Friday, May 17, 2013
A CID is a self-taxing district that uses additional property tax dollars to make transportation and infrastructure improvements.
After working several months on the project, volunteers with the Tucker Community Improvement District (CID) Formation Committee cheered when the DeKalb Board of Commissioners unanimously approved DeKalb’s third CID in the Tucker area. “I can’t express how pleased I am with all of the people who came together to make this possible,” said Honey Van De Kreke, co-manager of the Main Street Tucker Alliance and the Tucker CID Formation Committee. “This is the third CID in DeKalb and to my knowledge the only one formed totally by volunteers.” “After the success of the Tucker LCI and the Tucker Overlay District, there is now a funding mechanism that can improve the area such as accelerating transportation and infrastructure improvement projects…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The placeholder bill, submitted Monday by Dunwoody state Sen. Fran Millar, excises a large portion of Tucker from the Lakeside City Alliance's previous map.
The Lakeside City Alliance finally had its own placeholder cityhood bill submitted to the state legislature Monday, but it arrives with one significant change – it's got less Tucker in it. The alliance announced the bill's filing at a contentious cityhood meeting hosted by DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer at Tucker Middle School on Monday evening. Dunwoody state Sen. Fran Millar filed the bill hours after Decatur state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver filed another placeholder cityhood bill dedicated to residents of the Druid Hills and Briarcliff areas. But the Lakeside City Alliance's new map excises much of Tucker from the proposal, including the Main Street Tucker area that was previously part of it. The alliance's last map included a …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
TCA President and Vice-President on what the proposals could mean for our town.
Bruce Penn, President of the Tucker Civic Association, and Beth White Ganga, Vice-President, have released a statement about Lakeside's plans to become a city and the consequences it could have on the Tucker area: Several years ago, the Tucker Civic Association initiated a community-based exploratory group to determine the feasibility of incorporating Tucker into a city. This exploratory group included experts from Georgia Tech. The general findings of the study were that Tucker did not have a sufficient commercial tax base to make cityhood financially feasible without increasing the proposed city limits to include the Northlake area and parts of Brookhaven. The Tucker Community was not willing to "land grab" into other areas, choosing to …
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
It's mostly about birds this month, plus a Main Street summary.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
While a lot of songbirds that prefer fruit will migrate in the winter, many other birds that stay year round will enjoy the treat. Offer chopped apples, orange wedges, banana slices, halved grapes and melon rinds on platform feeders, spikes or nailed to trees. Chopped or dried fruit can also be added to suet mixtures. Many people are reporting quite a few bluebirds in their garden now. Offer them mealworms, sunflower meats or suet to keep them happy. Window feeders are a popular gift for yourself or others. They offer a front row seat for watching birds and are a great way to introduce beginners to bird watching. For those who may be bed/homebound, it offers a delightful way to stay in touch with the outdoors and nature. It has also been …
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Long-standing local florist takes top prize in a storefront decorating contest.
Winners have been announced in the Downtown Tucker Business Holiday Decorating Contest. First place goes to the Tucker Flower Shop which, according to proud owner Julia McDonald, is the oldest business in town. When asked how she felt about winning the $500 prize, she had a one-word answer: "Ecstatic!" Runner-up is the Custom Frame Shop, owned by Kelly Holloway. "We literally threw this together at the last minute," she said. "It's kinda funny." Her design includes a detailed scene from the Nutcracker complete with dancing ballerinas. Next up is Larry Shupbach's Village Shoe Service, and Matthews Cafeteria receives an honorable mention. The contest was sponsored by the Tucker Business Association, Main Street Tucker Alliance and the Tucker…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Downtown businesses are encouraged to decorate and win some cash.
The Tucker Business Association, Main Street Tucker Alliance and the Tucker Historical Society have partnered to sponsor a holiday decorating contest for downtown Tucker businesses. Businesses within the downtown area, as defined by Brockett Road, LaVista Road, Lawrenceville Highway and Tucker Industrial Road, are encouraged to celebrate the holidays with festive and imaginative decorations for their windows and buildings. A panel of judges with representatives from all three of the sponsoring organizations will view the area businesses on the evening of Saturday, 1 December 2012; winners will be announced on Monday, Dec. 3 2012 and will be posted on Tucker Patch. Prizes awarded will be as follows: First prize: $500 Second prize: $300 …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Lots of gratitude to lots of fine locals.
The 120th celebration on Saturday was a great day for Tucker, Georgia! We had a little down-home ceremony to recognize the families who so graciously donated the historically significant items that now call Browning Courthouse home. We thank Theron Chewning and Nan Chewning Brownlee for the donation of their grandfather's (Alf Chewning) personal desk he used to process the mail beginning on June 25, 1892. Thanks to Tim Timmons for sharing background information on Tucker's history leading up to the time of Alf Chewning's appointment. We thank Wallace and Ruth Ann Hardy for honoring the Lewis family in donating the over 100-year-old Tucker Congregational Church pew. A little later that morning we learned from Vickie Watkins, our …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Santa made his appearance and lit Tucker's tree during the annual street festival.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The rain broke just in time for the annual Christmas on Main Street event on Tuesday night. Despite the dreary weather, the crowds came out to welcome Santa and participate in the small-town street festival that has been a Tucker tradition for years. Just after 7 p.m., Art Wood, who was emceeing the event, announced that Santa was on his way. He arrived in an open-top classic convertible and waved to the crowd before getting out of the car in front of the tree (located in front of RBC Bank), touching his finger to his nose, and lighting the tree. Once the 16-foot tree was lit, Santa made his way into the old Rotagilla building (which will reopen as a Mexican grill in early January) and visited with children and had pictures taken. The …
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Cheryl Miller
6:33 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
If the TPC had Smoke Rise parents in attendance they would have heard that Smoke Rise currently has about 600 students and it is on the schedule to be torn down and rebuilt for 600 students. So, where are they planning on putting the Livsey kids? In trailers like they have the refugee students at Livsey now? If you were a parent and bought your house in the Livsey district because you heard it … more ›