(APN) CHAMBLEE — Tonight, Thursday, February 11, 2016, during a public hearing called for 6:30 p.m., the City of Chamblee City Council will be hearing public testimony on a resolution to express their support for a referendum on whether to annex a northern section of DeKalb County that was formerly part of the proposed City of LaVista Hills (LVH). […]
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(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — The November 2015 referendum vote over whether to create a new city in DeKalb County called LaVista Hills failed by a vote of 6,925 nays to 6,789 yeas, a difference of 136 votes. Early on Election Day, some voters in the proposed City of LaVista Hills did not see the cityhood referendum on their ballot […]
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(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — Last night, on Tuesday, November 03, 2015, DeKalb County voters bucked the trend toward cityhood in Metro Atlanta, by narrowly rejecting the proposal for a new city of LaVista Hills in the northwest part of DeKalb County. The proposed City of LaVista Hills lost by only 136 votes. The final vote count was 6,925 nays […]
Read moreTo access links, pls click on full post. Can Newfound Cities Keep Citizens’ Interest? Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/can-newfound-cities-keep-citizens-interest/nn72h/ MARTA Chair Says Agency Plans to Seek Part of Transportation Sales Tax for Expansion Reporter newspapers http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2015/10/26/marta-chair-says-agency-plans-to-seek-part-of-transportation-sales-tax-for-expansion/ Op-ed: Liane Levetan: Say No to LaVista Hills Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/say-no-to-lavista-hills/nn7K3/ The Race for Mayor Begins and Turner Field is Front […]
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(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — The battle of yard signs and opinions in the proposed city of LaVista Hills show a divided community with some residents supportive and others opposed. Boundary disputes have plagued the proposed LaVista Hills in the past. Now a new controversy swirls around the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute (CVI) feasibility study that found […]
Read moreClick on full post to access links. Atlanta Reaches Milestone 100 Million Square Feet in Better Buildings Challenge Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/atlanta-reaches-milestone-100-million-square-feet-in-better-buildings-challenge/ The Gwinnett Great Exchange on Transportation Thunderclap.it https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/28883-the-gwinnett-great-exchange Findings: Fulton Health Director Blocked CDC’s Offer of Help WABE http://wabe.org/post/findings-fulton-health-director-blocked-cdc-s-offer-help Stadium Deals Called “Nothing to Brag About” WABE http://wabe.org/post/atlanta-stadium-deals-called-nothing-brag-about Officials with DeKalb Cities Will Attend […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The cityhood efforts that would incorporate the proposed City of South DeKalb and City of Stonecrest, both in unincorporated DeKalb County, took huge steps forward recently. The groups submitted their signed proposed maps November 17, 2014 to the office of State Rep. Amy Carter (R-Valdosta), Chair of the Georgia State House Governmental Affairs Committee. They had […]
Read moreBy Gloria Tatum and Barbara Payne (APN) ATLANTA — It seems the prize of 23,000 North DeKalb County residents and the lucrative Northlake commercial district is still up for grabs. The cityhood effort that comprised the former proposed cities of Briarcliff and Lakeside, now merged as LaVista Hills, could not resolve the proposed boundary lines with the proposed city of […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On October 27, 2014, the Avondale Estates Board of Mayor and Commissioners had a Work Session on the annexation of Stratford Green Townhomes into the City. Stratford Green includes 154 townhomes and would be pursuing a 60%/60% annexation attempt, denoting that 60 percent of the residents and 60 percent of the resident electors in the area must […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor (APN) DEKALB COUNTY — Some pro-annexation and pro-cityhood advocates in south Fulton County are misleading citizens, who currently live in unincorporated areas, about their full range of options–saying that staying unincorporated is not an option–one south Fulton resident has told Atlanta Progressive News. A similar theme emerged at a recent pro-City […]
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