To follow is a open letter to the neighborhood authored by LaVista Park resident Steve Osunsami who lives on Beech Haven.  We appreciate Steve’s time, effort, and interest to express his opinion and to allow us to publish it on Leaf Talk.…

At the Brookhaven City Council meeting last night, Executive Park and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta properties were annexed into the City of Brookhaven. While we were not able to stop this annexation, we did renew and improve our six year…

  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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…