Downtown Brookhaven

The news of a assisted living facility is exciting but lacking in details. In response to a Downtown Association member’s request, we will try to publish more details as they become available. The Brookhaven Building Inspector’s office was kind enough to let us get a couple of photographs of the preliminary exterior drawings. To see [...]

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Attractive “period” lighting is now going up downtown. I like it. The area along Railroad ave side of the parking lots looks very nice at this point.

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The Brookhaven Downtown Association is now a reality. Over 30 businesses and individuals have joined and the association is ready to begin working on it’s first project! (See the links on the sidebar to the right) If you live in the central Brookhaven area or have a business downtown, join! It is free.

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Today, the Lincoln County Master Gardeners put a on a very successful and fun event in the “Spring Gardening Extravaganza”, right here in downtown Brookhaven. I perused the goods and savored the ‘burgers, listened to the brass band, but missed the seminars. Homer Richardson tells me that this year’s Extravaganza was even more successful than [...]

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When I saw the for sale sign on the Wand’s Seed Store building a few weeks ago, I was taken back to Easter time as a child when the window was filled with brightly-dyed little chicks. The thought made me a bit sad and anxious for what would be moving into the spot. Thankfully, the [...]

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I finally got the chance to get a good photo of the work that Terry Pappas has done on his buildings. A beautiful renovation!

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The local newspaper today featured the hot construction market that Brookhaven has become. Much mention was made of yet another strip mall, an Arby’s and a Waffle House. What a contrast the downtown scene is to the “Boulevard” leading to I-55. There is a lot of activity around restoring the beautiful structures of the past, [...]

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