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DeKalb Community, Edmund Park, Petitions for Atlanta Annexation, as South Fulton Petitions Still Being Processed

August 6, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Barbara Payne (APN) ATLANTA — Edmund Park, a community in a portion of the Morningside neighborhood located in unincorporated DeKalb County, has submitted a petition to the City of Atlanta, seeking to join the City, pursuant to the sixty percent annexation method under Georgia law. The City of Atlanta Municipal Clerk’s Office is still […]

Atlanta Southwest Annexation Petitions Submitted, Headed to Fulton Commission

May 2, 2015 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Attempts of south Fulton neighborhoods to annex into the City of Atlanta did not end with this year’s Legislative Session. Three communities in south Fulton–Loch Lomond, Sandtown, and Southoaks–have filed petitions with City, according to copies of the petitions obtained by Atlanta Progressive News through an open records […]

City of Atlanta Proposing Major Southwest Expansion to Legislature

March 9, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES 20 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta’s lobbyists at the Georgia Legislature last week circulated a map proposing a major expansion of the southwest quadrant of the city further to the west, through the annexation of a significant portion of unincorporated south Fulton County. While the City had been previously exploring annexation of the Sandtown and Loch Lomond communities, […]

City of Atlanta Pursuing Annexation of Druid Hills Neighborhood (UPDATE 3)

January 18, 2015 BARBARA PAYNE One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta is about to get a whole lot bigger, as the City is pursuing two annexation proposals. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the City is looking to annex part of unincorporated south Fulton County. In addition, the City is looking to annex part of the Druid Hills neighborhood in unincorporated northwest DeKalb […]

South Fulton Cityhood Referendum Passes Senate Committee, Heads to Senate Floor

March 17, 2014 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — House Bill 704, to create a referendum on the incorporation of the City of South Fulton, is moving along; and is expected to make the November 2014 ballot this year. On March 13, 2014, the bill passed the State Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee. Some amendments were added to the proposal that […]