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ROUGHDRAFT.NEWS OCTOBER 2025 | 3 be a he het- X A 1 --. atwfe % C 204% Lad -:% fbit AI- = . 1 E CONTENTS 10 ITACHI 30 Atlanta Intown A RoughDraft Publication Editorial Cathy Cobbs Managing Editor, Reporter Newspapers Collin Kelley Executive Editor Beth McKibben Editor-In-Chief Sr. Editor Food & Dining Sammie Purcell Associate Editor Staff Writers Katie Burkholder, Bob Pepalis, Logan C. Ritchie, Sarra Sedghi Contributors Ty Tagami, Charles Hayslett Reporter Newspapers Georgia Voice RoughDraft • • • A RoughDraftuoicanon - A RoughDraft Publication Y atlanta Published By Rough Draft Staff 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 I year) email delivery@roughdraftatlanta.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 OCTOBER 2025 EDITOR’S NOTE 6 BROOKHAVEN Citizen Survey 8 Pool Report 8 International Festival 9 DUNWOODY Senior Housing Denied 10 Candidate Forum 10 New Bookstore 11 SANDY SPRINGS NYO Campaign 12 PCID on Trails 13 BUCKHEAD State of the Beltline 14 PATH400 14 BOOK FESTIVAL OF THE MJCCA Local Literati 16 Author Lineup 18 John Grisham 20 Cooking Corner 21 TUCKER Police Study 23 Pickleball Pause 24 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Atlanta Opera Films 26 Legends and Lores 26 DINING Restaurant Openings 27 Best Dishes 28 EDUCATION APS Hearings 29 Fulton Grad Rates 29 AROUND ATLANTA Community Gardens 30 Doraville Demo 30 Georgia Business Rank 31 Widening Divide 32 ABOUT THE COVER Author John Grisham will open the Book Festival of the MJCCA on Oct. 22. Photo by Chris Gunn. RoughDraft.News INSTAGRAM.COM/ FACEBOOK.COM/ BSKY.APP/ ROUGHDRAFTATL &P ROUGHDRAFTATL ROUGHDRAFTATLANTA.COM SCAN TO SUBSCRIBETO ROUGH DRAFTOR TEXT DRAFT TO 66866 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 Staff.
