Back to Brookhaven! Action Needed

Quick post today, but I had to get this out. As many of you know the Brookhaven Cityhood bill was changed by the State Senate from the City of Brookhaven to the City of Ashford...

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Hmm... City of Ashford?? Where is that you ask? Exactly! Whether you are for, against, or undecided about cityhood- at least let the vote be for Brookhaven and not Ashford. The credibility and recognition that has been built up around the name Brookhaven and the area it represents will be gone. What about Town Brookhaven, Brookhaven Station, Brookhaven MARTA station, Brookhaven ______ Church, Brookhaven Fields, Brookhaven Heights, Brookhaven Arts Alliance, Brookhaven Beer Fest, and businesses/organizations/neighborhoods with "Brookhaven" in the name??  Our area will go through an identity crisis that will be confusing to prospective home buyers, businesses, developers and residents alike.  Just like a business, brand recognition for a city is important to sustaining the locality and "image" of the area to outsiders and potential residents.  This can affect property values, future developments and the desire to live in a given area.  Let's not throw everything Brookhaven has built as a community out the window by changing our identity.    

Anyway, now that you know the official position of us here at BHreveiw, if you feel the same way, step up to action.

There has been a lot of media activity around this subject, but I did want to let you know that the senators will be meeting tomorrow, February 28th at 2:00pm to revisit this subject. In order for them to even consider it, they need to hear from you: residents, business owners, visitors about why you think it should be changed back, if you do.

I encourage you to email the senators today (see addresses below) with an email with the subject line: Back to Brookhaven! Encourage them to give us our Brookhaven identity back!

Senate committee:

john.wilkinson@senate.ga.gov

horacena.tate@senate.ga.gov

rita.smith@senate.ga.gov

rick.jeffares@senate.ga.gov

steve.gooch@senate.ga.gov

frank.ginn@senate.ga.gov

donzella.james@senate.ga.gov

doug.stoner@senate.ga.gov


You are also welcome to attend the meeting at the capital. Go to this website to confirm the exact date and time of the hearing:

www.senate.ga.gov/committees/en-US/committee.aspx?Committee=85&Session=21

City of Brookhaven- Update!

Brookhaven Study Area Finalized

The proposal to create a new City of Brookhaven in North DeKalb is advancing, with the Citizens for N. DeKalb, an organization tasked with fundraising for a feasibility study examining potential costs and revenues for the new city, selecting final boundaries for that study. The entire study is due to be released shortly and we will release it as soon as it's published!

We know there have been some concerns with a few of the areas, including the neighborhood of our very own Stacy from StacyEats! State Representative Mike Jacobs has released a statement regarding the issues with some of the areas of the study map. In short, they have decided to exclude Century Center, so we will have to see how that effects the outcome of our cityhood... 

You can visit the Citizens for N. DeKalb Website to see the study area map (left) and read the related press releases and also see a great FAQ. 

PS- We totally apologize for the lack of posting... there's no great excuse for it other than being crazy busy. There has been a lot of great new things happening in Brookhaven lately with new shops and restaurants, festivals, and reviews. We will be trying to get back on the wagon (or is it off the wagon...?) and posting more frequently. It's been a great but busy past few months, but we haven't forgotten about you guys. Thanks for staying tuned!