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Serving your community for 15 years www.southernoutdoorcd.com Is Now The Time ? At The Carlton, we make the transition easier. yard.” She wanted one of her own. So in 1995, she and her family moved into a home on Hunters Branch Drive. One recent weekend afternoon, she sat on her back porch in the early spring sun and looked out over the big back yard her family had filled with towering evergreens and with camellias that now flowered red or white. Out front, Lent en roses bloomed. She ticked off reasons she felt at home. “The location is perfect,” she said. Her husband’s office was only a mile away. Their church was nearby. Their children, now off at college, had gone to good neighborhood schools. “You find your place,” she said. “You luck out and find everything. You’re lucky.” The Branches isn’t a small place. Blad and other residents say the neigh borhood, which straddles the line be tween Dunwoody and Sandy Springs and DeKalb and Fulton counties, takes in something like 900 homes as it rolls from Mount Vernon Road to Spalding Drive and from nearly Chamblee Dun- woody to nearly Peachtree Dunwoody roads. About 700 homes are in the Dun woody portion of the neighborhood, with the remaining 200 on the Sandy Springs side, Blad said. Being in two different cities doesn’t seem to create political problems for the community. Residents are politically plugged in — Blad, for instance, is ac tive with the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods — and several said they rarely think about the division, except when school buses from two different districts drive through to drop off their charges. Most of the homes in the neigh borhood were built during the 1960s through the 1980s, residents say. The developers made The Branches into the sort of suburban neighborhood Is Mom having a tough time remembering your favorite kosher recipes, needing assistance with daily activities or becoming isolated from friends and family? It may be time to consider The Carlton Assisted Living and Memory Care. Our warm and inviting home has beautiful surroundings and decor that feel “just right”. New friends and an extended fami ly provide comfort and compassionate care for your loved one. 404.843.8857 690 Mt. Vernon Hwy. Sandy Springs Georgia 30328 Tochie Blad checks out her yard in The Branches subdivision. It was the big yard that attracted her to the neighborhood. In The Branches, residents say they’ve found their place By JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers. net Insignia Senior Living Tochie Blad knows what attracted her to The Branches. A big yard. “We already had friends — another young family — who were living here,” she said. “They invited us to a party and their backyard. I loved their big back- CONSTRUCTION LLC Before Construction After Construction Specializing in Construction, Renovation, Repair & Maintenance • Patios/Pool Decks • Pools & Spas • Outdoor Kitchens • Arbors • Brick & Stone • Chimneys/Fireplace • Decorative Concrete/Pavers • Decks • Driveways • Efflorescence Cleaning • Grading & Drainage • Historical Restorations • Masonry Maintenance Contracts • Retaining Walls • Stone Patio Restoration & Sealing • Stone/Tile Deck Waterproofing & Leak Repair WHERE YOU LIVE PHOTOS BY JOE EARLE 2 | MARCH22—APRIL4,2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net DUN
