DunwoodyTalk

Brook Run Playground opened a couple of water attractions back in 2005. The tall man at the podium is former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones. Back in 2005 Vernon was a Democrat. Years later he publicly transitioned to a Republican and big supporter of President Trump. If you like the skate park and/or dog park at Brook Run, you can thank Vernon. The dog park was originally named for Vernon's dog. In 2005 DeKalb County still controlled Brook Run. The county knew it had to spend some money here, so Vernon gave us two things that he knew would irritate many Dunwoodians - a loud dog park (with gallons of dog pee and pounds of dog poop going into the groundwater weekly, an environmental disaster that we kept)) and a concrete skate park. It's no surprise Vernon is not mentioned by name in The Crier as he and Dick Williams were not best of friends. When Dunwoody was working on becoming a city, Vernon allegedly threatened to put the county-owned farmhouse (the other one) on a trailer and haul it to south DeKalb if Dunwoody pursued cityhood. Vernon always had great comments when speaking abut Dunwoody.

“My administration was responsible for a lot of things getting done in this county … but I think the thing that most touched me that I will never forget is the dog park,” Jones said. “I opened the first dog park in DeKalb County, and we got together with some like-minded people in the Dunwoody area and we were able to put together, I believe, a fine plan on developing Brook Run that included the dog park.”
Jones encouraged the council to have “the wisdom of Solomon” in negotiating whether to move or maintain the dog park’s location.
“I understand there are some issues and you have to make some decisions, and certainly there was no intent to offend any of the homeowners,” Jones said. “We certainly want everyone to enjoy and appreciate it.”

Take note of the 6500-pound globe. It was a cool water feature. There were claims it was too difficult to maintain, and it disappeared. The globe is rumored to be in the same secret location as the stained glass windows form the Brook Run theater; a no-humidity cavern 100 feet beneath the farmhouse. The only access to this cavern is kept secret by the Dunwoody Illuminati. I was once given access after being blindfolded and taken down ancient stairs made of granite from Stone Mountain. The cavern also holds several bars of gold and $4 million in Confederate bonds, being kept in reserve in case the next Parks and Trails bond fails.