Decatur Annexation Effort Dies in Legislature

Decatur's plan to annex two commercial areas died in the General Assembly.

City Manager Peggy Merriss said no legislator could be found to sponsor a bill in support of the annexation, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In December, the city commission voted to annex two heavily commercial areas that included Suburban Plaza and the Publix-anchored Emory Commons Shopping Center.

Should the city try again to annex the land?

No referendum was needed because few residences were affected, Merriss said at the time. , which it never got.

The city went through long discussions before approving the failed annexation plan, including the potential annexation of six areas, .

Here are some previous Patch stories about annexation.

• Decatur taxes bashed at annexation hearing.

• Report says annexation would swell school system attendance.

• Decatur school system starts annexation blog.
• Decatur planning to annex.

• Mayor says the city should annex Suburban Plaza.

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• Annexation foes create a website.

• Could a 'City of DeKalb' affect annexation timetable?