Emory and Atlanta, Sitting In a Tree, K - I - S - S - I - N - G
Well, maybe not so much - yet. But word on the street is that Emory is
certainly exploring the option of being annexed by the City of Atlanta, and
have had informal talks to that end. And they already know pretty much how they
can go about it.
The recent incorporation debate between the City of
Briarcliff Initiative (COBI) and the Lakeside City Alliance (LCA) certainly got
Emory's attention, to the point they began to internally evaluate just what
their identity was, and what impact possible incorporation would have on that
identity. It certainly did not help when the proposed Lakeside southern
boundary was bouncing around hither and yon just north of the Emory campus.
When the surprise Lakeside map that was issued only after approval by the
Senate committee, Emory was shocked to see the new southern boundary actually divided
the Emory Campus in half. At that point they made it clear to St. Francis of
Dunwoody that that was absolutely unacceptable and they demanded that the Emory
campus, and the adjacent neighborhoods, be left out of the LCA plan. Regarding COBI and the City of Briarcliff,
they were officially neutral to that proposal, as they realized there was
little room for negotiation with COBI. However, that doesn't mean they did not
speak privately with certain legislators in the General Assembly to make sure
they privately understood Emory's position. But, by that point, the question
was moot as it had become clear that Briarcliff would go nowhere as long as
Lakeside remained a possibility.
