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Business groups, cities tout Central Perimeter for commercial appeal By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10822, representing Sandy Springs and Dunwoody in Central Perimeter, prepares to place flags at the grave of every former service member May 22 at the North Atlanta Memorial Park off Winter’s Chapel Road near the DeKalb-Gwinnett County line. VFW Post 10822 has kept the Memorial Day weekend tradition running for years.
VFW honors fallen service members
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Elected leaders and a few hundred members of the business community gathered May 20 for the inaugural Envision Perimeter on the 12th floor of the King building. Envision Perimeter is the product of several groups coming together, the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, the new Greater Perimeter Chamber and the
business community that backs both. Since commercial owners rallied together to form a self-taxing commercial district just north of I-285 in 1999, Central Perimeter has gone from farmland to one of the largest edge cities in the United States. Central Perimeter sports some of Metro Atlanta’s newest Class A office space.
See ENVISION, Page 6
By HAYDEN SUMLIN | hayden@appenmedia.com
Tom Ariail, commander of the VFW Post 10822 in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, gives a breakdown of his group’s Memorial Day weekend tradition of placing American flags on the graves of those who served.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Each year before Memorial Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10822 places American flags at every service member’s grave in North Atlanta Memorial Park. The VFW post is a more than 90-year -old institution in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. What was once a group of mostly World War II veterans is now led by those who fought in the Vietnam War with younger generations who served during the Global War on Terror.
See VETERANS, Page 10
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Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch and Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul speak on how both sides of the county line are investing in Central Perimeter’s growth, making it a more attractive commercial district.
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