DECEMBER 2020 • VOL. 11 — NO. 12
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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.
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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
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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
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