Decatur Heights meets with nearby neighborhoods re. Selig revitalization plans for Suburban Plaza, including a Walmart

Selig Enterprises is trying to revitalize Suburban Plaza, on N. Decatur Rd between Church St. and Medlock just northeast of the Decatur, GA city limit. For years, the center has lanquished.

If DeKalb County approves a parking variance in December, Walmart will build on the NW end, at the corner of N. Decatur Rd. and Medlock.

Selig is planning some retenanting, as the leases of current occpants run out. For instance, L. A. Fitness has expressed interest in moving into part of what has historically been a grocery store.

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More details can be found at the Medlock Area Neighborhood Association (MANA) website.

At the request of MANA, representatives of Selig and Walmart met with Melock neighbors and invited representatives of other nearby neighborhoods on November 2nd, to provide information and answer questions. Dean Tarrell live-tweeted it.  Johnathan Cribbs live-tweeted it for the North Druid Hills-Braircliff Patch.

On Sunday the Decatur Heights Neighborhood Association (DHNA) Selig/Walmart Action Committee met with representatives from the Springdale Heights, Glennwood Estates, Sycamore Ridge, Sycamore Station, and Glenlake Commons neighborhoods.

 

In subsequent e-mail discussions, the action committee has formulated this letter and has sent it to neighborhood associations on the southeast side of Suburban Plaza.

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These are all of the items brought up Sunday by representatives of different neighborhoods. Decatur Heights will develop its own bullet points and encourages other neighborhoods to do the same. (An interim step might be to consolidate the points held in common and list those not by neighborhood.)

The next step is a community meeting so that neighbors and businesses on our side of Suburban Plaza will have an opportunity to hear from Selig and Walmart. The action committee will let the neighbors know when and where that meeting will take place.

The DHNA Walmart/Selig action committee

• James Gillespie
• Dave Kell
• Alison Kyle
• Ross Molinaro
• Rupesh Naik
• Samantha Naik
• Deanne Thomas
  Grace Ann Young 

Please comment if you have any thoughts on the matter (or contact one of the members of the committee). Neighbors are encouraged to comment on the DHNA Google Group:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/decatur-heights-neighbors