McKoy at Underwood, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Peter)

Patch’s Ralph Ellis is reporting this morning that a spokesman for Family Dollar says that the store will open in the old Big H plaza “mid-summer”.  The spokesman said that Decatur was picked as a location “because it looked like a good market”, according to Patch.

According to a letter from City Manager Peggy Merriss to the Decatur City Commission – included in the meeting materials (page 19) for tonight’s commission gathering – the city’s real property digest increased by 2% over the 2011 digest, with an overall increase of $24,193,180.  $24,361,738 is due to “new value” and a $168,558 hit was due to revaluation by the County.

The City Manager is recommending that the city hold its combined millage at 13 mills for the coming fiscal year, with a slight decrease in the capital improvement millage (from 1.1 mills to 1 mill) and increases the debt service millage from 1.32 mills to 1.42 mills.  The general operating fund and downtown development authority millage would remain unchanged.

• Atlanta History Center’s “Live Blog Event” of the 1917 Great Atlanta Fire is today! [AHC]
• DeKalb mailing out 2012 property assessments by month’s end [AJC]
• Avondale to discuss golf cart ordinance again [Patch]
• Fox Bros. pulled pork sandwich ranks nationally [CL]
• Oprah speaks to Spelman graduates [Fox5]
• Tokyo rail is successful in part due to branching out into retail and real estate [Atlantic Cities]

Great Atlanta Fire photo courtesy of Atlanta History Center