Community Corner

The Week in Review

The top five stories from the previous week in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.

  1. : Retail blogs in Atlanta have been speculating as to whether a Walmart could be headed for Suburban Plaza, the aging shopping center on North Decatur Road. Local readers, however, have repeatedly said they'd prefer a Trader Joe's. People love the heck out of Trader Joe's. Check out the comments below the story.
  2. : A nice story on All-American swimmer John Lane who's got big designs on the Olympics. Good local person to keep an eye on.
  3. : Daniel Chaney invented the Slide Capo while he was a student at Georgia Tech. He won a big award for it. Now, he's trying to make some money off of it. Pretty interesting story.
  4. : 's future has been a story a while now. It was closed. Now the community and the school district are trying to figure out what the building might be next. But that's not close to a decision, according to one school board member.
  5. : New construction at is chugging along. North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch stopped by briefly to take a few snapshots of the progress.


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