🌱 How will Chamblee’s new data center pause affect your neighborhood?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Chamblee’s new data center pause affect your neighborhood?
• Want to meet a renowned sculptor working quietly in Chamblee?
• Family describes how a Chamblee Tucker Road merge turned deadly on I-285

Also on today's calendar: Southern-Fried Gaming Expo and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 73 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 71. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 93 and low of 71 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Data center drama; Northlake Mall new future; positive The Benz notes (urbanize.city) — Chamblee City Council has enacted a 180-day moratorium on new data center development applications, giving city leaders time to review zoning rules and potential neighborhood impacts. The pause, lasting through January 16, aims to safeguard residents’ health, safety, and quality of life while setting clearer standards for any future data center proposals in the city.
   

• Sculptor Julia Knight shapes images and embodies history (thechampionnewspaper.com) — Sculptor Julia Knight works out of Urban Arts Collective in Chamblee, where she creates public monuments like the Rosa Parks statue and upcoming pieces on John Lewis and a Native American woman. Her Chamblee studio, home to dozens of artists, welcomes visitors on select weekdays and will host its next Artwalk on September 13, plus a major holiday show in December.
   

• 'You don't know what you took from us': Family mourns man killed in I-285 road rage shooting (11alive.com) — A deadly road rage shooting on I-285 near Buford Highway began after drivers merged from Chamblee Tucker Road, according to the victim’s father. DeKalb County police say 26-year-old Tyler Sieber was shot after following a hit-and-run driver, and his grieving family is now pleading for answers as the investigation continues.
   

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📸 Around Chamblee

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chamblee

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★ Featured events ★

Friday July 31

• Southern-Fried Gaming Expo →
  Cobb Convention Center (Cobb Galleria Centre), 2 Galleria Pkwy SE, Atlanta
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday July 25

• Summer BBQ at Chamblee & Vine →
  Chamblee & Vine Wine Shop and Tasting Room, 5348 Peachtree Rd, Chamblee
  6:30 pm

Monday July 27

• Take & Make: Coral Reef Critters
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Kindness Card Exchange Display
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Civic Season is Here
  Chamblee Library -
  10:00 am
• Unearth Your Own Dino
  Embry Hills Library -
  11:00 am
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
  Chamblee Library -
  2:00 pm
• Friends of the Redan-Trotti Library Meeting
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  6:30 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Chair Yoga for Adults
  Chamblee Library -
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Friends of the Dunwoody Library Book Sale
  Dunwoody Library -
  10:00 am
• Family Yoga
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
  11:00 am
• Unearth the Art: Washi Tape
  Redan-Trotti Library - Meeting Room
  1:00 pm
• Kids Punch & Paint
  Dunwoody Library -
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any home organizers in the Chamblee Brookhaven area?
  I want to declutter my closet and need assistance. (Nextdoor Chamblee MidCity District)

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🗞 Nearby News

Brookhaven

• Fresh images: How interstate-spanning people bridge will look, function (urbanize.city)
• Brookhaven gets grant to help with costs of Peachtree Creek Greenway Connector Bridge project (11alive.com)
• Gwinnett County holds public hearings on proposed millage rate: "We want to make sure that we're protecting our residents' assets" (cbsnews.com)

Doraville

• Federal jury convicts Michigan sex offender hiding in Georgia hotel (fox5atlanta.com)
• Beyond the Main Line: Unlocking Rail Growth Through First- and Final-Mile Connectivity (railwayage.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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