or as an activity away from cellphones with friends.
There’s an online world of social media influencers and writers promoting and celebrating needlepoint as a practice in mindfulness and a hobby away from screens.
Popular reality TV shows like “Bridgerton” and an endorsement from megastar Taylor Swift have cemented needlepoint’s comeback with young women around the world.
“This is actually our third location; we started over by the Punchline [off Hilderbrand Drive] and then we were in this center up by the dry cleaners, the location was about half this size,” Rodgers said. “We moved here just over three years ago.”
The Nimble Needle just celebrated its 16th anniversary March 11 as a locally owned and operated business.
Rodgers said she bought the shop from the original owner Stacy Brown in 2018.
“I had worked for Stacey the years that she was open,” Rodgers said. “Not full-time, I was actually a sales rep most of the time, but I worked for her some of the time and taught a lot of classes.”
Things were going so well in 2022 that the shop needed to expand and find more space for its weekly help sessions, classes hosted by special guest artists, hundreds of canvasses and thread.
“I bought it about a year and a half before COVID, and actually it wasn’t bad for our business because people were stuck at home looking for things to do,” Rodgers said. “People started painting, doing puzzles and stitching.”
The Nimble Needle employs 16 women.
“Plus, a data entry person and a social media person,” Rodgers said. “And my husband actually left his job two years ago … he does the website and a lot of the data entry too.”
Tim Rodgers, Jan’s husband, worked in the IT industry before stepping away and helped create the shop’s first website.
Emmie Rodgers, one of Jan’s daughters, is the Nimble Needle’s social media manager.
She said there’s been a wave of young women interested in needlepoint during and after the pandemic.
Emmie Rodgers said sometimes men show up to classes, often brought along by their girlfriends, but needlepoint is really something that anyone can pick up if they want to.
Jan Rodgers said the Nimble Needle’s social media presence has made a real difference bringing more people into the shop.
Some customers have been stitching for decades and others just picked up a canvas after watching a recent wave of
Rodgers said. “Then, we have national teachers who come in for what they call embellishment classes where they take a canvass and tell you what kind of stitches to use on it.”
There’s usually one or two classes open to the public on weekends.
Because needlepoint is an artform, businesses avoid large corporate competition with an emphasis on the community of artists, experienced stitchers and beginners.
Needlepoint is an intricate art form, requiring a dedication to detail, patience and a willingness to learn. The number of different stitches, ranging in complexity, can be intimidating for novices, but local shops like the Nimble Needle exist to provide all ability levels with some guidance.
“Canvasses are stitch painted, so there’s a dot of paint on every intersection of the canvass,” Rodgers said. “All the canvasses that you see on the wall are hand-painted; They are starting to print some canvasses, but it’s a kind of kludgy process as far as trying to get lines straight, so ink ends up on every intersection of canvass.”
Despite all the advancements in human technology, needlepoint artists still prefer methods used by the ancient Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago.
Rodgers said the technology isn’t quite there yet to make printed canvasses as viable as traditional, painted ones. She said once you’ve made a stitch, it’s difficult to know what’s underneath, which makes each drop of paint crucial to the look of the final product, whether it be a pillow, wall hanging or belt.
Twice a week on Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings, the shop hosts a help session.
“Marcie Slotin teaches the help classes,” Rodgers said. “It’s just bring whatever you’re working on, and she will help you learn new stitches and try new threads.”
TikTok videos promoting the hobby as an alternative to cell phone and social media addiction.
The blending of different generations at the Nimble Needle, including teenagers and grandmothers, makes its community rare.
Rodgers said the back of the shop at 206B Johnson Ferry Road was originally supposed to be the classroom, but it wasn’t big enough for most of them. Instead, the Nimble Needle hosts workshops and classes around three large wooden tables in the front of the shop.
“We teach beginner classes … how to paint canvasses … finish your stitch piece into an ornament,”
People from around the Metro Atlanta, the state of Georgia and the Southeast patronize the Nimble Needle in Sandy Springs.
Rodgers said there’s an existing needlepoint shop in midtown Atlanta and Savannah just got a new one, but there are not a lot of options close by. She said the 15 miles between the two Metro Atlanta shops sometimes takes an hour to navigate.
All of the new people interested in needlepoint puts a smile on Rodgers’ face.
“We give out some beginner information, and we have to constantly remake that,” she said. “We’re seeing a lot of new stitchers and younger ones, which is good for the future.”
A look at the front of the Nimble Needle, a full-service needlepoint shop off Johnson Ferry Road within City Springs, shows a table covered in canvasses with every color of thread imaginable covering the walls. The owner said the shop hosts workshops, beginner classes and specialty instruction throughout the week.
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From left, Nimble Needle employees Courtney Kuriger, Marci Slotin, Eloise Boylan, Carolyn Stovall, Aleena Ke, Mindi Sard, owner Jan Rogers and social media manager Emmie Rogers stand behind a wall of thread at the shop’s expanded location. The COVID-19 pandemic saw an explosion in people interested in needlepoint.
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overcoming challenges and planning for the future.”
To back it up, Deutsch also announced a publiclytraded company’s plans to invest $15.4 million and add 750 jobs in a 150,000-square-foot space within Dunwoody.
“Dunwoody provides the ideal setting for TriNet, offering unparalleled access to the region’s talented workforce and a vibrant, mixed-use environment surrounded by top-tier restaurants, shops and entertainment,” Deutsch said. “We are thrilled to welcome TriNet, whose investment will bring hundreds of new jobs to our community.”
Earlier that morning, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the state’s Economic Development Department’s Global Commerce team helped attract the Californiabased company to open a new corporate center in Georgia.
“One of the key drivers of our success is our Metro Atlanta area that continues to attract a strong ecosystem of job creators like TriNet,” Kemp said. “Services for small businesses will further that network while creating meaningful jobs and investment for the Dunwoody and DeKalb County community,”
TriNet, which can serve as an outsourced human resources department for small and medium-sized businesses, provides a technology platform for managing payroll processing and compliance.
At the time of the announcement, Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said the company had not released where its new corporate center will be.
“We are also busy planning for the future of Perimeter Center,” Deutsch said, referencing the Edge City 2.0 study. “As we’re all aware, there’s significant changes coming in the commercial real estate world, and we’re working with developers, owners and even banks of vacant office buildings and exploring what could go there.”
Central Perimeter’s transformation since the city incorporated in 2008 is thanks to new mixed-use developments like Campus 244 and High Street that modernize the city’s commercial areas and attract corporate investment.
While larger projects like State Farm Insurance’s Park Center development contribute more to the city’s skyline, newer mixed-use developments help increase the city’s share of new Class-A office space with surrounding amenities
Greater Perimeter Chamber CEO Adam Forrand introduces the sponsors of the March 18 Dunwoody State of City and Mayor Lynn Deutsch at the Atlanta Marriot Perimeter Center hotel. Forrand said the new unified chamber wants to work with business community to find solutions to their challenges.
Currently, demand for commercial office space is concentrated in Class-A office buildings, which is why companies like Transportation Insight and Insight Global chose premium spaces at Campus 244 and Twelve24 off Hammond Drive.
Deutsch also hinted at future office-to-residential conversions within Central Perimeter.
The United States faces a housing shortage with
the Dunwoody Wildcats football program had 17 players and could hardly field a team.
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Following his effort to rebuild the Wildcats football program, Nash announced he will step into a head coaching job at Chattahoochee County High School.
Chattahoochee County is in Class A Division II, one of the smaller Georgia High School Association classifications. The team posted a 3-7 record last season.
Outgoing DHA President Bob Fiscella said when Nash first arrived on campus,
“Coach has also been amazingly active with his players, their families and this community,” Fiscella said. “He was instrumental in massive improvements with the athletic facilities at the high school.”
Fiscella’s son, who got his start serving as the team’s first student manager, credits Nash for his NFL career with the Los Angeles Chargers.
“I’m tired of crying,” Nash said when he took the floor to accept his award.
“I’m not taking a promotion or anything else because I don’t think there is
wages not keeping pace with rising housing costs and general inflation, and Metro Atlanta is short around 100,000 homes, according to Redfin data.
“We look toward these potential redevelopments as part of the solution to that challenge,” Deutsch said. “Stay tuned, there’s some really exciting projects coming our way … I think in the next few years you’re going to be thrilled with what developers bring us.”
Dunwoody is an edge city in Metro Atlanta, which means it’s a relatively large urban area on the outskirts of a major city. The city has traditional suburban neighborhoods right next to a concentrated commercial business district.
Without freeways or major arterial roadways through Dunwoody, Deutsch said the city continues prioritizing investments that make getting around easier, whether you walk, bike or drive.
“We’re working on connecting all parts of the city,” she said. “We have transformed from a sleepy suburb … to a vibrant, strategic and forward-thinking city; we have not just grown in population, but in vibrancy, service delivery and connectivity.”
While the growth of Central Perimeter is positive for the community, Dunwoody is facing a looming shortfall in operational funding. Elected officials spent the March 12-13 strategic planning retreat discussing the creation of a special tax district to fund public safety.
The decision would most likely increase tax rates, and city officials are shying away from cutting services and looking for ways to secure more operational funding.
It’s the mayor’s first State of the City address since her 2019 election. After canceling the March 2020 address amid COVID-19 concerns, Dunwoody partnered with the Greater Perimeter Chamber to put on this year’s State of the City.
Attendees were charged a $60 fee to attend with discounts for members of the newly unified chamber of commerce.
The Greater Perimeter Chamber, a new business advocacy group created from the merger of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody chambers, met for the first time Feb. 20.
Sandy Springs has also partnered with the Greater Perimeter Chamber’s predecessor for its State of the City addresses.
The cities’ decision to charge an entrance fee and organize through the local chamber of commerce does present a hurdle for residents trying to understand leaders’ visions.
At the same time, the Greater Perimeter Chamber, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs work together to advance regional economic prosperity, improving the quality of life for residents and visitors.
anything better than Dunwoody. I hope that you all realize how special this place is … love is a big part of what we talk about.”
He said his parting instructions are to keep making the program about more than just football.
“I’ll be back; I’m not going away, I’m just chasing a grandbaby,” Nash said. “If you love Dunwoody, it will love you back.”
Penny Forman and Matt Weber, co-chairs of the DHA’s Fourth of July Parade, then surprised Nash with an announcement that he will serve as this year’s grand marshal.
“We’re not done with you yet,” Forman said.
The Fourth of July Parade is the largest in the state, drawing thousands to Dunwoody Village and Mount Vernon Road each summer.
Nash said he’s excited to be riding in a convertible this year after carrying the flag with the football team for the past decade.
In other business at the DHA meeting, President Tim Brown discussed the kickoff of the 2025 Food Truck Thursdays at Brook Run Park April 17, a redesign of the organization’s logo and how to attract younger generations.
To learn more about the Dunwoody Homeowner’s Association, visit dunwoodyga.org.
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World voices drawn into historic setting honoring freedom
One of the intriguing things about writing this column is that it lets me explore what a teacher of mine once called “the story behind the story.”
It’s always intriguing (and often revealing) to interpret the world around you, considering things and seeing where the thought chain will lead.
Sometimes this kind of exposition is fun.
But once in a while all you can do is report what happened and let it speak for itself. Sometimes there is nothing more to be said.
I’ve mentioned that a hobby of mine is ham radio, and one thing that’s popular in the hamming world right now is what’s called “Parks On The Air” (POTA). It’s a program that encourages ham operators to take portable equipment into the field, set it up in a park somewhere, and then communicate with others all over the country and across the world. Anything that encourages communication is a good thing these days, in my book, and so I’m all for it. Besides, it’s just a lot of fun.
How does one decide which park to visit? The POTA website has a map covered in yellow dots, each representing a site that’s part of the POTA program. There are dots all over the place, including many here in the southeast.
I love maps anyway, and this one is no exception. I’ll spend lunch hours perusing the POTA map, looking for dots I may have never thought of or never known.
And that’s how this story begins.
We were destined for Tuscaloosa to attend an Alabama-vs.-Auburn basketball game with the grandkids. They’re big Auburn fans, let me tell you, though I (of course) pull for Georgia. They love me anyway.
So off we went to the game. It was fun. Auburn came in second. And then we headed home.
By then, I’d picked a park. There had been a lot of stuff on the news about division in society, and lately I’d kind of had such things on my mind. Maybe that’s why I’d decided to try to find the Freedom Riders National Monument.
The Freedom Riders National Monument reminds folks of the struggle for civil rights that so consumed things in the 1950s and 1960s.
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It remembers an incident that took place in May 1961 when an interracial group of Freedom Riders traveled by bus from Washington, DC, to New Orleans in an effort to challenge racial barriers. According to the National Park Service website, “The purpose of the 1961 Freedom Rides was to test if bus station facilities in the Deep South were complying with U.S. Supreme Court decisions” which reversed separatebut-equal doctrines.
I urge you to explore the whole story. But for now, here’s a very short version. It seems that two groups of Freedom Riders departed Washington, DC, on May 4, traveling on two buses – a Greyhound and a Trailways –bound for New Orleans. When the Greyhound bus arrived in Anniston May 14, a group attacked the vehicle with pipes and bats, as well as slashing its tires. Police eventually escorted the Greyhound bus to the city limits. From there it headed west out Highway 202, followed by a line of cars and pickup trucks, its slashed tires slowly deflating.
Finally, inevitably, the vehicle had to stop.
The following mob attacked the bus and set it on fire. Signs back in Anniston note there were screams of “burn them alive.” Ultimately, a fuel tank exploded and pushed the mob back, allowing those in the bus to escape.
Eventually the remains of the bus were towed to Birmingham as evidence, but it’s unclear what happened to the charred chassis after that. All that’s left is replicas.
This National Monument marks this incident in a couple of places. One is in Anniston itself at the site of the former Greyhound bus station from which the fateful bus trip departed. The other is a ways west of town on Highway 202 at the site where the bus eventually had to stop.
I chose to operate my radio from the second site, reasoning that it would be easier to pull off the road and make a few contacts there than it would be in downtown Anniston. The only problem was that I didn’t know where that second part of the monument was. Specific directions were surprisingly hard to find – and since it was after hours and the National Park Service office in Anniston was closed, we were pretty much on our own.
Following what guidance we could get from the Interweb and GPS, we drove back and forth on Highway 202 with eyes open. But no luck.
Finally I admitted defeat and stopped at a little store to ask for help.
This sign on Highway 202 west of Anniston, Ala., marks the spot where a Greyhound bus carrying Freedom Riders was attacked and burned on May 14, 1961.
We parked, and I walked inside. There were five people in the store: two behind the counter and three shopping. The two behind the counter were White, as were two of the shoppers. The third shopper, who was choosing a bag of chips, was Black.
I walked up to the counter.
“Can I help you?” one of the clerks asked.
I said I was looking for the Freedom Riders National Monument location.
“I know it’s close,” I said, “but I can’t find it. Can you help?”
There was sudden silence in the little store. Then the one clerk turned and looked at the other clerk.
“He’s looking for the freedom monument,” the clerk said.
“Uh, I don’t know where it is,” the second clerk said after a spell. “Sorry.”
I looked at the shoppers. The two at the counter just shook their heads and said nothing.
A long silence.
Then the third shopper, the Black man choosing the chips, released a long, slow sigh.
“It’s that way,” he said, pointing down the road in the direction we had not been. “It’s not far. There’s a big ol’ sign right there by the road at the flashing lights.”
He looked at the clerks.
“There’s a big ol’ sign. You can’t miss it,” he added.
Silence again.
I thanked him and the others and went back to the car. We followed the directions, and there it was just as he said, big as life, right by the flashing lights.
We pulled over, and I set up the antenna on top of the car. Over the next half hour or so, I talked to perhaps two dozen stations from that roadside monument to humanity’s struggle for freedom. Most were in the United States. One was in Ukraine.
Then it was time to go. I packed up the radio gear and we headed home.
That’s pretty much it.
There’s not a lot more to say.
What is important
RAY APPEN Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmedia.com
From time to time, I try to write for my kids and my grandchildren. I have done so in the past and it has usually taken the form of a “letter” to (name). Recently I was with a group of folks about my age, and we were talking about our lives and our families. The talk ended up being more involved and more granular than I think anyone had anticipated. It was not something that made anyone uncomfortable at the time but after we all went our separate ways, I am sure some - if not most - of us replayed the conversations to ourselves. It was one of those - and perhaps - worth passing on.
After I left, and in a hurry, I texted myself this: “loss, love, pain, and redemption.” While that conversation was still fresh, I wanted to make sure that I saved as much of it as I could - and that started with those four words. We covered a lot of ground my friends and I and I felt that those words would preserve - hopefully - what I wanted to remember most. I was afraid that if I didn’t it would disappear much like my dreams disappear that I don’t write down as soon as I wake up.
Years ago, my wife Christina traveled down to Columbus, GA with a group from Milton High School - the drama department - for a state-wide contest. She was waiting outside in the lobby by herself when another parent walked out and sat down on the same bench. He was quiet - thoughtful - and they both sat for a time in their own space. Then he looked over to her and spoke: “my life didn’t turn out how I thought it would.” Christina recounted the conversation to me, and I have never forgotten it.
My life didn’t turn out how I thought it would. Most lives don’t. Not really.
Yes, I do have a few friends who seem to have breezed through life and everything generally workedwent the way it was “supposed” to go - no major trauma, no cancers or tragic car wrecks, no years of wandering out in the wilderness trying to find a career or a spouse,
or something to give meaning to life - no hard failures, no tragic losses, and yes, a successful marriage to the childhood sweetheart and near perfect flawless children. But those few friends are more the exception surely. The rest of us have to work harder - have to endure more - have to climb at least a few of those rocky mountains.
Loss
Learn that loss is the other side of something / anything that sustains you - that nourishes you - that makes climbing those mountains doable. There is a reason loss exists; it is not just a random thing. It is the parent of endurance, strength, and faith and a promise that there will be another sunrise - a sunrise that you need. To lose requires you to heal. Healing is that sunrise.
Love
Learn that love is grace. It is God’s gift to us all. Love is the lens through which life evolves - all of life. Without love - without falling in love - without knowing love of others - indeed, life does not turn out how we thought it would. Love colors an otherwise black and white world.
Pain
Loss and love require pain. Knowing pain is to know loss and love. Pain is never fun. Sometimes it is unbearable. Sometimes it seems like it will never end. It will end. There is a reason for it; it leads to finding love and ultimately healing.
Redemption
Redemption is kindness - for yourself and for those you love. Redemption is why we get up every morning and put one foot in front of the other. Redemption is finding gratitude. Redemption is finding grace. Redemption is where love leads. It is the reward - the reward for us all.
It’s all related and connected. Its magic. It heals. It nurtures.
Expecting life to turn out how you wanted it to - how you thought it would -may not be as important simply as how you lived the life you lived and appreciating that. Love, loss, pain, and redemption all involve other people in addition to you. The more your focus is on them and their lives - and not on your own - the closer your “how I expected” will be to what you hoped.
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OPINION
A unique building in Crabapple has storied pas t
BOB MEYERS Columnist
A building with a unique shape on a five-way intersection in downtown Crabapple is bound to provoke curiosity. Since 2002 this landmark structure has housed the Hometown Carpet store operated by Steve Cash, but since it was probably built circa 1900 or earlier the building has been home to several businesses. It may be one of the oldest buildings in Fulton County still engaged in active business.
Measuring only 2,379 square feet, the charming structure was most likely originally built as a general store. It has a classic brick facade with reasonably large display windows which was common for retail buildings at the time of its construction.
The building also has two unique adjustable brace rods that connect its two main walls to keep them square during windstorms and other damage. The rods run through the building near the ceiling and are visible inside the building. They pass through the walls and can be adjusted from outside the building to keep the walls vertical with a simple turn or two of a bolt to move the top of a wall in or out. Such reinforcement was fairly common in historic buildings, particularly masonry structures.
Sally Rich-Kolb has owned the building since about 2000. Over the years she has worked to preserve several historic buildings in Crabapple.
Bill Bates, retired Alpharetta Fire Chief, recalls that his uncle George Bates owned a grocery store in the building in the 1960s. “My friends and I used to ride bicycles from Daddy’s house on Mayfield Road to the store for Cokes. We picked up empty Coke bottles on the way and turned them in to pay for our treats.” Bill’s dad was Billy Bates (1926-2021), well-known merchant, knowledgeable historian and volunteer fireman for more than 30 years.
George Bates ran the store with his wife Fanny Bell and son Doug. They had two Gulf gas pumps in front of the store and a small ramp which cars drove up in order to have their oil changed.
When the Crabapple Baptist Church obtained new pews, George bought two of the old ones which he put on the front porch of his store. “Every time I would go by the store
there would be five or six old-timers sitting on those benches telling lies to each other,” says John Dorris a member of one of Milton’s most distinguished pioneer families.
John believes he is the first person in his family to be born in a hospital, St Joseph Hospital in downtown Atlanta. His well-known and highly respected father John Marvin Dorris almost made his hundred-year goal. “He lived to be 99 years, 11 months and one week.” says his son.
Mark Coleman, who lived on Crabapple Road about 300 yards from the store, remembers that “As a kid my mom would send me there to pick up groceries. Mr. Bates had an agreement with my dad to settle up every month.
“There were some benches out front and brothers Jeff (1911-1969) and Cody (1908-1971 Spence would sit there every day. They were in their 50s and made my little brother Randy “Mayor of Crabapple.
“I remember when the Goat Man would come through town once a year with a wagon pulled by 7 or 8 goats and would camp out for the night with his goats. My brother really felt pity for him and gave him a chicken. He didn’t have a home and probably was hungry.”
The next occupants of the building were Emory and Virginia Reeves who opened an antique store called
Crabapple Corners Antiques in 1969. They lived in Chastine Park and commuted to the store. Emory (1921-2009) served in the U.S. Army during World War II and took part in the D-Day Invasion. After his retirement from BellSouth he joined Virginia in the antique business. He was a very popular figure in town and was affectionally called the “Mayor of Crabapple.” Virginia (1920-2012) was known as the “First Lady” of Crabapple. She helped create the Crabapple Antiques Fair in the 1970s and early 1980s. The store closed in
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Thanks to Linda Statham, Joan Borzileri, Connie Mashburn, Kathy Beck and Sheila Pennebaker, each of whom provided useful information. Sometimes, writing about history takes a village as they say.
Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
Dominium is seeking approval from the City of Dunwoody to Rezone the property from O-I (Office-Institutional) to PC-3 (Perimeter Center 3) and a Special Use Permit to create additional housing that is deed restricted for residents aged 55+.
You are invited to attend a meeting at the LifeSouth Community Blood Center Building located at 4891 Ashford Dunwoody Rd to discuss the development plans and application. Two meeting options are offered with the same information presented at both: Monday, March 31, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Please contact Julie Sellers at jsellers@dillardsellers.com or 404.665.1242 with any questions.
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This iconic building in downtown Crabapple is shown as it was in the 1960s when it was a grocery store and Gulf gas station. Note the red ramp on the right of the photo. Cars were driven up the ramp for oil changes.
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