Monday, November 17, 2008

Will Decatur be adding neighborhoods to city

Decatur considers adding neighborhoods to city

By APRIL HUNT

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, November 17, 2008

The Decatur City Council and Decatur School Board will hold a joint work session tonight to discuss the possibility of annexing two large neighborhoods and more commercial areas into the city’s borders.

A recently released study shows that the 4-square mile city relies mostly on property taxes for its revenue. Even with modest growth, the city projects it will need to raise those taxes if it does not add additional assessments, both residential and commercial.
However, the annexation of the Forrest Hills and Midway Woods neighborhoods would add about 450 students to the school district, requiring 7 to 10 new classrooms. Residents had opposed earlier talk of annexation because of the impact on the small school district.

The work session begins at 6:30 p.m. at Decatur City Hall.

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