Dyana Bagby, Author at Reporter Newspapers

DeKalb County July 24 runoff sample ballots available

Posted by Dyana Bagby | Jul 16, 2018

DeKalb County voters can take a look at sample ballots online for the Democratic, Republican and nonpartisan races slated for the July 24 runoff election. Early voting is taking place through July 20. People can early vote Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, Ga., 30032. For Democratic voters in DeKalb, a runoff for the 6th Congressional District nomination is to be determined between Kevin Abel and Lucy McBath. The 6th Congressional District includes parts of Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Cobb County...

Developer seeks to rezone Brookhaven’s Ivy Place apartments for higher density

Posted by Dyana Bagby | Jul 12, 2018

A developer is seeking to rezone the approximately 15 acres on Clairmont Road where the Ivy Place Apartments are located so it can tear down several buildings and replace them with two new buildings and increase the number of available units. The apartment complex, at 3028 Clairmont Road, is just north of the intersection of Clairmont Road and I-85. The site is across from the Century Center office complex just over the Brookhaven border in Chamblee where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has an office building. The apartments are also close to Buford Highway, the planned Peachtree...

Zoning ordinance rewrite topic of Brookhaven mayor’s July 19 town hall

Posted by Dyana Bagby | Jul 12, 2018

Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst will hold a July 19 town hall meeting to go over the zoning ordinance rewrite with presentations by project managers and time to ask questions. The town hall is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Briarwood Recreation Center, 2235 Briarwood Way. A draft of the zoning rewrite occurred over the past several months by a steering committee appointed by the mayor and City Council that included residents and business owners. Some of the proposals in the draft include adding mixed-use districts, allowing for the building of cottages or bungalows, adding mixed-used districts and...

Ashton Woods appealing Brookhaven’s Boys & Girls property decision

Posted by Dyana Bagby | Jul 12, 2018

Ashton Woods, developer of a proposed townhome and single-home project at the former Boys & Girls Club property on Brookhaven’s North Druid Hills Road, is appealing the city’s recent Zoning Board of Appeals decision to deny variances for the project. The appeal was filed in May in DeKalb Superior Court. The developers say they cannot build the project approved in a rezoning request by the City Council without the...

Brookhaven releases list of $40M in proposed parks bond referendum projects

Posted by Dyana Bagby | Jul 11, 2018

Brookhaven city officials are recommending nearly $40 million in parks projects to be paid for by a proposed parks bond referendum. The City Council is set to vote July 24 on whether or not to put the referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot. The project list includes spending more than $10 million at Lynwood Park, which city officials say has “been neglected for decades,” and another nearly $7 million at Murphey Candler Park because it is the city’s largest and most used park, including the location for many recreational children’s sports leagues. The parks and their recommended totals to...