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Newspaper Page TextAUGUST 2019 • VOL. 13 — NO. 8 reporternewspapers.net Buckhead Reporter Section Two ►A different legacy of Atlanta’s Olympics ►Edible landscapes ► Head for the Hills it*, D Spor ts ls legacy xi ’ • jSaci-JaSEs. / EDUCATION Horizons Atlanta marks 20 years of working with students P5 COMMENTARY Mayor Bottoms: City needs you to be counted in Census 2020 P10 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Buckhead soccer fan covers sports for CNN P20 Check out our podcasts Reporter at ReporterNewspapers.net Extra The Buckhead Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIPs 30305,30327 and 30342 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net St# uuxied VO ‘eojuoiAi aivd a6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod Groups disagree about self-driving shuttle at Lenox Square mall BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspaipers.net Two prominent Buckhead business groups are in disagreement about a pro posal to test a self-driving shuttle bus at Lenox Square mall, with one driving ahead and the other hitting the brakes on funding the minimum $88,000 cost. A startup company called Local Mo tors is seeking pitches from metro At lanta organizations to test its shuttle, dubbed the “Olli,” for a three-month trial run. The Buckhead Coalition has submit ted an entry and has MARTA on board to fund half of the cost. But the Buck- head Community Improvement District declined a request to pay $41,500, with board members questioning the point of paying a startup to demonstrate unprov en technology and its effect on an exist ing neighborhood shuttle system. “The Buckhead Coalition is not in a money-raising business, but will offer in-kind services and facilities, and will An Olli self-driving shuttle bus. ‘The Shops’ should cater to local shoppers, residents say; name change planned BY KEVIN C. MADIGAN A public meeting hosted by the new own ers of The Shops Buckhead Atlanta was held July 23 to garner input on the troubled re tail, office and housing complex, and what its future might look like. The “town hall” at the complex was attended by at least 200 lo cal residents, who voiced concerns on every thing from crime to parking to affordability. And The Shops eventually will be re named yet again, for the fifth time in its 12- year history, the new owner says. “We don’t want to go to stores that are more like museums to most of us,” one res ident said at the town hall. “You leave with See THE SHOPS’on page 14 welcome any other sponsors,” said Sam Massell, the Buckhead Coalition’s pres ident and former Atlanta mayor, in a written statement. “We think it’s benefi cial to be introduced to tomorrow’s mir acles, and still plan to pitch our proposal to the Olli manufacturers.” “I hate to be Debbie Downer, [but] I’m not going to get on this thing on a Saturday to go around Lenox Square,” said Thad Ellis of Cousins Properties, who chairs the BCID board, at its July 24 meeting. At that meeting, the shuttle proposal died for lack of a motion amid skeptical commentary. See GROUPS on page 16

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Buckhead reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2007-current, August 02, 2019, Image 1