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• What makes Brookhaven a ‘city of civility’: ‘Respectful interactions, collaborative spirit’

  12-09-2023 22:00
  The City of Brookhaven has earned the designation of a “city of civility” according to the Georgia Municipal Association.The city was among 77 honored by the GMA June 26 at its annual convention awards luncheon. The association passed the Embrace Civility initiative in 2023 to encourage municipal elected officials to acknowledge their responsibility to model open, free and vigorous debate while maintaining the highest standards of civility, honesty and mutual respect with each other
  
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• Community, culture and cuisine combine to make Brookhaven unique

  12-09-2023 22:00
  “Craven in the Haven” may have been the slogan for Brookhaven’s recently completed restaurant week, but the theme works any time of year and applies to the countless reasons the city has become one of metro Atlanta’s most attractive communities.Brookhaven became a city in 2012. It now has a population of more than 59,000 with geographic boundaries running from Atlanta’s city limits in Buckhead on the south to Interstate 285 on the north. According to Renée Ar
  
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• Brookhaven leaders say annexation clarifies service areas, aids planning

  12-09-2023 22:00
  For the City of Brookhaven, annexation makes sense for what leaders consider a natural service delivery line: everything west of Clairmont Road and roughly north of the City of Atlanta.“There are some rail lines that would make some natural breaks that would connect in and that would allow for the area to be in one community as they’ve always said they wanted to be in,” said Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst Jr. “So what happens is, they come in and the community gets teamed up
  
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• All roads — and rail lines, trails and paths — will lead to the new Brookhaven City Hall

  12-09-2023 22:00
  A lot is riding on the fall groundbreaking for Brookhaven’s new City Hall adjacent to MARTA. It’s the 11-year-old municipality’s first step toward development of a city center, and it is also expected to boost mobility and connectivity while providing multiple public gathering spaces.The new modern home of city government is slated to rise on what was once a 1.24-acre parking lot at the Brookhaven MARTA Station on Peachtree Road.“The comprehensive plan for the city contem
  
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