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SEPT. 5 — SEPT. 18, 2014 • VOL. 8 — NO. 18

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Things are looking up

PHIL MOSIER

Jeff Covell, center, oversees the installation of oak trees on Aug. 22, part of the $10 million streetscape project for Buckhead Atlanta. Read related story and see additional photos on page 2.

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Th e Blue Heron Nature Preserve is adding 4 acres in an expansion that may allow it eventually to tie into a wide-spread network of trails connect-ing city parks.

“We are very excited,” said Nancy Jones, executive director of the non-profi t preserve.

Th e new property on Land O’Lakes Drive is contiguous to Sarah Smith El-ementary School. Its location means it could allow construction of walkways

that would connect the preserve to other trails in the area, Jones said.

“Th ere’s just huge potential to open up all our green space around Buckhead,” Jones said.

Eventually, the preserve’s trail can tie into the PATH400

trail and Atlanta’s Belt Line and connect to paths at Chas-tain Park, Jones said. A trail to Chastain could run along Peachtree Creek, she said.

“Our vision is to expand Blue Heron well beyond our own boundaries by connecting our trails to existing ones all around us,” Jones said. She said connecting to the Sar-ah Smith school property “links everybody to our prop-erty.”

North Buckhead Civic Association president Gordon Certain praised the notion of developing a way to walk to Chastain Park.

“I am excited about having an alternative to driving to the park,” Certain said in an email. “Sometimes, with events in the park, walking is faster than driving. Plus, the walk along West Wieuca Road can be a challenge without a map to tell you which side of the road the sidewalks are.”


Imagine walking through a Buckhead park surrounded by ghostly Civil War soldiers cut from metal. Or looking at a building through a clear plate etched with a photo of how that spot looked 50 years ago.

Those are a couple of the ideas mem-bers of Buckhead Heritage are tossing around as they plan how to illustrate the community’s history.

“We want people to ask, ‘What’s go-ing on?’ ‘What’s the story here?’” said Er-ica Danylchak, executive director of the nonprofit group created to identify, pre-serve and promote Buckhead history.

Buckhead Heritage has worked with consultants and a steering committee composed of other Buckhead groups and organizations since last October to draw up plans for presenting local history. The group developed five “storylines” to tell the community’s tale and mapped sites that illustrate those stories.

Buckhead Heritage’s steering commit-tee also is thinking up ways to present the sites to people who visit them. “Un-conventional exhibit art, along with in-terpretive signage, will be used to evoke Buckhead’s history in imaginative ways in parks and urban plazas in the commu-nity,” Danylchak said.

The committee has developed 10 dif-ferent methods of interpreting each site, including the metal sculptures of sol-diers and use of historic photographs on see-through panels. “You’d stand in a certain spot and see what it looks like now and see what historic fabric we still have,” she said. “One of the things we

SEE BLUE HERON, PAGE 23

SEE BUCKHEAD HERITAGE, PAGE 19

Blue Heron Nature Preserve grows, looks to expand trail

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items they don’t want, but aren’t safe to throw away in regu-lar trash pickups. Th e annual Buckhead Eco Collection is scheduled for Oct. 11.

“Buckhead’s Eco Collection has become a signature community event,” said Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, one of the organizers of the event. “Over the past three years more than 1,100 people have dropped off paint, electronics and other items for recycling and disposal. Th is year we are

planning for an even larger event.”Th is year, residents of ZIP codes 30305, 30309, 30318,

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‘The Big Read’ is backTh e Atlanta History Center and Atlanta-Ful-

ton Public Library System are teaming up to pres-ent Th e Big Read, a campaign to get adults (and kids) reading, sponsored by the National En-dowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Th is year’s book will be “Luis Alberto Urrea’s Into the Beautiful North,” and there will be related pro-grams in September and October including events with the author on Sept. 17 at the Atlanta Histo-ry Center.

In conjunction, younger readers are encouraged to participate in Th e Little Read with “I Love Saturdays y domingos” by Alma Flor Ada, while middle school ages can read “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Munoz Ryan.

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By Reps. Jan Jones, Wendell Willard, Joe Wilkinson, Chuck Martin, Harry Geisinger, Lynne Riley and former Rep. Ed Lindsey

Th e primary responsibility of every elected offi cial is to serve the interests of the citizens they represent. In turn, the citizens have the privilege to select their elected offi cials by casting their vote on Election Day.

But when some elected offi cials in Fulton County con-sistently fail to act in the best interests of their constituents, provisions in Georgia law provide methods of relief.

For too many years, Fulton County Commissioners have approved defi cit budgets, spending more than $100 million in reserve funds. Hard-earned tax dollars have been spent on frivolous projects while core service delivery fund-ing and critical infrastructure needs have been neglected.

Th e Fulton County jail has been under a Federal Con-sent Decree for years due to poor management decisions, and instead of resolving this, precious fi nancial resources have been squandered on non-essential projects such as a performing arts center, amphitheater and aviation muse-um. Other government buildings have become toxic work environments due to a lack of responsible maintenance.

Chronic challenges in leadership have led to frequent management turnover and extended vacancies in key po-sitions. Taxpayers should be able to expect quality service delivery, but in Fulton County, this has not been the case.

Sadly, Fulton County taxpayers have been subjected to this repetitive pattern of willful disregard of fi scal con-straints, and the Fulton County Commission has failed to recognize the eventual outcome of their actions – the mon-ey runs out!

In 2013, we sponsored House Bill 604 as a measure to perform our responsibility to our constituents. HB 604 limits the commission’s authority to increase the proper-ty tax rate prior to January 2015, and will require the affi r-mative vote of a super majority of Commissioners in subse-quent years to increase the millage rate.

Th e provisions of HB 604 are based on a 1951 local con-stitutional amendment that applies only to Fulton Coun-ty, and gives the Georgia General Assembly authority over the time and place that the Fulton County Commission may levy of ad valorem taxes.

We recognized the peril of a tax increase in Fulton Coun-ty, and the negative consequences that will result. A jump in property taxes – especially when property values and, therefore assessments are already increasing – will force rents to increase, prices of goods and services to be hiked, and businesses to move out of Fulton County. We cannot aff ord to place ourselves at a competitive disadvantage with our peer counties in economic development.

Th e Fulton County Commission deliberately chose to violate the provisions of House Bill 604, and proceeded with steps to increase property taxes in 2014. We imme-diately fi led a petition in Superior Court on Aug. 6 to seek preliminary and permanent injunction of this attempt.

Th e citizens of Fulton County may rely on us to remain steadfast in our pledge to defend their interests and uphold the laws of our great state of Georgia.

Reps. Jan Jones (R-Milton), Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Joe Wilkinson (R-Sandy Springs), Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek) and former Rep. Ed Lindsey of Buckhead brought suit against the county over its tax increase.

By John Eaves

Business had to keep going. Cases had to proceed in Ful-ton County Courts. Th e restaurants that we frequent had to be inspected to make sure they were safe for us to visit. Our li-braries had to continue educating and informing. Emergency patients in the trauma ward at Grady had to be treated. Th e 911 systems sending those patients to the hospital had to keep serving us. Th e elections process had to continue so that ev-eryone could exercise their right to vote.

Th ese are some of the reasons the Fulton County Com-missioners passed a budget in January including a request for an increase in the property millage rate. Th e Board of the Commissioners took none of these moves lightly, and we understand why some are not pleased with them. Tough calls are often not popular ones.

As a historic recession forced states, counties and mu-nicipalities to charge taxpayers more for services they de-liver, Fulton County attempted to weather the storm with-out taking that measure. We were quite proud of the fact that the last countywide tax increase had been more than 20 years ago. As we asked for more of our residents we did some belt tightening of our own.

We made cuts. Libraries lost hours. Seniors had to pay more for meals. Grady Memorial Hospital lost much of its county funding. Since 2008, our county workforce has been reduced by more than 500 people overall, with our temporary and part-time staff cut by more than half over that period. Th is year alone, we trimmed $25 mil-lion from programs. Our employees didn’t see a pay raise in seven years.

Th e median home value in Fulton County is around $200,000. If you are the owner of that average home, we are requesting about $7 more a month in property taxes. We all would prefer to keep that money in our pockets, but we also would prefer to keep those services that $7 funds.

As Fulton County asks more of our taxpayers, you have asked more from us as well. Th e County Manager has be-gun an extensive restructuring of the county government. We are looking for new revenue streams and additional cost savings to make sure we are effi cient. We are centraliz-ing and outsourcing services where feasible.

As for the pieces of litigation fi led against the county by a group of lawmakers and a separate one fi led by anoth-er citizen, the county’s position is that they have no merit whatsoever. Th e county exercised its authority and obliga-tions under the constitution and laws of the state of Geor-gia. We chose to repeal House Bill 604 not out of spite for those who passed it, but because government functions needed to be funded, and many have become more cost-ly to provide.

We want the same freedom that is given to govern-ments from Palmetto to Alpharetta, which is the right to made our own fi nancial decisions. A majority of sev-en duly elected representatives make that call on behalf of the county taxpayers that elected them. State lawmakers would balk (and have) at the federal government taking the same liberties with state law, and would never allow us to forward budgetary mandates onto any of the cities in our county. Th at is not good public policy and sets a dangerous precedent. It is wrongheaded, and amounts to “Big Government” overstepping its bounds, no matter what government is doing so.

John Eaves is chairman of the Fulton County Commission.

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Editor’s note: Republican lawmakers from north Fulton County recently fi led suit over a Fulton County Commission deci-sion to raise taxes. Reporter Newspapers asked representatives of both sides to explain their positons on the lawsuit. Commission Chairman John Eaves responded to lay out the county’s position. Th e six state legislators and one former lawmaker who fi led the suit provided a joint column explaining their rationale.

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I knew what to do with a 2-year-old, but what do I do with a 22-year-old?

By the miracle of life, the 2-year-old boy who was toddling around our house — it couldn’t have been 20 years ago — has suddenly become a full grown man. He’s in that nebulous area of space and time, waffling between higher education and independent living.

He’s old enough to drive, vote and serve our country, but he still doesn’t know how to load a dishwasher. It’s that age between learning how to cite your sources and learning how to scramble an egg.

Some say it’s just a phase. He went through phases when he was

in his terrible twos. I remember that. There were books on that. There was the colicky phase, the phase of explora-tion, the “my little potty” phase. And al-though I ran myself ragged during that time, I knew that (fall-down-and-die ex-haustion aside, I can’t say it enough) this would not be the most difficult part of mothering.

He still took naps. I was still bigger than he was — and continued to be, un-til he turned 12. Above all, I knew that the crap I dealt with then I could flush down the toilet.

But the age of unflushable crap has arrived.

Still, the similarities between a 2-year-old and a 22-year-old are remarkable.

When he was 2, he waddled around the house half-naked, wearing nothing but his diapers. It was very cute. At 22, he lumbers around the house, with his 6-foot-tall, extremely hairy body, wear-ing nothing but boxers or a wet towel—never both at the same time. It’s not so cute.

When he was 2, he pattered gleeful-ly from room to room, marking his ter-ritory with squeaky toys and sippy cups. At 22, he plods from den to kitchen to bedroom, leaving a trail of stained cof-fee cups, half-eaten cookies and stacks of books in his wake.

When he was 2, he would wake up at 3 in the morning, crying from night-

mares. At 22, he comes in at 3 in the morning. And I’m the one having nightmares.

I remem-ber when he was born, how I labored for 26 hours until he final-ly came into the world, how my doc-tor presented me with him, saying, “It’s a boy! And he’s perfect!” I remember how I spent the night in the hospital, my first night as a mother, ly-ing there with my brand new baby boy asleep on my stomach. It was the most magical night of my life.

I spoke to him as he slept in his in-fant oblivion. I told him about the room we had waiting for him at home, lined with stuffed animals and decorated with cheery colors. I told him about the grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and friends who couldn’t wait to meet him or see him again. I told him that his father and I were so happy to have him, about all the things we would do together, the fun we would have.

Then my husband entered the room, ever the eager one, actually trying to give me lessons on breast feeding.

The summer is almost over and my son will be leaving in a few days. I could say that I’ll miss his stacks of debris and barely-clothed hairy body. But I won’t. What I will miss is his company — his humor, his conversation, his incredible intelligence.

So as I close the door to his train wreck of a room, I remind myself: This is all just a phase.

Robin Conte is a writer and mother of four who lives in Dunwoody. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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The local market: What kind of house can you get for a half-million dollars?


It can all be rather confusing.Buying a house sometimes can seem like a return to

math class. There’s a parade of unintelligible numbers. Prices are up here, down over there. Inventories are flat for one kind of home, shrinking for another.

Sometimes, comparing houses can even take on the look of an algebraic calculation: Does 5 BR + 4 ½ BA in Sandy Springs = 4 BR + 3 ½ BA in Dunwoody?

To try to cut through some of the numbers, we de-cided to pose a simple question: What can you get for

about $500,000 – half a million dollars – in Reporter Newspapers communities? What’s a half-million-dollar house these days?

“Well, it’s not what it used to be,” joked Sandy Springs Realtor Katie Brinkman, who’s been in the business a quarter century. “But people get good buys for their money, particularly in the suburbs.”

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$504,0009010 River RunNeighborhood: Huntcliff5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths5,500 square feetYear built: 1976Extras: master suite with two bath-rooms, two-story great room w/fireplace and built-in bookshelves, billiard room, cedar shake roof, two HVAC systems, stream and waterfall

Dunwoody

$494,8005549 Martina WayNeighborhood: Withmere4 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,850 square feetYear built: 1977Extras: swimming pool, built-in bar in recreation room, screened porch

Brookhaven

$515,0001277 Village Run NENeighborhood: Village at Lenox Park3 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths2,030 square feetYear built: 1990Extras: fenced backyard, updated kitch-en, bedroom and bath on third floor

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$475,0003226 Mathieson DriveNeighborhood: Buckhead Forest4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths 2,260 square feetYear built: 1935Extras: front porch, updated kitchen, walk to Buckhead Village

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# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on MarketHigh 7 10,307 $2,300,000 $2,199,000 1,218 Low 2 760 68,000 64,050 0Median 5 3,958 549,900 525,000 60

Buckhead: 30305# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 7 12,705 $6,900,000 $6,300,000 871Low 2 928 290,700 305,000 0Median 4 2,698 672,500 646,000 36

Brookhaven: 30319# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 7 6,811 $2,500,000 $2,325,000 560Low 0 840 175,000 169,150 0Median 4 2,452 450,000 444,000 25

Dunwoody: 30338# BRs Sq. Ft. List Price Sales Price Days on Market

High 6 31,873 $1,250,000 $1,160,000 567Low 3 1,265 150,000 120,000 0Median 4 2,889 424,950 415,375 24

This information is compiled from First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) from January-August, 2014. This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and is not a complete list of activity. Data provided by Judy Soden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Sandy Springs office.

The map above, prepared by the Atlanta Regional Commission using demographic data from ESRI, shows areas with these median home values:

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Ashton Woods Homes has opened the new model home at Gramercy, its latest Dunwoody townhome commu-nity. Priced from the $400s, luxury amenities include an optional eleva-tor, master suites, media/game rooms, decks with fire rings and built-in bars. For more visit www.ashtonwoods.com/Atlanta.

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The local market: What house can you buy for $500,000?

With the help of Realtors and real es-tate agents in our commu-nities, we sifted through listings for dozens of houses and came up with four answers, one each in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.

These homes are very different.

One is a classic “Dun-woody house,” a brick home built with windows creating the classic “5- over-4-with-a-door” look used for houses that fill portions of the north At-lanta suburbs. Another is a “California-style” home, with a two-story entrance hall and a wa-terfall in the backyard.

A third is a two-story, brick town-house with fenced backyard and space for a home office. The fourth is a 79-year-old house in the heart of Buckhead that been re-modeled and expanded to include four bedrooms and three fireplaces.

In Dunwoody, Real-tor Bob Fiscella recently found a dozen houses and two townhomes listed for sale at prices ranging from $475,000 to $525,000. Brinkman said 27 were listed in Sandy Springs.

The average sales price for a single family home in Dunwoody during the first eight months of 2014 was about $438,000, up from $415,000 for the same period last year, Fiscel-la said. “The higher-priced homes that weren’t selling last year are selling this year,” he said.

The one thing shoppers can expect when they’re browsing in the half-mil-lion-dollar range is to look at older homes, real estate agents say.

Real-tor Debbie Leonard of Brookhaven says that be-cause of the current price of land, new single-family houses gener-ally are going cost more than $500,000. At that price, she said, “you’re going to get an older ranch [house] or you’re going to get one that is, like, a cluster home.”

In Buckhead, a $500,000 budget

means you’ll probably be looking at homes your grandparents could have

owned. “You’ll be looking at a house that’s 60-plus years old,” said Buckhead Realtor Lori Fiata. “Three bedrooms, two baths, probably has had at least one renovation.”

And it’ll be more, um, cozy than a simi-larly priced house in the suburbs. Expect to shop among homes of 1,500 to 1,800 square feet, said Fiata, who said she’s been selling Buckhead homes for seven years. “There’s a backlog of buyers on the market. [Houses newly on the market] go under con-

tract in 24 hours. You get multiple of-fers. You’re getting more than the ask-ing price. When they’re on the market 30 days, that seems like forever.”

Not every Buckhead home sells instantly. Ask Art Picken. He moved into his Buckhead home in 1993. He extensively remodeled it, doing much of the work himself. He says never expected to leave. “I never wanted to sell it,” he said. “I think it’s perfect. When I’m 80 and can’t drive, I can walk to everything.” But he re-married and moved to the suburbs with his wife, so he put it on the market in early June.

Fiata, who’s represent-ing Picken, said potential

buyers seem to have been put off by con-struction across the street and the prox-imity of nearby apartments. “People [say they] want to live in a city, but have trouble living next door to an apartment house,” she said.

So Picken has dropped his price to $475,000. Fiata is hop-ing to attract interest from investors who could rent it to families looking for a house zoned so their kids could attend Sarah Smith Elementary School.

She says she’s sure the

house eventually will find a buyer. “It’s hard to get anything for less

than $500,000 these days, especially right here in the heart of the Buckhead market,” she said.

Just do the math.

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town, can Aunt Bella make it? “Aunt who?” you ask. That would be former University of Georgia professor and now restaurateur, Dr. Kim Grady’s aunt, the woman who helped raise her and gave her the inspiration for Bella’s Best Or-ganic Gourmet, a newly opened bakery restaurant tucked among the boutiques, art galleries and antique shops on Ben-nett Street in south Buckhead.

As Kim tells the story, while working on her doctoral dissertation, she would bake nightly to relax. The next day she would bring her baked goods to class. Kim’s students were the first to urge her to consider going into the baking busi-ness.

Kim reconnected with her childhood friend, now husband, Ray Grady, sever-al years ago. Ray, a big, soft-spoken man, and Kim’s number one fan, likes to tell of the first time he sampled Kim’s baked goods. He says, “The first time I tasted (it), I cussed… It was that good.” You can tell that Ray doesn’t cuss very often.

Kim and Ray began selling their all-organic vegetarian baked goods and oth-er goodies at local farmer’s markets in Sandy Springs, Emory and Tucker. Even now, with the demands of their new res-taurant, they still have a stall at each market.

It was a reader who suggested that I visit Bella’s Best. They had been open just a month and a day when I stopped in with two friends for lunch. It’s a space with lots of potential and is clearly a work in progress. Ray was behind the baked goods counter. Save for him and Kim in the kitchen, we were the only

others in the place. In addition to the sweet baked goods,

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Strucla is Kim’s pièce de résistance. Originally made by her Aunt Bella as a treat at Christmas time, this pastry has its roots in Polish baking. The dough has cream cheese in it but remains light with a firm, chewy texture. Kim fills each pas-try with a variety of homemade organic fruit preserves and vegetables. The por-tabella strucla was excellent and with a side salad, would make the perfect lunch for those well-heeled shoppers who fre-quent Bennett Street. On other days a tomato basil strucla and a spinach arti-choke strucla are in the offerings.

The stuffed red pepper was filled with cooked grains, red onion, corn and peas. It was the perfect doneness with all of the veggies still having a brightness and toothsome crunch.

The spinach quiche and the vegeta-ble pie were also quite good. Kim uses the same dough for these as she does her strucla. The lack of a side or garnish makes it feel like you’re dining in a bak-ery more than a restaurant. Kim later ex-plained that when their traffic picks up she will have the ability to include more garnishes and sides, but for now, she tries to limit her perishables. All of her baked products are made fresh each day.

For dessert, we tried Kim’s signature strucla, a “classic” apricot. As Ray ex-plains, “It has apricots, walnuts, golden

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raisins, coconut and some hmmm, hmmm, hmmm.” It was gooey and not too sweet. We also tried a fig strucla, a ginger cookie and the pecan shortbread. All were very good with the ginger cookie packing a spicy punch.

Kim emerged from the kitchen to inquire how we liked our lunch. It’s clear that she and Ray have big plans for this restaurant even talking of eventually opening a kid’s baking school and a meals-to-go sec-tion. It’s also clear that those plans are firmly rooted in values that honor family and community.

Making it in the restaurant business is tough. Kim and Ray have already fielded offers to sell their products through grocery chains and other restaurants, but have resisted, fearful that they would not be able to maintain the quality and high standards that are the bedrocks of

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A stuffed red pepper, right, and far right, a spinach quiche, are

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Savor, the new farm-to-table restaurant at the Westin Atlan-ta Perimeter North, is now open, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. 7 Concourse Parkway.

Chef Gerry Klaskala has announced he will open Atlas, a new dinner-only restaurant, inside The St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead. Featuring American cuisine with the freshest local ingredients, Atlas will open in late fall 2014. 88 West Paces Ferry Road, atlasrestaurant.com.

New Buckhead restaurant Smokebelly features a menu of “chef crafted barbecue” inspired by different regions. The restau-rant also offers craft beer and cocktails. 128 East Andrews Ave., smokebellybbq.com.

Katana is set to open in Octo-ber in Buckhead. This new restau-rant from Mali Hu will feature a sushi bar and teppanyaki, which means food cooked on iron grid-dles. 3345 Lenox Road.

Party in the Kitchen to ben-efit Open Hand, the nonprof-it that delivers meals to critically and chronically ill people, will be held Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at King Plow Arts Center. Led by some of Atlanta’s best chefs, including co-chairs Gerry Klaskala and Kevin Rathbun, the event will showcase their signature cuisine. Cocktails, music, and live and silent auctions will also be part of the evening. Some of the other chefs representing their restaurants at the event will include Chris Hall of Local Three, Lisa and Fuyuhiko Ito of Umi, Craig Richards of St. Cecilia, Brent Banda of La Tavola Trattoria, Ted Lahey of Table & Main, Shaun Doty of Bantam + Biddy, Jeff Varasano of Varasano’s Pizza and Gary Donlick of Bis-tro Niko. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit partyinthekitchen.org.

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It’s the most important meal of the day, and if you throw a little champagne in your O.J., it’s the most fun, too. So, why skimp? Put down the microwavable oatmeal and instant coffee, and check out the best places to go for breakfast or brunch, recom-mended by Yelpers, almost any time of the day.

DunwoodyAlon’s - www.yelp.com/biz/alons-bakery-and-market-atlantaBrunch is served Saturdays and Sundays un-til 3 p.m. Try the uncomplicated All-American eggs and grits plate or Alon’s “hometown clas-sic,” Shakshuka; poached eggs with Moroccan lamb sausage.4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, 30346

Goldbergs Bagel Company - www.yelp.com/biz/goldbergs-bagel-company-and-deli-atlan-ta-3 Twenty-five bagel choices and 10 cream cheese spreads. Goldbergs serves breakfast all day. They also have eggs, breakfast meats and a large selec-tion of both savory and sweet items. 4520 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody, 30338

Buckhead Buttermilk Kitchen - www.yelp.com/biz/buttermilk-kitchen-atlantaUsing local, organic and seasonal items makes Yelpers happy, as well as the all-day breakfast Tuesday-Friday and weekend brunch. The kitchen is also 100 percent pea-

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Cafe Jonah - www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-jonah-and-the-magical-attic-atlantaA sister restaurant of Souper Jenny – Cafe Jo-nah offers “Fresh food, coffee and inspiration,” and gives back to local charities. Yelpers love their quiches, but do note that the menu chang-es weekly.3188 Paces Ferry Place, Atlanta, 30305

Joy Cafe - www.yelp.com/biz/joy-cafe-atlantaFor brunch on the weekends, go for the steak and egg tacos for a bit of “heaven on earth.” Also, try mojo-marinated steak with “the best, fluffiest eggs.” Plus, all of their pastries are made from scratch.316 Pharr Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305

BrookhavenBrookhaven Bistro - www.yelp.com/biz/brookhaven-bistro-brookhavenYelpers love their great-priced healthy options like vegetarian sausage, turkey bacon, and the free-range eggs from Cartersville. Plus, they offer organic tea and coffee, wheatgrass juice shots and smoothies.4274 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319

Haven - www.yelp.com/biz/haven-atlantaSunday Brunch options include roast-ed Scottish salmon with feta and Kalama-ta olives, French toast with stewed apples, and their homemade granola bar. Check out the outdoor seating and beignets.1441 Dresden Dr., NE, Brookhaven, 30319

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Meehan’s Full Irish Breakfast - www.yelp.com/biz/meehans-public-house-atlanta The Traditional Irish Breakfast is available all day and includes real Irish rashers, bangers, eggs, tomato, mushrooms, onions, Irish soda bread and baked beans.227 Sandy Springs Place, NE, Sandy Springs, 30328

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Recent Holy Innocents’ graduate Amber Abernathy is working to stop vi-olence in her community.

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The nonprofit plans to launch its program during the Buckhead Busi-ness Association’s annual “Taste of Buckhead” event at the Buckhead Theatre on Sept. 18. Part of the proceeds from a fundraising auc-tion during the event will bene-fit Buckhead Heritage and the in-terpretative program, the nonprofit says.

“We still have some questions we need to figure out over the next few months,” she said, “but we wanted to give people a peek at what we’re do-ing.”

Work on some of the installations could start as early as 2015, but “this is long range,” Danylchak said. “You’re not going to see all these concepts pop up over a year. It’s probably a five-year program.”

The proposal to present Buckhead history in new ways grew from Liv-able Buckhead’s planning to increase park space in the eastern portion of the community. The history survey covers areas from the city line on the north and east to I-75 and I-85 to the south, and the Chattahoochee River to the west.

The storylines the group has de-veloped, Danylchak said, show “how Buckhead has changed and evolved over time.”

The goal, she said, is “to bring our history to a broad audience, to bring an awareness and appreciation for the historic resources we have left in the community and the rich stories that are part of the fabric of the commu-nity.”

The program is intended to in-terest both Buckhead residents and tourists. “It’s for people who are here in the community,” Danylchak said. “When I travel, I go to places where I can get a sense of place. What’s their story? [Tourists] come for the wonderful shopping and the won-

derful dining, but there’s more here, too. We want to make sure people know that.”

The storylines the steering com-mittee has identified cover: Buck-

head’s early years; the Civil War and War of 1812; African-American his-tory in the area; “unsavory” sto-ries such as the area’s history as a lo-cation for moonshining; and the area’s development and growth in the late 20th century from a sub-urb to a residential and commer-cial center. The group has identi-fied several dozen separate sites to highlight.

Individual sites could be connected through walking tours of the commu-nity. “As Buckhead gets more pedestri-an friendly, people can walk from one station to the next,” Danylchak said. “Once we got the stories we wanted to tell, we started plotting them on a map.”

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RAPE 1700 block of Northside Drive NW — A

rape was reported during the morning of Aug. 10. A woman said her roommate raped her.

ROBBERY 2100 block of Bolton Road NW — A rob-

bery of an automobile was reported during the day on Aug. 14, after a man opened the front passenger door of a car stopped in traf-� c and demanded the driver get out. “� is is my car! Get out,” the man said and the driv-er complied.

2100 block of Peachtree Road — A rob-bery by three men with semi-automatic guns was reported during the morning of Aug. 10 at a restaurant. � e men approached from the bushes and ordered employees who were outside not to move. One man stood behind the garbage receptor door, while a second pulled the unlocked door open and a third ran inside and knocked on the manager’s door. When the manager opened the door, a man struck the manager with the butt of the gun and took money from the safe.

3300 block of Peachtree Road NE—A pe-destrian robbery was reported during the evening Aug. 11, after a man noticed he was being followed by another man who snatched his laptop bag, which contained a black IBM computer and an iPod.

3200 block of Shadowlawn NE—A carjacking was reported dur-ing the morning Aug. 14, when vic-tims walking back to their car noticed two men parked in a Dodge Charger on the other side of the road. “Hey let me talk to you,” one man from the Charger called, and when the victims continued walking, both men walked up to them with guns and yelled, “Give me everything out of your pocket.”

1900 block of Piedmont Circle NE—A pedestrian strong arm robbery was report-ed during the evening Aug. 14. A man and a woman knocked on the door where they used to live at a residential hotel and asked for help and $20. When the resident agreed to help them, the man attacked him.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3700 block of Roswell Road NE—An ag-

gravated assault was reported during the morning on Aug. 10, after several men were involved in a � st � ght outside a bar. One man was tackled, tripped over a curb and broke his ankle, while a woman said she was struck in the face intervening. � e victims did not wish to press charges and no suspects remained when police arrived.

BURGLARY 3300 block of Roxboro Road NE—A resi-

dential burglary was reported after a wooden garage door was damaged and a wash room door was kicked in. A washer and dryer were taken along with several bottles of Clorox, detergent and Downy. � e burglar did not try to enter the main living area.

2300 block of Parkland Drive NE—A residential burglary of an apartment was reported during the day Aug. 12. Puncture and pry marks were left on a deadbolt, and a PlayStation 4, Dell laptop, 12 pairs of gym shoes, an iPad2 and Jimenez

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2500 block of Piedmont Road—A residential burglary was reported during the evening of Aug. 13, after an unlocked door allowed a burglar to enter an occupied apartment and take a briefcase containing a passport and personal checks. � e resident heard someone in the kitchen area and when

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800 block of Amsterdam Avenue—A bur-glary of a duplex was reported during the day Aug. 12, after drawers were rum-maged and left open. No forced en-try was apparent, but a spare key was left under the mat. Between three victims, two checkbooks, expired credit cards and $100 were taken.

1200 block of Collier Road NW—A commercial burglary was reported dur-ing the day Aug. 10, after an o� cer heard the alarm going o� at a busi-ness and saw damage to the back door. � e store manager arrived and said the back door was not the way he left it when he left the location.

3300 Piedmont Road—A com-mercial burglary was reported during the morning Aug. 11, when a person heard noises coming from the rear door and saw a man trying to open the door. Police saw the man had bolt cutters in his hands when they arrived, but a security o� cer called the store supervisor who said the man with bolt cutters was likely a locksmith because the location had problems with its rear door.

LARCENY FROM VEHICLE 3200 block of Northside Parkway—� eft

from a vehicle was reported during the eve-ning Aug. 15, after a driver side door lock/handle was popped and a laptop case with a Dell laptop was taken.

1100 block of West Paces Ferry Road—� eft from a vehicle parked outside a resi-dence was reported Aug. 11. Hand tools, a hammer drill, routers, a tool box and two 4-inch grinders were taken from the vehicle.

1200 block of West Paces Ferry Road—� eft from a vehicle parked at a restaurant was reported during the day Aug. 12, when the driver side door handle was pried open and an IBM laptop, an iPad, wallet, Social Security card and two business credit cards were taken.

2000 block of Marietta Boulevard—� eft from a vehicle was reported Aug. 11 when a woman reported the tailgate of her Dodge

pick-up truck was missing.

1000 block of Hu� Road—� eft of a Ken-wood radio from a vehicle was reported Aug. 14 from outside a group of apartments.

2000 block of Bolton Road—� eft of a Glock 23 semi-automatic handgun from a ve-hicle was reported during the morning Aug. 15. � e passenger side window was broken.

1100 block of Collier Road—� eft of items from a vehicle was re-

ported Aug. 11. � e left rear window was busted and a Dell laptop inside

a bag was taken.

1800 block of Harper Street—� eft of items from a ve-hicle was reported after a rear pas-

senger side window was broken. A J Crew purse containing credit/deb-

it cards, gift cards and a pair of sunglasses was taken from the front seat.

1700 block of Howell Mill Road—� eft of items from a vehicle was reported Aug. 14, when the passenger side door lock of a car parked at a grocery store was damaged and two MacBook Pro laptops, headphones, two external hard drives and � ash drives were taken.

2800 block of Northside Drive—� eft of items from a vehicle at a middle school was reported. A window was left rolled down and a purse containing house and car keys was taken. Additional items in the purse in-cluded a drivers license, $20 and debit cards.

300 block of Woodward Way—� eft of a briefcase from a vehicle was reported Aug. 14, after a rear window was broken.

2800 block of North Fulton Drive—� eft of items from a vehicle parked outside a school was reported Aug. 12. � e driver’s side win-dow was broken and a Coach purse, contain-ing a wallet, Chinese painting, license, $40 in U.S. currency and 150 Euros, credit/debit cards and a checkbook, was taken.

300 block of Pharr Road—� eft of items from a vehicle was reported during the eve-ning Aug. 12, when the back right passenger window was broken and an iPad, two Social Security cards, two IDs and $130 in U.S. currency was taken.

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Th e proper-ty, which contains several buildings, could be used for variety of things, she said, ranging from an urban farm to an education center.

Th e nature pre-serve announced the purchase Aug. 27. Th e city of At-lanta bought the property for about $600,000, Jones said, as part of a pro-gram to develop a 2-mile-long trail

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We will pick up appliances, furniture, tree limbs, construction debris, basement and foreclosure clean-outs.

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ADVANTAGE PAINTINGNorth Georgia Lawn Care

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WINDOWS & SIDINGOffering vinyl, wood and composite windows – All types of siding. Factory-trained installation. Family-owned, Family-priced. Angie’s List ‘A’ Rated. BBB ‘A+’. 33 Years In Business. Quinn Windows & Siding. 770-939-5634.

POLICE DEPARTMENT LOST & FOUND PROPERTY

Sandy Springs Police Department – is seeking owners for Lost and Found Property. These property items are not for sale. To view the property items list, visit the Sandy Springs Police Department website at www.sandyspringspolice.org To claim property, you must have valid identifi cation and proof of ownership.

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HELP WANTED

An affordable Caregiver/CNA – will care for you or your loved ones in their homes. Please contact 573-301-4243 for more information.

Driveways & Walkways – Replaced or repaired. Masonry, grading, foundations repaired, waterproofi ng and retaining walls. Call Joe Sullivan 770-616-0576.

Matthew’s Handy Services – small jobs and chores are my specialty. Member of the Better Business Bureau. Shelving/organizers, towel bars, carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing & minor yard work. Call 404-547-2079 or email [email protected].

SERVICES AVAILABLE

CLEANING SERVICESAround the Clock Cleaning Services – Residential, Commercial, Insured and Bonded. Saving you time! Free estimates 404-247-2816 – Shanta.

Love to clean houses! – Call 678-221-7716. Great prices.

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ANTIQUES WANTEDBronze, Marble Sculpture, Sterling, Paintings, Art Glass – Honest & Reliable. Lucien 404-719-3559

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CEMETERY PLOTSArlington Cemetery – Companion Crypt in Sunrise Mausoleum: crypt 20 level D, includes interment for two, casket wrap and use of Sunrise Chapel. Current value $20,885. Will sell for $12,000. Call Jim at 770-396-5451.

Arlington Memorial Park – 2 adjoining spaces in Lot 14-D, Pinecrest section. Lake view. Current retail $8995 each. Asking $2995 each. Call David at 281-485-3548.

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Schiff Realty Partners Office: 404.531.5700Direct: 404.531.3254

[email protected]

www.SchiffRealtyPartners.com

Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta200 Glenridge Point Parkway, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30342

©2014 SRP. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Each office is independently owned & operated. Michael & Leigh Schiff

IMAGINE THE DREAMWe’ll take you there

There is no better time to sell.

Our most recent listings have sold on average in less than 5 days for 102% of List Price. Take advantage of this hot market! Contact us for a free valuation of your home, or to be the first to know about our upcoming listings before they hit the market. 404-531-3254 or [email protected]

PENDING SALE! Open floor plan in Brookhaven offers great natural light throughout. Excellent location-close prox. to Dresden shops/dining. Lots of upgrades! Listed for $500,000

SOLD! Masterpiece home in Brookhaven/Lyn-wood Park - Exquisite finishes with superior details throughout; unbelievable backyard with terrace level and putting green. Unparalleled to all else in the neighborhood. SOLD for $750,000

JUST LISTED & ALREADY PENDING SALE! Fabulous Buckhead home located on a charming Intown street. Professionally updated throughout. Listed for $500,000

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