Slow your roll, snow
Jan. 30 — It’s Cathy and Stephanie from Rough Draft with our weekly newsletter on Tucker – first, ice, then frigid temperatures, and now snow. January seems to be setting the table for an endless February. We’ve reactivated our storm coverage blog, so keep track of the myriad of closings and cancellations here.
⛄ We are on storm and ICE-Out protest stories, so this newsletter will be short and sweet and without weekend event recommendations, because of you-now-what.
But we will suggest sending some digital praise to Tucker High School’s Future Business Leaders of America Club. The team just brought home multiple wins from the 2026 Regional Leadership Conference.
😰 Bundle up!
Cathy and Stephanie
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Clean your plate, Tucker
🥘 The City of Tucker will soon warm up winter with a variety of hot plates from some of the city’s favorite haunts during its sixth annual Tucker Restaurant Week.
The annual event, sponsored by the city and Discover DeKalb, is slated for the week of Feb. 24-March 1, said Erica Rocker, Tucker’s economic development director. The price ranges are not yet available for all participating restaurants, but each will offer discounts and special deals throughout the week.
😋 Read Stephanie’s wrap-up of what to expect here.
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‘ICE Out’ at local schools
🪧 Since last week, students across metro Atlanta have been protesting the crackdown by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by ICE agents.
The “ICE Out Everywhere” protest calls for a day of “no work, no school, no shopping” on Friday, Jan. 30. Additional protests and marches are planned for Saturday and Sunday. Several Fulton, Atlanta and DeKalb school students have been participating in the demonstrations.
🧎🏾 We are keeping up with metro Atlanta school demonstrations here.
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Nuttopia owner gets community support
🥜 In the midst of icy conditions, Nuttopia owner Shantell Reid has faced the cold, harsh reality of a break-in for the second time in a matter of months, but the kindness of strangers has restored her faith.
On Jan. 26, Reid tearfully shared on the candy store’s social media platforms that she was awakened by the news that her store on Hugh Howell Road had been broken into and vandalized around 5 a.m. The store, which offers gourmet candies and a variety of nuts, was last burglarized almost four months to the date on Sept. 27.
🙋🏾 But everything changed after her social media post. Read about it here.
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