👋🏼, Hello, Kroger

Eat drink and be merry Nov It s Cathy from Rough Draft with my weekly newsletter on Dunwoody One would think with the looming holidays news would be slowing down Au contraire Pierre Let s get to chosen headlines to start First our dining squad has done a great job with its MARTA dining guide detailing transit-adjacent venues around Atlanta They are now reaching the burbs with their Sandy Springs Dunwoody account Here s a round-up about where to eat and how to get there Second it s the season of giving and nobody requirements it more than Marie Thomas a Dunwoody Police system representative whose home was destroyed in a fire There s a GoFundMe page set up for her to help recoup her losses Third the Atlanta Chili Cook Off is this Sunday Nov at Brook Run Park from noon to p m The timing is great you can have a blast eating fall s greatest food and still make it home in time to watch the Falcons lose Yes I know it s New Orleans but this Atlanta association reliably finds a way to lose in creative strategies It s a sport within a sport Ultimately just in occurrence Light Up Dunwoody didn t ignite your holiday spirit you have another chance to exorcise your inner Grinch at Discovery Dunwoody s celebration and lantern parade in the Shops of Dunwoody on Nov And now onto this week s stories It s heavy on Dunwoody High School news Its beloved Finance Academy founder Steve Fortenberry is retiring at the end of the semester and a group is working on raising money to expand its stadium so that it can hold its first varsity home battle in its -year history We also statement on Light Up Dunwoody s new location and fresh life coming to the former Walmart Superstore in Perimeter Village I m not bitter Cathy Dunwoody families Now is the time to tour Greater Atlanta Christian School and see why your neighbors choose GAC for top-tier academics Christian faith and a caring Infant th grade region AM PM bus routes offer convenience for Dunwoody families SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo by Julia Frament Glowing reviews for new Light Up location The Dunwoody Homeowners Association lit up Dunwoody on Nov to officially open the holiday season The annual Light Up Dunwoody event moved to a new venue the lawn of the Donaldson-Bannister House at the corner of Chamblee Dunwoody and Vermack Road Organizers and attendees applauded the move from the Shops of Dunwoody to the newer more spacious location I am elated with everything about this day revealed DHA president Tim Brown Any concerns we had evaporated It s a great venue the weather was perfect and I couldn t be happier Here s more information about the day More Than a Classroom Greater Learning SPONSORED BY GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Greater Atlanta Christian School serving Infant th grade continues to lead in innovative Christian coaching in Atlanta The new Tidwell Commons provides Middle and High School students with hands-on learning spaces including media studios a modern library and the Center for Christian Life and Missions Plus GAC s new Business Innovation Entrepreneurship Initiative lets students explore business with real-world learning From mastering the basics of entrepreneurship to stepping into C-suite roles at the on-campus coffee shop students gain unparalleled experience all without leaving campus Watch the reveal video and schedule your GAC campus visit to tour our innovative learning spaces Photo by Cathy Cobbs Fresh for Everyone bringing it to Perimeter Village Kroger has in recent days signed a lease to take over the majority of the former Walmart at Perimeter Village in Dunwoody according to news reports The next morning s News In the present day was the first to overview that the Cincinnati-based grocer is expected to open one of its large-format Marketplace stores in place of the former Walmart which closed last July after years of trouble with a capital T Walmart announced it shuttered the location because of less-than-impressive sales but multiple regular shoppers considered that the real reason behind the store s closing was a lack of customer provision and frequent incidents of shoplifting and other low-level crimes Let s hope history doesn t repeat itself Here s my story Dunwoody families Now is the time to tour Greater Atlanta Christian School and see why your neighbors choose GAC for top-tier academics Christian faith and a caring Infant th grade population AM PM bus routes offer convenience for Dunwoody families SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo by Jennifer Boettcher DHS Finance Academy s Fortenberry is retiring Steve Fortenberry who left the business world in to begin a finance academy at Dunwoody High School that has changed thousands of lives is retiring in December I m turning and it just seemed like it was time Fortenberry described Rough Draft It seems like I ve lived my whole life at Dunwoody I graduated from here I taught here and my kids went here Dunwoody s Finance Academy began in with just students with the goal of evolving into a mini-MBA undertaking that taught real-life lessons in entrepreneurship marketing international business finance and AP macroeconomics Fortenberry estimates that students have gone through the two-year effort with a great number of graduates moving on to impressive careers in the financial industry Even as we speak Fortenberry and his academy students are exploring New York City and meeting with top executives at Goldman Sachs Google and the National Football League Read about Fortenberry s legacy and the love his former students and group members have for him Photo by Bring it Home Bring it Home for Dunwoody The Dunwoody High School Football association has never had a home battle on its own field The Wildcat neighborhood has decided it s time for that to end Bring it Home composed of a group of parents DHS faculty and locality members is in the midst of raising million to expand its home field seating to to enable varsity sports to be played onsite So far fundraising has topped An anonymous DHS graduate is also throwing in a cool million I have my ideas about his or her identity Anyone who s been in Dunwoody for a hot minute may also have an educated guess see the emoji hint above Bringing Friday night lights back to Dunwoody has been a long time coming I am so impressed with the potential and enthusiasm of not only the Bring it Home committee but also the entire region announced DHS Principal Tom Bass Parents teachers neighbors and future Wildcat families are all coming together to aid this mission Read more about the effort here Share your love of Rough Draft with a friend Use the personal referral link below and get cool stuff Get referrals and we ll send you a few stickers Get and you ll get a t-shirt The post Hello Kroger appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta