🌱 Patch AM: What 320 new apartments mean for traffic and housing near Ashford Green

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In today's newsletter:

• What 320 new apartments mean for traffic and housing near Ashford Green
• How a roundabout and 320 apartments could reshape Ashford Dunwoody Road
• Brookhaven man gets 15 years in massive cucumber-meth trafficking case

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• In Brookhaven, more than 300 'high-quality' apartments announced (urbanize.city) — Brookhaven has greenlit a 320-unit "high-quality" apartment project at 4170 Ashford Dunwoody Road, adding new housing, retail, and office upgrades to the Ashford Green campus near I-285. City leaders also scrapped a planned multi-use path near Peachtree Golf Club after resident concerns, while still pursuing safer sidewalks and potential future bike infrastructure along Ashford Dunwoody and Windsor Parkway.
   

• Multi-use path eliminated from Windsor Parkway plan, but residents still aren't happy (roughdraftatlanta.com) — Brookhaven's City Council has dropped a controversial multi-use path from the Windsor Parkway roundabout project, but many neighbors still want the entire plan reconsidered, citing tree loss, cost, and property impacts. In the same meeting, council unanimously approved rezoning 4170 Ashford Dunwoody Road for a major mixed-use project with 320 apartments, restaurants, parking, and offices.
   

• 2 men sentenced after 700 pounds of meth found hidden in cucumber shipment, DOJ says (wdef.com) — A Brookhaven man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after agents found more than 700 pounds of meth hidden in cucumber boxes at a Gainesville warehouse. Prosecutors say he and a co-defendant planned to unload the shipment, and both will face a decade of supervised release after serving their time, underscoring the region's ongoing battle with large-scale drug trafficking.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Chamblee

• Chamblee set to host 5th annual Chalk Walk and Artist Market (decaturish.com)
• Beyond Juicery: Get a free smoothie at the Dunwoody grand opening this Saturday (atlantaonthecheap.com)
• Stone Mountain, Redan renew 40-year rivalry as DeKalb teams enter Week 2 high school football (ocgnews.com)

Dunwoody

• Dunwoody City Hall event to mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 (appenmedia.com)
• Dunwoody OKs clearing office site for 122 townhomes (appenmedia.com)
• Have you been 'Flocked'? Website lets you check if your vehicle has been searched (king5.com)

Atlanta

• GA May Receive $135M In Historic Meta Settlement That Could Change Social Media For Kids (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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