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DECEMBER 2020 • VOL. 11 — NO. 12 I reporternewspapers.net Dunwoody Reporter BY THE NUMBERS Mapping Biden’s win in local communities Holiday Events ps ROBIN’S NEST A thankful farewell to readers P13 WORTH KNOWING CAC leader’s legacy of helping others P20 The Dunwoody Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIP 30338 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net SL# uuxied VO ‘eojuo|A| aivd e6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod /PLAYCOURJ RETAINII FUTURE MODULAR CLASSROOMS LANDSCAPE^ EUFFER \ Sccmentar*chool FflOTGTYRSBl ILDING (3-STORY BUILDING) APPROX. 118.050 S.F. (59 IU TOTAL) 1 .& ACRE PLAYFIELD IRTYARD BUS ENTRANCE- RETAINING WALL Fornw/Shallowford Elenentnry Facility F;Q299 OCSO Pfenning Deparlrrenl 4/(6.7019 PARENT ENTRANCE SPECIAL A site plan of the new elementary school planned to be built on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. BY HOLLY R. PRICE City to help businesses operate outdoors in pandemic winter BY MATT BRUCE Winter is coming, and the city of Dun woody has authorized $150,000 in federal relief to help local businesses work outdoors in cold weather under the pandemic’s social distancing restrictions. The City Council on Nov. 9 approved the allotment as matching grant funding for the “A1 Fresco” program. PAID ADVERTISEMENT The initiative aims to help restaurants and other businesses move their warm- weather operations outdoors, a safety mea sure as COVID-19 spills into the winter sea son. As part of the grant program, the city will cover 50% of the costs for businesses to buy and install tents, space heaters and out door furniture, lighting and flooring. “We have been focused all summer on See CITY on page 16 While the announcement of a new el ementary school in Dunwoody is being welcomed by some residents and offi cials, they are also questioning the move when local middle and high schools re main overpopulated. The DeKalb County Board of Edu cation approved plans Nov. 9 to build a 950-student school on the former cam pus of Shallowford Elementary on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. The con struction timetable is not set, but the project is expected to be fast-tracked. Along with the opening of a larger Austin Elementary School on Roberts Drive earlier this year, the new site is ex pected to alleviate some overcrowding that has led the DeKalb County School See NEW on page 22
