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DORAVILLE

Historic neighborhoods, city parks, it an easily connectable neighborhood to Flowers Park offers a pool for residents
international businesses, independent Atlanta, Lenox Mall, Perimeter Mall and the May 28 through Labor Day.
businesses—these are just a few of the rest of DeKalb County.
many amenities offered by the city of Doraville residents also enjoy access to
Doraville. Doraville is now in the cusp of many Fleming Arena, offering basketball, tai
developments, including redevelopment chi, qi gong, hip-hop dance classes and
Incorporated in 1871, Doraville has grown of a former 165-acre General Motors aerobics. Other city programs include
from a small district of farmers, laborers, assembly plant. The site, now known as football and cheerleading, soccer, boxing
blacksmiths and teachers into one of the Assembly, is expected to house mixed-use and water aerobics.
largest international districts in the metro housing, retail and offi ce space, renewed
Atlanta area. infrastructure, access to the city’s MARTA Doraville boasts a large stock of
station and more. According to developers, mid-century modern houses as part
Considered a Buford Highway Corridor the Assembly project is expected to bring of its Northwoods and Northcrest
community, Doraville boasts more than 6,000 to 8,000 jobs to the Atlanta area. neighborhoods, both of which have been
100 independently owned international added to the National Register for Historic
restaurants. In the span of one day, Doraville is also cashing in on Atlanta’s Places. The neighborhoods were planned
patrons can experience the cuisines recent fi lm boom with Assembly’s fi rst by Georgia Tech graduate Ernest Mastin
of Vietnam, Korea, Mexico, Colombia, tenant, Third Rail Studios. The studio as a planned, suburban neighborhood for
Cambodia, the Deep South, China, Japan boasts 140,000 square-feet and three post-World War II industrial workers and
and more. sound stages. still remain in use.

Doraville’s demographics follow an Nexus, a 13-acre redevelopment project Doraville is served by DeKalb County
international trend: 43 percent Hispanic, along Buford Highway, is also expected School District’s Henderson Mill,
28 percent White, 14 percent Black, 11 to bring a hotel, townhomes, retail space, Evansdale, Pleasantdale, Oakcliff,
percent Asian, 2 percent Native American multi-family and senior housing to Hightower and Cary Reynolds elementary
and 20 percent “other.” City offi cials Doraville. schools as well as Sequoyah Middle
estimate 56 percent of residents speak School, Chamblee Charter High School and
a language other than English as a fi rst Doraville offers residents and visitors Cross Keys High School.
language. serveral parks, including Autumn Park,
Brooks Park, Chicopee Park, English Oak Tapestry Charter Middle School, Atlanta
Doraville is convenient for travel on Park, Bernard Halpern Park and Flowers Jewish Academy, Sophia Academy and
I-85, I-285, Buford Highway, Peachtree Park, all offering such amenities as open Northwoods Montessori School are also
Industrial and Shallowford Roads, making play areas, picnic areas, and playgrounds. located in Doraville.

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