Residents of the Decatur Terrace neighborhood have presented two annexation petitions to Decatur and Avondale Estates. The Decatur petition asks city commissioners to add the neighborhood, consisting of 147 properties, to Decatur’s annexation map. The ...
Avondale Estates officially has a new mayor. Four City Commissioners on Oct. 20 voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Ed Rieker, who announced Oct. 2 that he was resigning to take a university teaching ...
During the Oct. 15 Avondale Estates City Commission work session, representatives of property owners around Rio Circle gave commissioners two letters. One letter came from the Rio Circle petitioners. The other came from the DeKalb ...
This story has been updated. Avondale Estates City Commissioners faced another large, frustrated crowd during their Oct. 15 work session and decided to postpone voting on a resolution asking state Rep. Karla Drenner to file ...
A group working to create a Druid Hills Charter Cluster said it is pulling its petition, citing frustration with the DeKalb County Board of Education’s refusal to consider it. Today’s announcement will have a ripple ...
This story has been updated. Avondale Estates City Commissioners will be discussing an annexation petition from residents of Stratford Green Townhomes during a work session on Wednesday. If commissioners approve the annexation, it will bring ...
Parties behind the proposed cities of Lakeside and Briarcliff are getting antsy now that the city of Brookhaven has its eye on some choice commercial property east of I-85. Briarcliff and Lakeside, who have partnered ...
DeKalb Farmers Market owner Robert Blazer would rather stay in unincorporated DeKalb County, but if new cities form around him, he may not have a choice. Blazer recently said that he’d rather join a bigger ...
This story has been updated. Decatur City Commissioners will take another look at awarding a $25,000 contract for facilitating a conversation about compassion and diversity. Commissioners meet tonight and will consider awarding the contract to ...
Got questions about annexation in Avondale Estates? The city of Avondale Estates has answers. Today the city launched its annexation page. It includes a presentation from the Oct. 1 Work Session. To download that presentation, click ...