The Atlanta area’s best cross country runners will be honored virtually by Atlanta Track Club this month. The Club announced the 2020 Powerade All Metro High School Cross Country Team today which features 42 athletes from 26 schools. First, second and third team rosters will be named during an online ceremony broadcast on Atlanta Track Club’s YouTube channel at 8 p.m.… Read More »
Park Tavern in Piedmont Park is proving that seltzer isn’t just a summer fling. The perfect poolside drink is now ready for sweater weather, fire pits, and more at Park Tavern’s November Seltzer Fest presented by Hard Seltzer Social Club. Celebrate fall with another Saturday of sipping the most sought after bubbly drinks on November 14, 2020, from 4 p.m.… Read More »
• Montez Swinney, Dunwoody High School • Created inaugural Girls Flag Football program during pandemic • Positively impacts his player’s character • Coaches boys tackle football and girls lacrosse
Due to safety concerns around COVID-19, the afternoon celebration leading to the holiday lighting of Dunwoody Village has been suspended.
We will not close the year without our traditional lighting! The Christmas tree and Menorah will occupy their regular place across from the Cheek-Spruill Farmhouse. The lights will ill still come on at 6 PM the Sunday before Thanksgiving to open the holiday season! … Read More »
2020 has been the year that no one will ever forget (in fact I think I’ve developed a Covid twitch), but yesterday’s Pfizer vaccine news may be the cure to my twitch and certainly brought a lightness to my step that was greatly needed! There are many things I have missed due to Covid…hugging people, seeing my Mom, seeing people’s faces without a mask and TRAVEL!… Read More »
The Dunwoody City Council unanimously approved CARES Act funding to help businesses move operations outdoors.
Dunwoody, GA – November 10, 2020 – With a unanimous vote last night, the Dunwoody City Council approved $150,000 in CARES Act funding for the city’s new Al Fresco Matching Grant Program, which provides grants to local businesses that want to begin or expand outdoor operations.… Read More »
The Fall Art Market returns Saturday, November 21st from 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Frita Kale-O will be serving up delicious food, and music by ‘The Floaties’. Get your holiday shopping done with local artists. The parking lot will be blocked off with a drop off spot, so park at former Burger King or DUMC. Bring a chair and hang out!… Read More »
Allen Whittaker, the youth minister at DUMC informed me this week that they are not doing the Christmas Tree Lot this year at DUMC.
They typically have to place the order for trees in late July/early August. With so much uncertainty (especially this summer) with COVID, they didn’t comfortable moving forward with an order.
Join us for Foodstock, our annual meal packing service event, on Nov. 14 and 15. We are just a week away, and Rise Against Hunger is counting on us more than ever due to the effects of the pandemic. This year, our meals will be shipped to Children of Vietnam. We still need about 380 more volunteers! … Read More »
Source: Educate Dunwoody
DCSD has published its October 2020 enrollment numbers. Attached is a summary of the Dunwoody cluster of schools.
Some highlights:
*Enrollment Dunwoody cluster elementary schools has seen a 14% drop in enrollment this year. Enrollment is 614 students lower in 2020 (3,652) than it was in 2019 (4,266).
*Middle school in the Dunwoody cluster has seen a 5% drop in enrollment this year.… Read More »
In light of how exhausting this election year has been, I decided that today’s Travel Tuesday needed to focus on a fun and beautiful destination that would make for a wonderful summer vacation. Going out west this past summer was hugely popular and there is no question that the same western vacation trend will continue next summer. … Read More »
News from the City of Dunwoody: Election Day is today, Tuesday, November 3. If you have an absentee ballot, there are now two ballot drop boxes in Dunwoody (final pickup is 7 p.m. on Election Day):
Outside Dunwoody City Hall, 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road
*NEW* – Fire Station 12, 5323 Roberts Drive, near Austin Elementary
The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections strongly urges voters who’ve requested absentee ballots, but would rather vote in person, to cancel their absentee ballot now.… Read More »
Dunwoody, Ga. — The Dunwoody Nature Center has joined forces with 9 other Atlanta-area organizations, REI, and Kaiser Permanente to encourage the public to hike, walk, or jog 10 trails in their 10 greenspaces over 10 months with the Hikes for Health Challenge. The Challenge, which launched in August during National Wellness Month, is a great way to explore local trails as part of a prescription for better physical and mental health.… Read More »