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Community clean-up planned for Brannon Hill condos

Despite the piles of trash, furniture and tires around him, James Starr, who has lived at Brennon Hill for four years, puts his trash in a Dumpster on Feb. 2. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com
Despite the piles of trash, furniture and tires around him, James Starr, who has lived at Brennon Hill for four years, puts his trash in a Dumpster on Feb. 2. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com
By Mark Niesse
May 3, 2016

Residents of the broken-down Brannon Hill condo complex are working together with volunteers and neighbors this weekend to clean up their community.

Located near Memorial Drive in DeKalb County, Brannon Hill has become known for its poor conditions, including partially burned buildings, piles of tires and worn mattresses littering the streets.

A judge signed an order last week declaring common areas of the condos a public nuisance and giving the homeowners' association 30 days to address dirty areas and dangerous conditions.

The community clean-up is scheduled for Saturday starting at 10 a.m. at 1000 Old Hampton Drive near Clarkston. The event is open to the public and it’s being organized with the Brannon Hills homeowners’ association.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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