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What's up, neighbors!
Roswell is the place to be this weekend. The Roswell Arts Festival turns 60 on Saturday and Sunday, and it's still free, still on the City Hall lawn, and still the one festival around here where you can actually park on site. My wife has already told me we're going Saturday morning before the food truck lines get long. I've been told to bring the wagon.
If art booths aren't your thing, James Taylor plays Chastain Park Friday night. That's a five minute drive for a lot of you, and he's doing two nights, so Friday fits a weekend better than the Thursday show. We couldn't swing tickets this time and I'm a little bitter about it, mostly because Chastain in September is about as good as an outdoor show gets in Atlanta.
Sunday afternoon the Chattahoochee Nature Center does its Back to Your Roots Farm Fair from 12:00 to 4:00 PM, with farm animals and garden tours included with regular admission. We're probably doing the farm fair, then grabbing an early dinner at a Peruvian spot in Sandy Springs I've been meaning to tell you about. The ceviche is the reason.
One thing to read before the weekend: Roswell is proposing a big jump in the city property tax rate, and there are two public hearings left. Details below, along with a Dunwoody lake house to guess the price on and an orange cat named Scotch who has strong opinions about boxes.
- Andrew
In Today’s Post:
🎨 The Roswell Arts Festival hits 60 this weekend, still free
🎸 James Taylor plays Chastain Park Friday night
🏛️ Roswell wants a 56% city tax hike, two hearings left
🐟 The Sandy Springs ceviche spot that punches above its strip-mall address
🏡 Can you guess the price on this 5-bed Dunwoody lakefront showcase?
💐 The Sandy Springs florist that's been answering its own phone since 1987
🐾 Meet Scotch, an orange sun boy who just turned four


What's on your to-do list this fall?

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🎨 60th Annual Roswell Arts Festival
Grounds of Roswell City Hall
38 Hill Street, Roswell, GA
Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, 2026
10:00 AM-5:00 PM both days
Free admission and free on-site parking
This festival started in 1966. Sixty years. That's older than the City of Sandy Springs, older than the Perimeter Mall, older than most of the trees in your yard. It's a juried show, so every painter, potter, jeweler, glass and wood artist on the City Hall lawn had to earn the spot, and the money it raises goes back into Roswell's parks and historic sites.
Here's what a Saturday looks like. Park at City Hall (free, which is unheard of for a festival this size), wander the booths, and let the kids do the free painting and spin art while you eat something from a food truck.
Then find a spot on the grass for the stage. Roswell High's orchestra and chorus play at noon Saturday, HYDRA FIGHTER comes on at 2, and Sunday brings Bruce & The Peoples at 1 and the Centennial High orchestra at 4.
Leashed dogs are welcome. Canton Street is a short walk if you want a real lunch. Sand art, face painting and balloon animals carry a small fee, and everything else is free.
Sixty years in, this is the weekend Roswell throws its own party. Go Saturday for the energy, go Sunday for the deals, but GO.

🍽️ Pisco Latin Kitchen
This is the spot in the shopping center on Roswell Road that you've driven past a hundred times without going in. Do the thing.
It's Peruvian food with a Cuban side and a few Japanese touches, and it punches well above what the strip mall suggests. Good for a date night, good for a table of six, and the lunch menu makes it a real weekday option.
Start with the traditional ceviche, $23, grouper cured in house-made leche de tigre with sweet potato on the side. It's the dish people mention first in review after review, and it's the reason we go.
My wife orders the lomo saltado, $28, steak stir-fried in the Peruvian wok and served over fries, and I usually can't stop reaching over for them. The Cubano is $17 and the bread is flown in from a Latin bakery in Tampa, which is a level of commitment I respect. If you're hungry, the Angus churrasco is $32 at dinner and $18 on the lunch menu, and the portions mean lunch tomorrow is handled.
Two heads-ups. Service can lag when the room is full, so this isn't the place for a 45-minute dinner. And the paellas take a full 30 minutes, so order the arroz con mariscos ($34) when you sit down, not after your appetizers.
Lunch runs 11 to 3 Monday through Saturday with plates in the $15 to $18 range, and there's a full bar with a proper pisco sour.
Price: $$-$$$
Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 AM-9 PM
Fri-Sat 11 AM-10 PM
Sun 12-9 PM
Website

💐 Sandy Springs Flowers
Homecoming season is here, which means somebody in your house is about to need a corsage on short notice. The florist we call is on Roswell Road, it's been there since 1987, and when you dial the number a person who works in the shop actually picks up.
Owner Charley Brown is a second-generation florist who started at age 8 in her mother's flower shop in Florida. Almost 40 years later she still designs the wedding and memorial arrangements herself, and the reviews keep landing on the same point: she gets the details right on the days when details matter most. Flowers come in fresh each week, and what shows up at your door looks like what you saw on the site, which anyone who has ordered flowers online knows is not a given.
They do same-day delivery to Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Buckhead if you order before 1 PM on weekdays or noon on Saturday. Corsage and boutonniere packages for homecoming and prom, sympathy pieces, plants, seasonal fall arrangements, and no wire-service middleman taking a cut. TThey also partner with the high school work programs, so the teenager wrapping your bouquet is getting paid to learn a trade.
Saturday hours are short, 10 to 2, so plan the Friday night dance order accordingly.
Price: $$
Hours:
Mon-Thu 9 AM-6 PM
Fri 9 AM-6:30 PM
Sat 10 AM-2 PM
Sun Closed
Website: flowersofsandysprings.com

Guess how much this showcase home is listed for?
5 Beds
4.5 Baths
4,628 sq ft
A) $895,000
B) $1,100,000
C) $1,285,000
D) $1,450,000

🏛️ Roswell wants a 56% jump in the city tax rate, and two hearings are left
The City of Roswell is proposing a 2026 millage rate of 7.732 mills, up from 4.949 last year. Mayor Mary Robichaux says the increase would raise about $18 million in additional revenue to cover long-deferred needs: road resurfacing, replacing worn-out vehicles, rising health insurance costs, and the last year of the shift to a full-time fire department.
What it means at the kitchen table: on a home with a $575,000 fair market value, the city says the bill lands around $1,778 in city taxes, with roughly $272 of that going to debt service. That's city only, not county or schools.
The first reading was Monday, September 14, and a town hall ran Wednesday night at Eagles Nest Church. Two chances remain to speak: a public hearing Monday, September 21 at 6 PM and the final reading and vote Monday, September 28 at 7 PM, both at Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St, Roswell, GA. Bills are expected to mail in mid-October.
Source: Roswell Connections
🏫 DeKalb Schools is redrawing lines around Dunwoody and Chamblee. Next session is Sept 24
DeKalb County School District restarted its Student Assignment Project on September 1, this time focused on overcrowding in six clusters, including Dunwoody, Chamblee and Cross Keys. The work is tied to new and expanded schools opening between 2027 and 2029, which is a polite way of saying attendance zones are going to move.
The first public comment session for our clusters was September 3 at Chamblee High. The next two are Thursday, September 24 and Thursday, October 22, 6 to 8 PM, at Chamblee High School, 3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Chamblee, GA. Thirteen speakers per cluster get picked at random from the registration list, so sign up early if you want the mic.
If you can't make a meeting, the district has an online survey open and Community Advisory Teams with ten seats per cluster started meeting this month. If your kid's school is on the list, this is the year to pay attention.
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta
🚶 Sandy Springs approved the sidewalk that almost reaches Chastain Park
On September 1, Sandy Springs City Council approved a $1.5 million contract for about 3,000 feet of six-foot sidewalk on the west side of Lake Forrest Drive, running from near Long Island Drive toward the Atlanta line. When it's done, the sidewalk nearly links Mount Paran Road to Chastain Park.
Nearly. There's a gap of four or five Atlanta properties plus the Lake Forrest Dam, and Council Member Andrew Chinsky is working with the City of Atlanta and the Chastain Park Conservancy to close it. Construction should start around November and run about 11 months, so expect lane shifts on Lake Forrest well into next year.
Council also approved about $480,000 for new sidewalk, curb cuts and two mid-block crossings on Northwood Drive just south of I-285.
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta
🏗️ A $139M apartment project is rising on the old UPS site by 400
Construction is under way on Caldwell, a five-story, 382-unit apartment building at 35 Glenlake Parkway in Sandy Springs, just west of SR 400 on the former UPS office site. California-based Kennedy Wilson is building it with Japan's Shimizu Corporation, and it's the firm's first apartment project in Georgia. Price tag: $139 million.
Units will average about 937 square feet with more than 17,500 square feet of amenity space. Demolition happened over the summer, and the first residents are expected in 2028. Add Solis Sandy Springs and Hillcrest, both opening in 2027, and the stretch between Glenridge and Abernathy is about to have a lot more neighbors.
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta
🎙️ Discover Dunwoody is moving to High Street, podcast studio included
Discover Dunwoody, the city's tourism and marketing arm, signed a lease for office space at High Street in Perimeter Center with the move wrapping up by the end of 2026. The new office will include a podcast studio for its Dunwoody Dialogues show, and CEO Ray Ezelle says local businesses and community partners will be able to book it too.
High Street's first phase brings about 150,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, 600 apartments and a central park, and HR firm TriNet is also taking about 150,000 square feet of office there. If you've been wondering when that corner of Perimeter starts feeling finished, this is one more piece.
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta

🐾 Meet Scotch
He calls himself a sun boy. That's the phrase in Scotch's own listing, and it fits: an orange and white shorthair who finds the warmest patch of light in the room, stretches out in it, and waits for you to come sit down. He just turned four on August 31, so he's past the knock-everything-off-the-counter stage but nowhere near done playing.
The Furkids volunteers describe him as easygoing and treat-motivated, with a nose for whatever you just brought home. Your bag, the grocery haul, the one sunny spot on the counter. He rubs against you for pets, loves being brushed, and is completely obsessed with boxes and wand toys. Leave a delivery box on the floor and you've bought yourself an hour of entertainment.
His listing doesn't say much about kids, dogs or other cats, so ask the adoption counselor at the meet and greet. What it does promise is purrs, cuddles and a little mischief, which is about the right ratio for a cat.
Furkids adult cats are $85, and that fee covers a second adult cat too, so if Scotch makes a friend in the adoption room you can take them both. Fees drop 15 percent for seniors, military, first responders, nurses and teachers. Start with the online adoption survey, and a counselor will set up a visit within a few days. He's at the Furkids headquarters shelter in Cumming, about 30 minutes up 400, and visits are by appointment.
Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters
5235 Union Hill Rd, Cumming, GA
(770) 613-0880 | furkids.org/contact | Mon-Fri 10 AM-5 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-4 PM, by appointment


Friday, September 18, 2026
🐑 Greet the Sheep and Goats - Atlanta History Center | 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA | 11:00 AM | Included with admission: $31 adults, $27 ages 4-12, free 3 and under | More: atlantahistorycenter.com
The animal collections manager brings out Gulliver, Samson, Daisy and Maribelle plus the Angora goats, and they hop up on a barrel for peanuts. Capacity is limited, so reserve when you buy admission.
🐟 X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out - Fernbank Museum of Natural History | 767 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM | $25.95 adults, $23.95 ages 3-12, free 2 and under | More: fernbankmuseum.org
Black and white X-rays of eels, stingrays and seahorses, and the kids will spend a while figuring out which skeleton belongs to which fish. Friday is two dollars cheaper per head than the weekend.
🧦 Worlds of Puppetry Museum - Center for Puppetry Arts | 1404 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA | 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, last entry 4:30 PM | $18 adults, $14 ages 3-12, free 2 and under | More: puppet.org
The Jim Henson gallery has the original Kermit and Big Bird, and there's no show running this weekend so the museum is quiet. Museum-only tickets cover the Henson, global and special galleries.
🔍 I SPY! Walter Wick's Hidden Wonders - High Museum of Art | 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM | $23.50 adults, free ages 5 and under | More: high.org
The photographer behind the I SPY books built the actual miniature sets, and this show has them next to the finished photos. Good for kids who like hunting for the hidden thing.
💾 Mimms Museum of Technology and Art | 5000 Commerce Pkwy, Roswell, GA | 12:00-5:00 PM, last admission 4:15 PM | $22 adults, $16 ages 4-17, family of 4 $66, under 4 free | More: mimmsmuseum.org
Seventy-plus supercomputers, an Apollo tribute room and a wall of every Byte magazine cover. It sits right next to Aurora Cineplex if you want to stack two stops.
🏛️ Bulloch Hall Self-Guided Tour | 180 Bulloch Ave, Roswell, GA | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, start by 3:15 PM | Free | More: roswellgov.com
Teddy Roosevelt's mother grew up in this house and you can walk it at your own pace with docents around to answer questions. The grounds are open sunrise to sunset if you want to picnic after.
🎡 Skyline Park - The Roof at Ponce City Market | 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA | 3:00 PM-midnight | $10 ages 13 and up, $6 ages 4-12, free 3 and under, mini golf $12 and $7 | More: poncecityroof.com
Rooftop carnival games, a three-story slide and mini golf with Midtown and Downtown in the background. Go early in the window since the crowd shifts older later in the evening.
🌿 Trails and River Film - Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, film at 1:00 PM | $20 adults, $16 seniors 65 and up and students 13-18, $14 ages 3-12, free 2 and under | More: chattnaturecenter.org
Boardwalk out over the wetlands, the resident raptors, and a 22-minute film about the river at 1 PM. The Nature Exchange trading counter is open daily and kids get weirdly into it.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
🎃 Fall Fest 2026 with 4-H - Atlanta History Center | 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM | Included with admission: $35 adults, $31 ages 4-12, free 3 and under | More: atlantahistorycenter.com
Cider pressing, candle making, pumpkin bowling, a blender bike and live wild animals from the state DNR. Sheep and goat demos at 11 and 1, and face painting is included.
🥕 Sandy Springs Farmers Market - City Green at City Springs | 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA | 8:30 AM-12:00 PM | Free | More: citysprings.com
Dave Katz and Veronika Jackson are playing this week and there's a Little Diggers activity for the small ones. Dogs are fine on the plaza but not on the Green itself.
🌽 DHA Farmers Market - Brook Run Park | 4770 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody, GA | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Free | More: dunwoodyga.gov
Thirty-plus vendors with produce, eggs, honey and prepared breakfast, and the playground and skate park are right there. Groceries and burned-off kid energy in one trip.
🍅 Brookhaven Farmers Market - University Baptist Church lot | 1375 Fernwood Cir NE, Brookhaven, GA | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Free | More: brookhavenfarmersmarket.com
Sixteenth season, with live music and family activities next to the produce and pastry stands. Rain or shine, and it runs through the end of October.
🛶 Family Canoe Day - Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | $25 per person, $12.50 members, ages 5 and up | More: chattnaturecenter.org
Guides teach paddling on the calm Beaver Pond and all the gear is provided, so first-timers are the point. Admission is rolled in, so pack a picnic and stay for the trails after. Register by Thursday.
🦉 Creature Feature and Guided Trail Walk - Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA | Walks 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM, Creature Feature 2:00 PM | Included with admission: $20 adults, $16 seniors and students, $14 ages 3-12 | More: chattnaturecenter.org
A docent takes you out on the trails, then at 2 PM one of the ambassador animals comes out for a close look. No sign-up, it's all folded into regular admission.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
🚜 Back to Your Roots Farm Fair - Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA | 12:00-4:00 PM | Included with admission: $20 adults, $16 seniors and students, $14 ages 3-12, free 2 and under | More: chattnaturecenter.org
Live farm animals, Unity Garden tours and a scavenger hunt, and the Naturally Artistic exhibit opens the same day. Buy ahead if you can because check-in gets backed up on this one.

Friday, September 18, 2026
🎸 James Taylor and His All-Star Band - Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park | 4469 Stella Dr NW, Atlanta, GA | 7:30 PM | Tickets from about $87 on resale | More: ticketmaster.com
Five Grammys, a Rock Hall plaque, and the second of two nights in Buckhead. Heads up: this is a non-table show, and coolers and carry-ins are not allowed, so eat first. Stella Drive traffic will be what it is.
🎭 Hamilton - Fox Theatre | 660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA | 7:30 PM | Tickets from about $72 on resale, all-in pricing at the Fox | More: foxtheatre.org
Closing weekend of the Fox run. Doors open an hour before, the building is cashless, and bags bigger than a sheet of paper stay in the car.
🎭 Les Misérables - Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center | 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA | 8:00 PM | Rush tickets $38 at the box office two hours before curtain | More: cityspringstheatre.com
Week two of the Shuler Hensley-directed production we featured last edition. Three hours, recommended for 13 and up, $10 deck parking.
🎷 Friday Jazz - High Museum of Art | 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA | 6:00-10:00 PM | $30, members $10 | More: high.org
Third Friday means the Robinson Atrium fills with live jazz and the galleries stay open late. Williamson Bros. BBQ is on site if you skip dinner first. Note the Amy Sherald show needs its own ticket.
🎤 Funny Fridays with Joel Byars - Studio Theatre, Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center | 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA | 7:00 PM | $37.71-$53.88 | More: citysprings.com
They turn the little Studio Theatre into a comedy club with a rotating local lineup. Ages 16 and up. Dinner on the City Green after is the obvious move.
🎸 North Mississippi Allstars, Still Shakin' Tour - From the Earth Brewing Company | 1003 Holcomb Woods Pkwy, Roswell, GA | Seating 7:00 PM, music 8:00 PM | Tickets from $35 | More: ftebrewing.com
Hill country blues on the lot behind the brewery with Jontavious Willis opening. Outdoor, rain or shine, bring your own chair.
🍸 Moonlight & Martinis - Bulloch Hall | 180 Bulloch Ave, Roswell, GA | 7:00-10:00 PM | $75 | More: bullochhallroswell.org
Martinis, food and live music on the lawn of the 1839 house. Friends of Bulloch runs it and the money goes back into the building.
🍫 Adult Chocolate Making Experience - Chamberlain's Chocolate Factory & Cafe | 1575 Old Alabama Rd, Suite 205, Roswell, GA | 7:00-9:00 PM | $73 per person, 18 and up | More: visitroswellga.com
Two hours of tasting eight chocolates, dipping strawberries and rolling your own truffles. It's BYOB and you leave with a box. Different kind of date night.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
🎸 Guns N' Roses, World Tour 2026 - Truist Park | 755 Battery Ave SE, Atlanta, GA | 6:25 PM | Tickets from about $37 on resale | More: mlb.com
The Braves are in Houston, so the whole Battery belongs to Axl and Slash for the night. Resale is soft, which is rare for this band. Get there early and eat on the plaza.
🤠 Shaboozey, Outlaws Never Die Tour - Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park | 4469 Stella Dr NW, Atlanta, GA | 8:00 PM | Tickets from $59 | More: livenation.com
The "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" guy under the Chastain trees on a September Saturday. A dollar from every ticket goes to St. Jude.
🎤 George Wallace - City Winery Atlanta | 650 North Ave NE, Atlanta, GA | Doors 4:30 PM, show 5:30 PM, second show 9:00 PM | $40-$60 | More: tickets.citywinery.com
Wallace has been doing this since the Redd Foxx era and the room seats you at a table with dinner service. There's a 9 PM set too if the early one sells out.
👑 Charli XCX vs SLAYYYTER Drag Brunch - City Winery Atlanta | 650 North Ave NE, Atlanta, GA | Doors 11:00 AM, show 12:30 PM | $20-$30 | More: tickets.citywinery.com
Five local queens splitting the set between Charli and Slayyyter. Brunch is ordered at your table, not built into the ticket.
🌺 Georgia Dahlia Show - Atlanta Botanical Garden | 1345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA | 9:00 AM-7:00 PM | Included with Garden admission, $32.95 adults online | More: atlantabg.org
The Dahlia Society of Georgia fills Mershon Hall with everything from dinner-plate blooms to tiny pompons. It comes with your regular Garden ticket, so plan on the whole afternoon.
🧺 Peachtree Road Farmers Market - The Cathedral of St. Philip | 2744 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA | 8:30 AM-12:00 PM | Free | More: peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com
Producer-only, so everyone behind a table actually grew or made it. Live music, a chef pop-up, and free overflow parking at the GBC garage.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
🍸 Cocktail Class - ASW Distillery at The Battery | 900 Battery Ave SE, Suite 1035, Atlanta, GA | 2:00-3:30 PM | From $50 | More: aswdistillery.com
You get your own bar station and build three drinks with their whiskey, gin and vodka. There's a charcuterie add-on at checkout if you want food with it.
🎼 Art Around Sessions: Cameron King - Mimosa Hall & Gardens | 127 Bulloch Ave, Roswell, GA | Arrival 3:00 PM, music 3:30 PM | $35 plus fees | More: freshtix.com
A tenor singing in the parlor of a historic house, close enough that you hear him breathe. Wine and light snacks come with the ticket. Roswell Arts Fund runs it.
🎶 An Acoustic Evening with Lacey Sturm - City Winery Atlanta | 650 North Ave NE, Atlanta, GA | 8:00 PM | $35-$60 | More: tickets.citywinery.com
The former Flyleaf singer stripped all the way down in a small seated room. Sunday night start, so it's a reasonable one.
🎺 Sundays in the Park: Roswell New Horizons Pops Band - Roswell Town Square | 610 Atlanta St, Roswell, GA | 5:00-7:00 PM | Free | More: visitroswellga.com
A 40-piece band on the square with the Red Hot Jazz band and the Stayin' Alive Crew sitting in. Bring a chair and your own food and drinks. Perfect landing spot after the arts festival closes at 5.
🎷 Jazz Brunch at C. Ellet's - The Battery Atlanta | 2605 Circle 75 Pkwy, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA | 11:00 AM-3:00 PM | No cover, brunch à la carte | More: batteryatl.com
Same jazz duo as every weekend, quieter room than Saturday. The Battery farmers market is on the plaza from 1 to 4 if you want to walk it off after.

🎊 Atlanta India Festival

St. Mary's Orthodox Church, 1950 Old Alabama Rd, Roswell, GA
The Roswell Arts Festival gets the headline this weekend, but two miles east on Old Alabama Road there's a second free festival happening the same Saturday, and it's a very different afternoon. The Atlanta India Festival bills itself as one of the biggest celebrations of Indian culture in Georgia, and it's been setting up in Roswell for years.
The reason to go is the food. Vendors come in with regional dishes from across India, so this is your chance to work past the chicken tikka masala and try something from the south or from Gujarat that you've never ordered. The stage runs music and dance performances all day, there's shopping for handmade goods, and there's a family activity area that will keep the kids occupied while you go back for seconds.
Here's how we'd play it: arts festival in the morning while it's cooler, lunch there, then over to Old Alabama Road around 3 or 4 when the India Festival is in full swing and stay for dinner. It runs until 7, which is later than most daytime festivals bother with. Admission is free, but grab the free ticket on their site so they can plan headcount.
Deer Season Starts in October, and Only One Kind of Auto Coverage Pays for the Deer
Every fall the calls start: somebody was driving Riverside Drive or Spalding at dusk, a deer stepped out, and now there's a repair bill in the thousands. Here's the part most people don't know until it happens. Hitting an animal is covered under comprehensive, not collision. If you dropped comprehensive on an older car to save a few dollars a month, a deer strike is entirely on you. And swerving to miss the deer and hitting a tree or a mailbox instead? That flips it to a collision claim, with a different deductible. October and November are the peak months in Georgia, and dusk to dawn is when most of it happens, so slow down on the wooded stretches and don't count on the deer whistle.
Not sure whether you have comprehensive, or what your deductible is on each? That's a five minute call with your Peachy agent. Ask us.
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