Buy Fruit to support the Dunwoody High School Band Program

Orange you glad it's time for the annual DHS Band Fruit Sale? Order boxes of oranges, tangelos, grapefruit and apples through band students or online at FRUITORDER.COM. Click on the "Order Now" button on the website and follow the instructions. DHS school ID is 698888. Place orders through November 8 for delivery to your door during the second week of December. Fruit ordered online may be shipped nationwide for holiday gifting. Thanks for supporting the DHS Band program!

Also, congratulations to the  DHS Marching Wildcats for their Superior performance at the DeKalb Marching Festival on Tuesday night. The Percussion, Auxiliary and Band scored Superior in all fields. Please congratulate these students for all their hard work and wish them luck at their next big competition on Oct. 30th at the Lafayette Marching Classic Competition. Go Marching Wildcats!

From what I've been told, Mr. Henderson, Band Director has done such a fantastic job,  more students want to be a part of the band program and now more instruments are needed!!! 

Dog Found near Winters Chapel & PTIB - looking for owner.

Hi John,
This adorable male Brindle Terrier mix dog showed up on our doorstep last Tuesday, October 13 with no collar or microchip. We posted signs around the neighboring subdivisions off Winters Chapel Road between Peeler Rd. and Peachtree Industrial Blvd., put postings on the internet and visited the closest vet but have not yet located the owner. Would it be possible for you to include it in your next blog? According to the vet, he’s about 1-2 years old. He was wearing a black harness. Please let me know if you need any additional info. Anyone with information can call my cell number below.
Thanks!

(678) 348-0234

Dunwoody sets up convention, visitors bureau

Bob Cottle, DCVB Member

By Tom Spigolon of the Dunwoody Neighbor

Dunwoody’s first convention and visitors bureau faces the challenge of telling the public about the city’s numerous lodging, dining and shopping opportunities, one of its members says. “With all the amenities we have, there are a lot of things we have to offer people,” said bureau member Bob Cottle, a longtime city resident.

Dunwoody City Council voted to establish the non-profit Convention and Visitors Bureau of Dunwoody Inc. last week. Its members will include three representing the city council; the general managers of the city’s three hotels; and one each representing the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, Perimeter Community Improvement District and the city’s restaurant/retail industry.

The council last week approved the appointment of two of its representatives — Cottle and Mallard Holliday. The final appointee will be recommended to the council at its Aug. 24 meeting, said Post 5 Councilman Danny Ross. The chamber named Bryan Tate as its representative. However, the Perimeter CID has yet to name someone, Ross said.

The inaugural meeting took place today (Thursday) during the day and I was unable to attend (that pesky day job thing) so if anyone was there to give a recap, please do. Thanks.

The DCVB Board Members as I know them are as follows...

Mallard Holliday - District One Rep
Michael Menis - District Two Rep
Bob Cottle - District Three Rep
Robert Woolridge - Marriott Hotel Rep
Craig Hillyard - Crown Plaza Hotel Rep
Brad Sturgeon - Embassy Suites Hotel Rep
Bryan Tate - Dunwoody Chamber Rep
Unknown - Restaurant Rep
Unknown - PCID Rep

Dunwoody Post Office closing hits the news.

Will our post office be moving? see video

Full Dunwoody Crier Article

The Dunwoody Post Office. Love it or hate it, but are we willing to say goodbye to it? According to a press release issued by the U.S. Postal Service, a hearing will be held on June 22 to “ brief the leaders and citizens of Dunwoody on USPS’ plan to relocate postal retail operations from the Dunwoody Branch to the Carrier Annex and dispose of the Dunwoody Branch property through a public sale.”

The Carrier Annex, located on North Shallowford Road south of Dunwoody Park Drive, is a sorting and storage facility, but does not function as a customer service location. If the consolidation takes place, it would be converted to such a use.

The briefing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Dunwoody City Council Chamber at 41 Perimeter Center East. “USPS representatives will present the various options the Postal Service is considering and outline the process and procedure,” the release said. “Questions and comments will be welcomed.”

Full Dunwoody Neighbor Article

The U.S. Postal Service has scheduled a June 22 “community briefing” on the proposed move of postal retail operations from the decades-old post office on Dunwoody Village Parkway to the agency’s Dunwoody carrier annex on Shallowford Road at Interstate 285.

Dunwoody Mayor Ken Wright said last week he did not favor the move for a variety of reasons, including inadequate access at the proposed new location and the loss of postal services from a central location.

“From my standpoint, I think it’s a terrible idea,” he said. “For the majority of Dunwoody residents, the [Shallowford] location is bad. Getting in and out of it is going to be very difficult.”

Dunwoody City Council Monday night voted 5-0 for a resolution telling the postal service it opposed the move.

Skate Park Removal? - I’m not one to rip out infrastructure.

By Tom Spigolon for DeKalb Neighbor News Editor

Joe Riiska is a regular customer of Dunwoody’s Brook Run skate park — traveling from his Chamblee home to ride his bicycle on the steep inclines of the professionally-built facility. The 25-year-old, who works for a tool rental company, believes Brook Run’s course for skateboarders and bikers should remain in operation because it is one of the best of its kind in metro Atlanta — and the closest for those living inside the Perimeter.

“If anything would happen it’d be a huge blow,” he said.

DeKalb County has operated the lighted, five-acre facility — which resembles a series of dry swimming pools of varying depths — since mid-2007. Though Brook Run reportedly has not yet been discussed, the future of county-operated parks and their amenities within Dunwoody will be among the subjects of discussions between DeKalb County and the city as it seeks to take control of some county properties within its limits.

One city official who believes the skate park should remain open and operating is newly elected Councilman John Heneghan, who heads the Dunwoody North Civic Association which represents homeowners in neighborhoods near Brook Run.

Heneghan, who was elected on Sept. 16 and sworn into office Sept. 24, said he believed the removal of five acres of trees to build the facility was a mistake. However, the skate park is a “multi-million-dollar facility” which provides a service to taxpayers — including Heneghan who bought a season pass for himself and his skateboard.

“I’m not one to rip out infrastructure,” he said, in response to a question about removal of the sometimes controversial skate park.

He noted the county is not taking in enough revenue from entrance fees and other sales to cover the cost of operations — a fact Dunwoody likely will consider as it moves forward in negotiations with DeKalb for operation of Brook Run, Heneghan noted.

Nearby counties like Gwinnett have invested heavily in skate parks. Five are in operation and two under construction in Gwinnett parks. All are free of charge, including three which are lighted, with a special purpose local option sales tax footing the bill.

Riiska noted he has met young skateboarding enthusiasts from as far as Alabama who traveled to Atlanta specifically to use Brook Run.

“It’s a good meeting spot,” he said.