druid_main_treeResidents of the Druid Hills neighborhood are expected to be out in force on Tuesday, Aug. 20, for a town hall meeting to discuss cityhood and annexation. According to the Druids Hills Civic Association website, the meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the sanctuary of Glenn Memorial Church, 1660 N. Decatur Road, on the Emory campus.

Speakers will include Allen Venet, chair, City of Briarcliff Initiative; Duriya Farooqui and Hans Utz of the Office of the Mayor, City of Atlanta; Lee May, acting CEO, DeKalb County; and Matthew Lewis of the Druid Hills Charter Cluster.

Presenters will be available to answer questions from the audience, said Mike St. Louis, chair, Committee to Explore Druid Hills Cityhood Options.

For more, visit druidhills.org.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.