NEWS BRIEF: Chick-fil-A expansion plans in Poncey-Highland getting thwarted
No ‘chikin’ on Ponce
Photo credit: Courtesy Chick-fil-A
Homegrown chicken-sandwich peddler Chick-fil-A is discovering it doesn't have quite enough clout to set up shop in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood. Development plans filed by the company are running afoul of the area’s preservation rules “in fairly significant ways,” says Lianne Deren, a member of the district’s subcommittee and the Poncey-Highland Neighborhood Association. Among other proposals, Chick-fil-A wants to demolish Dugan’s Restaurant & Bar on Ponce De Leon Avenue and build two new locations within four miles of each other in the district. urbanize.city
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Chick-fil-A's was founded in 1967 by local restaurateur Truett Cathy. Cathy was operating a restaurant in Hapeville called the Dwarf House and perfected a great chicken sandwich. Cathy then started franchising his concept and there are over 2,500 Chick-fil-A's. Truett Cathy died in 2014 and his son Dan Cathy runs the company. Chick-fil-A has had some controversy over donations by the Cathy family to far right organizations that derive from the Southern Baptist faith of its founders. Atlantans that are fans of the chain note that Chick-fil-A has a diverse workforce and franchise ownership.