The city of Dunwoody has approved a deal with a probation service that may end up offering Dunwoody residents more places to pay city fees.

The city’s  deal with Sentinel Offender Services, for now, only covers offender-paid probation service to Dunwoody. But, because the service allows payments at any of the Sentinel kiosks, the city of Dunwoody can use these kiosks to also collect non-court-related fees. City officials are reviewing Sentinel’s service and deciding where to place the kiosks.

There are many neighborhoods and pockets of this popular city, such as Dunwoody Club and Dunwoody Club Forest, Kingsley, Buckline Crossing, Dunwoody Village, Mt. Vernon Springs, Deerfield, Hunters Branch, Redfield, Hidden Branches, Brooke Farm, Tilly Mill, North Wellington, Meadowlake, Ravinia, Oxford Chase, Devinger, Wellesley, Winter’s Chapel and the area around Zabin Park.

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Fulton county’s cities of Sandy Springs, Milton and Johns Creek and Dekalb County’s Dunwoody will get smaller shares of  the Stimulus Package because they are newly formed cities.

The US Department of Justice is doling out money to almost every local law enforcement agency in the country. But the grant is based on three calendar years of Uniform Crime Reports, a statistical crime summary each city compiles annually. None of the three Fulton cities of Sandy Springs, Johns Creek or Milton, or Dekalb’s newly-formed Dunwoody, has been around for three years.

City and county officials project that the cities of Johns Creek, Milton and Sandy Springs will get a combined amount of $200,000. In contrast, Roswell is set to receive $98,000 and Alpharetta will receive $66,000. Fulton County and its other cities have applied for $5.6M in grant money. More money is coming from the Justice Department that these new cities can tap into. Georgia is set to receive another $36M, and almost 60% of that will be be going to local governments.

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Three of Buckhead’s most expensive homes recently dropped their prices by millions:

• Arthur Blank (he’s the co-founder of Home Depot and the current owner of the Atlanta Falcons) dropped his asking price by $2M, from $10.9M to $8.9M;
• Windcrofte dropped from $13.9M to $10.9M (this was the former home of Robert Woodruff, of Coca Cola fame, and now owned by Guy Milner, businessman and ex-gubernatorial candidate);
• 2900 Andrews Drive, an historic home dating back to 1917, was reduced from $14.5M to $11.75M.

There are 26 Buckhead homes for-sale above the asking price of $5M; the highest priced home is listed for sale at $16.9M. For that price, you’ll get 7 bedrooms, 10 full baths, 3 half-bathrooms, 9 fireplaces, a pool, a 2-bedroom staff-house, 5-car garage and 4.4+ acres.

Most of these homes are in the Tuxedo Park area of Buckhead, but one can find a lower-priced home in Collier Park, Ardmore Park, Brookwood, Peachtree Heights, South Tuxedo Park, Peachtree Hills, Garden Hills, Haynes Manor, Habersham Manor, Habersham Cove, Kingswood, Randall Mill, Castlewood, Ridgewood Heights, Wesley Road, Crestwood, Moscogee Avenue, Peachtree Battle, Wyngate, Arden Habersham, Argonne Forest!

Today, there are 911 single family homes and 1109 condos/townhomes for-sale in Buckhead – we can help you find the right one for your needs and budget. Call or email us today and Experience True Experience!

The Dunwoody Police Department, led by Police Chief Billy Grogan, launched on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Dunwoody debuted its 48 sworn police officers and fleet of 40 black-and-white Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers. Two weeks earlier, the city of Dunwoody cut in half, the cost of the Dunwoody’s communications system. Originally, the city council approved, then reversed, a $220,000 contract to cover services from telephones to internet access in patrol cars. The city finally approved a $107,000 contract, by removing integrated faxing and overhead paging.

Some of the city of Dunwoody’s neighborhoods include Dunwoody Club and Dunwoody Club Forest, Kingsley, Buckline Crossing, Dunwoody Village, Mt. Vernon Springs, Deerfield, Hunters Branch, Redfield, Hidden Branches, Brooke Farm, Tilly Mill, North Wellington, Meadowlake, Ravinia, Oxford Chase, Devinger, Wellesley, Winter’s Chapel and the area around Zabin Park.

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