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reporternewspapers.net DECEMBER 2019 • VOL. 13 — NO. 1 Buckhead Reporter Atlanta 1996 Olympic Park bombing investigation: Remembering dark days ps COMMUNITY Historic American Legion building renovated P2 COMMUNITY Ryan Gravel Designer of the Atlanta BeltLine A public challenge: reimagine 1-285 P6 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT ‘A Tuna Christmas’ continues theater partnership LIVE 4^ Podcast Check out our podcasts and Facebook Live Streams Buckhead Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIPs 30305,30327 and 30342 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net St# liuxied VO ‘eojuo|A| aivd e6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod Tax break; by new nei task force BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reportemewspapers.net JOHN RUCH Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen talks about the district’s progress and the impacts of tax breaks on revenue and equity at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Northwest Community Alliance at Northside Church of God. BCID NEWS ROUND-UP | More inside ► ‘Revolutionary’ shuttle service is delayed by liability question BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net An on-demand shuttle van service that was to debut in central Buckhead in January has been delayed - and possibly endangered - by legal liability questions. The service, involving four free-roaming vans hailed on Uber-style cellphone apps, would be operated by a company called Via in a contract with the Buckhead Communi ty Improvement District. It is intended to re place the current fixed-route “hue” shuttle bus service. The Via program was approved by the BCID board earlier this year, with one member praising it as a “revolutionary” ser vice that could be imitated metro-wide. But in contract negotiations, the BCID See REVOLUTIONARY on page 28 Commercial tax breaks and dis counts are the target of a new “task force” within the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods, which says such deals are shifting the tax burden to homeowners and putting a drag on the school system budget. The Taxes/TADs Task Force came from a team-up suggestion from Atlanta Public Schools Super intendent Meria Carstarphen, who blasted tax breaks on luxury rede velopments at the Oct. 10 BCN meet ing. She repeated the theme at a Nov. 20 meeting of the Northwest Community Alliance, where she re sponded positively when told about the BCN task force. “Good for them,” she said. “They seem to be thoughtful. Maybe some thing good can come out of it. [Or] at least some better understanding.” See TAX on page 30
