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Town Hall Meeting re: Cityhood and Annexations – Dec 8 @ 7:00 pm

  URGENT MEETING Three Neighborhoods – LaVista Park, Merry Hills, and North Druid Hills Potential Annexation to Atlanta or Brookhaven Or Inclusion with Proposed New City of LaVista Hills Monday, Dec. 8, 7:00 to 8:30 PM Young Israel of Toco Hills,

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Subcommittee Hearing on Dekalb Municipalization December 3 at 1:00 pm

Since the proposed city of LaVista Hills and the proposed city of Tucker have not been able to come to an agreement on city boundaries, a House legislative panel of 5 members will set the borders.  Also under consideration are

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Comments from DeKalb School Board Member Marshall Orson

A week or so ago I exchanged emails with DeKalb School Board Member Marshall Orson.  I had written to Mr. Orson to get some specifics on the school situation that would develop if the proposed annexation of the Druid Hills

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Copy of Message to LVPCA Board re: Annexation and Cityhood Developments

To follow is an email update sent November 23 from Steve Richards, President of LVPCA, to the LVPCA Board regarding cityhood and annexation updates. I wanted to bring you up to date with what I know about the cityhood situation

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Cityhood / Annexation / Brookhaven / Survey Updates – Nov 26

Friends, Neighbors, LVPCA Members, and Residents of LaVista Park, Ten days ago we released the results of a survey seeking opinions about the current cityhood debate impacting LaVista Park. In the letter accompanying the survey results, we noted that another

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The potential new city has a name – LaVista Hills

The LaVista Hill organizers – formerly known as City of Briarcliff Initiative and Lakeside YES! have finally announced the name of their combined new city – Lakeside Hills.  Additionally they have released their new agreed upon map. Check out their

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LaVista Park Cityhood Survey Results

The LaVista Park survey results have been tabulated. The survey was delivered to all 630 homes in LaVista Park, and was sent by email to all email addresses in our database. We used address to verify residency. Fortunately, we had

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Final Cityhood Meeting Hosted by Woodland Hills Neighborhood Association

Last Thursday, October 30, the Woodland Hills Neighborhood Association (WHNA) hosted a cityhood forum at Peachtree Baptist Church.  Representatives from City of Briarcliff Initiative, the Lakeside YES! committee, the City of Atlanta, and the DeKalb County Board of Education all made solid presentations.  A

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Brookhaven / Executive Park Updates Nov 2, 2014

The LaVista Park Civic Association has scheduled a special membership meeting to discuss the proposed applications of annexations submitted to Brookhaven by Executive Park and other commercial areas adjacent to LaVista Park.  The meeting will be at Westminster Presbyterian Church

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Pros and Cons of Our Cityhood Options

The link below will connect you to a pros and cons analysis comparing the following options: 1. Remaining in unincorporated DeKalb County (no city affiliation); 2. joining a new DeKalb County city currently being formulated by two groups, Lakeside and Briarcliff;

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