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Dunwoody approves $100,000 settlement to clear legal hurdle obstructing land sale By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
Vino Venue staff samples about 100 wines a week to maintain a wide selection for its customers.
VinoVenue By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — For the past decade, Vino Venue has been a onestop shop for all things wine related in Metro Atlanta. As a retail space, restaurant, wine school, private event space and travel hub, the store aims to educate everyone interested in
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One-stop wine shop appeals to all tastes
wine. Michael and Lelia Bryan went on their first trip as a couple to Napa Valley, California in 2001. Lelia was a wine lover, but Michael Bryan was new to the spirit. “He absolutely fell in love with it,” Lelia said. Michael returned and decided to start teaching wine classes. In
the early 2000s, Lelia moved from Brookhaven to join Michael in Dunwoody and the pair opened the Atlanta Wine School on Holcomb Bridge Road. The school was a success, but the couple wanted to expand. “We had so many people who would taste wine during their classes
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody has approved two $50,000 settlements with tenants of a city-owned property on North Shallowford Road, ending court eviction cases and allowing sale of the property for $7.78 million to proceed. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the Dunwoody City Council voted unanimously to settle cases in DeKalb County State Court with Dr. Alan Miller and Dr. Jada Moore-Ruffin, tenants of 4553 North Shallowford Road in Dunwoody, making way for a sale of the 21,661-square-foot property to Summit Healthcare Group LLC. City Attorney Ken Bernard said the settlement agreements will “buy the city peace” and resolve their tenancy issues without waiting on the lengthy court eviction process, which could take months or years. Bernard said officials still believe they are justified in their attempt to evict Miller and Moore-Ruffin from the property, but waiting for the court to resolve the issue isn’t in the city’s best interests. “We can wait and prove a point and try to win the battle,” Bernard said. “But you're gonna lose the [Summit Healthcare Group] deal because of the economy, their
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