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Marian Liou, founder of We Love BuHi, walks along Buford Highway in Brookhaven. Liou says her mission is to encourage revitalization of the area.

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We Love BuHi began this year as Brookhaven resident Marian Liou’s Instagram account, a photo album of her Buford Highway neighborhood. Now it’s her business, selling T-shirts, staging bike rides and advocating for immigrant communities to have a say on the rapidly changing corridor. “My mission really is encouraging the revitalization of Buford Highway…[but] in a way reflective of diversity and that involves the community,” said Liou during a recent lunch at Havana Sandwich Shop in Brookhaven’s section of the road. “This cultural diversity is a huge asset we need to protect and promote,” she said. Otherwise, “the forces of gentrification could happen because this area is so convenient and affordable right now.” The 36-year-old attorney is taking a break from practicing law to focus on We Love BuHi. She calls it a “social enterprise”—a for-profit business, but with a socially conscious mission. Its biggest event so far was Buford Highway Bikes and Bites in September, which drew 75 people pedaling 4.5 miles of the street and stopping at local restaurants.

Brookhaven City Councilman Bates Mattison joined the Bikes and Bites tour. He praised We Love BuHi for highlighting local businesses and creating opportunities for collaboration—including when he found himself biking alongside a Chamblee city councilman. “Buford Highway is an absolute treasure for all three of our cities,” Mattison said. “I applaud her efforts because she’s a champion for a treasure for our community.” Liou said she enjoys exploring the hundreds of Buford Highway businesses, but We Love BuHi has some personal motivations as well. As a second-generation Chinese American from California, Liou said she recently reconnected with her cultural heritage and wonders about passing it on to her two children. She’s now a board member of Norcross-based Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta, which works with Buford’s immigrant communities. “The future of Buford Highway is important to me because it’s my future,” Liou said. Another spark for Liou’s interest was curiosity about urban planning and the impact of pending redevelopments, such SEE WE LOVE BUHI, PAGE 26

Two days after his landslide victory, Brookhaven mayor-elect John Ernst was mostly catching up on rest after a long campaign. But he also was preparing to put his promises of transparency and city unity into practice when he takes office on Jan. 4. “Communicate with me when you have a problem,” Ernst said, summing up his message to Brookhaven residents. “Ideas…cannot come from just the top down. I need to hear from citizens. It’s a two-way street. That’s the way we can unify and bring the city together.” Ernst took 88 percent of the vote on Nov. 3 in defeating Dale Boone for the mayor’s seat left open when incumbent Rebecca Chase Williams dropped out of the race. A former chair of the DeKalb County Board of Ethics, Ernst ran as a reformer, and some of his plans for his administration retain his campaign’s flavor, like when he says he’ll be “taking the politics out of the paving schedule.” Town hall forums are one way Ernst said he will seek citizen input and ideas. Brookhaven officials have held town halls before, but he said they’ve often been at inconvenient times and with a format “more about preaching what they’ve done and how great they are.” Despite such lingering criticisms, both Ernst and Williams say they will be working together to ensure a “smooth transition” of leadership. “John is a bright fellow and I look forward to working with him…I look SEE MAYOR-ELECT, PAGE 6

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ficials as former Commissioner Elaine Boyer. “We’ve been doing that since Day One,” said Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams about reviews of p-card use. But the new policy is “very clear, very tough,” she said.

After hearing concerns from the business community, City Council ordered further tweaks to a proposed new city noise ordinance. A revision is due to return to council on Dec. 1. The city of Brookhaven proposed a $32.7 million budget for fiscal year 2016 at a The revision comes after restaurants with live music complained about the curNov. 10 public hearing. The next—and final—hearing is slated for the City Counrent ordinance, which city officials say is too vague. The proposed ordinance is based cil’s Nov. 17 meeting. on the level of decibels, a scientific measure of sound that can be tracked At $32.7 million, the proposed budget is 4 percent higher than the curwith meters. rent budget, according to a presentation by city Finance Director Carl SteMelissa Bryson, vice-chairman of the Brookhaven Chamber of Comphens. He foresees a general fund boost of more than $1 million, up to merce, and Brett Harper, owner of PURE Taqueria on Johnson Ferry Road, B RIEFS roughly $20.7 million. said it’s good the new ordinance has a concrete way to measure sound. Most city departments see a budget boost, except for “general governBut they also said the decibel restrictions may be too low and that there ment,” slashed nearly 7 percent. That includes eliminating $125,000 curshould be language about a minimum distance for measuring the sound so rently devoted to mayor and City Council “allotments.” Among items proposed by businesses can easily self-police. department heads but not funded, according to city spokeswoman Ann Marie Quill: $373,000 for three traffic officers; $52,000 for an events/marketing coordinator; and $204,000 for an after-school/day camp program. Among new expenses: over $500,000 in repairs and maintenance by the Public City Council on Nov. 10 raised the city’s license fee for exotic dancers from $50 to Works Department; $50,000 in park improvements; and $18,000 for an internal au$250, with a $200 annual renewal. It also set the “sexually oriented business” license dit. fee at $1,000 with a $500 annual renewal. The budget proposes funds for 3 percent raises for city employees, either for cost of The change applies to the city’s only strip club, the Pink Pony on Buford Highway. living or merit-based. Among the new revenue sources: more than $450,000 expectPink Pony attorney Aubrey Villines said the club thinks the new license fees are fair. ed from the new special tax district in the recently annexed Executive Park and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta area.

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Purchasing cards used by Brookhaven city employees will have a tighter review system—including the ability to monitor and block card purchases in real time. Brookhaven City Council on Oct. 27 approved the new system and policy for the so-called p-cards. “I think the key thing here is accountability,” said city Finance Director Carl Stephens. Brookhaven has not had major issues with its previous p-cards. But the council decided to tighten and modernize the system in the wake of DeKalb County’s corruption scandals, which included personal purchases on government p-cards by such of-

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Top officials of Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Chamblee and Doraville have met privately for nearly a year to work on a potential joint planning and economic development authority called the Peachtree Gateway Partnership. The existence of the collaboration, which is coordinated by the Atlanta Regional Commission, was revealed at the Oct. 27 Brookhaven City Council meeting by Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams. She said the four cities will start by creating a coordinated network of pedestrian/bike trails, but have much bigger options, including forming a nonprofit to create publicprivate partnerships and “a blueprint for the area.” “The first thing we’re going to figure out is how to connect our trails,” which will help the cities “get used to working together,” said Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis. But the long-term goal is to “market success” of the area and take a regional approach to its booming development. “We need to be in control of it instead of letting stuff roll over us,” he said. The cities’ mayors requested ARC’s help with coordinated planning, especially in response to the enormous mixed-use redevelopment underway at the former GM plant in Doraville and the hopes of better marketing DeKalbPeachtree Airport on the Brookhaven/ Chamblee line. The request is all about “trying to coordinate their economic development goals,” said Dan Reuter, ARC’s manager of community development, who has led the meetings. “I think we’ve got to make ways easier for these four jurisdictions to coordinate.” ARC suggested two large, cross-jurisdictional, public-private partnerships as models. One is Partnership Gwinnett in Gwinnett County. The other is the Atlanta Aerotropolis Alliance, a massive effort to redevelop the area around Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International airport. Representatives of both groups have attended Peachtree Gateway meetings. So have representatives of the GM site redevelopment and PDK airport. “We’re a different breed, but we can still use that as a playbook,” PDK Interim Director Mario Evans said of the Aerotropolis Alliance. He added that PDK is planning more corporatejet hangars and is updating its master plan for the first time since 1995— though it does not plan to add runways or any other major changes. The Buford Highway corridor is another area that could see coordinated planning, Reuter said, adding that Chamblee and Doraville likely need more economic development help BK

than Brookhaven and Dunwoody. But first, there’s the question of what form the partnership will take. Options range from informal talks to a Livable Centers Initiative study to a 501(c) 6 nonprofit business league that could create public-private partnerships with corporations. ARC prefers the nonprofit organization model. “They can have meetings like they’ve done without creating a 501c 6 and probably do what they want to do anyway,” Reuter said. “But I think there’s a value to bringing big corporate partners to the table.” However, decision time is near, Williams said. That’s one reason she revealed the meetings, which apparently have been kept secret even from other elected officials. She said the group met three times last year and six times so far this year. The four mayors have sometimes attended, and top city staff have also. “I’m not sure the rest of the council even knew about this,” Williams said. “I’m surprised you even heard about it,” Reuter said when asked about public input. “At some point, it becomes something in the public realm,” he said, but referred only to local governments eventually voting on the final products. Davis and Williams will be replaced by new mayors in January. The secrecy makes it hard to know how their successors will respond to the details of the partnership. Dunwoody mayor-elect Denis Shortal, a former city councilman, said he knew nothing about the Peachtree Gateway meetings. “I never even heard the term,” he said. “I’m going to become involved if there is such a thing…Hopefully, come January, I will maybe be up to speed on it.” “Under my administration, when we have an opportunity to work with other jurisdictions, I’m willing to do that as long as it doesn’t negatively impact Brookhaven,” said Brookhaven mayor-elect John Ernst. “I think there are a lot of common things we could do as neighbors, but my main goal is making Brookhaven as best as possible.” It also remains to be seen how cities that formed partly out of a desire for local control respond to regionalismbased planning. “While it creates a lot of benefit for local control, it then creates its own geography and the need to think about your neighbors a little more,” Reuter said of the four cities. “Regionalism sometimes means 10 counties or more, and sometimes it just means talking to your neighbor. In general, we don’t want Balkanization.”

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After months of debate over more than a dozen designs, Brookhaven officials selected the city’s first official seal during the Nov. 10 City Council meeting. The chosen design echoes the current city logo, depicting buildings, trees and a brook. It was chosen as quietly as possible—by consensus rather than vote—during the council’s afternoon “work session.” City Councilman Bates Mattison, who spearheaded gathering designs for the seal, was out of the chamber at the time and later was surprised to learn from a reporter that the decision had been made. Councilman Joe Gebbia also was absent. That left Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams and council members Linley Jones and John Park to make the decision about the seal, which will stamp official Brookhaven documents and probably hang above the council dias. Williams indicated she had been stung by having “taken hits in the press” for prior discussion of 13 possible seal designs, which had the council joking about images that looked like “bacon” or “flames.” Williams said the final selection is a good design because it shows the “brook in ‘Brookhaven’” and its buildings, too. “We’re a city of trees,” she added of a flowering tree in the design. “I always thought everything blooms in Brookhaven.” The only change to the selected design will be adding a dark border at the request of City Clerk Susan Hiott, who will use the seal more than anyone else. Williams said she agreed that “gives it more gravitas or oomph when you stamp it on something.” Mattison was surprised he had missed the seal selection and said he hoped the general public would still get a chance to weigh in. “I certainly hope to put it out to people” via an online survey, he said. However, City Manager Marie Garrett confirmed in an interview that the seal is a done deal. “It’s done. There was consensus,” she said.

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In the wake of surprise tax breaks granted by DeKalb County on Brookhaven properties, the city is working on a notification agreement and ways to get some of the money back. But city officials say that, weeks later, they still lack basic information about the tax abatements. “I told them, you’re like Coca-Cola here. You’ve got a secret formula,” Mayor Rebecca Chase Williams said of the Decide DeKalb Development Authority, which granted the controversial tax abatements. Decide DeKalb did not respond to questions about the deals. Granted by Decide DeKalb last month without notice to the city, the tax abatements include Source One Direct at 1500 Northeast Expressway and an office tower planned for 4004 Perimeter Summit Parkway. The city part of the tax breaks totals $537,000 and, while the developments in theory will boost city coffers more than that, the abatement calculation apparently did not factor in the cost of city services for them. Williams said the city also is still struggling to figure out whether Cox Enterprises received another unpublicized

abatement for its large complex on Lake Hearn Drive. She said that county paperwork indicates Cox sought a $5.5 million abatement in April or May, but that it is unclear whether it was granted. Williams said documents show that Cox sought an abatement for reuse of its own existing building. She said Cox gutted its main Lake Hearn building and intends to consolidate its Cox Automotive subsidiary there. “They had the gall, but it worked for them,” she said. “I can confirm that we did pursue the abatement,” Cox spokeswoman Elizabeth Olmstead said in an email. But she did not respond to questions about the abatement amount and whether it was granted, or plans for the property. At the Nov. 10 City Council meeting, City Manager Marie Garrett said a legal agreement is in the works between Decide DeKalb and the city’s Development Authority to ensure collaboration on future tax abatement requests. “When we play in each others’ sandbox, we will be respectful,” she said. In addition, Garrett said, the city is working with both Decide DeKalb and the property owners “about how we can capture those [abated] funds and make

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Left above, Linley Jones celebrates her win during Election Night festivities. Middle, Brookhaven mayor-elect John Ernst, right, is all smiles at his victory party, boosted by thumbs-up supporters. Far right, earlier in the day, Kathryn Gable, left, and Katherine Coy, hold signs showing support for Ernst. Right, Anna Cannon backs Dale Boone for Brookhaven mayor.

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forward to his leadership,” said Williams, who made an appearance at Ernst’s Election Night party. Brookhaven established its mayor position as a part-time job that pays $16,000 a year. Ernst, an attorney, will continue running his legal practice while in office. His legal work involves real estate closings, bankruptcies and personal injury cases, and none of his current clients would present him with a conflict of interest as mayor, he said. “I don’t foresee any problems, and if there [were], I’d recuse myself,” Ernst said. Ernst will have one big campaign promise to move on quickly: a property tax cut. He said the main proposal is to give a millage rate reduction to all home-

owners and “start shifting the [tax] burden from the homeowners to the commercial property base.” In addition, he proposes a $5,000 property assessment cut for everyone aged 65 and older. Another promise was to “spearhead a Brookhaven BeltLine,” a reference to Atlanta’s famous linear park and trail system. Ernst acknowledges that’s essentially just a new name for Brookhaven’s park and trail plans already underway. He said his promise is more about stirring enthusiasm for the public to go beyond planning and funding, and build the systems. “While I think it’s a good idea, it’s really going to take citizens to come together,” he said. “I talk about [city] unity in my message. This would be a physical unity.” Ernst is interested in more regional

government unity, too. He said he is aware of the recent communications problems between the city and DeKalb County on such issues as tax abatements and funding for a new Brookhaven Library. “Maybe I’m not the most popular person down in Decatur [the county seat] because of my [former] position with the board of ethics,” Ernst said, but added, “It’s a different time and different people here. I’m willing to work with any people to solve our problems without demonizing either side. “I hope to have better relations with not just DeKalb, but also with Chamblee, Dunwoody, Doraville,” he continued. “Especially with Chamblee, it has been very strained, and Dunwoody, it’s been strained.”

Ernst’s administration also may bring change to the mayor and City Council’s meetings. Ernst said he’s well aware that those twice-monthly meetings can last eight hours and place much key discussion in an afternoon “work session.” “People have talked to me about it. [Some] council members have talked to me about it,” Ernst said, adding that any changes would need full council input. “There’s lots of ways to have as much public participation as possible and have feedback.” While Ernst won’t take office for several weeks, he may continue to hold coffee hours in the neighborhoods, and he can be contacted through the “Neighbors for John Ernst” page on Facebook or through his website at votejohnernst.com.

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Millar: Cities aren’t broken, counties are Starting with Sandy Springs a decade ago, Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) has backed every effort to create a new city in Georgia. He sponsored legislation to start Sen. Fran Millar the cities of Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Peachtree Corners and, most recently, to set up a new central DeKalb County city called LaVista Hills. “It’s safe to say that I’ve supported every city that’s passed,” he said. But on Nov. 3, voters in the area that would have become LaVista Hills voted down the plan for that city. The margin was slim: just 136 more “no” votes than “yes” votes out of the 13,714 cast. Meanwhile, voters in a neighboring area overwhelmingly backed creation of a new city called Tucker. The Brookhaven Reporter asked Millar for his reaction to the vote and his thoughts on future city-creation efforts in DeKalb County and the state Legislature. Here’s what he had to say.

Q: With the voters turning down a city of LaVista Hills, do you think the “cityhood” movement has run its course among residents in DeKalb County? A: If you look at the votes, they’ve declined for cityhood as we’ve gone forward [with successive cities]. There have been some natural enclaves for cityhood – i.e., Dunwoody, Peachtree Corners. Brookhaven was a close vote. You’ve seen that again with LaVista Hills. It could have gone either way. The reason I supported LaVista Hills – Number one, I support people’s right to self-determination – but I got involved with LaVista Hills because I represent that area.

I think going forward, you’re going to have to make sure you get all the parties together who really want to be a part of this. Over 60 percent of the people I represent in the area of LaVista Hills voted “yes” for the city. That’s a landslide. Those people really wanted to be in a city. Most of them did not want to be part of Tucker. Has it run its course? I hope the Stonecrest people are given the opportunity. I think now what you’re going to see is a shift to annexation by existing cities.

Q: You sponsored legislation to create LaVista Hills. Now that the voters have said “no” to that city, what happens next? A: I think the people I represent have to decide what they want to be. Do they want to remain unincorporated? Do they want to become part of Tucker? Do they think they want to be part of Chamblee? Q: Would you sponsor legislation to create another city in the place of LaVista Hills? A: No. I have told my Senate colleagues that this was the last area that I represented [to seek cityhood]. The people were going to be in LaVista Hills or Tucker. Some of the people I represent are in Tucker. In LaVista Hills, I think they either remain unincorporated or they look to be annexed by Tucker or look to be annexed by Chamblee. I was extremely gratified that over 60 percent of the people I represent voted for a city. Q: Has the concept of “new cities” lost the support of state lawmakers? Or the public? A: I don’t think so. There are other city movements going on right now outside of DeKalb County. There’s a city pending in Forsyth County. There’s talk of a city of St. Simons.

There’s such dissatisfaction with large government, i.e., federal and certainly county government, to say we want to be closer to our elected officials. The track record for cities we’ve created has been good. And there’s been a push for an independent school movement. I’m convinced that’s more necessary than ever in DeKalb.

Q: What do you think Tucker’s win at the polls means? A: I’m glad they finally did it. I think they talked about it for 20 or 30 years. I would not be surprised if they expand their services down the road. Q: Why do you think LaVista Hills lost? A: I think the borders were too far expanded outside of the original map. It wasn’t the map these people came up with. They were forced to do some things ... that didn’t help them. Q: Other lawmakers argue the process to create new cities is broken. Do you agree? How should it be fixed? A: There are some changes we need to make, absolutely. But at the end of the day, if you have some people come together and say, ‘We want to do something,’ we’re not going to stifle that process.\ The cities aren’t what’s broken. It’s the counties that are broken. Here’s what I feel bad about: The people that I represented [in the LaVista Hills area] got it. I’m sorry they didn’t get the chance to have a city. The people I didn’t represent, primarily in the southern part of the city, that voted “no” or didn’t show up reminds me of the presidential election. How has that worked out, keeping the status quo? Fran Millar represens District 40 in the state Senate. The district includes a portion of Brookhaven.

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History made on golf course History can rise in surcity-owned golf course was prising places. Important open only to whites. The city events don’t all occur on farowned no golf courses then away fields or in exotic lowhere blacks were allowed cales. Sometimes, important to play. Black golfers played events, the ones that make on private courses segregated us who we are, took place for use only by black players. right around the corner, in Charles Bell Sr. rememplaces still in plain sight. bers the match that wasn’t Like, say, a golf course. played in 1951. He was One recent Saturday there, part of the foursome AROUND morning, a crowd of golf Holmes brought to the BobTOWN and history buffs gathered by Jones course that day. in the clubhouse of the Bob“We came to the clubhouse,” JOE EARLE by Jones Golf Course to resaid Bell, who’s now 97 years member a round of golf that old and lives in Warner Robhad been played there on Christmas ins, Ga. “We prepared to pay our fees. Day six decades ago. We were just informed that because of Or, to put it more precisely, they reour color, we were not allowed to play,” called a round of golf that had not been he said. played and then, years later, on ChristThey had expected to be rejected, mas Day 1955, went forward under an he said. They intended to challenge the order issued by the United States Sucity’s segregationist laws in court. “We preme Court. That game of golf helped planned it. We knew we would be dechange many things, and opened Atnied the right to play,” he said. “We lanta recreation facilities to all of the decided to come to the Bobby Jones city’s residents. course... and the rest is history.” In 1951, an Atlanta golfer named They did make history. The group’s Alfred “Tup” Holmes and a group of effort to play golf on the whites-only his friends went to the Bobby Jones course came years before the U.S. SuGolf Course in Buckhead and asked to preme Court would strike down legal play a round. Holmes and his friends segregation in public schools and faciliwere turned away. They were black. The ties. It came years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. “We were still deep in the thrall of Jim Crow [laws],” said Anne Emanuel, a professor emerita at Georgia State Law School. Demanding the right to play golf on a city course in 1951 was a brave act, Emanuel said. “It was hard,” she said. “It was dangerous to get in front of that train. .... The courage factor. Probably Atlanta was the only place in Georgia you would survive if you did this. The times were very different and very danJOE EARLE gerous.” Michael Holmes stands with Holmes and members of his famia photo of his father, golfer ly fi led suit against the city. Their case Alfred “Tup” Holmes, that is worked its way to the Supreme Court, included in a new exhibit at where it was among the first group of the Bobby Jones Golf Course.

desegregation decisions announced after the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case desegregated public schools. The Holmes family case was among a group of cases that extended the rules applied in the Brown case to other public recreation facilities, such as the Bobby Jones Golf Course, Emanuel said. Michael Holmes, Tup Holmes’ son, said the decision has been referenced 51 times in other cases. “It was a big deal,” Emanuel said. Bell and Emanuel were part of a group of about 75 people that gathered at the Bobby Jones clubhouse to mark

the 60th anniversary of the decision, released Nov. 7, 1955, with the formal opening of a new exhibit about the case called “Holmes v. Atlanta: Changing the Game.” The exhibit, sponsored by the Friends of the Bobby Jones Golf Course and put together by Georgia Tech professor Mary McDonald and her graduate students, includes information about Holmes, his family and the lawsuit. “We felt like it was a story that needed to be preserved,” McDonald said. “I think it’s got all sorts of really important issues connected to it. And it’s an CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Atlanta story.” Just a few weeks after the Supreme Court ruled, Holmes and his friends got the chance to play golf on a city course. They actually played their first round under the judge’s order on Christmas Eve at North Fulton Golf Course. Bell remembers it was a more prestigious course than Bobby Jones. Others suggested the idea might have been to have that groundbreaking first round played somewhere other than Bobby Jones to avoid a racial confrontation. Bell remembers there were photographers on hand to record the event and said that some people may have shouted catcalls at the players. But he admits it’s hard to recall particulars now. The next day, Christmas Day,

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“The lake is pretty—as much as I would like to fill it in at times,” said Gerri Schwartz, the property manager in charge of Peppertree Lake. It’s not the lake itself, nestled among homes in the heart of Sandy Springs’ Perimeter Center, that raises her ire. It’s the massive dam holding it back— and recent state-mandated repairs that may cost more than $60,000. Peppertree Lake Dam is one of 11 “high-hazard” dams in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs—“high hazard” meaning that if they collapse, the subsequent flood likely would kill people. More than

20 similar dams failed and contributed to deadly floods in South Carolina last month. Many of Georgia’s dams are in private hands with homeowners on the hook for maintenance. Along the top end of the Perimeter, homeowners may grumble at the cost, but likely can afford it. Lower-income areas, or old dams where no owner can be found, can be a bigger problem. About 15 states have some type of grant or low-interest loan program for dam repairs, but Georgia is not among them, according to the state Environmental CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Local ‘high hazard’ dams listed Eleven dams in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs have been deemed “high hazard,” meaning if they should collapse, the subsequent floodwaters could kill people. The classification does not indicate the dams’ conditions. A Cherokee Country Club Lake Dam Sandy Springs B Lake Northridge Dam Sandy Springs C Dunwoody Club Crossing Dam Dunwoody D Scott Candler Reservoir Dam Dunwoody E Peppertree Lake Dam Sandy Springs F Murphey Candler Lake Dam Brookhaven G Powers Lake Dam Sandy Springs H Tera Lake Dam Sandy Springs I Lake Forrest Dam Sandy Springs J Silver Lake Dam Brookhaven K Capital City Country Club Lake Dam Buckhead Source: Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Safe Dams Program

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Holiday Cookie Decoration Monday, Nov. 23, 3 - 4:30 p.m. – Get in the holiday spirit with this cookie decorating workshop! Kids aged 10 to 17 are invited to learn decorating techniques under the tutelage of Sari McIntyre. Free and open to the first 15 participants. Call or visit the branch to register. Brookhaven Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Need more details? Go to dekalblibrary.org.

Thanksgiving Camp Monday, Nov. 23, and Tuesday, Nov. 24 – Many local schools will be closed for the

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Terrific Scientific Monday, Nov. 23 through Wednesday, Nov. 25, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. – A camp for

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Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, Nov. 25, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. – Donating blood is a simple thing to do, but it can make a big difference in the lives of others. All donors receive a Red Cross mixing spoon and a copy of celebrity chef recipes (while supplies last). You may schedule your appointment at redcrossblood.org using sponsor code dunwoodylib or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS. Dunwoody Library parking lot, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., 30338. More information can be found online at dekalblibrary.org.

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Monday, Nov. 16, 6 - 9 p.m. – The Spruill Center for the Arts presents their 22nd annual Holiday Artists Market. The event features a wide array of art and gifts from local artisans on display in the gallery through Dec. 23. On Monday, Nov. 16, Spruill hosts an opening night ceremony and sneak peek of the market. Wine and light fare provided. Free and open to the public. Go to spruillarts.org to learn more or call 770-394-4019. Spruill Center for the Arts, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30346.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. – The Swedish Women’s Educational Association International, Inc., presents their annual Christmas Market in Sandy Springs. Come out for an afternoon of baked goods, flower arrangements, traditional and modern handicrafts, Swedish Christmas ornaments, Scandinavian design, and traditional Swedish food and drinks. The market also offers kids’ activities hosted by the Swedish School of Atlanta. Tickets are $2 for adults, free for those under 18. Dorothy Benson Center, 6500 Vernon Woods Dr., NE, Sandy Springs, 30328. To find out more, go online to atlanta.swea.org or call 404-613-4900.

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Thursday, Nov. 19, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. – Looking for unique gifts for this holiday season? The annual Christ the King School Holiday Market returns this month to Kenny Hall. A unique and festive shopping experience for all, the event features work by more than 50 artists and vendors. Free and open to the public. Christ the King School, 46 Peachtree Way, NE, Atlanta, 30305. More info? Call 404-233-0383 or go to christking.org.

Thursday, Nov. 26, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Don’t have plans for Thanksgiving this year? Still want the traditional meal experience? The city of Broo khaven invites you to come to the Lynwood Community Center and pick up a meal for yourself and your family. Call 404-637-0542 for more information. Lynwood Park Community Center, 3360 Osborne Rd., Brookhaven, 30319. Go to brookhavenga.gov to learn more.

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Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead. The sale features artwork by numerous local and regional artisans and includes painting, glass, fabric, wood, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and more. Free and open to the public. Opening reception is on Thursday, November 19 from 6 - 8 p.m. 2744 Peachtree Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30305. Questions? Call 404-365-1000 or go online to workofhands.com.

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Today at a MARTA bus stop, you’ll see the signature tri-colored sign attached to a pole and little else. The MARTA Army is working to change that through their adopt-a-stop initiative, Operation Timely Trip. The initiative seeks to improve bus riders’ experiences on metro’s Atlanta public transit. MARTA Army, an independent grassroots action group, was an idea sparked at the 2014 Georgia Tech Transportation Camp. The citizen group says it plans on using “boots-on-the-ground interventions to improve the physical, cultural, and social environment of the MARTA system.” “It’s tactical urbanism – citizens coming together to do small acts for large -scale change,” explained Simon Berrebi, a MARTA Army co-founder and Georgia Tech Transportation Systems Engineering doctoral student. The army is pulling together citizen soldiers from different Atlanta neighborhoods and backgrounds to reclaim ownership of MARTA and make it more accessible and convenient. Most MARTA bus stops don’t have bus route and destination information. The few that provide a route timetable only list times for the main locations on

the route, leaving the rider to guess at arrival times. MARTA Army’s first intervention will upgrade “a bus stop to show you where you can go, on which bus or route, and when,” said Berrebi. For citizens who adopt-a-stop, MARTA Army will provide training and printed timetables, making bus destinations more visible and hopefully more enticing. Co-founders Binh Dam and Harshath JR, who commute on MARTA, developed an app to produce the bus stop-specific timetables. “We can make informative signs on the spot,” Dam said, “which is an improvement that MARTA is excited about.” With initial support from In Our Backyard crowdfunding, MARTA, Georgia Tech and the city of Atlanta, MARTA Army was able to launch an adopt-a-stop initiative at the recent 2015 Transportation Camp. As of early October, more than 65 citizens had adopted bus stops. The army has a signup sheet at martaarmy.org/join-an-army where recruits can volunteer to adopt bus stops and to organize boot camps in their neighborhoods.

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Rituals matter. People need ways to mark the big events – marriages, say, or deaths or births – that change their lives. Jews in metro Atlanta soon will have a new place for the traditional immersion ritual used to mark such big life events. The new Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah, a place for ritual baths, opens this month at Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mt. Vernon Highway, in Sandy Springs. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 15. “In the community, it’s a pretty big deal, if I do say so,” said Rabbi Joshua Heller of Congregation B’nai Torah, who said 20 synagogues and organizations in the metro area will rely on the facility. “This is one of the few religious resources that is shared so widely.” Alice Wertheim of Dunwoody, president of the board of directors of the new mikvah, said the facility will be open to anyone in the Jewish community who wants to use it. “This is a sacred space that brings together varied elements of the community, and that doesn’t happen very often,” she said. “Most open spaces are secular. This is a sacred space – that’s

what makes it different. It’s unique and it’s exciting, and it adds another dimension to the spiritual life of the community.” A mikvah is a special pool used for Jewish ritual immersion, according to MACoM, the nonprofit organization building the facility. “It’s a ritual accessible to anybody,” Wertheim said. In its brochure describing the new pool, MACoM says, “Traditional uses of mikvah include immersing when converting to Judaism, before getting married, before the Shabbat or other Jewish holidays, and to make a woman’s monthly cycle.” Similar facilities exist at a few other synagogues in metro Atlanta and the new one replaces an older one at B’nai Torah, Wertheim said. But she believes the new $850,000 facility built alongside B’nai Torah will find new users hoping to mark more and more varied types of life-changing events. “All these rituals, they are all transitional moments,” she said. “In conversion, you are going from non-Jew to Jew. In marriage, you’re going from non-

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Ingrid Bongers, a student at Sarah Smith Elementary School in Buckhead, proudly raises her work, part of the Reﬂections Arts competition. Each year, the National PTA Reﬂections program has a theme students use as inspiration for artistic pieces. Sarah Smith students submitted 226 entries in five categories, including visual arts, literature, photography, film production and dance choreography, based on the theme “Let Your Imagination Fly.”

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profile, never gloating over his many and varied accomplishments. He is a Max Harris defines much sought-after partsuccess as achieving the ner, as he is intelligent, high goals he sets for fun and kind. Although himself. possessing a great love “I constantly quesfor language, histotion what I would like ry, government, science to be, and that thought and mathematics, he is alone motivates me. simply passionate about What kind of person I learning for the sake of want to be guides me to learning.” what I want to be in life Weber Hebrew Deand what my values are,” partment Chair, ArielMax said. la Livnat, described Max He wants to be enas “very involved in and gaged with the world. committed to Weber “Grades are not imSchool and its students, portant,” Max said. as well as human rights “What is important is worldwide, in addition having integrity and to being a true learncontentment with myer for the sake of knowlMax Harris self. I did my best and I edge.” tried my hardest. I am fine Max says he draws inwith an 85 or 95 as a grade, spiration from the stoas long as I know I strived and put in ry of Elon Musk, who immigrated to my greatest effort.” Canada from South Africa with nothMax juggles participation in a variing in his pocket, and has gone on to ety of clubs with class work. He is the found businesses such as Tesla Motors president of his school’s student counto SpaceX. cil, a student ambassador and takes Max says Musk’s success shows the part in a variety of different school value of perserverance. clubs. “I want to make a difference in soHe established the Investment ciety,” Max said, “uphold responsibiliClub, where members discuss manty, solve problems and be an active and aging money. In addition, Max has influential citizen. All of this ties back made many improvements in his youth into my moral ethics.” group, as one of the board members. WHAT’S NEXT: Michelle Brown, academic dean and English teacher at the Weber Max is interested in pursuing a libSchool, says Max shows passion and eral arts education. dedication toward understanding new He plans to apply to small collegthings. es such as Pomona College, Bowdoin “I believe Max has a genuine and College, Davidson College, the Uniauthentic character,” she said. “He versity of Richmond and also the Unihas a passion and dedication to learnversity of Georgia. ing and comprehending new ideas and teachings. “He is a student who excels beyond

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Peachtree bike lanes stir debate News knows few borders. Here are some local news stories breaking in neighboring communities that could be of interest to Brookhaven residents. In Buckhead, changes proposed on Peachtree Road and to a city park are drawing widely divergent responses from residents. Hundreds of supporters and opponents of a proposal that would bring bike lanes to Peachtree packed a meeting room at the Shepherd Center Oct. 29 to voice opinions on the changes. State transportation officials say the project is intended to make travel on Peachtree safer. But members of the crowd, which included On Our Buckhead homeowners and cyclists from throughout the metro area, were sharply divided on a Georgia Department of Transportation plan to restripe Peachtree from Pharr to Deering roads in order to add a middle left-turn lane and bike lanes along the portion south of Peachtree Battle Avenue. Differences were expressed even before some people made it into the meeting. “We love bike lanes,” someone shouted as the crowd worked its way down a hall into the meeting room. “Yes, bike lanes somewhere else,” another crowd member loudly replied. Meanwhile, a proposal to add walking trails to a portion of Atlanta Memorial Park drew widely varying reactions Nov. 5 when presented to the city park’s neighbors. Consultant Jill Sluder, a landscape architect with Hughes, Good, O’Leary and Ryan, outlined a plan that would add two miles of 5-foot-wide concrete trails around the perimeter of the 35acre portion of the Buckhead park west of Northside Drive. The plan also calls for another mile of trails within the park that would be made from permeable materials. “You have a lot of people using the park,” Sluder told about 60 people who gathered at Northside Unit-

ed Methodist Church for her presentation. “However, the odd thing is they’re not in the park. They’re in the streets. Let’s get these folks off the streets.” In addition to the trails, she said, consultants working for the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy proposed removing invasive plants from the park, replacing curbs and adding two foot bridges. The consultants recommended cutting down five trees Sluder described as hazardous. “I hate to say it, but I have had it,” resident John Whitney said. “I have had it with the conservancy. I have worked for 45 Borders years to protect this park as a haven for wildlife and now you are going to ruin it.” Others expressed enthusiasm for the changes. “I think it’s a great plan,” resident Bob Caton said. “Anything to get the city of Atlanta to have more accessible parks is what we need to improve livability of the city, which is pretty much a concrete jungle now.” In Dunwoody, the real estate firm Hines is proposing to turn the vacated DeKalb County police precinct in Dunwoody into a Caribbean-style restaurant. Alan Kennedy, a director with Hines, a privately held firm, told members of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association on Nov. 1 that the firm planned to use the property on Ashford-Dunwoody Road to house a Pollo Tropical restaurant, which he described as a “fast casual” and “highend quality” restaurant. The restaurant would have both indoor seating for 90 and a drivethrough window, Kennedy said. Visitors would also have an option to eat at an outdoor patio. Hines built the building at 4453 Ashford-Dunwoody Road to house the precinct. DeKalb police vacated the building and moved the precinct south after the city of Dunwoody created its own police department.

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As more local residents fly drones for fun, DeKalbPeachtree Airport is warning them to follow some simple guidelines to avoid airplane crashes. PDK hasn’t had any problems with drones in flight paths so far, said airport Interim Director Mario Evans. But, he said, the airport wants to issue an early warning because a drone “can potentially bring an aircraft down.” “We [could] have a Cessna or a Learjet coming in at one inopportune time and a kid saying, ‘Let’s see how high this [drone] can go.’ It gets sucked into the engine, and that aircraft is coming down,” Evans said. This week, PDK posted a new web page of guidelines for flying drones within 5 miles of the airport, which sits along Clairmont Road on the Brookhaven/Chamblee border. That 5-mile radius includes all of Brookhaven and parts of Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, among other areas. The PDK website includes a map of the area. The guidelines apply to hobbyists flying drones from their backyards or local parks. (Commercial drone use

is subject to federal Bruce Goddard was born and raised in Reynolds, regulation.) PDK Georgia. He received his BBA from the University offers a variety of Georgia. He also graduated from Gupton Jones of suggestions, College of Funeral Service. This humorist, author but Evans said and motivational speaker has spoken to thousands throughout the United States. He presents the they boil down “lighter side” of what can be a stressful occupation to these basics: while at the same time giving thought provoking • Hobbyists observations about life from the perspective of a should fly drones 3110 Ashford Rdhe• released Atlanta, small town Dunwoody undertaker. In 2005, his 30319 • 404-261-4292 • www.stmartins.org that weigh no more best-selling book entitled, View from a Hearse, than 55 pounds. Lighten Up! • Fly the drones no more Ashford Dunwoody Rd • Atlanta, 30319 than 3110 200 feet high. Since Ashford Dunwoody Rd3110 • Atlanta, 30319 • 404-261-4292 • www.stmartins.org height is hard to judge, Evans 404-261-4292 • www.stmartins.org said, a good rule of thumb is to keep the drone lower than nearby treetops. • Always keep the drone within sight. • Watch for airplanes or other aircraft. • Ideally, notify PDK of any drone flights within the 5-mile radius. The same guidelines apply to people who fly other types of remote-controlled small aircraft, such as radiocontrolled model airplanes. For more information, see the PDK web page at pdkairport.org/uas_ drones.html or contact the airport at 770-936-5440 or PDKcomments@ dekalbcountyga.gov. In addition, the Federal Aviation Administration recently released a test version of a phone app with local information and alerts for drone users. For details, see faa.gov/uas/b4ufly.

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Anyone knocking on your door to sell you something needs a permit. “Everybody needs a permit – even Girl Scouts,” Atlanta police Maj. Van Hobbs said. “Any door-to-door solicitation must be permitted through the city.” Hobbs, who works in the Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 2, which covers Buckhead, said any homeowner suspicious of a person on the property or in the neighborhood should call police. Officers in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven agree. Recently, homeowners in Buckhead and Brookhaven have expressed concerns publicly about salespeople knocking on doors. Some believed a group that presented themselves as magazine sales representatives were, in fact, crooks who were trying to case homes for potential burglaries. One Buckhead resident said a purported salesperson stood on her doorstep for 10 minutes trying to get into her home and wouldn’t leave when asked. Hobbs said suspicious homeowners should call 911 to ask for police help when dealing with strange solicitors. “We’ll come out and check and investigate and then tell them to move on,” Hobbs said. Permits usually are not required for charitable or political groups, police said. Sandy Springs’ City Code says the requirement for permits also does not apply to officers or employees of the city, county, state or federal government who are on official business. A person convicted of soliciting without a permit in Sandy Springs faces a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail or “confinement at labor” for up to 30 days. In Sandy Springs, two people were arrested in 2015 for soliciting without a permit, one in January and one in March. One went to jail and the other was given

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Brookhaven Police Blotter Brookhaven police blotter: Oct. 23 to Nov. 5

 2000

The following information was pulled from Brookhaven’s Police-2-Citizen Portal Event Search website and is presumed to be accurate.

 3100

HOMICIDE

 2000

 2100

block of Hillview Drive—On Oct. 28, homicide was reported.

ROBBERY  2800

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 26, carjacking was reported.

BURGLARY  4400 block of Peachtree Road—On Oct.

25, burglary was reported; On Oct. 27, burglary was reported.

 1400

block of Ashwoody Court—On Oct. 26, burglary was reported.

 4100

block of Black Navajo Trail—On Oct. 26, burglary was reported.

 3300 block of Stratfield Drive—On Oct.

26, burglary was reported.

 3900

block of Ashentree Drive—On Oct. 30, burglary was reported.

AUTO THEFT  3700

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 23, a stolen vehicle was recovered.

 1600

block of Briarwood Road—On Oct. 23, theft by taking auto was reported.

 3000

block of Clairmont Road—On Oct. 24, theft by taking auto was reported.

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 27, theft by taking auto was reported.

Oct. 31, battery as reported and an arrest was made.

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 27, theft by taking auto was reported.

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block of Curtis Drive—On Oct. 27, theft by taking auto was reported. block of Peachtree Road—On Oct. 27, an arrest was made for entering auto.

 2200 block of Gables Drive—On Oct. 31, battery was reported and an arrest was made.

 3800

ASSAULT  1700

block of Briarwood Road—On Oct. 23, simple assault was reported.

 3100

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 25, an arrest was made for battery.

 1600

 1400 block of North Cliff Valley Way—On Nov. 2, an arrest was made for aggravated assault.

block of Clairmont Road—On Nov. 4, an arrest was made for battery.

FRAUD  4400

 1800

 2600

 3300

block of Clairmont Road—On Oct. 26, simple assault was reported.

 2000

block of Coosawattee Drive—On Oct. 26, sexual assault was reported.

 3000

block of Clairmont Road—On Oct. 27, aggravated assault with a gun was reported and an arrest was made.

 3200

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 28, simple battery was reported.

 3700

block of Buford Highway—On

 3800 block of Peachtree Road—On Oct.

30, an arrest was made for identity fraud.

THEFT/LARCENY  2400

block of Briarcliff Road—On Oct. 24, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

 2200

block of Wayside Drive—On Oct. 24, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

 900

block of Nottingham Lane—On Oct. 24, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

 2900

block of Briarwood Road—On Oct. 26, aggravated assault with a weapon was reported. block of Corporate Boulevard— On Oct. 26, simple battery was reported.

3000 block of Park Lane—On Oct. 31, battery was reported and an arrest was made.

Oct. 30, fraudulent activity was reported.

block of Memorial Drive—On Oct. 23, an arrest was made for forgery in the third degree.

Read more of the Police Blotter online at www.ReporterNewspapers.net  2200 block of Lake Boulevard—On Oct.

26, theft was reported.

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 26, fraud by impersonation was reported.

 2600

 1000

 3300

block of Mill Creek Mountain— On Oct. 29, an arrest was made for identity fraud.

 3700

block of Watkins Place—On Oct. 30, fraud by impersonation was reported.

 2400

block of Briarcliff Road—On Oct. 30, forgery of check was reported and an arrest was made for forgery in the fourth degree.

 2900

block of Hermance Drive—On

block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 26, theft was reported. block of Buford Highway—On Oct. 26, shoplifting was reported.

 3800

block of Peachtree Road—On Oct. 27, entering auto was reported; On Oct. 27, an arrest was made for theft by receiving stolen property; On Oct. 29, shoplifting was reported.

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block of Druid Hills Reserve Drive—On Oct. 27, an arrest was made for theft by taking.

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Everyday Life Does a Number on Your Body Eight out of ten people experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. Whether it’s too much twisting and turning on the golf links, overdoing it at the gym or yoga studio, bending over while gardening, lifting something with your back instead of your legs or even just sitting in an awkward position for too long, sooner or later you may pay the price. When your back aches, or if your neck is stiff or you have a headache, it can affect your day. It may be harder to concentrate at work, to hit that ball over the net, or to be there for your family.

Chiropractic Care on the Rise Based on this need for pain relief and prevention, chiropractic care has grown remarkably over the past three years. A new Gallup report shows that 34 million U.S. adults now seek chiropractic care each year, a marked 62% increase over the 2012 National Health Interview Survey that measured chiropractic use at 21 million U.S. adults.

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The Joint Chiropractic is Leading the Way ®

One of the leaders of this growing trend is The Joint® Chiropractic, a network of clinics that provides convenient, affordable chiropractic care that not only delivers pain relief, but more importantly, the ongoing wellness care that will help Americans of all ages remain healthy, active and symptom-free. The Joint’s patient-centered model is very different than the norm. Patients can choose from several options, including a membership plan that covers up to four visits a month. And, after an initial consultation, exam and adjustment, visits take about 10 minutes—less than the time it takes to get a cup of coffee.

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INITIAL VISIT* includes consultation, exam and adjustment. *Expires 12/31/15. Offer value: $29. Initial visit includes consultation, exam and adjustment. Present offer at time of redemption at the locations 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. © 2015 The Joint Corp.