Brookhaven News, Updates and Resources The Brookhaven Blast Brookhaven News, Updates and Resources CITY OF BROOKHAVEN NEWS Brookhaven hosting Easter Egg Scramble this Saturday UPDATE: Due to forecasted rain showers, this event has been postponed until 2 p.m. After a two-year Coronavirus hiatus, Peter Rabbit returns heading to Brookhaven. On Saturday, April 16 beginning at 2 p.m. sharp, the annual Easter Egg Scramble will be open to all Brookhaven youngsters, at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road. The Easter Egg Scramble will feature food trucks offering breakfast fare at reasonable prices, and the Easter Bunny will be on hand again to pose for photos. Egg hunters will be split into age groups (3 and under; 4-6, and 7+) with separate areas for each. More info here. Brookhaven to purchase Development Services Building At its regularly scheduled business meeting on Tuesday, April 12, the Brookhaven City Council unanimously approved the purchase of the property that currently serves as the leased headquarters of Brookhaven Police and Municipal Court. In 2023, the facility at 2665 Buford Highway will be repurposed as the Brookhaven Development Services Building. More info here. Park Bond Program Project Updates The Murphey Candler Park North Boardwalk is progressing across the northern end of the lake. The top down construction method allows the contractor to move forward by working off the deck of the boardwalk they have just completed. It also eliminates disturbance to the ground and wetlands. The project is scheduled to be finished this summer. Demolition is complete and grading is progressing on the Lynwood Park splashpad project. Work on the stormwater system, sanitary sewer, underground detention, and poolhouse footings is planned to begin this month. The project is scheduled to be complete at the end of 2022 for the splashpad and pool to be ready for Summer 2023. A contractor has been selected for the Murphey Candler Park scout hut demolition. The project is part of the voter approved Parks Bond Program. Work will begin within weeks to install required erosion control measures before demo can begin. The actual demo and removal of debris will only take a few days. The work area will be fenced to provide safety for park users and ball players and families. The area will be temporarily graded to drain in anticipation of the parking lot expansion for the Lake House. The Murphey Candler Park Kiwanis Serves monument will remain in place within a Lake House parking lot island. City Council renews sponsorship of Front Yard Tree Program Back by popular demand, Brookhaven is once again partnering with Trees Atlanta to sponsor the Front Yard Tree Program. In this partnership, Trees Atlanta will plant up to 40 trees (max. 2 per household) in the front yards of Brookhaven residents. Homeowners can choose one of six varieties of oak; Tupelo, River birch, Tulip poplar, American sycamore or Bald cypress, all between six and eight feet in height. Trees Atlanta will plant the tree and provide the initial mulching and watering and include a two-year replacement guarantee. More information here. UPCOMING CITY EVENTS & MEETINGS Next City Council Meeting: Tuesday, April 26 The Brookhaven City Council's next regular meeting will be held Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. Click here for agendas and other information. Brookhaven celebrates Lynwood Park Community Day on May 7 in person again The City of Brookhaven will celebrate its traditional annual Lynwood Park Community Day in person again at Lynwood Park, 3360 Osborne Road, on Saturday, May 7, from noon to 6 p.m. “For the first time since 2019, Lynwood Community Day will be held in person. The Lynwood Park Community Day celebration has become a beloved tradition over the last four decades, attracting hundreds of participants not only from our community, but from surrounding areas as many have ties to this historic neighborhood,” said Mayor Pro Tempore and District 1 Councilwoman Linley Jones. “We are so excited to be able to celebrate Lynwood Community Day in person again this year.” More information here. ROAD CLOSURES & TRAFFIC ALERTS Partial lane closures at Ashford-Dunwoody and Peachtree intersection project on Saturday, April 23 The contractor for the Peachtree Road/Ashford Dunwoody intersection project will be constructing new storm sewers across Ashford-Dunwoody Road near the intersection of Peachtree on Saturday, April 23. This work will require lane closures with one-half of the roadway closed to traffic, and the other half open with flaggers directing traffic through the construction zone. These lane closures will alternate as the work progresses across the roadway. There will be intermittent closures of the roadway (less than 15 minutes) if needed, to mobilize equipment across the roadway. Steel road plates will be placed over the storm sewer trench after the work is completed. This work schedule is weather dependent and may change accordingly. DeKalb Watersh