Stay cool, Tuesday
June 24 — Hello, Silver Streak readers!
With temperatures on the rise, we have tips on how to navigate this week’s heat dome. We also have more on the Beltline’s latest news – the official opening of Segment 4 on the Westside Trail. Plus, if you need some summer ideas for yourself or the grandkids, consider “Milo Imagines the World,” which opens at Alliance Theater tomorrow. Sammie Purcell’s interview with the musical’s composer – an Atlanta native – is below.
And now for a few headlines:
📉 The Atlanta Police Department said there has been a 10% reduction in crime across the city in the past year.
🚨 Atlanta Police arrested four people after a group cut up Pride flags from Blake’s on the Park in Midtown.
🚧 Decatur recently celebrated the start of the second development phase on Village at Legacy, the city’s first attainable family housing community in decades.
🏡 The Dunwoody Homeowners Association voted against a zoning proposal that would have allowed a low-income housing development on Ashford Dunwoody Road.
🐊 A nonprofit conservation group bought the Twin Pines mining site near the Okefenokee Swamp, ending a six-year battle to protect the national wildlife refuge.
🍷 Early bird tickets are on sale now for October’s Sandy Springs Wine Festival.
🕓 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter.
• New Beltline segment opens
• Heat dome safety
• ‘Milo Imagines the World’
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• Stories of Atlanta | Lance Russell
Enjoy!
New Beltline segment creates 6.8 miles of continuous Westside Trail
🎀 A ribbon-cutting was held Monday for a new segment of the Westside Trail, creating the longest continuous corridor on the Atlanta Beltline.
Walkers, runners, and cyclists can now travel 6.8 continuous miles on the Westside Trail – from Pittsburgh Yards to Blandtown – with the official opening of Segment 4.
The trail segment stretches 1.3 miles from the existing Westside Trail terminus at Lena Street north to Law Street, where it connects to the Westside Beltline Connector and Westside Trail Segment 3. It transforms a fragmented pathway into a seamless corridor that runs along Washington Park.
🚶 Learn more about the trail opening here.
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Georgia will experience a heat dome this week. Here’s what that means and how you can prepare
🥵 While the heat index could go above 100 degrees in many parts of Georgia, the National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for North and Central Georgia.
Heat index values between 100 and 108 degrees are expected across portions of northern and Middle Georgia between today and Thursday, with the hottest conditions expected today and Wednesday.
In addition to the dangerous heat indexes experienced across the country this summer, this week’s triple-digit threat brings an extra element of dread and peril: a heat dome.
🌡️ Learn more from GPB about how to stay safe here.
Composer Christian Magby talks diving into ‘Milo Imagines the World’
🪞 If you have kids, you’ve probably heard of Milo and his people-watching journey via train in the book “Milo Imagines the World.” Now, Matt de la Peña’s children’s book is coming to the stage at the Alliance Theatre.
“Milo Imagines the World” is a new musical that adapts Milo’s story into a full-fledged adventure, with music by Christian Magby, lyrics by Christian Albright, and book by Terry Guest. From June 25-July 27, you can join Milo and his sister, Adrian, as Milo imagines the inner lives of the people he sees on the train and slowly comes to his own self-discovery.
🎼 Read more about the musical here.
‘Extralegal Actions’: Stories of Atlanta by Lance Russell
VIA SAPORTAREPORT
🍏 In Atlanta’s history, there have been some contentious political arguments, but never has there been a night like the one we tell in this edition of Stories of Atlanta.
The trouble began when, after Atlanta’s fourth election, the losing political party refused to accept their loss. The trouble ended when the winning party grabbed their weapons.
What followed is now legend in the history of Atlanta – law-abiding citizens acting in ways they never could have imagined.
🔪 Buckle up buckaroos, it’s a tale of mayhem, madness, and violence on this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
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🖋️ Today’s Silver Streak was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
