MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016 • VOL. 10 — NO. 6
FACEBOOK.COM/THEREPORTERNEWSPAPERS
Buckhead Reporter
TWITTER.COM/REPORTER_NEWS
Perimeter Business ► Airbnb in the ‘burbs PAGE 5
► Mixed-use project rising near North Springs MARTA PAGE 11
SPECIAL SECTION | P24-27
Getting ready for the big services of Easter week
Left, Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., canon for music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, directs the choir, accompanied by organist David Fishburn, right, during a service on March 13. See story and addi�ional photos on page 19.
COMMUNITY Portman-designed sculpture coming to Loudermilk Park Page 15
“More trains.”
OUT & ABOUT Local beers and local bands
“Make more roadways.” “Gondolas, please.” Three di�fering opinions o�fered by respondents to our new 1Q poll on how best to solve metro Atlanta’s transporta�ion troubles. See Commentary PAGE 13
Page 22
HEARING LOSS? MEMORY LOSS? THEY HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS. Which one is it?
www.hearatlanta.com
reporternewspapers.net
PHIL MOSIER
Residents, officials disagree on how to fix park’s floods, spills BY JOE EARLE AND COLLIN KELLEY joe@reporternewspapers.net collin@atlantaintownpaper.com Some city officials and Buckhead residents are prescribing widely divergent fixes for flooding and sewage overflow problems in Atlanta Memorial Park. City watershed management officials say they plan to spend about $400,000 over the next three to nine months to raise five manholes on a sewer line through the park. They also plan to speed up plans and soon do more than $30 million in other repairs, including repairing and lining a 90inch pipe that was installed in 1910 and now runs beneath the park. “We have accelerated the work on the Peachtree [Creek] watershed,” Watershed Management Commissioner Jo Ann Macrina told members of the City Council’s utilities committee meeting at City Hall on March 9, the day after Mayor Kasim Reed, other city officials and residents of the area toured the Buckhead park to discuss the flooding and sewer leaks. Raising the manholes by about 2 feet should keep water from flowing into the sewer line and causing future sewage leaks like those reported during heavy rains in December, Macrina said. City watershed employees also said they are asking parks officials to consider moving a playground in the park out of the flood plain. “Our work is not done,” Macrina told the committee. “We have reduced the number of spills. The main problem in Memorial Park is spills.” See STORY on page 16
2 | Community
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Intown and in the Mountains Intown and in the 15 +/- Mountains Pristine Acreage Exceptional Views 4.2 miles from Main Street Highlands On the Dillard Highway 106 MLS# 83006 $433,640
Rep. Wilkinson faces two challengers in GOP primary BY JOHN RUCH
Bill Gilmore
1-828-526-8128 - Office 1-404-455-5712 - Cell www.highlandscoverealty.com
404-455-5712 - Cell 404-876-4901 - PHP Office William.Gilmore@comcast.net
FINAL REDUCTIONS!
Palas Jewelers, known for stunning designer jewelry and unique handcrafted rings is
CLOSING THE DOORS FOREVER and MUST LIQUIDATE THEIR ENTIRE INVENTORY!
70
Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase fine jewelry & custom designs at....
%
OFF
Retail Prices On Selected Merchandise
Plus Take An
20 EXTRA
Off Sale Prices On Selected Fine Jewelry
HURRY....SALE ENDS SOON!
Palas Jewelers
ALL FURNITURE & FIXTURES FOR SALE
3209 PACES FERRY PLACE #10 • ATLANTA • 404-846-8122 MONDAY - SATURDAY 10AM-6PM • PALASJEWELERS.COM
Major Credit Cards and Layaways Accepted • Discounts Off Original Retail / Suggested Retail Prices
ly, I chose to run because a broad range of leadership in our community urged me to bring State Rep. Joe new energy Wilkinson (R-Atlanto this legista), who has held lative seat. I the District 52 seat, am mindful is facing two chalthat no seat lengers from Sanin governdy Springs in the ment is any May 24 Republican one person’s, primary. Wilkinson it is the comsaid he is “blindmunity’s.” sided” by the chalIn an inlenge, while the terview, Mcother candidates Donald said say they’ll bring he “most cernew energy to tainly” has the office Wilkinenough expeson has held for 16 rience to repyears. resent the enSandy Springs tire House City Councilman districtGraham McDon-which inald resigned from cludes parts SPECIAL the council to run Sandy Springs City Councilman Graham of Buckhead for the House seat McDonald, left, is being backed by Sandy Springs and northMayor Rusty Paul for the District 52 seat. and attorney Debwest Atlanorah Silcox also ta--after a joined the race. The winner will take the offew years of representing a central Sandy fice, which covers parts of Buckhead, SanSprings council district. dy Springs and northwest Atlanta, since no “I’ve worked very diligently over what Democrat filed for the post. I consider to be four years as an in-touch Wilkinson, who has served in the House community servant” and attended dozsince 2000, touted his experience and relaens of community meetings and events, tionships as benefiting the district. he said. “I do believe I will able to represent “Experience counts,” Wilkinson said, the community’s desires and interests at adding that he has earned such nicknames the State House.” as the “instructor pilot of the House” for his Silcox said she is a lifelong Sandy veteran status and “the Cal Ripken of the Springs resident and real estate attorney House” for never missing a day of regular who is turning to politics now that her or special sessions. He contrasted himself two children are in college. She is a longwith McDonald, who “didn’t even finish his time Chastain Park Conservancy board first term” in elected office. member and a new member of the Sandy Wilkinson also noted that he is a “BuckSprings Society. head boy” as well as the lead “Sandy Springs has a sponsor of the legislation great tradition of female that put the landmark incorleaders, with [the late Mayporation of the city of Sandy or] Eva Galambos, with [the Springs on the ballot. late state Rep.] Dorothy FelMcDonald was elected to ton and many others,” Silrepresent City Council Discox said. “I aspire to be the trict 3 in 2013. He resigned next one.” the council seat on March 11, Silcox said her statewide the day he qualified for the experience includes chairHouse primary. ing the board of the state In a written statement isCommission for Service and sued March 14, McDonald Volunteerism under Gov. Deborah Silcox said he wants to bring “SanNathan Deal. dy Springs Solutions” to state government, “I’m running because I think I’m the referring to the city’s model of privatized best person for the job,” Silcox said, adding services, and that he does not consider that as a candidate she is “better than Joe… himself to be running against Wilkinson. He’s older than me. I think I have the ener“Representative Wilkinson is a fine and gy. I think I have that experience.” civic-spirited man,” McDonald said in the Silcox said she has more experience statement. “The most difficult aspect of my and deeper local roots than McDonald. decision to run was that it would place us as McDonald said that he has met Silcox contenders in the same election. Ultimateand finds her “very nice and intelligent.”
johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Community | 3
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Candidate filings for public office Candidates filed this month to run in the May 24 Democrat and Republican party primaries. Here, listed by office, are candidates who filed for political posts representing Buckhead and who face contested elections either in a prima-
ry or in the November election. Filings were reported on websites published by Georgia’s Secretary of State or by the Fulton County department of registration and elections. For more information, go to www.sos.ga.gov or www.fultoncountyga.gov.
U.S. SENATE
GEORGIA SENATE
Democratic Primary Jim Barksdale Cheryl Copeland John F. Coyne III James Knox
District 6 Democratic Primary Jaha Howard Republican Primary Hunter Hill (I)
Republican Primary Derrick Grayson Johnny Isakson (I) Mary Kay Bacallao
GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 52 Republican Primary Graham Elliott McDonald Deborah Silcox Joe Wilkinson (I)
District 5 Democratic Primary John R. Lewis (I) Republican Primary Douglas Bell
District 54 Democratic Primary Robert “Bob” Gibeling Republican Primary Beth Beskin (I)
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT Democratic Primary Cathelene “Tina” Robinson (I) Duvwon Quetez Robinson Republican Primary Lewis L. Pittman
INSURANCE: Home Auto Life Business Paying more than last year? Do you know your agent? Do you have policies with multiple agents? CALL ME TODAY!
Karen Anderson Stephens Anderson Stephens Agency
404-963-2227
kstephens@farmersagent.com www.farmersagent.com/kstephens
3655 Roswell Rd., NE, Ste. 122 Buckhead Atlanta, GA 30342
SHERIFF Democratic Primary Walter M. Calloway Theodore “Ted” Jackson (I) Richard B. Lankford Charles D. Rambo Tommy M. White Republican Primary Ben Cowart Shurron Green (I) marks an incumbent
$5 OFF
Mexican Restaurant
Lunch or dinner
2042 Johnson Ferry Rd NE
Minimum $20 purchase
(at the corner of Ashford-Dunwoody Rd. in Brookhaven)
Not valid with any other offers. Not valid on Fridays, must present newspaper ad to redeem. Expires 04/30/16
(770) 452-9896
Hours: 11am to 10:30pm ald and denied Wilkinson’s Wilkinson said he had claim, adding that he supbeen grooming McDonald as ported Wilkinson in his prea potential successor and was vious campaigns. surprised by his campaign, as “I simply think it’s time well as Sandy Springs Mayfor younger, more energetor Rusty Paul’s backing of Mcic leadership, an opinion I Donald. Wilkinson also comhave shared in several conplained that he told Paul at a versations with Mr. WilkinFeb. 20 meeting he would run son over the past two years, for re-election, but that Paul including the Feb. 20 converlater told people he was not sation to which he refers,” running. Rep. Joe Wilkinson Paul said in an email. “So, “I was blindsided, havpretending to be a victim or ing spoken to Graham on any allegation of ‘blindsiding’ is unseemly Wednesday [March 9], when he assured and unfounded.” me he was not running and he would very much like me to help him to get betWilkinson also said that Silcox is a “very, ter known in the Atlanta business commuvery close” friend who he told to be “ready” nity and so forth,” Wilkinson said. “I was after she “had gotten wind that Graham blindsided and very disappointed in him and Rusty were going to pull this stunt.” and Rusty.” Asked if that means Silcox is running McDonald said Wilkinson indeed had to somehow weaken McDonald’s vote to been advising him on a possible campaign, Wilkinson’s benefit, Wilkinson said, “I can’t but denied any surprises. really discuss it, but you’re a smart man. “I spoke [about] specific changes of cirThat may be part of it. It may be trying to cumstance with him in advance of qualibuild name recognition for her to run a fying,” McDonald said. “City leaders came race, maybe in two years.” to me upon the determination that the city Silcox said she agrees that McDonald could face two freshmen representatives “totally blindsided” Wilkinson, but that she in two years” if Wilkinson and state Rep. also took McDonald’s candidacy as an opWendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs) both portunity to challenge Wilkinson herself at chose to retire at ends of their terms. the advice of her political consultant, Mark City leaders thought it would be better Rountree. She said her candidacy is not to set up a good candidate now for Wilkinpart of any strategy to help Wilkinson. son’s seat who Willard could “mentor,” Mc“Not at all. There’s no plotting or special Donald said, adding that Willard is also situation on my part in this,” Silcox said. “I supporting his candidacy. just didn’t want to go against [Wilkinson] Paul confirmed he is endorsing McDonone on one.” BH
Traditional Vietnamese classics with our own modern twist...
Now in Buckhead!
Proudly serving authentic Vietnamese pho and rice platters with freshness and health in mind
2221 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta, GA 30309 470-891-8989
PhoKingRestaurant.com
4 | Community
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
PATH400: City donor-naming limit is ‘crippling’ fundraising BY JOHN RUCH
“It’s crippling us,” she said, because donor recognition plaques are a major fundraising tool A city of Atlanta restricfor the money needed to tion on putting donors’ build out the path and renames in parks is crippling lated park system. fundraising for PATH400’s Starling said in a later $9 million capital caminterview that the city’s paign, according to Livable donor recognition policy Buckhead Executive Direcappears to be informal, tor Denise Starling. and there are contrary Buckhead Communiexamples, such as the doDenise Starling ty Improvement District nor-naming bricks on disboard member Robin Louplay in Buckhead’s Loudermilk Park. The dermilk raised the issue at the March 2 city did not respond to a request for inforCID meeting, where he asked Starling mation on the policy. whether naming rights are available for “There’s not a set policy on how to do a new park area along the multi-use trail it…but they’re taking a real hard line on it and indicated he’d like to make a signifiright now,” Starling said. “I’ve never seen it cant donation. [put in writing].” Starling replied that any such donor “I’ve been fighting this battle because recognition is a “hot-button issue with the we’re leaving millions on the table—milcity” and the current answer is no, though lions,” City Councilman and CID board she has been trying to work out an agreemember Howard Shook said at the March ment quietly. 2 meeting. “I see names on a lot of [other] “The city has a lot of concerns about things…Are we safe if we find dead people commercializing the parks…It’s a very po[to honor on sponsorship plaques]?” litically hot potato,” Starling told the CID Starling said that Livable Buckhead board. has run into the donor-recognition isjohnruch@reporternewspapers. net
sue before in its work on three Buckhead “It is an extremely important compoparks. PATH400 has several partners and nent of fundraising,” Starling said of doruns largely on state-owned land, but city nor recognition. of Atlanta rules may apply because the The fundraising issue is not delaying main construction agreement is a deal beany construction yet on the path, which tween the city and the state Department of already has a major section open to the Transportation, Starling said. A planned public, Starling said, but it is already extension into Sandy Springs would not causing Livable Buckhead to miss out on be affected by the Atlanta policy, she said. donations. “Some are philanthropic dolLivable Buckhead recently launched lars and some are coming out of advertisa three-year capital campaign to raise ing revenue,” she said. $9 million needed to City parks officials complete PATH400. have raised various conLoudermilk is the cerns, Starling said, incampaign’s co-chair cluding whether donor and his family’s founrecognition could be redation contributed a voked if the money came $250,000 matching from “someone who bedonation that runs came Public Enemy through March 31. Number One.” Another The PATH Foundation concern is showy signs or is contributing an advertising logos. “We’re amount that Starling not going to pimp out the declined to reveal, but park, for lack of a better she indicated that Livway of putting it,” StarDENISE STARLING able Buckhead has a ling said. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR significant amount to Starling said she is raise on its own. discussing possible compromises with the city, including a legal Small plaques are a main option agreement to cover the entire project or PATH400 could offer, she said. Other “one-by-one approval” of donor recogniopportunities Livable Buckhead would tion items. like to offer include recognition on pubFor more information about the lic art, a potential “donor wall” showcasPATH400 capital campaign, see livableing donor names, and possible naming buckhead.org. rights of segments of the trail, if it could be done with a “discreet feel.”
The city has a lot of concerns about commercializing the parks…It’s a very politically hot potato.
© 2016 The Joint Corp.
What life does to your body, we undo. Chiropractic is key to a healthy lifestyle. When pain is actively managed, patients feel better, sleep better, and are better equipped to deal with the demands of everyday life. And, maintenance care helps prevent pain, improve nerve communication and keep your joints—and therefore you—moving at your best. Let our licensed chiropractors relieve your everyday aches and pains in a way that works for everyday life. Visit thejoint.com to learn more.
NO APPOINTMENTS NO INSURANCE NEEDED OPEN EVENINGS & WEEKENDS Relief. On So Many Levels.
TM
FREE INITIAL VISIT *
Buckhead North at Chastain Square 4279 Roswell Rd., Suite 202 Atlanta, GA 30342
Brookhaven 305 Brookhaven Ave. Bldg. 1100, Suite B-1165 Atlanta, GA 30319
*Offer valued at single visit rate. Initial visit includes consultation, exam and adjustment. Present offer at time of redemption at the location listed only. No cash value, not valid towards past purchase. See clinic for chiropractor(s)’ name and license info. Clinics managed and/or owned by franchisee or Prof. Corps. Restrictions may apply to Medicare eligible patients. Individual results may vary. © 2016 The Joint Corp. All Rights Reserved.
(678) 813-8999
(404) 262-1515
includes consultation, exam & adjustment.
Buckhead 3330 Piedmont Rd., Suite 4 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 584-2323
thejoint.com BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Perimeter Business | 5
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Perimeter Business A monthly section focusing on business in the Reporter Newspapers communities
Airbnb in the ’burbs
New hotels, apartments proposed for Concourse, Pill Hill sites
BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
“Cozy room in suburbia!” reads a listing on Airbnb.com, offering travelers a bedroom on a quiet Dunwoody street for $68 a night. The room may be illegal as well as cozy, according to the city of Dunwoody, whose zoning bans lodging in residential areas. It’s among dozens of short-term online housing rentals available along the northern Perimeter, ranging from entire Buckhead mansions to spare bedrooms on Sandy Springs’ cul-de-sacs, that often operate in legal gray areas. City codes vary, and such rentals may evade hotel taxes or flout apartment leases and condo association rules. But that Dunwoody room, like virtually all local listings, gets glowing reviews from its guests. If the private owner or main tenant rents them quietly to keep guests and neighbors happy, it’s unlikely there will be enforcement or even any short-term rental regulations at all. That’s currently the case in Brookhaven and Sandy Springs, city officials say. “If we had [complaints], it would have
BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
Above, screen shots taken from the Airbnb.com website showcase rentals on everything from entire manisons in Buckhead to spare bedrooms in Sandy Springs’ cul-de-sacs to short-term stays in upscale condos with access to fitness centers and pools.
See MASSIVE on page 12
See AIRBNB on page 10
World Renowned Diamond Dealer SPECIAL! ALL LOOSE DIAMONDS UP TO QUANTITIES LIMITED
70
located in Dunwoody
Mosquito Joe makes your yard a mosquito-free zone.
sprays to eliminate mosquitoes, • Barrier fleas, and ticks for up to 21 days. defense against mosquito• Added borne illness. • All natural treatment option. • No contract required.
OFF DIAMOND STUDS: 1 CT T.W. $990 1.5 CT T.W. $2900 2 CT T.W. $4,400. 1820-C INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, DUNWOODY 30338
770-396-3456 WWW.HAJEWELRY.COM Haim Haviv, Owner
Outside is fun again.
%
We Buy Diamonds & Gold Appraisals starting at $20.00
Two hotels and more than 500 housing units are proposed in two major mixed-use redevelopments at the Concourse Center and on Pill Hill next to MARTA’s Medical Center station. The massive redevelopments would expand two existing Sandy Springs complexes: Perimeter Center’s Concourse, home to the landmark skyscrapers known as the King and Queen; and the Peachtree Dunwoody Pavilion office park. They would line Peachtree-Dunwoody Road flanking I-285 with new hotels and retail space. Both projects require rezoning for the mixed uses, and both are slated to have pre-application community meetings on March 22. The Concourse plan, according to a fact sheet from co-developer Regent Partners, calls for a 5-story, 125-room bou-
Monday through Thursday 10-6 pm, Fri 10-5pm
L CIA SPE ER! OFF
$29 FIRST SPRAY OFFER CODE: RPTR16
New customers only. Up to 1 acre. Cannot be combined with other offers.
404-996-1381
northatlanta.mosquitojoe.com
6 | Perimeter Business
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Q&A Construction boom
Hector Montalvo
Georgia Hispanic Construction Association strives to ‘empower’ Hispanic achievement
In January, the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association moved to a new headquarters at 2750 Buford Highway in Brookhaven. The educational, advocacy and business development nonprofit, which represents about 200 members, is now a neighbor of the Latin American Association. Reporter Newspapers asked GHCA Executive Director Hector Montalvo about how his organization helps the Hispanic construction industry and the reasons it moved to offices on Buford Highway, widely known as a center for Hispanic businesses and residents. For more information, see georgiahca.com. Q: Who created the GHCA and why? A: Hispanics make up roughly 30 percent of the workforce in the construction industry. Our mission is to develop and promote the Hispanic construction
YOUR JULY 4TH STARTS HERE
Lottery registration open March 15 – 22 AJC.com/peachtree
industry in Georgia. We strive to be the leading organization that empowers Hispanic achievement. The GHCA was created by Hispanic businesses committed to the growth and development of the Hispanic construction business. The catalyst for rebuilding the organization was a published disparity study from the city of Atlanta where Hispanic companies were not classified as minorities. The founding members felt the study did not reflect actual conditions, and in fact, there was a lack of representation of Hispanic companies in construction in the city of Atlanta. The 2015 disparity study report accurately reflects that Hispanic businesses in construction are in fact a minority. Q: Why did the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association move to Buford Highway? Where was it located previously? A: The GHCA was founded about four years ago, just when the construction industry was getting a pulse and resources were in short supply. As an avenue to keep cost to a minimum, one of the founding members offered to provide office space. After four years and a change in leadership, the board determined that it was time to move to an independent office. After considering several options, we felt there was synergy between the two associations, the GHCA and the Latin American Association (LAA). The new location offered the advantage of collaboration as well as a well-known location to the Hispanic community. Q: What are some examples of recent training programs GHCA has offered and government relations efforts it has worked on? What are the benefits for individual members as compared to member companies? A: A key mission of the GHCA is to train and educate Hispanic construction workers so they can grow safely and profitably. To that end, the GHCA has provided training such as OSHA 10 and Strategic Planning workshops to assist small companies grow their business. A company can have various advantages, depending on the membership and also the sponsorship. An individual member has access to educational and safety programs as well as meet-and-greet activi-
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Perimeter Business | 7
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
ties that will allow them to establish business connections and opportunities. Q: What are the requirements to become a member? Do members have to identify as Hispanic or can they just be supporters of Hispanic people in the industry? A: Our organization is based on the premises of inclusiveness, so you don’t have to be Hispanic to be a member. The idea is to have an organization where win-win is the foundation in all that we do for members, companies, sponsors and the community at large. Q: This is a boom time in the metro Atlanta construction industry. What are the particular opportunities and challenges the market presents to the workers GHCA serves? A: For members, a platform for resources to get jobs or grow new or exist-
ing businesses. For companies, a vehicle to reach the Hispanic workforce. For the community at large, an environment for learning as well as a vehicle for advocacy. Q: Does GHCA mostly serve recent immigrants or is there an established Hispanic construction industry here as well? How are the sometimes bitter political debates about immigration policy affecting the industry? A: About 84 percent of immigrant construction workers came from Latin America and 62 percent of them are reported not to speak English well or at all. Our aim is to serve the Hispanic construction industry and to be the voice for fair treatment in pay as well as working conditions. The rhetoric on immigration is hurting the industry and, if not resolved, will be detrimental to our economic stability and vitality.
Pony Pals Summer Camp Chastain Horse Park - convenient Buckhead location!
Developing skills and understanding the importance of safety are important themes for our youngest riders (ages 4-7/8 yrs), as well as fostering a love of horses and riding. Camp includes daily riding lessons, games, and crafts! Space is limited so please sign up now to reserve your child’s week of fun! Enrollment is limited to 10 campers per session. Advanced Horse Camp is available for riders 8 yrs. and older who have had prior horse and riding experience. We are offering this one week this summer.
Contact Margie at (404) 252-4244 ext: 1 or lessons@chastainhorsepark.org
Hours & Tuition: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Pony Pals $700/session Advanced Riding Camp $700/session
Pony Pal Camp Dates June 13-17 • June 20-24 • June 27-July 1 • July 11-15 • July18-22 July 25-29 - August 1-5 Advanced Horse Camp • June 6-10
404-252-4244 | www.chastainhorsepark.org
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US
Whatever you have in mind for your next adventure, take advantage of our travel experts to get you there. They’ll get to know and understand you, then do all the research and booking based on your expectations, personal preferences and lifestyle. Whether it’s a cruise, a trip across Europe, a seaplane adventure in Alaska, or a getaway to a remote region of the world, our staff will plan a trip that will surpass your every expectation. And the best part...knowing we’ll handle every detail.
So come on, take advantage of us.
Fabulous Offers! 2-For-1 Cruise Fares PLUS Air Inclusive Pricing PLUS A $200 Complimentary Shipboard credit On selected departures worldwide, inlcuding the Greek Isles, Mediterranean, Alaska, norther Europe and the Baltics, British Isles, plus many more.
How about Christmas or New Year’s in the Med? 13 day cruise from just $2999pp for a veranda stateroom. Air from just $445pp from selected gateways! Or enjoy the largest suites on European waters with a concierge onboard to customize your vacation.
Twice as Nice Sale! • Up to $300 Onboard Spending Money for interior or oceanview • Up to$600 Onboard Spending Money for balcony, mini-suite or suite • PLUS Savings up to $1,000 per stateroom
GO BIG! GO BETTER! GO BEST! Choose your amenity package - free beverage, prepaid gratuities, credits or unlimited internet access! Alaska • 7 nights • Jun-Sept • from $999pp Greece • 11 nights • Apr-Aug • from $1529pp Caribbean • 7 nights • Mar-Apr • from $829pp
770.952.8300 • 800.326.4971 | Mon-Fri 9-6 • Sat 11-3 | tcava.com
Our Exclusive! Free roundtrip ATL airport limo for any Alaska CruiseTour or European Cruise.
8 | Perimeter Business
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers â– twitter.com/Reporter_News
Ribbon Cuttings For The Sole Foot Massage, located at 6690 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting on Feb. 17. On hand, Maxwell Baker, Joe Luranc, Jim Speakman, Jay Eun, Danny Eun, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, Dee Hart, Vedam Clementi, Ethan Li and Jon Wittenberg. The business offers Thai, Swedish, body and foot massages. Get Fit Now held a ribbon cutting on Feb. 19 with William Madison Jr., Kristen Madison, Savannah Lamb, Summer Roberts, Lisa Calhoun, Joe Luranc, Dustin Napier, Emily Napier, Tiffany Roan, Beth Berger, Alyssa Matusiak, David de la Vega, Melissa Shaefer Bentley and Lindsay Resto in attendance. Located at 6780 Roswell Road, Suite C-205, in Sandy Springs, the company offers personal training, coaching and nutrition.
LIVE W OR K PERIMETER CENTER PL AY
Georgia's increasingly preferred address for the Fortune 1000 is Perimeter Center. Metro Atlanta's largest office sub-market is home to global brands and corporations including Mercedes, USA; Cox Enterprises; UPS; InterContinental Hotels Group; Newell Rubbermaid; State Farm Insurance; and Arby's just to name a few. With four MARTA stations in and adjacent to the area, and a major expansion of the PATH Trail network underway (with a trail hub at the Dunwoody MARTA station), and expanded GRTA Express Bus Service, the Center is also one of the region's premier alternative transportation hubs. Home to the largest retail mall in the state, and dozens of destination dining locations and premier retailers and increasing as well as a wide array of multi and single family housing options, the Center is becoming one of the Southeast's leading live, work & play communities. For your enterprise, large or small, you just can't beat life at the Center...at the intersection of innovation and leadership on metro Atlanta's northside. For more information: http://www.perimetercid.org
In Atlanta and throughout Georgia, Northside Hospital provides high quality health care. It begins with our medical and administrative leadership – known for accountability and acknowledged for perennial success. Our employees, volunteers and caregivers are connected, regardless of where they are or what they do. When our patients and families need one, we give them everyone. Because at Northside Hospital, our great doctors have great teams.
A Lifetime of Care northside.com
Dunwoody Sandy Springs 85 Brookhaven 400
285
20
ATLANTA 75
285
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Perimeter Business | 9
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Great American Floors, 330 Sandy Springs Circle, held a ribbon cutting on Feb. 26. Joining the festivities: Katie and Geoff Melkonian, Jeff Kremer, Brandon Handley, Trevor Robertson, Marc Seltzer, founder, Stephanie Seltzer, Rachel Seltzer, Steve Williams, Robie Seltzer, owner, Jason Seltzer, owner, Angela Forrester and Maxwell Baker. The company sells premium floor products including carpet, hardwood, laminate and tile. ROAM, a co-working and event space, marked the grand opening of its Buckhead location at 3365 Piedmont Road with a ribbon cutting on March 1. Participants included, from left, Mary London Goshert, Courtney Vann, Lee Behr, Ples Bruce, Jim Duffie, Peyton Day, Smita Solanki, Garth Peters and David Coxon.
MOSAIC’S SUCCESSFUL REMODELING PROCESS
FRESH IDEAS Meet William. A wine enthusiast (married to a wine expert), thinks baseball is the “beautiful game,” active introvert, and world traveler. He’s the guy who gets it all started, the first to greet each client and the last to sign off on a project. He’s always wanted more than “good enough.” He wants it “just right.”
SOLUTION SEEKER. CONSENSUS FINDER. OWNER. AND THE BEST GUY TO BRING THE WINE.
Learn more about our successful remodeling at www.MosaicGroupAtlanta.com or give us a call at 770-670-6022.
Kitchens & Baths Whole House Remodeling Decks & Porches Landscaping
Bell Carpet Galleries Moving to ADAC in March 2016 (Suite 141)
STRATHMORE
CABINETS • DESIGN • FLOORS • PAINT
10 | Perimeter Business
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Airbnb in the ‘burbs Continued from page 5
Come Shop with Us at our New Buckhead Location t
ides The W st & Be of ction s e l e S ren’ Child s in Shoe ta Atlan
404-846-8506 3716 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30342 (at the corner of Roswell and Powers Ferry, next to Kazoo Toys)
www.sprongshoes.com | www.facebook.com/sprongshoes
HEARING LOSS? MEMORY LOSS? Mild to moderate dementia and hearing loss have the same symptoms. Call for free hearing and memory screenings today. It could make a difference in your life.
been addressed long before,” said city of Sandy Springs spokeswoman Sharon Kraun. But, she added, the City Council is likely to discuss possible regulation of short-term rentals soon. Short-term rental services have become a booming—and controversial—business, allowing homeowners and apartment renters to make extra cash by arranging online room rentals. The current top dog is San Francisco-based Airbnb, which boasts millions of rental listings in nearly every country in the world. The service includes a listing, a payment service and a rating system. Short-term rentals have been especially controversial in big cities, where they can act as significant competition with hotels while avoiding the same taxes and regulations. There are also concerns that shortterm rentals inflate local housing markets, making it harder for long-term residents to afford housing. In 2014, the tourist-heavy city of Savannah, Ga., cracked down on short-term rentals as zoning violations. Little attention has been drawn to short-term rentals in suburbs and outlying urban neighborhoods, where there likely aren’t such large-scale market impacts and homeowners can often rent with more privacy. But other concerns about short-term rentals are still possible, such as absentee owners, misbehaving guests or violations of condo rules.
‘Party House in Buckhead’ Pictured Standing: Melissa Wikoff, Au.D. Erica Pennesi, Au.D. Sitting: Rita Chaiken, Au.D. Chelsea Kilgore, Au.D. Doctors of Audiology
Dunwoody/Sandy Springs
1713 Mt. Vernon Road | Atlanta, GA 30338
(678) 500-8185
Clairmont/N. Druid Hills
1991 N. Williamsburg Drive | Decatur, GA 30033
(404) 921-0097
www.hearatlanta.com
Introducing:
Melissa Babcock, M.D.
Sculptra Sculptra is an injectable liquid used to add volume to areas of the face for youthful recontouring. Special price $400/vial after manufacturer’s rebate.
and
Kybella Kybella is the first and only FDA-approved nonsurgical treatment that improves the appearance of double chin. Special price $500/vial. Both require up to 3 treatments usually 2 vials per treatment. Set up a free consultation to learn more about these non-surgical treatment options.
4890 Roswell Road, Suite B-10 • Atlanta, Georgia 30342 (404) 835-3052 • BabcockDermatology.com Located at the corner of Roswell Road & Long Island Drive
One recent Airbnb listing advertised a $349-a-night “Party House in Buckhead for Events!” on residential Timm Valley Road. “Kegs cost extra…Perfect for events under 40-50 people,” the listing says. The listing dates to 2011, indicating it has operated without serious complaints. And the listing for an entire four-bedroom house for rent off Lake Forrest Drive in Sandy Springs says no parties or events are allowed. “I’m sorry about this, I’ve done it before and it’s caused too many problems…,” the host explained in the listing. Of several local short-term rental hosts contacted for interviews, only one agreed to speak, and only briefly and without publication of his name. The host rents a Perimeter Center condo on three different online services, including Airbnb, and mostly attracts business travelers. “Our condo doesn’t really allow renters,” the host admitted. “I screen [shortterm renters] really hard. I tell them, don’t send mail there.” Airbnb did not respond to questions. But according to press reports, it has beefed up its safety and accountability policies in recent years. Its website features basic city of Atlanta housing regulation information. And according to news reports, Airbnb will soon introduce a new service allowing residents at neighboring properties to file complaints about problem guests directly with the company.
Recent checks of Airbnb and Corporate Housing By Owner, a site focused on monthly, business-oriented rentals, showed plenty of local residents playing host. For the March 18 weekend, Airbnb showed about 25 rentals available in Buckhead; about 22 in Brookhaven; 16 in Dunwoody; and about 30 in Sandy Springs. On the luxury end, $350 a night scored an entire Tudor-style mansion with a saltwater swimming pool, on Buckhead’s Knollwood Drive. Bargain travelers could get a particularly safe room—“I literally live next to the police station!” the listing read—on Sandy Springs’ Spring Creek Lane. Many reviews show guests enthusiastic about local hosts and neighborhoods. “This neighborhood is one of the BEST you will find in Atlanta. It’s safe and in a beautiful historic area,” wrote a guest of a suite for rent on Mabry Road in Brookhaven. Some listings on both sites have hosts who live in other homes or even other cities and states. One CHBO condo listing on Peachtree-Dunwoody Road says the host moved out in 2010. “I have been renting to numerous guests and corporations for over 5 years,” the listing reads. Airbnb listings include some prominent local condo and apartment towers, including in Dunwoody’s Manhattan condos and Sandy Springs’ Park Towers/M789 condos/apartments complex. “If we knew about it, we probably wouldn’t allow it,” said Henry Monje, a leasing consultant at the M789 apartments. But, he said, there’s no easy way to tell apartment tenants’ paying guests from non-paying ones.
To regulate or not to regulate
Nationwide, the hotel industry is pushing for uniform regulation of short-term rentals, saying hosts should follow similar regulations and pay the same taxes and fees. In Georgia, a committee in the state House of Representatives last winter recommended against statewide regulation. “I still believe that statewide regulation makes the most sense to provide continuity across the state,” said Jim Sprouse, executive director of the Georgia Hotel & Lodging Association. The rules, or lack thereof, governing short-term rentals vary across local municipalities. Atlanta city officials did not respond to questions, but press reports indicate that short-term rentals are prohibited in single-family zoning districts. Dunwoody has similar restrictions, according to city spokesman Bob Mullen. In Brookhaven, where Airbnb founder Joe Gebbia’s father happens to be a member of City Council, “there is currently nothing in our ordinance that addresses them, and they wouldn’t fall under the hotel definition,” said city spokeswoman Ann Marie Quill. “When the business community comes up with a new model, such as Uber or growlers, it takes a little time for municipalities to adapt.”
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Perimeter Business | 11
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Advanced Weight Loss Practice Regain Your Health & Mobility! We specialize in non-invasive, minimally-invasive and robotic
SPECIAL
Construction of a six-story, 236-unit apartment complex and a five-story office building will get underway soon at Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and Roberts Court in Sandy Springs.
techniques
Mixed-use project to go up soon near North Springs MARTA station
surgery procedures.
BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
A major mixed-use project—featuring a six-story, 236-unit apartment building and a five-story office building—will start going up soon at Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and Roberts Court in Sandy Springs. Despite its size and prominent location on a 10-acre site across PeachtreeDunwoody from the North Springs MARTA station, the project by Trammell Crow Residential has been moving ahead quietly. In part, that’s because it is already allowed under a 2001 rezoning for an even bigger project that triggered a major controversy and legal battle, but never got built. A 2002 legal settlement between the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods and the original developer, Sandy Springs’ Charlie Roberts, has requirements for landscape buffers and screening, including a 2-acre “conservation easement” or private park. Trammell Crow Residential will fulfill those legal obligations, according to developer attorney Chip Collins and Council of Neighborhoods president Trisha Thompson.
Coming to fruition
“The Council of Neighborhoods is very excited that this long, 10- or 12-year [project] and rezoning is finally coming to fruition with a use that is less intense than the original rezoning and is more in line with the character of the neighborhood,” said Thompson. The group is also pleased “that a large area will be set aside in a permanent conservation easement for the benefit of the entire neighborhood,” she said. Roberts’ original project was approved by Fulton County before the city of Sandy Springs incorporated. A proposed redevelopment of a site that had only a single house, it featured a 14-story apartment building, a 12-story condominium tower and a 10-story office tower, among
other uses. “What they’re doing is a lot less dense,” Collins said of Trammell Crow Residential. “The condos are gone and the apartments are less in density. The office [space] is less dense.” The office building will have about 125,000 square feet of space, and the apartment building will have some ground-floor retail area, Collins said. The apartments and offices will wrap around a shared parking deck with 643 spots, he added. The developers bought the property late last year and expect to start construction in April, Collins said. He estimated construction will last 18 to 24 months. The legal settlement has several provisions, including a $7,500 allowance to each neighboring resident to install their own landscape screening. But the biggest provision is the conservation easement, a green space with trails that will be overseen by the Sandy Springs Conservancy, according to Thompson. It will be open to abutting residents, but not the general public.
A permanent buffer
The green space will serve as a “as a permanent buffer between the development and the neighborhood,” Collins said. “It will be basically a private park. It’s not a public park.” However, the exact details of the agreement are still being discussed in meetings with the Council of Neighborhoods and area residents. Thompson said there are still some details she questions, such as screening for the parking garage. “This has been a very cooperative undertaking since Trammell Crow [Residential] has gotten involved,” Collins said, adding he does not expect any changes to the proposed agreement. “This is just about working with the neighbors to make sure we’re fulfilling all requirements of the earlier settlement.”
weight
loss
for
advanced
and
general
Let Dr. Srinivasa Gorjala, a board-certified physician, and our on-site dietician help you
Procedures We Offer • LAP-BAND® System • Non-Surgical Gastric Balloon • LINX® Reflux System
to live to your full potential with one of our medical or surgical weight loss programs. For More Information:
• Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
(404) 250-6691 or visit: BariatricInnovationsAtl.com
• Gallbladder Surgery
Our Location:
• Hernia Repair
6135 Barfield Road, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30328
• Robotic Surgery
At Senior Helpers, we know that life is busy and caring for an elderly parent or loved one is hard work. Our loving team is here to assist you and give you the break you deserve. Senior Helpers is a Family Owned & Managed Company that has been helping Atlanta families since 2006. Your hometown solution for Private Home Care and Transportation. Senior Helpers has specially trained Caregivers (Certified Nursing Assistants) that provide care anywhere from one hour a day to live-in and 24/7.
Call Senior Helpers Home Care today for extra help 770-442-2154!
2 Hours Free for New Clients
WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD!
12 | Perimeter Business
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Massive mixed-use plans filed for Concourse Center and Pill Hill Continued from page 5
Hearn Drive and the MARTA station. It proposes a 170-room hotel and retail space fronting on Peachtree-Dunwoody; a 5-story, 250-unit multifamily housing complex; an 8-story, 200,000-square-foot office building atop three levels of parking; a 6-level parking deck; and new restaurant and retail buildings around a pond on the site. The Pavilion site dates to the 1970s and consists of four office buildings, one of which, containing mostly medical offices, would be demolished for the retail component, according to developer rep-
tique hotel; a 5-story, 270-unit “high-end” apartment building atop a “concrete podium;” and 24,500 square feet of restaurant and retail space in three buildings, including a “chef-driven…flagship” restaurant. The development would happen near the intersection of Peachtree-Dunwoody and Hammond Drive. The Pavilion plan, according to preliminary drawings filed with the city, brings big additions to the 20-acre site at 5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody between Lake
D
Call (404) 497-1020 for an appointment.
PEACHTREE DUNWOODY
Peachtree Dunwoody Internal Medicine & Rheumatology is proud to announce the addition 28 of Dr. Elizabeth D. Butler Exit 28
I-285
Hollis Cobb Circle
980
The Tower at North-
Emergency
Exit 4A
5545
5669
Hospital 5665
Marriott
•Center Rheumatoid Arthritis Pointe 1100
• Lupus o dy
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
5673
Dr. Butler Offers Services For ’s Saint Joseph
Sun Trust Bank 993 C
GA-400
5671 5667
Peacht ree Dun wo
Trimble Road
975
Cancer Center
Cardiology ICU Admissions
Johnson Ferry Road
993 D Exit 3
is Cobb Holl
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL
Meridian Mark
Glenridge Point Parkway
960
875 Glenridge Connector
Parking
Lake Hearn Drive Marta
Women’s Center
GA-400
to our practice.
5780 Interchange
5670
Women's Center Parking Garage
Parking
Exit 26
Medical Quarters 5555
• Gout
resentative Scott Bryant. He said no decision has been made on whether the housing would be rental or ownership. The developer, going by TSO PDP LP, bought the property last year and believes it’s a “prime candidate for a focus on urbanization” like the rest of SPECIAL An illustration of the proposed Peachtree Dunwoody the Perimeter Center Pavilion redevelopment from a city filing. The view, area, Bryant said. That looking west, shows a hotel along Peachtree-Dunwoody includes possibly tying Road at the rear and a new office building to the left. directly into the MARing to negotiate automobile traffic.” TA station with a peBuilt between 1984 and 1991, the Condestrian bridge. course complex already features more “When this was originally built, they than 2 million square feet of office space just popped buildings down and the rest and a large Westin hotel. The original was just paved. MARTA was an afterzoning of the site allows for a four-story thought,” Bryant said. “We want to take offi ce building in the area of the proposed advantage of the site in a way that’s remixed-use project, according to John Bell sponsible. We just think mixed use… of Regent Partners. That unbuilt office makes sense.” building would have been a “mirror imThe $90 million Concourse project age” of an existing offi ce structure adjacould start construction late this year or cent to the redevelopment site, he said. in early 2017, according to the fact sheet The Concourse and Pavilion plans are from co-developers Regent Partners and the latest entries in a trend of large mixedBuilding and Land Technology. According use proposals for Perimeter Center, into the fact sheet, “The new development’s cluding the Dunwoody Crown Towers, layout will be notable for its ‘pedestrian1117 Perimeter Center West and a project first’ design: buildings will be connected near the North Springs MARTA station. by alleyways and courtyards, enabling visitors to stroll the grounds without hav-
• Osteoarthritis 5505
Meridian Mark Plaza 5445
• Osteoporosis
Small Business of the Year
• Auto-immune Disease
The Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce hosted its fourth annual Sandy’s Awards gala on March 5.
Glenridge Connector
Dr. Butler is a board-certified rheumatologist who brings over three decades of practice experience. She offers excellent, personalized care to adult patients, as
The chamber named the Sandy Springs Gun Club & Range its Small Business of the Year; The Brickery its Restaurant of the Year; and Jeff and Cindy McGinity the Volunteers of the Year.
well as thorough preventive screenings for the diagnosis and treatment of medical problems before other complications arise.
From left, Cara Workman and Robyn Marzullo of the Sandy Springs Range & Gun Club with Chamber Board Chairman Lever Stewart.
875 Johnson Ferry Road NE, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30342 PeachtreeDunwoodyIM.com
Join us on the green space for culinary delights from our restaurants! Enjoy food tastings, wine, beer, cooking demonstrations, music, prizes & more.
Advance Tickets: $30, Day Of Event: $40 Drink tickets available for purchase at event.
To purchase tickets, visit www.angelsrescue.org/TasteofTB Benefiting Angels Among Us Pet Rescue
SPECIAL PHOTO
FESTIVAL
TASTE OF TOWN BROOKHAVEN FOO
Of
Participating Restaurants: CinéBistro, Copper Coin Coffee, Lucky’s Burger & Brew, Marble Slab Creamery, Newk’s, Olde Blind Dog, Olive Bistro, There Restaurant & Bar, Yogurtland & more
D & FUN
Saturday, May 14th 3-7pm
www.townbrookhaven.net
Conveniently located on Peachtree Rd. adjacent to Oglethorpe University.
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Reporter Newspapers Our mission is to provide our readers with fresh and engaging information about life in their communities.
Community Survey Question: Of the following, what do you think is the best way to address metro Atlantaʼs transportation problems?
Total Respondents (200)
Published by Springs Publishing LLC 6065 Roswell Road, Suite 225 Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Extend MARTA train lines 111 (56%)
Brookhaven Reporter | Buckhead Reporter Dunwoody Reporter | Sandy Springs Reporter www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Use monorails or gondolas to connect commercial areas 19 (10%) Add more bus routes and run the buses more often 15 (8%)
Atlanta INtown www.AtlantaINtownPaper.com
Editorial Managing Editor Joe Earle joeearle@reporternewspapers.net Associate Editor: John Ruch Intown Editor: Collin Kelley Sta�f Writer: Dyana Bagby Copy Editor: Diane L. Wynocker Crea�ive and Produc�ion Crea�ive Director: Rico Figliolini Graphic Designer: Harry J. Pinkney Jr. Adver�ising Director of Sales Development Amy Arno amyarno@reporternewspapers.net Senior Account Execu�ives Jeff Kremer Janet Porter Account Execu�ives Susan Lesesne Jim Speakman O�fice Manager Deborah Davis deborahdavis@reporternewspapers.net Contributors Phil Mosier
Free Home Delivery 60,000 copies of Reporter Newspapers are delivered by carriers to homes in ZIP codes 30305, 30319, 30326, 30327, 30328, 30338, 30342 and 30350 and to more than 500 business/retail locations. For locations, check “Where To Find Us” at www.ReporterNewspapers.net For delivery requests, please email delivery@reporternewspapers.net.
© 2016 with all rights reserved Publisher reserves the right to refuse editorial or advertising for any reason. Publisher assumes no responsibility for information contained in advertising. Any opinions expressed in print or online do not necessarily represent the views of Reporter Newspapers or Springs Publishing, LLC.
Women 49%
Men 51%
Build more bike lanes and walking paths 14 (7%)
C O NTA C T US Founder & Publisher Steve Levene stevelevene@reporternewspapers.net
Gender
Build more new roads or widen existing roads. 20 (10%)
Phone: 404-917-2200 • Fax: 404-917-2201
BH
Commentary | 13
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Connect neighborhoods with streetcars 14 (7%)
Household Income
Increase the use of toll lanes 7 (4%)
MARTA is the way, our survey shows. Extending MARTA rail lines offers the best road out of metro Atlanta’s transportation mess, according to more than half the respondents to a recent cellphone-based survey of adults across the communities served by Reporter Newspapers and Atlanta INtown. Although state lawmakers have disagreed on how to pay for new MARTA train lines, 56 percent of the 200 respondents to the survey chose extension of the MARTA rail system as the best way to address local transportation troubles. Respondents who supported extending MARTA train lines mostly were younger than 40 (78.3 percent) and about evenly split between women and men (54 percent to 46 percent). Seven of 10 reported household income higher than $50,000. Two-thirds of the respondents for the second-most-favored option, building new roads, were females, and overall they were slightly older (30 percent were 40+ years old) and reported lower household incomes (30 percent under $50,000). In the exclusive survey, conducted by mobile market research company 1Q for Springs Publishing, parent company of the Reporter Newspapers and Atlanta INtown, just 10 percent of the respondents saw building new roads or widening existing ones as the best cure for metro traffic ills. That’s the same percentage as voted for monorails or gondolas as the best way to get from place to place. The least popular option? More toll roads.
What some respondents had to say More trains. 31-year-old Atlanta man MARTA rail needs to go more places and run more hours. 34-year-old Brookhaven man Make more roadways. 27-year-old Buckhead woman Additional MARTA lines are needed to connect major attractions, like the new baseball stadium. 45-year-old Sandy Springs woman Public transportation is the end game for solving transportation problems. The city needs to have a 20-year view of its future and have the commitment to building extensive public transportation routes and solutions step by step. 39-year-old Buckhead man Gondolas, please. 30-year-old Sandy Springs man
It would be nice to have MARTA not only connecting the city, but the suburbs as well. 35-year-old Brookhaven woman I think it’s a combination of things that are needed: Keep the existing MARTA infrastructure up to date and in working order with timely maintenance and repairs. Too often, there are train and bus delays due to mechanical issues or malfunctions. Next step is to expand train lines. Lastly, a lot of the MARTA employees don’t seem to care about their passengers one little bit. There are too many MARTA employees who have a real negative attitude about their jobs and the people around them. When there is an issue with a train or bus, they never communicate with the passengers and look at the passengers as nothing more than an annoyance. It sends the wrong message to people, and is a big reason why there is a low opinion of MARTA out there. 49-year-old Buckhead man
Less than 50,000 23.5%
$100,000+ 36.5%
$50-75,000 24%
$75,000100,000 15.5%
Educa�ion Post Graduate 32.5
High School 7%
BS/BA 60%
1Q is an Atlanta-based startup that has developed a technology which sends questions and surveys to a cellphone via app or text message from businesses and organizations across the country. Respondents are paid 50 cents per answer, through PayPal, for sharing their opinions. Payments may also be donated directly to charity. Sign up to be included in our local community polls at 1Q.com/reporter or by texting REPORTER to 86312. If I was able to get to work via MARTA, I would take it in a heartbeat. Take New York City, for example. Hardly anyone uses cars as they are able to get everywhere with public transit. 30-year-old Sandy Springs woman Riding MARTA can often times be unsafe, which brings high crime rates to high-end areas. Building more roads may just be the answer to the issue at hand. 26-year-old Dunwoody woman
14 | Community
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Thank you Atlanta
On Our Borders
from the original Chin Chin Brookhaven team Celebrating 21 years in Brookhaven!
Editor’s note: News knows few boundaries. Here are some local news stories breaking in neighboring communities that may be of interest to Buckhead readers.
Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant
WATCH OUR OPEN KITCHEN & EXPERIENCE THE ART OF CHINESE COOKING!! DELIVERY (LIMITED AREA, MIN. $10) / CARRY OUT / CATERING / FULL BAR SERVICE
3887 Peachtree Road, Buckhead/Brookhaven And Other Locations
404-816-2229 | www.ChinChinGA.com
2009 Best Chinese-The Sunday Paper 2001-2002 Best Chinese by Atlanta Jewish Times readers 1998-2012 Best Chinese by Creative Loafing “Mouth-watering Chin Chin spices things up.” –The Atlanta Journal Constitution “Most Memorable Meal” –Where Atlanta Magazine - 21/2 stars–Knife & Fork
#
1
Just opened in Buckhead! Raising The Standard of Care
Our team has grown... thanks to you!
Dr. Craig Smith
Our Services Include: • Metal-Free Fillings • Root Canals • Non-Invasive TMJ Therapy • Preferred Insurance Providers • Care Credit Financing
Dr. Cassandra Lichkay
$99
NEW PATIENT OFFER Exam, ALL X-Rays and Basic Mouth Cleaning
2282 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30309
(just north of Piedmont Hospital next to Panera Bread)
404-603-8350
A new publication in Sandy Springs called the Gazette is presenting old news in a new way. The new digital magazine created by Heritage Sandy Springs showcases stories from the historical society’s evergrowing library of oral histories. Debuted on the Heritage website Jan. 7, the publication features a new historical story—illustrated with archival photos—every Thursday. “The reason we started the Gazette was to take the oral histories…off the shelf and into the community,” said Melissa Swindell, Heritage’s director of historic resources and education programs. Heritage began recording oral histories from Sandy Springs residents on audio cassettes in the late 1980s or early 1990s, Swindell said. About 65 oral histories are now on file, and most go untouched, she said. In Brookhaven, city leaders who tapped the brakes on MARTA’s planned Peachtree Road development have begun meeting with transportation officials to try to create a regional plan for handling traffic. Mayor John Ernst, City Councilman Bates Mattison and other city officials met with representatives of MARTA, the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Atlanta Regional Commission and the owners of property near the Brookhaven/Oglethorpe MARTA station to discuss the transit agency’s plans for regional development there. “It was a great mutual meeting that some were saying should have happened years ago,” Ernst said. “All of us weren’t aware of all the [traffic] studies going
on … so now we can take a comprehensive approach instead of reinventing the wheel.” Ernst asked for the task force after backlash against the proposed MARTA Transit Oriented Development at the Brookhaven/Oglethorpe rail station on Peacthree Road pushed him to ask MARTA to delay its rezoning request from April until June. The regional task force plans to meet again in May, Ernst said. Just down Peachtree toward Buckhead from the MARTA station, Brookhaven residents are raising concerns about a new Walgreens development on Peachtree Road causing traffic delays. Colonial Drive currently has a dedicated left-turn lane and a shared throughand-right-turn lane. City officials said the shared through-and-right-turn lane acts as a dedicated right-turn lane because few motorists use it to go straight across Peachtree. Residents said they were promised by city officials during the zoning approval process two years ago that a dedicated right-turn lane on Colonial Drive would be put in by the developers – however as construction continues there is no sign of such a lane in sight, they say. But Ben Song, community development director, said that the agreement with the Walgreens developer made during May and July 2014 Board of Zoning Appeals meetings did not include the promise of constructing a dedicated right turn lane. Instead, money would be put aside to build one if in the future it was decided such a lane was necessary, depending on future development, he said. “I did review both meetings … and not knowing what private discussions may have been outside City Hall, as staff we are limited to information provided on the record,” he said.
Buford Highway Bikes and Bites tour returns April 2 Buford Highway Bikes and Bites, a bicycle tour of the area’s businesses and history, returns April 2. The local advocacy organization We Love BuHi launched Bikes and Bites last fall, drawing more than 75 people. The event is cosponsored by Civil Bikes, an Atlanta company that conducts history tours by bike. The April Bikes and Bites will focus on the Chamblee and Doraville area of the Buford Highway corridor, according to We Love BuHi director Marian Liou. The 8-mile ride will begin and end at Plaza Fiesta on Clairmont Road along the
Chamblee-Brookhaven border. Liou said among those expected to join are Betsy Eggers of Peachtree Creek Greenway, Inc.; Brookhaven City Councilman Joe Gebbia; and Katelyn DiGioia, the bicycle and pedestrian coordinator for the Georgia Department of Transportation. Bikes and Bites includes lunch, snacks and a pre-ride bike check-up. The tour, which runs 8:30 a.m. to noon, is escorted by police for safety. Tickets are $35, and the first 50 registrants will get a copy of We Love BuHi’s new guide to Buford Highway businesses. For more information, see welovebuhi.com. BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Community | 15
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Join us and discover bishoku!
Authentic Japanese dishes, noodles & sakes. “Aspiration,” a steel-and-water sculpture designed by Atlanta architect and artist John Portman, is coming to Charlie Loudermilk Park.
SPECIAL
Portman-designed sculpture coming to Loudermilk Park BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
BH
A monumental steel-and-water sculpture by Atlanta architect and artist John Portman is coming to Charlie Loudermilk Park, likely this year. Titled “Aspiration,” the work will double as a major piece of public art in the heart of Buckhead and as a tribute to Portman’s friend. “Charlie Loudermilk and I share more than a love for the city of Atlanta; we share a deep friendship and mutual respect for one another,” Portman said in a written statement, referring to the Buckhead business leader for whom the park is named. “I am honored to have been asked to create a sculpture for his park. I put my heart into creating something of meaning for him and also in recognition of the significance of Buckhead in our urban fabric.” Meanwhile, another sculpture that long stood in the park is heading to a new home, according to the Buckhead Community Improvement District. “The Storyteller,” depicting a buck-headed man speaking to a group of animals, will be installed outside the Buckhead Branch Library, according to CID Executive Director Jim Durrett. The sculpture swap is among many changes and improvements the CID has overseen at the park, located at the fork of Peachtree and Roswell roads. Formerly called Triangle Park, it was renamed in 2008 for Loudermilk, the founder of the Buckhead-based Aaron’s rent-to-own empire and a renowned philanthropist. A lifesize statue of Loudermilk was added to the park in 2011. Commissioned in 1998 by the Buckhead Coalition, “The Storyteller” vanished from public view during a CID-led, $2.5 million park renovation that wrapped up last year. Durrett said the sculpture is in storage and headed for the library at 269 Buckhead Ave., about a block from Loudermilk Park. The CID is working with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, which is “going through their approval process now,” he
hospitality, fine foods & warm decor
said. The library and the city of Atlanta did not have comment. Meanwhile, Portman’s sculpture is also in a city approval process. “Hopefully, this year we will end with the sculpture in the park,” Durrett told the CID board at its March meeting. “We designed the park to accommodate a future sculpture, and Mr. Loudermilk suggested Portman,” Durrett said in an email, adding that the sculpture will go at the park’s southern tip. He told the CID board that the cost, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, will be split equally between the CID and Loudermilk. Portman is an architect-developer known for such landmarks as the Peachtree Center hotel and office tower complex in downtown Atlanta. He is also a respected artist who was featured in a High Museum show several years ago and who often creates sculptures for his own buildings. A design and artist’s statement for Loudermilk Park provided by Portman show a 12-foot-tall abstract sculpture of interlocking stainless steel pieces. It will be mounted on a circular pedestal of stainless steel and black granite that serves as a bench and also contains water to reflect the artwork. The title “Aspiration” and the work itself are tributes to Buckhead’s past and future success, and the work, the statement says. “The intertwining forms that make up the sculpture pay homage to the energy of the [Loudermilk Park] site and denote the evolving development of Buckhead, which can best be described as activity in all directions,” Portman’s statement says. “The sculpture is intended to mark the growing significance of Buckhead as a community in its own right.” The sculpture, which currently exists only as a scale model, will be fabricated by Polich Tallix Fine Arts Foundry in New York state. Polich Tallix also created the Oscar statuettes for this year’s Academy Awards, according to press releases.
Open for both Lunch & Dinner
404.252.7998 • bishokusushi.com 5920 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA Restaurant closed on Sunday & Monday
FEATURING OVER 85 OF THE SOUTHEAST’S LEADING MERCHANTS
ANTIQUES
TRANSITIONAL
RUGS + FLOORING 1530 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd . Atlanta, GA 30318 404.941.3466 www.westsidemarketatl.com
16 | Community
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Residents, officials disagree on howto fix park’s floods, spills
A simple thing can save a life.
Continued from page 1
Get a colonoscopy. March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month Emory Midtown 404.881.1094
Piedmont West 404.351.9512
www.atlantagastro.com AGA is a participating provider for Medicare, Medicaid and most healthcare plans offered in Georgia.
MIDTOWN BANK A Division of First Landmark Bank
1.36% 1.35% Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
Interest Rate
23-MONTH TERM OPT-UP CD1 For Deposits of $10,000 or more3 Deposit $10,000 or more into an Opt-Up CD to get these features: • Interest rate can be increased once during the 23-month term by contacting the bank. • The maturity date will not be extended if you exercise the Opt-Up option.2 • Opt-Up option is based on the published rate for the standard 24-month CD.
404.969.4400
Advertised APY and rate apply to the initial term only. 1Opt-Up option is based on the published rate for the standard 24-month Certificate of Deposit and can be exercised by contacting us when the published rate exceeds the initial advertised rate and APY. 2The maturity date will not change. Therefore, if the rate change is executed in the 10th month, the new rate will be in effect for the remaining 13 months. Annual Percentage Yield of 1.36% is accurate as of 2/15/16. The APY assumes that interest remains on deposit until maturity. Withdrawal of interest will reduce earnings. 3Minimum deposit to open a CD for this offer is $10,000 (new and existing money) to earn advertised APY. Term is 23-months. Early withdrawal penalties may apply. Offer is subject to change or end at any time without notice. Offer not valid for retirement CDs, brokerage deposits, institutional investors, public funds or in conjunction with other promotional offers. Interest compounds daily and may remain in the CD or be paid monthly or quarterly by check or transferred to an account with us. CD is automatically renewed into a 24-month standard CD at maturity unless we receive contrary instructions from you. Important Information about FDIC Deposit Insurance Coverage: Midtown Bank and Bank of Sandy Springs (Divisions of First Landmark Bank) and First Landmark Bank are the same FDIC-insured institution. Deposits held under First Landmark Bank or the trade names Midtown Bank and Bank of Sandy Springs are not separately insured, but are combined to determine whether a depositor has exceeded basic federal deposit insurance limits. Midtown Bank | 712 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30308 | 404.969.4400
But residents and at least one council member seemed to think the city’s plans didn’t go far enough. Resident Justin Wiedeman, an engineer who studied the city’s system, told committee members that ending sewage flooding in the Peachtree Creek basin could require a large relief tunnel or finding ways of taking more stormwater out of the system. “Unfortunately,” he said, “this is something that would cost a lot of money to fix.” City CounPHOTOS BY JOE EARLE Garth Peters, left, City Councilwoman Yolanda Adrean, center, and cilwoman Mary city Watershed Management Commissioner Jo Ann Macrina Norwood quescheck sewer lines during a tour of Atlanta Memorial Park. tioned why the city shouldn’t want to spend between $500 million and install a new underground storage sys$2 billion on a storage system where it tem, similar to the one built in the Nanwould not be effective.” cy Creek watershed, that could hold Norwood told the Buckhead Council overflows during heavy rains. of Neighborhoods at its March 10 meet“Why wouldn’t we do the relief tuning that she was frustrated and was nel?” she asked. “With Nancy Creek, we “heated” about the lack of answers at the decided to go deep and do a relief tunnel. utilities committee meeting that went … Why wouldn’t we put a similar system on for more than three hours. for Peachtree [Creek]? Why wouldn’t we Dist. 8 City Councilmember Yolanda do a long-term fix for Peachtree Creek.” Adrean said she was also pressing for Macrina said the two areas weren’t more answers and a long-term solution. comparable. “It is a very different situ“I’ve asked Watershed Management to give us a 30-year solution,” Adrean said. “I keep hearing ideas for repairs, but what we need is modeling for a 30-year solution.” Adrean acknowledged the lawsuit brought by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and its founder Sally Bethea in 1995 that forced Atlanta to sign a consent decree promising to fix its sewers and COLLIN KELLEY remove trash from 37 Resident Justin Wiedeman presents his study of park flooding miles of city streams. to the board of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods. “We had a federal judge force us to address our issues. We’re ation than Nancy Creek,” she said. “You lucky, because other cities haven’t been can’t use the same solution. … We don’t forced to the table yet, but they will be. BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Community | 17
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Kirk Billings, president of the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy, left, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed field questions before touring Atlanta Memorial Park on March 8.
BH
Look at what’s happened in Flint, Mich.” The city is still under that decree, and Adrean said the EPA had recently extended a deadline to give Atlanta more time to clean up its system. Adrean said the extension of the 1 cent sales tax by voters on March 1 for water and sewer infrastructure repairs would go far to address issues. “But we won’t ever be finished,” Adrean said about the city’s ongoing water and sewer issues. “Anyone who owns a house – how many times have you replaced an air conditioner or refrigerator? We’re never going to be done. But it’s important that we understand where the hot spots are in the city and we prioritize toward solutions.” Adrean said that as more construction takes place in Midtown and Buckhead that means less impervious services and more potential for flooding and sewer issues. She and Councilman Howard Shook have asked for a study to see what Peachtree Street and Road will look like when completely built out so the city can know what sort of future water and sewer issues it faces. During the March 8 tour at the park, residents pointed out to Reed and Macrina places they had seen sewer lines break or spew sewage during floods in recent years. About 45 people took part in the tour. One participant, Anne Barratt, said she lives across the street from a sewer line that broke and had to be replaced. “It was messy. There was an odor. It was just an unpleasant time around here,” she said. “The people who live in the neighborhood want to know what they’re going to do ...,” she said. “It was great to see the mayor here. His face time gives us confidence they are taking it seriously.” Reed said city officials will fix the park’s problems and will involve representatives of the neighborhoods in developing a plan to address the leaks and overflows. “The biggest mistake we could make is to spend millions of dollars and not involve the neighborhood,” he said.
Residents and city officials check a creek during the tour of Atlanta Memorial Park.
Resident Jason Holland, right, discusses flooding in the park with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, second from left.
Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who took part in the tour, argues the city needs to do more to reduce flooding at the park.
“Providing Safe and Joyful Environments where Seniors Feel Loved and Valued!” Personal & Memory Care Community Please call or come in to see how we can be of assistance for your loved ones.
690 Mount Vernon Hwy. NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
404-843-8857 www.InsigniaofSandySprings.com
18 | Fauth
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Communities of Faith March
Holy Week & Easter 20 24 25 PALM SUNDAY
8:30 & 11 am worship services, followed by a fellowship luncheon and our annual Easter Egg Hunt. All are invited!
MAUNDY THURSDAY
A contemplative service at 7:30 pm commemorating the first Lord’s Supper.
GOOD FRIDAY
12 noon worship service followed by a complimentary lunch in the Great Hall.
27 SUNDAY
EASTER
7 AM • 8:30 AM • 11 AM
EASTER SUNDAY
Experience the joy of Easter! The casual sunrise service is in our garden courtyard (weather permitting) at 7 am. The 8:30 and 11 am services will be filled with joyful music and decorated in a Saint Luke’s tradition: ‘flowering’ the cross with fresh blooms.
celebration March 27 11 a.m.
This Easter is doubly joyful as we welcome our new Senior Pastor, David Lower! We invite you to join us as we begin this new chapter in God’s story at Saint Luke’s.
peachtreechurch.org
1978 Mount Vernon Road Dunwoody, Georgia 30338 770.393.1424 www.slpres.org
2715 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta 404.266.8111 | www.spdl.org
Saintartin M
in the
Fields
Palm Sunday—March 20
Sanctuary Services | 8:45, 10:00, 11:15 am Summit Services | 8:45, 11:15 am Preaching: Vic Pentz, Marnie Crumpler
Maundy Thursday—March 24 Communion Service | 7:00 pm Preaching: Chuck Roberts
Good Friday—March 25
Buckhead Community Service at Peachtree Road United Methodist | 12:00 pm
Sunday parking onsite & via bus from 7:30 am – 1:00 pm. Powers Ferry Square: 0.5 mile north of the church on the west side of Roswell Road between SunTrust Bank & Dunkin’ Donuts. Cates Center: 110 East Andrews Drive
Easter Egg Hunt—March 26
Po w er sF er ry
Chastain Park | 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Powers Ferry Square
Easter Sunday—March 27
Roswell Road
Sanctuary Services | 8:45, 10:00, 11:15 am Summit Services | 8:45, 11:15 am Preaching: Vic Pentz
sham Haber
W
s E Andrew Pa ce sF Cates err y Center
t on dm Pie
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
EPISCOPAL
to GA
400
ad Ro ee htr ac Pe
*Children’s programs available at all services.
Peachtree Presbyterian Church | 3434 Roswell Rd. | Atlanta, Ga 30305 | 404.842.5800
CHURCH
Maundy Thursday, March 24 7:00 p.m. Good Friday, March 25 7:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. Easter Eve Saturday, March 26 7:00 p.m., The Great Vigil Easter Sunday, March 27 7:45 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
www.stmartins.org
BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Faith | 19
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Hundreds of volunteers help prepare for Easter at the Cathedral BY JOE EARLE
ebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ means extra services and extra effort from clergy and church members alike. At St. Philip, 2,500 to 3,000 worAt the Cathedral of St. Philip, Easter shipers are expected on Easter, Marsh morning starts with a Boy Scout bonsaid. Other large churches also expect fire. the faithful to flock to church that Members of the big stone Episcopal morning. Peachtree United Methodist church towering above Peachtree Road Church in Buckhead, for instance, exin the heart of pects about Buckhead begin 4,500 to their Easter cele5,000 worbrations around shippers a fire lit long beon Easter – fore dawn and compared to tended by scouts about 1,700 from Troop 74, attending which is based at on a typithe church. cal Sunday During that – and has first service of added an exthe day, clertra service, gy, choir mema fourth to bers and pabe held that rishioners light day, to accandles from the commodate fire and carry the crowds, the flames into said Senior the dark church. Minister Bill As they sing and Britt. pray and offer St. Philpraise, the sun ip adds two rises outside and extra servicshines through es on Easthe Cathedral’s ter Day. But stained glass Marsh, who PHIL MOSIER windows, colcalls himThe Rev. C. Wallace Marsh VI, who calls oring the flowself the cahimself the “offensive coordinator” for the er-filled church Cathedral of St. Philip’s Easter celebrations, thedral’s with morning delivers a sermon during a March 13 service. “offensive light, said Rev. coordinaWallace Marsh, tor” for Easter services, says that’s just St. Philip’s canon for worship and parthe beginning. ish life. Marsh counts Easter services as the “It’s beautiful,” Marsh said. ones staged during Easter week, which Other Christian churches, large and starts the Sunday before, known as small, also host special Easter servicPalm Sunday, and continues through es, including ones designed to greet the the five services scheduled on Easter Easter sunrise, the start of the day that Day. During the week, the cathedral marks the most important moment in hosts 22 separate services, he said, inChristianity. For large churches, the cluding special ones on Thursday, Fricrowd of worshippers to celReporter Easter 2016.pdf expected 1 2/8/2016 11:45:18 AM day and Saturday. “It’s a wonderful joeearle@reporternewspapers.net
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
MY
K
BH
week,” he said. “We call it Holy Week. It’s the holiest week of the year.” It’s also one of the busiest. Staging the various services will require contributions from hundreds of volunteers and support staff, who arrange flowers, perform music and polish silver. To keep track of everything that needs to be done, Marsh carries a clipboard, refers to stacks of notes in folders and checks a computer spreadsheet. Easter means “I pull out my clipboard and I go into coach mode,” he said. His fellow canon, Dale Adelmann, has his own spreadsheet. He plans and oversees music for the cathedral’s services. This year marks his seventh Easter, he said. “I look forward to it,” he said. Still, he admits, the demands of the day can be exhausting. The cathedral has three adult choirs and a children’s choir to rehearse. Come Easter morning, the first rehearsal arrives at 5:30 a.m. Still, Patrick Scott, the cathedral’s assistant organist and choirmaster, had no complaints. “It’s kind of what we live for,” he said. “It’s what we went to school for. It’s kind of why we do what we do.” About 80 adults and children will sing in the church’s choirs during Easter services, Adelmann said. During
Holy Week, he said, more than 100 separate pieces of music will be performed at St. Philip. At some services, a brass quintet and a percussion player join the choir. One piece of music Adelmann has scheduled for Easter is a new one making its southeastern U.S. premiere. For many involved in staging the cathedral’s Easter Week services, the work actually begins long before Easter Sunday. Laura Iarocci, co-chair of the flower guild, began ordering flowers weeks in advance of the service. Some flowers will arrive early in Holy Week, she said, and must be tended so they’ll open properly by Easter Sunday. The scouts start preparing the fire pit Friday afternoon, said Wade Hooper, a volunteer who’s worked with them for the past seven years. Come Saturday, the cathedral is alive with volunteers as the church sheds the somber tones of Lent, the period of reflection leading to Good Friday, and is remade with bright colors for Easter. “The vigor and energy of the people preparing on the Saturday before Easter feels just as much like Easter Sunday to me,” the Very Rev. Samuel Candler, dean of the cathedral, said in an email. See VOLUNTEERS on page 20
INSURANCE: Home Auto Life Business Paying more than last year? Do you know your agent? Do you have policies with multiple agents? CALL ME TODAY!
Karen Anderson Stephens Anderson Stephens Agency
404-963-2227
kstephens@farmersagent.com www.farmersagent.com/kstephens
3655 Roswell Rd., NE, Ste. 122 Buckhead Atlanta, GA 30342
20 | Fauth
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Volunteers preparing for Easter services at Cathedral of St. Philip real experience that evokes the powerful history and tradition of the church,” Hooper said in an email. “You feel you have been transported in time, moved by the historic importance of fire and the symbolism of reincarnation as we exit Lent and celebrate Easter.” Marsh and Adelmann and others on the cathedral staff get to work. “It’s a beautiful day,” Marsh said. And Monday? “You’re not going to find anybody in here on Monday,” Marsh said.
Continued from page 19
Scouts chop wood for the bonfire. Choirs rehearse. Dozens of members of the flower guild build floral displays. Because choirs are rehearsing at the same time, “we actually cannot talk,” Iarocci said.” We cannot yell across the room or we get the evil eye.” Iarocci is preparing for her 16th Easter. This year, she said, a total of 1,439 flowers will be used to build 48 floral arrangements. A flower-covered cross will be placed on each of the cathedral’s 22 doors, she said. She’s used to coordinating large events, such as weddings, in her floral business, she said. But Easter is a bigger challenge because decorations have to be placed in just a few hours. “This is really amazing that we can pull this off,” she said. About 5:30 a.m. Easter morning, the scouts arrive. By 6 a.m., the fire is burning, Hooper said, and the first of the day’s services can begin. “It is a beautifully surThe Cathedral of St. Philip’s choir sings.
PHIL MOSIER
Jennifer Ham, an Altar Guild member of the Cathedral of St. Philip, polishes the brass before the Holy Eucharist Rite II service on March 13. The service was the second of the day on the fifth Sunday of the Lenten season.
PHIL MOSIER
90 Years of Experience Serving World-class Patients
A bonfire on the grounds of St. Philip, tended to by Boy Scouts from Troop 74, will enable clergy, choir members and worshippers to light candles and enter a dark church in early morning.
DAN MURPHY
PHIL MOSIER
Right, parishioners attend the Holy Eucharist Rite II service, held from 8:45 to 10 a.m. on March 13.
ZoAnnA Scheinfeld, MS, dMd novy Scheinfeld, ddS dd nAAnci nci lubell, dMd Md Sidney R. Tou ouRiAl iA , ddS iA
290 Carpenter Drive, 200A Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Right Smile Center.com
St. Philip expects between 2,500 and 3,000 worshippers to fill its pews on Easter Sunday, and will add two extra services to accommodate the crowds.
404-256-3620 BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Community | 21
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU
The Chamblee Middle School Science Olympiad team took on 20 other middle schools in the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament on March 5 at Georgia State University, taking home the first-place trophy. The team now advances to the state tournament. Posing proudly with their trophy: Apoorva Agrawal, Carson Ankeny, Avaye Dawadi, William Emde, Kieran Ferguson, Sam Grant, James Hardy, Jay Krueger, Anish Kumar, Olivia Li, Victor Lim, Tiffany Oh, Vivien Orellana, Jai Ponkshe, Pooja Sehgal, Prateek Umashankar and Farley Wall.
Join us for the 18th Annual Montag Family Community Lecture Series
Members of The Westminster Schools’ girls’ squash team competed in the High School Nationals in Philadelphia, winning their bracket, becoming Division III National Champions.
The Atlanta Speech School is proud to host
Celebrating, front row, from left, Claire Bergman, Juliana Freschi, Pierson Klein, Lauren Clement. Second row, from left, Liza Cowan, assistant coach, Sarabeth Hoffman, Neeya Patel and Sarah Lawrence McGill. Back row, coach Rick Byrd.
Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D. Internationally renowned expert on early language acquisition, brain development and learning
Thursday, April 14 7:00 pm Atlanta Speech School Love Auditorium
MICHAEL ALEXANDER
St. Jude the Apostle School’s “GeoNexus” members, clockwise from left, Cathy McDonald, team mentor, Eleonora Straub, team facilitator, and seventh-graders Patrick McDonald, Peter Montesi and Diego Umana, recently placed first in the “Future City” state competition. The engineering competition challenged students to design a future city utilizing computer, math, science, design, writing and imaginative skills.
There is no charge to attend but space is limited. Reserve online at atlantaspeechschool.org/montag by April 12. Contact Pam Crockett at pcrockett@atlantaspeechschool.org for more information. This event is made possible by the support of the Montag family, our faithful friends and supporters of the Atlanta Speech School.
APRIL 3
SUNDAY OPEN H O U S E 10:30AM FULL DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
18 months - Pre-K
New
being offered at Congregation B’nai Torah
Beginning August 2016
See our newly renovated school wing Participate in age-appropriate activities with your child Meet some of our teachers | Enjoy breakfast Win prizes (including free registration worth $250)!
22 | Out & About
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
770-396-1770
Party Trays
Mon – Sat 11am – 9pm Closed on Sunday
Catering
Finest in Mediterranean Home of the Original Hovan Roll
Falafel Shawarma Hummus Babaganoush Fattoush Tabbouleh 2148 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE | Brookhaven, GA 30319 (Next to Blackburn Park) | www.hovan.com
Oriental & Area Rug Hand Washing
BROOKHAVEN
•
BUCKHEAD
FUNDRAISERS ATLANTA WOMEN’S 5K Saturday, March 26, 8 a.m. Join the Atlanta Track Club for a celebration of women and fitness at the Atlanta Women’s 5K. Event features “stroller division” start for moms, finisher’s medals, flowers at the finish line and a women’s-fit performance shirt. For those ages 8 and up. No pets, skates or bikes. Headphones discouraged. $35 through March 22; $45 on race day. “Back on My Feet” is the beneficiary. Chastain Park, 4469 Stella Dr., Atlanta, 30327. Register and find out more: atlantatrackclub.org.
‘CURE IN OUR LIFETIME’ • gentle •Wash thorough Atlanta's Only Unique safe Submersion & Compressed Air Cleaning
Restoration & Repair • Pet Urine Removal Padding & Storage • Moth & Stain Treatments Free Pickup & Delivery • Serving Atlanta for Over 25 years
404.355.2126 MicroSeal of Atlanta
A DIVISION OF S&S RUG CLEANERS
Stoney Green & Steve Arroll, Owners 1710 Chattahoochee Ave., Atlanta, GA 30318
TheRugCleaners.com EPA RATED NON-TOXIC & NON-ALLERGENIC Mention this ad for Spring cleaning discounts!
Teeth in a Day with Dental Implants Full Arch Dental Implant and Bridge
Beginning as low as $500 a month (financing available*) Lee M. Whitesides, D.M.D., M.M.Sc. Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon 4700 Chamblee Dunwoody Road Dunwoody, GA 30338 Tel: 770-393-8500 Northside Oral Surgery www.NorthsideOralSurgery.net
Call today for your free consultation! www.onedayteeth.net *Depending on credit score. No insurance. Single use only. X ray included. Not valid with any other coupon. Certain restrictions apply. Must present coupon at consultation. Expires 12.31.16
Follows us online >>
Restoration by Henry Schwartz www.papermilldental.com 404-596-5727
Wednesday, March 30, 9 a.m. Help raise funds for breast cancer research at the first “Cure in Our Lifetime” Atlanta event at the Cherokee Town and Country Club. Spring breakfast tickets: $125. Geralyn Lucas, breast cancer survivor and author, is keynote speaker. 155 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30305. Purchase tickets and see additional details: atlantacure.org.
RHYTHM & BREWS Saturday, April 2, 1 p.m. Event features local bands and various local beers. Tickets for those aged 21 and older: $25 in advance; $35 at door. Includes entry, two brews and souvenir cup. Tickets for ages 13-20: $15 in advance; $25 day of. Children 12, free with paying adult. VIP passes available. Food for purchase onsite; free water provided. Blankets/chairs permitted. No smoking. No pets. Rain or shine. Buy tickets: freshtix.com/ events/rhythm-and-brews. Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Learn more: heritagesandysprings.org or call 404-851-9111 x1.
•
DUNWOODY
•
SANDY SPRINGS
ditory-Verbal Center, Inc., a nonprofit, offers free hearing screenings for those ages 3 and older. No appointment required. 1901 Century Boulevard, Suite 20, Atlanta, 30345. Call 404633-8911 or go to: avchears.org with questions.
BLOOD DRIVE Wednesday, March 30, 10 a.m. In response to an ongoing need for donations, Northside Hospital hosts a community blood drive. All donors receive a free T-shirt and free parking. Requirements: healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds and are 17 years or older. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mandy Snavely at 770-667-4010 or via email: mandy.snavely@ northside.com. Doctors’ Centre, 980 Johnson Ferry Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342.
FUN FOR ALL EGG HUNT Tuesday, March 22, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Gather around as the Sandy Springs Branch Library holds its annual egg hunt in their reading garden behind the back parking lot. Children should bring a basket or bag to carry their goodies (candy included). Appropriate for ages 2-6. Free. Open to the public. 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 for details.
FIND THE EGGS! Saturday, March 26, 9:30 a.m. The city of Brookhaven’s Parks and Recreation Department hosts its annual egg hunt. Enjoy light snacks, face painting and a bounce house. Hunt begins at 10 a.m. Free and open to all. Bring your own basket. Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-637-0512 for more information.
DAFFODIL DASH
FIND MORE EGGS
Sunday, April 3, 9 a.m. Join others at the Daffodil Dash, a 1 mile and 5K run/walk in memory of children who perished in the Holocaust. Also supports children in Darfur, South Sudan and Rwanda. Starts and ends at Brook Run Park. Race followed by guest speakers. Rain or shine. $25; $12 for kids under 10 years old. $30 race day. Register online or learn more: daffodildash.org. 4770 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Questions? Email: Andrea Videlefsky at worldwidedaffodilproject@gmail.com or call 1-855-665-4234.
Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. Join others for a morning of bouncy houses, pony rides, a petting zoo, food and fun at Wieuca Road Baptist Church. Plus, find some eggs for your basket! 3626 Peachtree Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30326. Questions? Visit: wieuca.org or call 404-814-4460.
GET HEALTHY CHECK YOUR EARS Wednesday, March 23, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. The Au-
RESCUE DOG OLYMPICS Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. These Olympics are a day of silly and competitive games for rescue dogs and their forever families! Check out interactive dog game stations, dog-related vendors, training sessions, food and a beer garden. Dog adoptions on site. All are welcome to enter Olympics. Free. Preregister and see additional details: homelesspets. com. Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Out & About | 23
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Hop to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina for our
campus, NC1100 Auditorium, 2101 Womack Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Learn more: atlantasciencefestival.org/events.
Egg-straordinary Easter Brunch
‘HISTORY ALIVE’
PURIM CARNIVAL Sunday, March 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Congregation Beth Shalom presents an “Out of this World” Purim carnival. Enjoy games, like the “Amazing Race” and “Knock Out Darth,” Queen Esther’s Karaoke Lounge, and other traditional carnival games and prizes! Wristbands: $10 before March 22; $15 after. Includes unlimited games. Lunch available for purchase: $4-$7. 5303 Winters Chapel Rd., Atlanta, 30360. Call 770-399-5300 or go to: bethshalomatlanta.org to find out more.
LET’S LEARN! ODD MATERIALS Monday, March 21, 3:30 p.m. Explore weird materials and learn the science behind their unusual properties. Create luminescent fountains, study superabsorbent diaper powder, or make silly putty and homemade bubble tea balls. Additional sessions at 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each. For kids 5-12 and families. Part of the Atlanta Science Festival. Free with advanced registration by calling the Chamblee Library at 770-936-1380 or visiting 4115 Clairmont Rd., Chamblee, 30341. Questions? Go to: atlantasciencefestival.org/events.
BEHIND ‘STAR WARS’
Tuesday, March 22, 7 p.m. The Dunwoody Preservation Trust presents speaker Tom Chrisman, who will discuss genealogy: how to get started, where to look and pitfalls to avoid. Free and open to the public. In the Williams Room, Dunwoody Branch Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Email: dunwoodypreservationtrust@gmail. com or call 770-668-0401 to find out more.
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES Thursday, March 24, 1-2 p.m. Do you have an Advance Directive for healthcare? Is it more than seven years old? Having a current AD is one of the most loving things you can do for your family. Learn more at this program presented by the Georgia Chapter of Compassion & Choices. Free. All are welcome. For adults 18 years and older. Dunwoody Branch Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-512-4640 with questions.
FINDING GRANTS Saturday, March 26, 4-5:30 p.m. Are you new to grantseeking? Discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and how to find potential funders. For adults. Registration required by visiting: grantspace. org or calling 404-880-0094. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.
70 TAPS
& 120+ BOTTLES
For the kids, Easter egg hunts, face painting, inflatables and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Sunday, March 27th • 11:00AM – 3:00PM
Call now for your reservations 678-515-2729
Sunday, April 3, 2-5 p.m. SAT vs. ACT, which is right for you? What will impress colleges most? Find out at this at workshop. Light snacks and water provided. Advance registration required. For teens. Call 404-303-6130 or email: comments@co.fulton.ga.us to sign up or with questions. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.
NEAR PERIMETER MALL (770) 557-0232 | TheBrassTap.com |
Our elaborate Easter menu includes: breakfast favorites, prime rib, roasted leg of lamb, a fresh array of seafood and homemade pastas, as well as indulgent desserts,complimentary mimosas . . . and lots more!
SAT VS. ACT
Monday, March 21, 4-6 p.m. Join those of all ages for a discussion on the worlds of “Star Wars” and planets in our solar system and beyond. Enjoy video clips inspired by the movies and other sci-fi favorites. Attend in your favorite sci-fi attire! Free. For teens and adults. Part of the AtlanSUBMIT YOUR EVENT LISTING WITH US AT ta Science Festival. Georgia calendar@ReporterNewspapers.net State Dunwoody
4505 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD ATLANTA, GA 30346
The brunch costs $45 for adults, $25 for children six to 12 years old, and is free for children five years old and under.
OPEN LATE 7 NIGHTS A WEEK LIVE MUSIC FULL LIQUOR BAR HAPPY HOUR SPECIALTY TAPPINGS LUNCH SERVED DAILY FULL FOOD MENU VALET PARKING AVAILABLE
Delivering Old Fashioned Personalize Care with State – of – the – Art Technology Our Approach to Patient Care Advanced Ear, Nose and Throat Associates specializes in the treatment of all areas affecting the ear, nose and throat. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is tough when ENT issues are holding you back. Whether you’re suffering from sinus troubles, allergies, sleep difficulties, snoring or hearing loss, our team of ENT physicians provide comprehensive adult ENT care. • • • • • • • • • •
Sinus Infections Allergy Testing Allergy Shots and Drops Balloon Sinuplasty Sinus Headaches Hearing Loss Tinnitus/Ringing in Ears Snoring and Sleep Sleep Studies Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease
Andris Golde, MD | Sam Mickelson, MD | Aaron Rogers, MD | Steven Bomeli, MD
CRAFT BEER | WINE | FOOD | SPIRITS
AdvancedENTpc.com 404-410-1094 Northside Doctors’ Centre - 960 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30342
24 |
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers â– twitter.com/Reporter_News
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
â–
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
| 25
26 |
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers â– twitter.com/Reporter_News
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
â–
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
| 27
28 | Education
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
What’s Next?
Personal & Professional Services Directory New Client Special!
Instant Life Insurance Quotes No Contact Info Required
Certified Dog Trainer Private Training In Your Home
Positive, Gentle Methods
www.mygoodrascal.com
770-401-7945
“Guaranteed Lowest Rates” AM Best “Superior” Carriers 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Years & to 100
www.QuickQuote.Life
BUD OTTO, CLU (404) 855-2804 Bud@BudOtto.com
2
Good Rascal Dog Training
=c
404-914-7156
2
Contact us at: (678) 824-2016
6810 Roswell Rd, Suite 1E – Sandy Springs
info@bia-partners.com | www.bia-partners.com
+b
• CLEANSE • ORGANIZE • INTEGRATE • MIGRATE • ANALYZE • AUTOMATE • DOCUMENT • TRAIN • WEBIFY
Brazilian Hair Studio By Vanilda
2
We are CRM consultants that help SMB & Non-profits with all their data and document needs. Certified Salesforce Consultants.
a
Keratin Treatment - Value $300 up for only $125 Parital Highlights for only $75 with style
Experienced Math Tutor / Teacher
To Advertise, call 404-917-2200 ext 110
The Technology Squad “People Helping People with Computers”
770-843-9904
Algebra through Calculus Single and Group Rates In person or online
$
Need Expert Attention in Math?
Call
678-641-8871 or
email: keithsawyer@bellsouth.net
Keith Sawyer, MSCIS, MS Applied Math
get
Polished.
With two professional in-house polishers, we can make your silver flatware, tea sets, bowls, and trays more beautiful than ever before. Bring it by or call us for an estimate today and get polished for the holidays! Missing A Piece of Your Pattern? ® 1,200 patterns in stock.
404.261.4009 / 800.270.4009
3164 Peachtree Rd, NE Atlanta, GA 30305 sterlingsilver@beverlybremer.com
25Off with this Ad
• Virus/Spyware Removal • Data Back up & Recovery • PC & Mac Tune-Up • Network Setup
www.thetechnologysquad.com
On Site Repairs for your Computer Emergency
Place your SERVICES ad here!
Health Instructors
Lawyers
climber both in the U.S. and internationally.” said his coach, Claudiu Vidulescu. “I’m very proud to have played a small role in his climbing achievements so far and I wish him good luck in all his future endeavors.” Although climbing remains a
Luke is awaiting scholarship results for Southern Methodist University and Georgia Tech. He hopes to pursue a major in Electrical Engineering and to continue rock climbing. This article was reported and written by Sarah Kallis, a student at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School.
Pet Sitters House Cleaners
Barbers
the sport. Luke Muehring startThis past summer, he ed rock climbing during competed in the World his freshman year in high Youth Rock Climbing Chamschool, after he was told one pionship in Arco, Italy, joinof the nation’s largest climbing more than 1,000 other ing gyms was only 20 minathletes from 51 countries. utes from his home. He and three other ath“When the ‘nation’s largletes qualified for the Unitest anything’ is 20 mined States team in Speed utes away from your home, Climbing, where competiyou’ve got to check it out,” tors try to get to the top of a he said. standardized international Although he didn’t make route as quickly as possible. it to the top of the 60-foot Luke Muehring Luke’s favorite part wall on his first try, Luke about the two-week-long event was the was hooked on climbing. opportunity to interact with climbers “Sports like Ping-Pong and football, from different countries. Contestants exyou’re pitted against an opponent,” he said. changed jerseys, he said, and tried to com“In rock climbing, the only person who is municate despite speaking different landetermining your performance is you.” guages. Luke speaks German and Chinese, Four years after his introduction to so he was able to practice his language climbing, Luke has ascended to the top of
Accountants
North Springs Charter High, senior
big part of Luke’s life - he trains five days a week for three hours at a time - he has other passions, including electrical engineering. Luke, one of North Springs’ Top Ten scholars this year and the school’s STAR student, means he posted the highest SAT score at North Springs, and excels in science and math courses. Luke’s interest for electronics started when the charger port for his laptop broke. “To replace this one simple part…you had to completely disassemble the computer. So I got to see how each component works for each other, and how they relate,” he said. “Recently, I built my own computer. I looked up on line how to do it. It’s like really expensive Legos,” he said.
Caregivers
Luke Muehring
skills by talking with other athletes. Now, with the competition done, he stays in touch with some of the other competitors via Instagram and Snapchat. Luke also uses his climbing skills to help others through Catalyst Sports, a nonprofit that helps children and adults with physical or mental disabilities learn to rock climb for recreation or rehabilitation. Luke started volunteering after he saw events at the gym where he practices climbing. “His love for the sport, discipline level and commitment has shaped him to be a great athlete and a very successful youth
Hair Stylists
Life Coaches
Insurance Agents
404-917-2200, ext 110 Affordable. Display. Frequency.
www.beverlybremer.com
Reporter Classifieds SERVICES AVAILABLE
CLEANING SERVICES
HELP WANTED
Tranquil Waters Lawn Care – Pressure washing, flower beds, trimming, tree/ shrubs installation, hauling of debris, etc. Free estimates. Discounts for Seniors & Veterans. No contracts needed. Call Mike 678-662-0767 or Andrew 678-672-8552.
I will clean your house at a reasonable rate – My cleaning is excellent! Fully trained, experienced & dependable. Call Charlotte 404-604-7866.
Driveways & Walkways – Replaced or repaired. Masonry, grading, foundations repaired, waterproofing and retaining walls. Call Joe Sullivan 770-616-0576.
Detail Cleaning Services – Houses, apartments, offices and more. Affordable prices with excellent references. I will beat any advertised price – call 770-837-5711.
Adult person willing to work days, nights and weekends. Full time position with Jacobs Engineering as maintenance tech/ parks attendant for Sandy Springs Rec Dept. salary 15.00 per hr. and full benefits. Mail or email resume to City of Sandy Springs Recreation & Parks Department at: 7840 Roswell Road, Bldg 500, Sandy Springs, GA 30350 or ryoung@sandyspringsga.gov
Property Management and Maintenance Services – any type of property. Good record keeping, 24 yrs experience and References available. Email: Alphaco@ comcast.net or call 770-804-9931.
House Cleaning Services – Fast & Affordable. Call Elle at 404-903-2913. I will do laundry also – ask for rates.
CEMETERY PLOTS Arlington Memorial Park – Four spaces, Two vaults, Two markers. Oak Hill section - $12,000 OR Best Offer. Current retail value - $28,000. Call Bob at 770-4577124.
Drivers Wanted Senior Services North Fulton, a non-profit organization, has an opportunity for drivers in their transportation voucher program. If you live in the Sandy Springs or Roswell area of north Fulton, would like to earn some extra money, set your own hours, like to drive, have a car, and like to be of service to seniors, please contact Mobility Manager at
(770) 993-1906 ext. 242
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Classifieds | 29
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
To Adver�ise, call 404-917-2200 ext 110
Home Services Directory
WE CLEAN HOMES ... and Apartments too!
Mention this Ad: Get FREE Fridge Cleaning!
404-287-8157 | www.corporatecleaningatlanta.webs.com
Trash, Junk Hauled For Less
35 – $150
$
per load
Oriental Rug Cleaning
We will pick up appliances, furniture, tree limbs, construction debris, basement and foreclosure clean-outs.
Call James
cell (404) 784-5142 home (770) 455-6237
STORM DAMAGE? North Georgia Lawn Care FIND OUT IF YOU QUALIFY FOR A NEW ROOF! Honest Affordable Dependable Free estimates
Call Tony 404-402-5435
• 10-Year No Leak Warranty • Free Architectural Upgrades • Licensed & Insured • Excellent References Always Available
poern ou c stom u 0 c $ 5 e per On
• Most Air-Cooled Models In Stock and Ready To Install • Most Air-Cooled Models In • Automatic Standby Generators Stock Ready To Install • Most Air-Cooled Models In • Automatic Standby Generators Stock Air-Cooled Ready To Install • Most Models In (770) 251-9765 • Automatic Standby Generators
770-899-0003
(770) 251-9765
Stock Ready To Install www.generatorstore.com www.generatorstore.com • Automatic Standby Generators (770) 251-9765
www.southernroofingsolutions.com
www.generatorstore.com
(770) 251-9765
Oriental Rug Shop www.generatorstore.com
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Antique and Decorative Rugs since 1976
Call Kevin 24/7
Best of Atlanta Award 2014 & 2015
770.885.9210
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ROOFING COMPANY
404-875-2299 www.imbrexroofing.com
Handyman Serivces moving & delivery too!
No job too small References Available
Belco Electric
• Family Owned since 1972 • Fast, Dependable Service by Professional, Uniformed Electricians
770-455-4556
803-608-0792 Cell/470-545-8408
Check out our new website www.BelcoInc.com
Cornell Davis, Owner
Come Visit us in
Chamblee! WINDOWS
• Windows • Doors • Siding and more! • BBB A+ • Free Estimates • Family Business Established in 1980 3660 North Peachtree Road - Chamblee, GA 30341
770-939-5634 • www.quinnwindows.com
Eddie’s Delivery & Furniture
Movers
A+ Angie’s List
R and elelax ave the m to uso!v”ing
404-402-3538
5548 Peachtree Ind. Blvd Atlanta, GA 30341 404-995-8400 1.5 miles inside 285 in Chamblee Plaza
www.PersianRugParadise.net
% 20 OFF
Cleaning & Repair of All Rugs
With coupon. One per family.
justTRASHit!
™
Commercial & Residential Junk Removal Recycling 770-314-9867 www.justtrashit.com Licensed Insured
and follow us on
Free Estimates
Get ready for
Locally Owned Since 1997
Spring
Atlanta’s Premier
since 1968
• Window Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning • Pressure Washing • Family Owned • Licensed and Insured
404.355.1901
www.WindowCleanAtl.com
The Handyman Can • Plumbing • Electrical • Sheetrock • Floors • Tile • Framing • Kitchens • Painting • Roofwork • Concrete • Stained Glass • Antique Door Restoration as well as many other issues...
John Salvesen • 404-453-3438 thehandymancanatlanta@gmail.com
Your home. Our help. Get help around the house by calling one of our Home Services and Services Available advertisers. Tell them you saw their ad in Reporter Newspapers! BH SS
FF
This A d
404-467-8242 • 3255-5 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta GA 30305
Get Your Roof Inspected!
• All Major Appliances & Brands FREE Service • Stoves, Ovens, Dishwashers • Refrigerators, Disposals Call with • Washers, Dryers Repair or $25 Service • 30 Years Experience Charge Servicing All of Metro Atlanta
With
In the heart of Buckhead
Appliance Repair
• Roofing • Gutters • Painting
15% O
Antique Repair Specialist • Speciality Care Hand Wash Cleaning (front and back with plenty of water) • No Chemicals Used Air Dried, Scotch Guard • Mothproof, Padding, Storage Appraisal & Insurance Statements • Pickup and Delivery Available
30 | Community
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Brookhaven Innovation Academy hires new head of school BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Experience matters. Let us show you why. By any measure, 28 years of experience in senior living is a lot. And through the years, we’ve helped many people find a lifestyle perfectly suited to them. Our secret? We listen. And we’ve found that every person’s need or desire to move is incredibly unique. We’ve created equally unique places to live with great social opportunities, fine dining, accredited care services, and more. All with you in mind. Come see how good it feels to have experience on your side. Please call The Piedmont today to schedule your complimentary lunch and tour.
You’re Invited to our Hidden Treasures Antique Appraisal Event! Thursday, March 31st • 1:00-3:00pm Hear expert insights from Certified Appraiser Selma Paul. Call 404.381.1743 to RSVP and bring a hand-carried antique to this fun and fascinating event at The Piedmont at Buckhead.
I n de p e n de n t & A s s i s t e d L i v i ng
650 Phipps Boulevard NE • Atlanta, GA www.ThePiedmontatBuckhead.com • 404.381.1743
been asked by a Doraville citizens group for assistance in opening a similar charter school in that city. At a March 3 BIA board meeting, member Edward Lindsey gave a presentation to board members about the potential of a joint venture with Doraville with the “goal … to provide residents of north DeKalb County additional high-quality education options, K-12, through state authorized and state-fund charter schools,” according to minutes posted on the school’s website The joint venture would also include a name change to Georgia Innovation Academy. But that presentation was only a proposal to consider in the future, Mattison said. “There was a discussion of a partnership … but the board said there is no ca-
Brookhaven Innovation Academy announced March 16 it has hired Dr. Laurie Kimbrel as the school’s first head of school. She was selected from more than 60 applicants from around the world. Kimbrel is the former superintendent of the Tamalpais Union High School District in Larkspur, Calif., where she led approximately 435 staff members and 4,200 students. “We’re fortunate to find such an incredible head of school. She’s a perfect fit for our curriculum,” BIA Executive Director Bates Mattison said. “I think she’s found her passion to innovate education.” In a statement, BIA’s board chair Jennifer Langley said the public charter school will benefit from Kimbrel’s vast experience in education. “BIA is fortunate to find someone with Laurie’s vast experience, passion for education, and deep understanding of our blended-learning and STEM-project based learning curriculum. We look forward to a long and successful relationship with Dr. Kimbrel,” Langley said. BIA is on target to open in August, but the location could not be revealed by press time March 16 because SPECIAL a lease had not been Dr. Laurie Kimbrel has been named BIA’s head of school. signed. Mattison said the site is a temporary location as the search for a permanent pacity to do this this year. There is a lot of site continues. interest to partner with Doraville, but we The school will open with 420 stuare singularly focused” on BIA this year, dents registered in grades K-6. The 420 he said. students were selected in a random lot“The GIA concept is a down the road tery system after more than 770 stuidea that combines the two entities into dents registered. “The enrollment is a one. The board chose for the time being to great testament to the demand for this assist Doraville in any way with its chartype of school,” Mattison said. ter petition,” Mattison explained. After the lottery was completed, Lindsey added the idea of a GIA is parents were notified by email and something to be placed in the “theoretical will pick up enrollment packets at the future category.” Kroger customer service counter at “Some people have asked us what we 3871 Peachtree Road through March 22. did and how someday we could work BIA is a state-wide public charter closely together. But we are heavily into school approved last year by the Georgia starting our own school,” Lindsey said. Charter Schools Commission with plans “Our exclusive focus and our immediate to open a K-12 campus. The board has concern is getting opened on time.”
BH
MAR. 18 - MAR. 31, 2016
■
Public Safety | 31
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Police Blotter / Buckhead From police reports dated Feb. 28 through March 5 The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2 Precinct of the Atlanta Police Department and is presumed to be accurate.
ROBBERY 3200 block of Northside Parkway NW –
On Feb. 28, a woman told police she was leaving her vehicle on the third floor of her apartment complex’s parking deck when a man approached her and said, “My sister won’t let me inside.” The woman asked him what he meant. He then smashed her phone and pointed a black handgun at her. He demanded her purse, which she did not have, so she gave him $375 from her pocket. The man walked her to her car and took her black bag from the vehicle, looked inside and then handed it back to her. He then took the victim’s car keys and told her that she could “find them on the first level.” He then took the keys and departed on foot. The keys were not recovered. 1100 block of Collier Road NE – On Feb.
29, a man told police that while he was walking home toward the trailer park a man robbed him at gunpoint. He said the man pulled alongside him in a small, white four-door sedan, possibly a Hyundai, and pointed a black, semi-automatic handgun at him. The suspect said, “I know you from the trailer park. Give me all your shit.” The pedestrian gave him the $200 he had on him. The suspect also demanded his wallet and cellphone. 2200 block of Cheshire Bridge Road NE
– At a popular breakfast dining spot on Feb. 29, a man wearing camouflage pants and a scarf over his face pointed a revolver at staff and demanded that they empty the register. The suspect took $400 and fled south on Alco Street .
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3300 block of Peachtree Road NE – On
Feb. 28, a woman told police a man she knew held a hammer over her head and threatened to strike her. He also poured water on her, scratched her left arm and damaged her iPhone. A witness corroborated the story. 1500 block of Chattahoochee Avenue
NW – On March 3, a man said he was punched by his sister’s boyfriend after an BH
argument. The man said his sister’s boyfriend also pointed a black .38 Ruger LRC at him. NE – On March 3 at a bar/nightclub, a man said a woman asked him to buy her a drink. When he said no, she left. A few minutes later, a man struck him over the head with a beer bottle for refusing the woman.
ter said two men broke into the location through a window. Video surveillance shows a man wearing a gray jacket and a white T-shirt over his face enter the location and attempt to rip a computer off a desk. It was secured by a tether. A second man then entered the location, wearing a gray sweatshirt, black Puma pants and black shoes. The second suspect successfully rips the computer off the wall and flees the location.
2100 block of Cheshire Bridge Road
2100 block of Peachtree Road NE – On
2000 block of Cheshire Bridge Road
NE – On March 3, a woman said while she was waiting at a bus stop a man approached her, put a rope around her neck and choked her. The man made no demands and fled the scene. The woman had visible bruising around her neck.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY 2100 Cheshire Bridge Road NE – On March 2, the dead bolt to an apartment’s front door was broken. Taken from the residence were Michael Kors, Coach and Tory Burch bags, a Lexus tablet, silver and also a leather Pandora bracelet. 2100 block of Cheshire Bridge Road NE
– On March 2, an apartment’s front door was kicked in and a 60-inch Vizio TV and a PlayStation was taken from the apartment. 1400 block of Mecaslin Street NW – On
March 3, the dead bolt of a front door was damaged. Taken from the apartment were a flat screen TV, Apple TV, Apple laptop, cellphone and Apple electronic notebook. All items had tracking capabilities but they all appeared to have been powered down when attempting to use the feature.
er saw, hammer drill, extension cord, data collector and total spectra robotic system were stolen. Thefts/Larcenies Between Feb. 28 and March 5, there
were 36 thefts from vehicles reported and 30 other larcenies, including shoplifting, reported. Auto Theft Between Feb. 28 and March 5, there
were nine motor vehicle thefts reported. March 3, four doors were kicked in at a business. An iPad, Leica prism, Leica READ MORE OF THE POLICE BLOTTER ONLINE AT pole, laser plumb, spectra laser, pow-
www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Read our Digital Edition on your smartphone or tablet!
COMMERCIAL BURGLARY 2500 block of Chantilly Drive NE – On
Feb. 29, employees at a storage unit company told police that several units were broken into. No surveillance footage of the incident was captured even though cameras were in place. Golf clubs and a Samsung flat-screen TV were reported missing. 2500 block of Chantilly Drive NE – On
March 1, a lock to a storage unit was cut and a 47-inch smart TV and a safe containing personal documents and papers were taken. No surveillance footage was captured. 1900 block of Monroe Drive NE – On
March 3, an employee at a leasing cen-
ReporterNewspapers.net
issuu.com/reporter_newspapers
32 |
Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News
Among the fascinating people who
live and work at Canterbury Court:
T.J. & Lois
ANDERSON Residents since 2012 Composer • Conductor Orchestrator • Professor Volunteer • School Librarian Book Reviewer
We appreciate spirited discussions and connecting with BH