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Atlanta Intown Reporter Newspapers Georgia Voice RoughDraft A RoughDraft Publication I I ■ Aik^MiPieica* A RoughDraft Pubkadon W QtlSfltS. Editorial Cathy Cobbs Managing Editor, Reporter Newspapers Collin Kelley Executive Editor Beth McKibben Editor-in-Chief Sr. Editor Foods Dining Sammie Purcell Associate Editor Staff Writers Katie Burkholder, Bob Pepalis, Logan C. Ritchie, SarraSedghi Contributors Isadora Pennington Published By Rough Draft Atlanta Keith Pepper Publisher keith@roughdraftatlanta.com Neal Maziar Chief Revenue Officer neal@roughdraftatlanta.com Rico Figliolini Creative Director Steve Levene Founder Circulation 63,000 copies of Reporter Newspapers are delivered to homes in ZIP codes 30084,30305,30319,30326,30327,30328, 30338,30342 and 30350 and to businesses/retail locations. To subscribe to home delivery, ($125 / year) emaildelivery@iroughdraftatlanta.com Advertising For information sales@roughdraftatlanta.com Deborah Davis Account Manager | Sales Operations deborah@roughdraftatlanta.com Jeff Kremer Sr. Account Manager jeff@roughdraftatlanta.com Suzanne Purcell Sr. Account Manager suzanne@roughdraftatlanta.com Operations Savannah Pierce savannah@roughdraftatlanta.com RoughDraftAtlanta.com INSTAGRAM.COM/ FACEBOOK.COM/ BSKY.APP/ ROUGHDRAFTATL ROUGHDRAFTATL Ww ROUGHDRAFTATLANTA.COM SCANTOSUBSCRIBETO ROUGH DRAFTORTEXT DRAFTTO 66866 CONTENTS MAY 2025 EDITOR’S NOTE 6 COVERSTORY Mix it up in May 8 BUCKHEAD Georgia State Patrol Post 10 Landmark Purchase 11 BROOKHAVEN Corporate Square Rezoning 12 WalkwithaDoc 12 New Government Building 13 DUNWOODY Shops of Dunwoody Sold 14 Raffensperger at Chamber 14 SANDY SPRINGS PAC ArtsLineupRevealed 16 Sandy Springs Candidates 17 TUCKER Wei I root 18 Lerner Running for Mayor 19 DINING Doraville MARTA Guide 20 Shruti Doctor Carrot Cake Recipe 21 EDUCATION SSEF Volunteers Honored 22 REALESTATE Amsterdam Walk 23 Council Funds the Stitch 23 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Delta Flight Museum 24 ABOUTTHECOVER Figgy the llama offers grief support at the Alpaca Treehouse in the Bamboo Forest. Story on page 8. (Photo by Cathy Cobbs) Honored as a newspaper of General Excellence ©2025 with all rights reserved Publisher reserves the right to refuse editorial or advertising for any reason. Publisher assumes no responsibility for information contained in advertising. Any opinions expressed in print or online do not necessarily represent the views of Rough Draft Atlanta. MAY 2025 | 3 ROUGHDRAFT.NEWS