Neighborhood Issues
This page is to help keep you informed of important happenings that are going on in and around our neighborhood. These entries will generally have some type of impact on the neighborhood and the quality of life within the neighborhood. If you have information that is not listed on this page and you think it is important to the neighborhood, please send an e-mail to the president or webmaster to have it included here.
Lindbergh LaVista Corridor Coalition
The Lindbergh LaVista Corridor Coalition is made up of concerned residents of Lindridge-Martin Manor, LaVista Park, and Woodland Hills. It is their aim to plan for and study the issues that face this corridor. They are embarking on an effort to bring in outside expertise to help develop a Master Plan for the corridor to have an influence on the changes that are facing us. For more information about this group please visit their website at:
http://www.lindberghlavista.org/
Redevelopment of Executive Park
Executive Park is being redeveloped as a mixed use project and they are moving ahead quite rapidly. The Park Druid Hills is a 70 acre mixed use redevelopment that will total approximately 489,000 SF of new retail space, 870,000 SF of new Class ‘A’ office space, 528,000 SF of existing office space, 796,000 SF of new residential development, and a new 160,000 SF full-service hotel.
To see the brochure for the project, click HERE.
SR 400/I-85 Connector Ramps
The Georgia Department Of Transportation (GDOT) has submitted Early Coordination Requests to the City of Atlanta’s Department of Planning and Community Development including the Department’s Transportation Planning Division and Urban Design Commission. This same request was also sent to City Councilmembers. As GDOT explained, “The Department sends out routine early coordination letters like these to local government staff as the very first step forward in studying a project area.”
LLCC has been designated to be the contact organization between GDOT and our neighborhoods.
For more information about the project, click on the following LLCC link:
http://www.lindberghlavista.org/transportation.htm
Redevelopment of the Rock Springs Plaza shopping center
MorningsideMatters Blog was created by Morningside residents for the purpose of guiding and influencing the redevelopment of the Rock Springs Plaza shopping center at the intersection of Piedmont Road and Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta, GA. It is a place where concerned neighbors can come to learn about the project and its potential impact on Morningside and other intown Atanta neighborhoods.
http://morningsidematters.blogspot.com/
Livable Communities Coalition
Livable Communities Coalition is pleased to announce that the Collaborative Planning Initiative for the Briarcliff/N. Druid Hills study area that you are participating in is under way.
For updated information, a copy of the timeframe of the process and the meeting notes from the March 14th public hearing, please visit http://www.LivableCommunitiesCoalition.org.
DeKalb County Comprehensive Plan 2005-2025
Just received this from the President of the Merry Hills association. It’s the results and plan of a study of Dekalb County that started in 2004. It’s also a mission statement of sorts of what they want to be by 2025.
The current draft that is to be adopted by the BOC (board of commissioners) has a major change from that which the public saw in September: added 3 town centers to be developed in our immediate area, one each at the intersections of North Druid Hills and Briarcliff Roads, LaVista and North Druid Hills Roads, and Briarcliff and LaVista Roads. Town Centers are the second highest density development that is possible under the plan. This will severely impact neighborhoods in and surrounding these intersections as well as anyone who travels through the area.
The 3 town centers are designated in purple on page 74 of the January Draft Comp Plan online at http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/planning/pdf/longRange/CommAgenda_Doc.pdf (9.92M .pdf)
Changes to Briarcliff Road
For several years there have been plans available for intersection improvements at two locations on Briarcliff Road. Public hearings were held on these proposals two years ago. These plans have not moved forward due to lack of funding. The files are rather large, so be patient while they download.
