COBB
Gazebo to be named for ex-council member
Marietta will name a gazebo at Brown Park for former city council member Betty Hunter.
The City Council approved a resolution recognizing the 24-year council member for her leadership in historic preservation at the park and adjacent Confederate Cemetery off Powder Springs Street and South Marietta Parkway.
Hunter is president of the Confederate Cemetery Foundation and chairman of Friends of Brown Park.
Tucker McQueen for the AJC
Smyrna seeks used cooking oil donations
Smyrna is asking residents and restaurants to donate used cooking oil for the city’s biodiesel program. The goal is to have a majority of city vehicles running on biodiesel fuel to reduce petrodiesel use and prevent water and sewer drain clogs.
Citizens can leave used oil curbside in sealed plastic containers or at public works department, the recycling center off Concord Road or four fire stations.
Information: www.smyrnacity.com.
Tucker McQueen for the AJC
FULTON
Alpharetta seeks public input on street names
Alpharetta city officials want the public’s help naming five downtown streets that are part of the developing City Center project. Names should reflect the history, character or essence of downtown or the community as a whole. Streets can’t be named for the living.
For a depiction of the streets and to submit suggestions: www.alpharetta.ga.us.
The 22-acre, multi-use project us set for completion in the summer of 2014. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
FORSYTH
Fire holiday toy collection drive underway
The Forsyth County Fire Department’s 11th annual Aerial’s House holiday toy collection drive is underway.
New, unwrapped toys for any age and new, tagged clothing for kids ages 6 to 14 can be dropped off at any Forsyth County fire station, fire headquarters at 3520 Settingdown Road, or any county library branch.
Information: forsythco.com.
Mark Woolsey for the AJC
DEKALB
Money set aside for county park
DeKalb County commissioners recently agreed to set aside $65,000 to plan a new park in Ellenwood.
The county bought the 44-acre parcel on River Road in 2003 but has yet to conduct a site analysis and recreational study for the area. The funding for the study comes from the park bond fund from Commission District 3, which stretches from Decatur to Ellenwood. April Hunt
Board postpones vote on attendance map
Deciding to make several last-minute changes on its new K-3 attendance zone map, the Decatur school board postponed a final vote until a Dec. 18 special session.
The key change, said board vice chair Bernadette Seals, is shifting several neighborhoods so “Glennwood isn’t too full and Clairemont isn’t too empty.”
The board emphasized the predominant factors in rezoning are “capacity,” matching the right number of students to the size school, along with racial diversity and an equitable distribution of students receiving free and reduced lunch.
Bill Banks for the AJC
