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><channel><title>Decatur Metro &#187; annexation</title> <atom:link href="/tag/annexation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com</link> <description>Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:49:59 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1</generator> <item><title>Decatur Homeowners Ask to Have Adjacent Parcel Annexed</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/19/decatur-homeowners-ask-to-have-adjacent-parcel-annexed/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/19/decatur-homeowners-ask-to-have-adjacent-parcel-annexed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur City Commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DeKalb County]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peggy Merriss]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21478</guid> <description><![CDATA[The property owners at 416 Eastland Drive live on a great invisible fissure of bureaucracy. One parcel of their property falls within the boundaries of a city with a junkie&#8217;s obsession on the &#8220;walkable&#8221;, pushes its school system to be the best in the northern hemisphere and has weekly trash pickup.  The other side of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/19/decatur-homeowners-ask-to-have-adjacent-parcel-annexed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How Much More City Annexation Can DeKalb Take?</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/09/how-much-more-city-annexation-can-dekalb-take/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/09/how-much-more-city-annexation-can-dekalb-take/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[City of Brookhaven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DeKalb County]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dunwoody]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Annexation isn&#8217;t just a topic of conversation around Decatur.  Though our city has long been toying with the idea of expanding its limits in order to increase its commercial base, there hasn&#8217;t yet been the almost necessary outcry by surrounding residents looking to trade their DeKalb-run services for Decatur to make it happen. However, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/09/how-much-more-city-annexation-can-dekalb-take/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>18</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>With Medlock Likely to Close, are Decatur&#8217;s Northern Residents Now Open to Annexation?</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/20/with-medlock-likely-to-close-are-decaturs-northern-residents-now-open-to-annexation/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/20/with-medlock-likely-to-close-are-decaturs-northern-residents-now-open-to-annexation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:23:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur Annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur City Commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medlock Elementary School]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Almost two years ago to the day, residents living north of Decatur&#8217;s borders were sharing their new found neighborly relationships with the AJC, stemmed from their new common enemy &#8211; Decatur. Decatur&#8217;s vast annexation plan of 2007-2008, initiated in an effort to off-set the residential tax burden by bringing more commercial property inside Decatur, looked [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/20/with-medlock-likely-to-close-are-decaturs-northern-residents-now-open-to-annexation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>52</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Strategic Plan To-Do List: Money! (aka Density &amp; Annexation)</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/16/strategic-plan-to-do-list-money-aka-density-annexation/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/16/strategic-plan-to-do-list-money-aka-density-annexation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:12:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur density]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur Strategic Plan]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Density &#38; annexation&#8221; might not be the best overall descriptors for Goal #9 of Decatur&#8217;s Strategic Plan, but I felt compelled to use the most incendiary words possible in the post title. FYI, I&#8217;m skipping Goal #8, which is located on page 38 of the Plan, because it&#8217;s essentially &#8220;support the Cultural Arts Master Plan&#8220;. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/02/16/strategic-plan-to-do-list-money-aka-density-annexation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Avondale Eyes Old Mill Property For Mixed Use</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/13/avondale-eyes-old-mill-property-for-mixed-use/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/13/avondale-eyes-old-mill-property-for-mixed-use/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:08:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avondale Estates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DeVry annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fenner Dunlop property]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sounds like Avondale Estates is looking to pull a &#8220;DeVry&#8221; on a large piece of unused property at the edge of its city limits. Last week&#8217;s Champion Newspaper detailed Avondale&#8217;s plan to annex the remaining 9 acres of the roughly 13 acre abandoned Fenner Dunlop mill property into the city with plans of mixed-use development. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/13/avondale-eyes-old-mill-property-for-mixed-use/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Avondale Church Zoning Dispute Opens Old Annexation Wounds</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/05/12/avondale-church-zoning-dispute-opens-old-annexation-wounds/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/05/12/avondale-church-zoning-dispute-opens-old-annexation-wounds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:10:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[zoning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avondale Annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avondale Estates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s zoning kismet! The AJC reports that the city of Avondale has shut down Christ Liberty Family Center inside its city limits after it was discovered the church was operating without a permit and didn&#8217;t meet local zoning rules &#8220;that require houses of worship to have three acres of land and 100 feet of frontage [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/05/12/avondale-church-zoning-dispute-opens-old-annexation-wounds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Radford Calls For Giving CSD &#8220;Binding Vote&#8221; Regarding Large-Scale Annexation</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/10/15/radford-calls-for-giving-csd-binding-vote-regarding-annexation/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/10/15/radford-calls-for-giving-csd-binding-vote-regarding-annexation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:56:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[city schools of decatur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decatur city commission election]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Radford]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[While we&#8217;ve been spending much of our time in recent days participating in 6-word play, many of the Decatur City Commission candidates have been laying out platforms, asking questions and proposing solutions on their own candidacy blogs. With the election fast approaching, and a much-anticipated online debate just a week away, I think it&#8217;s high [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/10/15/radford-calls-for-giving-csd-binding-vote-regarding-annexation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CSD DeVry Special Session Moved To Thursday</title><link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/27/csd-devry-special-session-moved-to-thursday/</link> <comments>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/27/csd-devry-special-session-moved-to-thursday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:40:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Decatur Metro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annexation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[city schools of decatur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DeVry annexation]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Due to unforeseen circumstances, the school board has had to move it&#8217;s special session to discuss the potential DeVry annexation until Thursday.  I assume it will be at the same time and place: 630p @ Westchester. I&#8217;ve also confirmed that I was incorrect to insinuate in the previous post that the Superintendent was ready to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/27/csd-devry-special-session-moved-to-thursday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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