The following is an excerpt from
Linda Karr, owner of The Garden Enthusiast - Backyard Nature Station,
12/21 e-newsletter::
Fellow
Backyard Nature Lovers:
Still have some shopping to do?
Avoid the mall and shop
downtown
Olde Town Tucker
you’ll find some unique gifts at
the antique stores, Festival and, of course, The Garden Enthusiast!
Update on
Main Street
The next Olde
Town Tucker event – the Tucker Chili Cook Off - will be on Saturday,
February 18th. There will be music and celebrity judges. There will be
three divisions – Restaurant, People’s Choice and Judged (community,
individual entrants). There will be a $30 entry fee for those who
would like to enter their chili (red beans & rice or gumbo) recipes.
The $30 entry fee includes your space and two two-shirts. You need to
provide your own 10x10 tent. If you need one, please let us know.
Dee’s Sweet Bake Shop will be selling king cakes. Keep watch at
http://www.tuckerchilicookoff.com
for more details.
Chuy’s Mexican
Grill will open in late January. This is a family-owned restaurant not
to be confused with the Texas chain. Jose Ayala and his family live in
Stone Mountain.
(I really
enjoy visiting and shopping at the Backyard Nature Station. It's
a nice addition to Main Street. Stop by or visit their
website
to learn more about
future classes. - Jenni)
Sidewalks on Henderson Road -
Status
18 County
Sidewalks
The design
work is mostly complete, and is waiting on the Right of Way
acquisition to complete before being finalized. The county has
limited funds, and is not currently able to buy the properties
needed. As stated below, they hope to get additional HOST funding in
a few months. The project is not dead, but is stalled until more
money is available. I would expect at least 2 years before
construction begins. (Kevin Skinner)
Right-of-way
acquisition is pretty much on hold now because only minimal HOST funds
were approved for the project in 2011. We hope to get more funding
from 2012 HOST. We should know the answer to that sometime in March
or April.
David Pelton P.E.
DeKalb County Transportation Division
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Henderson Park News
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Atlanta Regional Transportation
(ARC)
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