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City Council members announce campaigns for reelection By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
LAUTENBACHER
LAMBERT
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody City Council members Catherine Lautenbacher and Tom Lambert announced their reelection campaigns after regular business at the June 16 City Council meeting.
Dunwoody elections are staggered on a four -year cycle, with half the City Council seats coming up for a vote this year. The three seats up for reelection Nov. 4 are for posts 1-3, which are voted upon by residents of the district the candidate will be representing. Lautenbacher, first elected in November 2021, holds the Post 1 seat on
the City Council, which is the local seat for District 1. Born in Italy to U.S. Navy parents, Lautenbacher served four years in active service for the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer for a C-130 unit in North Carolina.
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Dunwoody officials sign contract to revitalize Veterans Memorial By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council approved a roughly $490,000 contract June 16 with Headley Construction to revitalize the damaged Brook Run Park Veterans Memorial. DeKalb County dedicated the memorial in 2004, four years before Dunwoody was incorporated. Because anticipated refurbishing costs exceeded the 2022 estimate, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department collaborated with the veterans community to develop a new design last fall. Parks and Recreation Director Rachel Waldron
shared June 16 a presentation about the memorial project’s history and asked council members for their thoughts on three potential funding sources. “We weren’t able to open the memorial this past May for the ceremony because now there is a small leak in the roof, so it’s taking on water,” Waldron said. “Very important project, it will connect to the existing Vietnam Memorial. Our vision is to really set the tone in Brook Run because that’s our Memorial Plaza.” Plans call for two additional features popular among veterans, the Battlefield Cross and an eternal flame.
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This rendering shows plans for the revitalization of the Brook Run Park Veterans Memorial. The Dunwoody City Council approved a $490,000 contract June 16 to enhance the area, creating a Memorial Plaza connecting to the Vietnam War Memorial.
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