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Brookhaven resident Mary Ellen Layden didn’t consider herself very political until it came time to make a city of her community.

“I wasn’t much of an activist,” said Layden, who works in sales at the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce. “Then I met this great group of people who had a fascinating idea to create the City of Brookhaven. I loved my neighborhood near Oglethorpe University, and a number of us worked back in 2009 to address speeding and traffic concerns, but I could sense a bit of disconnect with the rest of Brookhaven. When I learned about the campaign for us to become a city in 2012, I was all in.” Read more…