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The (fictional) gang of Grove Park
By Genia Billingsley, Bankhead and Grove Park Fellow
Lately, several of my friends who live in other parts of Atlanta have been mentioning the “Grove Park Boys.”
I live in Grove Park, a small neighborhood along the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (formerly known as Bankhead). The mention had me stumped as I have been in the area for more than 50 years, and I had never heard of them.
Internet research and an Atlanta Magazine article later, I found out the Grove Park Boys are a fictional gang in Will Trent, a fictional TV police procedural about a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent that’s based and shot in Atlanta. This season included an episode about a RICO case involving the Grove Park Boys.
Some people view the show as a positive for keeping Atlanta in the spotlight and shooting the series locally. Others explain that even though Grove Park is an actual neighborhood in Atlanta, the Grove Park Boys are a fictional gang.
I’m left wishing the fictional gang was named after another community.
Why not the Buckhead Boys or the Old Fourth Ward Boys instead of a traditionally underserved, predominantly Black neighborhood?
Or would it simply be better to create a fictional name to avoid creating a narrative about an actual neighborhood that’s already recovering from redlining, disinvestment, and lack of food access?
Eggceptionally pricey
By Adrian Coleman, West End Fellow
Would you believe a dozen eggs cost more at some Kroger grocery stores in Atlanta? The price difference is in dollars, not pennies.
You can purchase 18 eggs at Crowes Crossing for only 20 cents more than a dozen eggs at Cascade Citi-Center.
To do your own price comparisons, search Kroger’s website for ‘eggs’ and change store pickup location.
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