Featured Local Stories

Featured Local Stories are in-depth, editorial features highlighting independent businesses and community places across North Atlanta.

How Featured Stories Work

  • Stories are written by North Atlanta Star
  • We only feature places we genuinely recommend
  • Some stories are part of our Featured Local Stories program, which supports independent local journalism
  • All stories remain editorial in tone and permanent on the site
  • Why Poll Chaplains Will Stand Outside Voting Sites in Five Sun Belt States
  • Trader Joe’s Plans Five New Stores in Texas, Florida and Arizona for 2027
  • More Than 61% of Fulton Graduates Earned College Credit Before Graduation
  • Giulia Italian Bakery Opens in Downtown Alpharetta
  • Free Israeli Food Tasting Comes to Dunwoody Oct. 27
  • Clothing Alterations in Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs
  • Dogwood Opens Dunwoody Hospital With Imaging Job Paying $18–$38 an Hour
  • Drew Parker and Chuck Leavell to Headline Lanier Islands Songwriter Festival
  • Thanksgiving Food Drive Opens Oct. 23 With Drop-Offs Across North Atlanta
  • Two workers carry a sheet of plywood across a Medley street, with a colorful mural and construction equipment behind them.

For Local Business Owners

The stories on this page are part of North Atlanta Star’s Featured Local Stories program.

These are not ads or sponsored blurbs. Each piece is written in our regular editorial voice and focuses on the people, values, and everyday experience behind a place.

Businesses choose to participate because the stories are permanent, locally focused, and designed to be discovered over time — by neighbors rather than algorithms.

We only work with independent businesses we genuinely recommend.

If you think your place might be a good fit, you’re welcome to reach out.