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City approves contract for road safety plan DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council approved a $166,864 contract to enact a local road safety action plan designed to strengthen safety measures for pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists. The action plan analyzes crash data and gathers public input to create strategies to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on roadways. Public Works Director Michael Smith said the plan will identify the locations that pose the highest safety risk to guide investment toward projects and strategies that provide the greatest benefit. City Manager Eric Linton said the experiences and priorities of residents will be important factors in the plan as it moves forward. Councilmembers reserved $1.2 million for street safety improvements over the next three years from funding the city received from the American Rescue Plan Act. The remainder of the reserved amount will finance other safe street construction projects and the city’s new Safe Streets Program Manager Jonathan Digioia. Digioia will work with project contractor Toole Design to enact the action plan, as well as improve street safety in the city. The adoption of the plan will make Dunwoody eligible for funding from the Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program, which distributes $5 billion over the next five years to communities that have adopted such plans. — Shelby Israel CITY OF DUNWOODY/PROVIDED
Jonathan Digioia, Dunwoody’s new safe streets program manager, will collaborate with Toole Design to implement the city’s local road safety action plan.
Jewish Family and Career Services launches ‘Be Well’ Atlanta initiative DUNWOODY, Ga. — Jewish Family and Career Services received a $500,000 matching grant from the Zalik Foundation to help address the growing teen mental health needs through a new Jewish Atlanta mental health and wellness program. The national “Be Well” initiative was developed through a collaboration of the Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies and Jewish Federation of North America. A roadmap was created to develop the program in select cities, and the HorwitzZusman Child & Family Center of Jewish Family and Career Services was selected to lead the initiative in Atlanta. The funds, secured through the Atlanta Jewish Funder Collaborative led by the Atlanta Jewish Foundation, will be used to support Jewish youth facing mental health challenges as well as those that care for them. The initiative will focus on the needs of young adults ages 12 to 26, to help them thrive through training, consulting and mobilizing networks of care for positive youth development and overall well-being. Funding will provide for two professionals and will support connecting the community to services. In addition, strategies will be developed
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