• Up to 4,000 DeKalb properties may see tax reassessment [AJC]
• Attempted child abduction off Midway Road [Patch]
• Decatur Beach Party needs volunteers [Decatur Minute]
• Atlanta loses a couple filming opportunities [AJC]
• 14 year-old from Augusta going to Olympic trials [Augusta Chronicle]
• Audio Poem: Monument – Natasha Trethewey [Poets.org]

Photo courtesy of the Decatur Minute

• Youth Baseball Opening Day [BeActive]
• Va-Hi mixed-use developer says he’s willing to talk with residents [Patch]
• Sweet Auburn included on National Trust’s Most Endangered List [ABC]
• Medlock residents watch the transit of Venus [MANA]
• Pinewood Tippling Room now serving brunch [Eater]
• Decatur siren test today [Decatur Minute]
• Can Mom and Pop stores survive extreme gentrification? [NYT]

• Emory man annually turn yard into D-Day cemetery [SaportaReport]
• Atlanta’s first “diverging diamond” interchange passes first test [AJC]
• See Venus in transit at Agnes Scott [Patch]
• Atlanta T-SPLOST $ would be used for ped/bike improvements around Chastain, Grant Park [AJC]
• Audit: Atlanta’s TADs need better oversight [CL]
• The link between creativity and dishonesty [BrainPickings]

Ariel view courtesy of Ashford-Dunwoody diamond courtesy of DivergingDiamond.org

• DeKalb residents upset over high property assessments [Fox5]
• Atlantic Station’s Facebook page asks whether it should ban smoking [ABC]
• Former Little Shop employee drawing cartoons for Patch [LSOS]
• Keep DeKalb Beautiful event at Twain’s tonight [CHCA]
• Georgia needs your garbage! [Atlanta Intown]
• Is traffic congestion really a drag on cities’ economies? [Atlantic Cities]

• The Beer Growler to open 5 franchises by summer’s end [Patch]
• Finding Fernbank still a challenge for locals [AJC]
• Beltline project will close part of Ponce again [Patch]
• Food truck Q&A with John T. Edge [CL]
• Former Gwinnett County Commissioner pleads guilty to bribery [AJC]
• “Why a good bar is essential” features Decatur “Pub Shed” [Atlantic Cities]

• Decatur Beer Fest logo contest deadline June 14th [Decatur Minute]
• Company offering Atlanta movie tours [Patch]
• Rehabbed Decatur Starbucks has largest cafe in Atlanta [Twitter]
• Billy Allin’s Williams-Sonoma page [WS]
• Tucker company awarded $7.7 million DeKalb watershed project [Champion]
• NASA asks future moon visitors to respect its stuff [Arstechnica]

• Decatur Starbucks now reopened [Patch]
• DeKalb to analyze N. Druid Hills accidents [WSBTV]
• Smoking bans gain popularity across metro Atlanta [AJC]
• Gunshot killed Sycamore Drive man [Patch]
• Don’t expect new Falcon’s stadium to pay for itself [AJC]
• Study: Walkability adds $82 per sq. ft to home value [NYT]

• Rainwater System being installed at Rec Center [Be Active Decatur]
• Open house today at Decatur Public Works [DecaturGA]
• Decatur lacrosse team’s best season ends in semis [Champion]
• My favorite homesteading books [SouthernUrban]
• The Best Parks Systems in America [AtlanticCities]

Photo courtesy of Be Active Decatur

• Walmart Market coming to Tucker [Patch]
• Mr. B retiring from Decatur High [Patch]
• Watershed reopens in Buckhead on Thursday [ABC]
• Interview with Watershed’s head chef Joe Treux [Eater]
• Buddhist Association buys 1.3 acres at Atlantic Station [ABC]
• Georgia’s Bicycle rank jumps from 40th to 23rd [Saporta]

Walmart Market photo courtesy of Wikipedia

• Wine bar opening below Saba in Emory village [Patch]
• North Druid Hills Road residents want traffic light [MANA]
• DeKalb schools look for cuts to fill $70 million gap [AJC]
• Trees Atlanta hires 100 kudzu-eating sheep [ABC]
• Study shows resilient walkable communities to lead housing recovery [Streetsblog]
• POEM: I Leave Her Weeping – Liz Rosenberg [Poetry Foundation]