FEBRUARY 2021 • VOL. 12 — NO. 2
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Volunteers aid parks and
arts in ‘Day of Service’
PHIL MOSIER
Elijah Nicpon, left, and Esha Bhat join volunteers painting a mural design on a
courtyard path at the Spruill Center for the Arts during the city’s Jan. 18 “Day of
Service” to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See story and more photos, p. 15.
Council expresses
skepticism about
hotel-to-apartments plan
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
The Dunwoody City Council met with
skepticism a reworked development plan
for 84 Perimeter Center East.
The property is situated at the corner
of Ashford-Dunwoody Road and Perime
ter Center East on about 2.86 acres. The de
velopment, which was first approved as a
12-story hotel by the council back in 2019,
is now being submitted as an age-restrict
ed, multi-family apartment complex.
Plans for the hotel were scrapped due
to the effect the pandemic has had on the
hospitality industry. Councilmembers
said at their Jan. 11 meeting that plans for
See COUNCIL on page 23
Design
work begins
on new
Chamblee-
Dunwoody
Road bridge
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
The city has begun designing a new
and improved Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
Bridge over 1-285 in conjunction with
the Georgia Department of Transporta
tion’s plan to add toll lanes along the high
way in coming years. But it remains to be
seen how the design will match two other
bridges - and who will pay for which parts
of the bridge.
The City Council discussed the plans in
a Jan. 25 meeting for the future of a bridge
that acts as a southern gateway into the
city’s Georgetown neighborhood. The con
versation focused on the bridge’s design
and how much the enhancements would
cost the city.
GDOT’s toll lane project, which is in
tended to help with traffic congestion,
would widen highways, adding toll lanes
along the top end of 1-285 and on Ga. 400
between Sandy Springs and Alpharetta.
The expansion has been immensely con
troversial due to the possible demolition
of residential properties and the addition
of highway entrances onto local streets.
While the toll project is expected to
take years - some segments are project
ed to be finished as late as 2032 - Public
Works Director Michael Smith said GDOT
expects a plan for bridge enhancements
much sooner.
See DESIGN on page 23
