🌱 Patch AM: How did a Brookhaven Zaxby’s help sink Dunwoody’s drive-through plan?

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• How did a Brookhaven Zaxby’s help sink Dunwoody’s drive-through plan?

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on Peachtree Street and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 58, low: 39.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dunwoody city council denies Zaxby's application for double-drive through lanes (roughdraftatlanta.com) — Dunwoody City Council has rejected a special permit for double drive-through lanes at a proposed Zaxby’s in the Ashford Lane complex, citing traffic and walkability concerns. To justify their plans, the developers relied on drive-through performance data from an existing Zaxby’s on Briarcliff Road in Brookhaven, giving locals a concrete comparison point for how busy the Dunwoody site might have become.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookhaven

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Holidays on Peachtree Street
  The Church at Ponce & Highland, 1085 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Matter of Balance
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  10:30 am
• Women's Basketball vs. Kalamazoo
  Dorough Fieldhouse Pinholster Court
  2:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Building Blocks
  Redan-Trotti Library - Meeting Room
  11:00 am

Saturday December 20

• Flowering and Companion Planting for Youth
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  10:00 am
• Puzzle Swap
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  11:00 am
• Flowering and Companion Planting
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  12:30 pm
• Afternoon Storytime
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  2:00 pm
• A Little Loopy Crochet Group
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• English as a Second Language (ESL)
  Chamblee Library -
  10:15 am
• Dwarf Goat Meditation
  Brook Run Park , 4770 N Peachtree Rd , Dunwoody
  11:00 am
• Park Ranger Storytime: Winter Wonderland
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  11:00 am
• Holiday Gift Wrapping and Painting
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Meeting Room
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Chamblee

• Interns document UNG art collection (ung.edu)
• Atlanta Furniture Taxi Wins "Best of Georgia Honorable Mention Winner" Award for Fourth Consecutive Year (bakercityherald.com)
• Body camera video shows Chamblee officers revive man after workplace heart attack (fox5atlanta.com)

Doraville

• Security tightened for Hanukkah celebrations across metro Atlanta after Sydney mass shooting (atlantanewsfirst.com)
• DeKalb leaders extend data center moratorium to June as residents raise health, cost concerns (cbsnews.com)

Norcross

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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