Leaders of movements to create cities of Briarcliff and Lakeside announced an alliance Wednesday night that could result in a proposal for a combined city.
The unnamed Briarcliff-Lakeside city would border Tucker, another area that's seeking to become a city in DeKalb County.
The courtship between Lakeside and Briarcliff is in the early stages, but the two communities will try to draw borders they can then present to the state Legislature for approval next year, said Mary Kay Woodworth, chairwoman of Lakeside Yes.
"We're dating right now. We're not married yet. We're not engaged," Woodworth told members of the DeKalb Government Operations Task Force.
Allen Venet, president of the City of Briarcliff Initiative, said it would be difficult for either city to become a reality unless they cooperated with each other.
“We seek to unite, rather than divide, to improve government operations not just in our region of DeKalb but in the entire county,” Venet said.
After Briarcliff and Lakeside decide on a map of their city, they could begin negotiations with Tucker over borders, said Frank Auman of Tucker 2015.
Proposals for the cities fell apart in the Legislature earlier this year following negotiations over overlapping maps, but Auman said he hopes lawmakers will approve the cities if they agree on boundaries.
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