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The Branches neighborhood takes
in portions of both Sandy Springs and
Dunwoody. For a larger version of this
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where all the streets seem
to bear the same name.
Winding Branch Road
intersects with Wind
ing Branch Lane and then
with Winding Branch Cir
cle. Twin Branches Way
leads to Hidden Branches
Drive and then to Hunters
Branch Drive.
“People get lost all the
time trying to go through
from one side to another,”
said Bill Grossman, who’s
lived in The Branches since
1989. “I don’t know how
many times I’ve given di
rections.”
Grossman, past presi
dent and current secretary
of the Dunwoody Home-
owners Association, and
others describe the neigh
borhood as the kind of
kid-centered community
where a family’s social life
can center on the commu
nity swim and tennis club.
“There are lots of so
cial events at the club,” said
Lori Middleton, who lives
on Trail Ridge Pass and
whose children have com
peted in community swim
ming and baseball pro
grams. “In summer, you
hang out by the pool.”
Middleton said she
found her house through
“sheer luck.” She grew up
in metro Atlanta, she said,
but her husband’s job took them abroad
for a while. They
lived in England
and when they re
turned to the metro
area eight years ago,
“there were not a
lot of houses on the
market,” she said. “I
would just drop the kids off at school
and I drive around looking for houses.”
Eventually, she found a house that
suited them and they moved in. The
Amy and Kevin Gorman
work in their yard in The
Branches subdivision in Sandy
Springs and Dunwoody.
community fit her family. People were
friendly and there was plenty to do. “It’s
a very active neigh
borhood,” she said.
“There’re a lot of
kids our kids’ ages.”
Kevin and Amy
Gorman, who live
at the corner of
Twin Branch Road
and Twin Branch Court, moved into
the neighborhood a dozen years ago.
They’ve become active in the local ele
mentary school, Woodland Elementa
ry, and say they have comfortably settled
into the local community.
“The thing we love about The
Branches is the way everybody helps ev
erybody,” Amy Gorman said as she took
a brief break from spring yardwork.
“Anything you need, you just have to
ask somebody.”
Residents say that as the houses in
The Branches reach their fourth and
fifth decades, the community is grow
ing younger. Young families are buying
houses from older residents whose chil
dren have grown up and moved on.
But not everyone is leaving. Middle-
ton said only three families have moved
onto her street since she found her house
eight years ago. And both Grossman and
Blad say they have no plans to leave.
“I always thought I would leave the
big house behind once my kids gradu
ated,” Blad said. “I’m not, because my
yard is like I want it.
“We plan to stay.”
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