If you’ve been wondering when the Trinity Triangle project will get off the ground, Decaturish’s latest article on apartment construction around Decatur gives a time frame…

Lyn Menne, Decatur’s Assistant City Manager for Community and Economic Development, said residents can expect to see activity this summer.

“The Trinity Triangle project is working its way through permitting,” she said via email. “We anticipate that it will be breaking ground in late June/early July.”

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Legislative hurdles? Jumped.  Corn?  Mashed.  Here we go, via the Atlanta Business Chronicle…

Four years in the making, Independent Distilling Co. recently launched in a small warehouse on East College Avenue in Decatur, just a few steps from Blue Tarp Brewing.

So far, it’s been a love of labor for founders Michael Anderson, a fundraiser for Zoo Atlanta, and Tommy Williams, an entrepreneur with a background in franchising.

But now the pair is preparing to ship out its first batch of corn whiskey. It’s named Hellbender after an endangered Georgia salamander.

The team also plans to produce rye whiskey and rum.