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MARCH 2021 • VOL. 12 — NO. 3
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Dunwoody
Reporter
COMMENTARY
Lessons
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Skateboarders hang out near one of the Black History Month murals displayed
in February at Brook Run Park as part of a city-commissioned installation.
Apartment project gets
$/M tax break, but no
council approval
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
A proposed development including
apartments for seniors received a $7 mil
lion tax break from the Dunwoody Develop
ment Authority, but the City Council balked
at making a decision on zoning because of
concerns age restriction would not stick.
The property at 84 Perimeter Center East,
which sits at the corner of Ashford-Dun-
woody Road and Perimeter Center East, was
originally approved as a 12-story hotel by
the council in 2019, but has been revamped
in light of the coronavirus pandemic’s effect
on the hospitality industry.
The new proposed development would
have approximately 225 age-restricted, for-
rent housing units and about 43,000 square
See APARTMENT on page 29
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
Brook Run Park is home to a display of
a variety of temporary murals centered
around Black and women’s history commis
sioned by the city for $13,000.
A rotating band of regional art will be
on display at the skate facility in the park at
4770 Peachtree Road. Seven Black History
Month murals were on display in February
and eight Women’s History Month murals
will be on display throughout March.
“Because of COVID, we’ve been trying
to find new ways to get people active in the
parks and showcase the diversity we have
in the community,” said Brent Walker, di
rector of the city Parks and Recreation De
partment. “We want to support Black Histo
ry Month and Women’s History Month as a
See CITY on page 30
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