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Newspaper Page Text
Inside
Runoff winner
Bauman defeats Stoj
in municipal runoff
COMMUNITY 3
City Walk street
Buyer of troubled site
concerned with grid plan
COMMUNITY 5
More feng shui
All our columnist wants for
Christmas this year is less
COAAMENTARY 8
Standout
student
Galloway senior is
talented in many sports
EDUCATION 25
Schools lobby
Parents group pushes bill
to allow new school systems
EDUCATION 26
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Hark, the angels
PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER
Playing the angel Gabriel in St. John United Methodist Church’s live Nativity, Mark Flom tells the
Christmas story with angels, from left, Mae Margaret Price, Carolyn Sweeti and Olivia Sullivan.
Council buys property
for city center, new park
By DAN WHOM?
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
City Council approved $2 million worth of property acquisi
tions during its last regular meeting.
City Council on Dec. 3 voted to buy the Psycho Tattoo proper
ty at 6214 Roswell Road, owned by local businessman Bob Brown,
as part of its downtown revitalization project. The council also ap
proved the purchase of 21.74 acres along Old Riverside Drive from
Fulton County for $1.5 million for future use as a park.
City Council voted to approve purchasing the Psycho Tattoo
property for $450,000 and to buy out the lease of the current ten
ant for $32,000. While Psycho Tattoo is the business most com
monly associated with the building, and it’s referred to by that
name in city documents, for the past 10 months the tenant has
been another tattoo shop doing business under a different name,
according to City Councilman Gabriel Sterling.
Brown ran for mayor this year but was defeated by Mayor-elect
Rusty Paul in his bid to replace outgoing Mayor Eva Galambos.
The property is among several parcels the city is purchasing as part
of its downtown revitalization project. City officials in 2008 pur
chased the old Target property for $8 million and will build its city
center on the surrounding acreage.
SEE STORY, PAGE XX
Zoning case delay angers
school’s neighbors
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
The Art Institute of Atlanta received a zoning violation cita
tion for its student housing complex on Barfield Road in 2012
but has yet to make a court appearance, residents of the Autumn
Chace neighborhood complain.
Autumn Chace Homeowners Association President Liz Gray
said the student housing violates the city’s zoning code and the
complex has been a perpetual nuisance. Residents were livid
when they learned the case had been delayed yet again, this time
to February 2014.
“How could it possibly take over a year to conduct this hear
ing?” Gray asked in an Oct. 29 letter to the city. “This seems
outrageous, illogical, inefficient and unnecessary.”
The Art Institute says it takes concerns about student behav
ior seriously and is working to be a good neighbor to Autumn
Chace and the city.
City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said city officials can’t dis
cuss the case. “The Hub was issued a notice of violation by code
enforcement and a court date set,” Kraun said. “The court date
was changed to Feb. 7 at the request of the attorney representing
The Hub. As this is a legal case, there isn’t much we can discuss.”
SEE STORY, PAGE XX
