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My community is tied to the East Atlanta Village - the center of our neighborhood filled with shops, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and clubs. On Thursdays there is a Farmers Market. Not only do families attend the market, but the local daycares walk with the children there to play together, later to be picked up by their parents. The elementary school is a major institution in our neighborhood, Burgess Peterson Academy. It serves k-5 and recently had to stop offering pre-k classes because of all the new families in the area. The elementary school is incredible! We are all invested in its success. Brownwood Park is our largest park, and East Atlanta Kids Club holds programs there.
My neighborhood is diverse, although more and more families are moving in. Most long time residents are black, and white families are newer to the area. It's important to many people where I live that gentrification doesn't displace long-time residents.
East Atlanta is very popular with the film industry. On the outskirts of our community developers have been trying to buy up the land-- from South River Park to the area where they are trying to put the new police training facility. It seems every lot is getting developed with townhouses- very expensive town houses. This causes consternation in community meetings. Residents often band together to fight these developments, trying to keep more green space.
Our neighborhood is booming, and housing costs have become astronomical. We are worried that longterm residents won't be able to keep their homes. There has been talk of annexation of several parts of unincorporated DeKalb into the city-- making them a legitimate part of East Atlanta. If that happens, we would want to be districted together, as proximity would be important. Also, as more high density housing is developed, traffic is getting worse. Also, we aren't linked to the beltline and mass transit, other than the bus, is almost impossible for most.
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