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DECATUR â Von Thomasâ house in Decaturâs Johns Hill neighborhood is as pretty as a picture and totally camera-ready. But the unblinking eyes of the surveillance cameras about to be deployed in the streets around Thomasâ 1940s home arenât interested in his nicely redone brick tuckpointing, refurbished windows or an immaculate yard, due to be adorned soon with exotic plantings for the summer. The coming cameras, capable of reading license plates on cars whizzing by at speeds up to 100 mph, are focused on capturing evidence. Itâs part of a private and city-funded an...
DECATUR âThe last of three new fire stations is one step closer to reality after the Decatur City Council approved a professional services agreement for design, bidding and construction oversight Monday evening. The council approved a $254,422 bid from Virginia-based Dewberry Architects, Inc. for the work on the new Fire Station 7, which will serve the southeast side of the city. Construction continues on the new Decatur Fire Station No. 3 in the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center. The new station is just a couple blocks north of the existing station and is part of an ongoing effort to updat...
City manager Scot Wrigton lays out the options for spending new, remaining American Rescue Plan, COVID-19 relief bill funds.
Watch now: Decatur bus transit DECATUR â Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe admitted that the current state of the downtown trolley is a pet peeve of hers. Itâs a sentiment shared by several members of the city council, who expressed frustration with the lack of ridership, decrying it as a waste of resources. âThey drive around town all day with nobody on them,â Moore Wolfe said. â... The driver must get really lonely.â But, concerns aside, the council voted Tuesday to authorize the use of up to $785,000 in federal grant funds for the purchase of two new hybrid trol...