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Bike fans pedal Dunwoody By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody officials and residents celebrated National Bike Month Thursday, May 11, with an energetic tour of the city’s many bike-friendly amenities, while looking at upcoming projects to add more connectivity and safety on local roads. City Councilman Joe Seconder said the yearly “Bike to Lunch” event has long been a community activity. This year, they chose a 6-mile route from City Hall on Ashford Dunwoody Road to Takorea, a restaurant in the Georgetown Shopping Center on Chamblee Dunwoody Road. With the pending approval of a Dunwoody Trail Master Plan by the PATH Foundation, Seconder said they used this year’s event to showcase projects that will continue to make Dunwoody a bike-friendly community. “We're gonna stop along the way and show you what is in the plans,” he said. “We got this master trail plan and move things on the books and it's like, ‘hey, let's stop here and take a look.’” Seconder said that for road cyclists, Dunwoody is already a very bike-friendly city, with its network of bike lanes added to miles of local roads over the last 12 years.
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Marcus Center expansion plan nears final step to city approval By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
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Led by Post 5 Councilman Joe Seconder and Dunwoody police officers, cyclists head northeast on Ashford Dunwoody Road during the city’s annual Bike to Lunch event May 11.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — After a series of public meetings and new noise mitigation efforts, Dunwoody officials seem to be nearing an agreement with the Marcus Jewish Community Center over plans to install new facilities at the recreation center on Tilly Mill Road. Community center representatives and Dunwoody residents addressed the Dunwoody City Council May 8 over the proposed construction of 12 new pickleball courts and a multi-purpose court on the facility’s eastern grounds. Kathy Zickert, an attorney with Smith, Gambrell and Russell representing the Marcus Jewish Community Center, said they intend to add four new open-air pickleball courts to the recreation center and eight covered courts, as well as a viewing platform on a nearby existing building. Dunwoody Senior Planner Madalyn Smith said that since the project received conditional approval from the Dunwoody Planning
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