Kim at Fleet Feet wants Decaturites to know…

“that Fleet Feet Sports is opening in downtown Decatur this Thursday [July 17th].  Owned and operated by residents of Decatur, Fleet Feet Sports is a specialty retailer offering footwear, apparel and accessories for runners, walkers, fitness enthusiasts and anyone looking for a comfortable pair of shoes. Fleet Feet follows a specific FIT process to analyze customers’ feet and biomechanics to determine the gear that’s best for them.”

And thus the troika of running shoe shops in the city is complete.  Let’s hope that residents’ knees can handle the additional running required to keep all these shops successful!

[photo ripped from FleetFeetDecatur.com]

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If you love/hate hearing transplants complain about living in Atlanta, do yourself a favor and read this great find from Fresh Loaf: a New York Sun article about New Yorkers that move here in record numbers and then morn the loss of bagels and pizza.

I submit Rosa’s on Broad Street for a good NY slice (not to mention the atmosphere).  But when it comes to bagels, I too, am at a loss.

From the oldest DeKalb city to the youngest, congrats to John over at Dunwoody North and all those North DeKalb peeps on their brand spankin’ new city of Dunwoody! I guess DeKalb County’s strategy of poorly constructed lawsuit threats and saying “It could be even worse than it already is!” didn’t really sway or inspire many people to vote “no” (only 19%). Who woulda thunk it?

In other news to the north, Gwinnett narrowly failed to give a majority backing to the non-binding MARTA question, split along party lines. Bet you can’t guess which party opposed it? But as the AJC points out, a near 50/50 split [UPDATE: Peach Pundit has the YES vote at 37% for Republicans] is a big improvement on the 3-to-1 defeat MARTA was repeatedly handed back in the ol’ 20th century.

And finally, in regards to all those important DeKalb County votes where actual people were concerned…we’re looking at run-offs. Jones vs. Martin. Ellis vs. Watson.