The Dunwoody Homeowners Association announced its Feb. 18 annual meeting hat Dash Hospitality’s David Abes will be the grand marshal at this year’s Fourth of July Parade.
Abes is the driving force behind an effort to create a multi-use entertainment and restaurant complex in the heart of Dunwoody that now includes Bar(n), Message in a Bottle, Morty’s Meat Supply and several food truck concepts.
Parade co-chairs Penny Forman and Matt Weber also revealed that this year’s parade theme is “Red, White, and You.” The parade is the largest in the state of Georgia, with more than 2,000 participants and 30,000 spectators. The DHA and Rough Draft are presenting sponsors.
Forman said three bands have already committed to appear at the parade: Dunwoody High School, a drum-and-bugle corp, and the Spirit of Atlanta band.
DHA President Bob Fiscella highlighted the group’s accomplishments over the past year, including its weekly farmer’s market at Brook Run Park, Light Up Dunwoody, which kicks off the holiday season, and the continuation of Food Truck Thursdays at Brook Run that has been in operation for 12 years.
The group also heard from State Sen. Sally Harrell (D-40), who outlined several issues that will see a lot of attention from the state’s legislative body, including a crackdown on “swatting,” the act of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person’s address.
“Several members were victims of swatting, which is very upsetting,” Harrell said. “It’s happened to both Democrats and Republicans.”
She also discussed several measures that she has introduced that focus on mental illness, reducing college tuition for low-income students, and a mandate that would guarantee that children in elementary and middle school have a dedicated recess period during the school day.
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