Eagle’s Landing • Stockbridge • McDonough • and Beyond

🦅 Good Morning. The Eagle has landed. Grab your coffee and get caught up on what’s happening in our neck of the woods!

STOCKBRIDGE - Stockbridge City Council has approved preliminary design work for the proposed Rock Quarry Road Extension, while assuring residents that current plans do not route the project through the Duvall Drive neighborhood despite recent misinformation. The multi-million dollar project remains in early stages with no set construction timeline, and leaders say more public input opportunities will follow as design and funding plans develop. Read More From The Henry Herald

MCDONOUGH - If your adjusted gross income was less than $89,000 in 2025, you can file your federal tax return through the IRS Free File program at no cost by using trusted partner software listed on the IRS website. Go straight to the IRS Free File page rather than searching for “free tax return online” to avoid ads that aren’t truly free and to make sure you connect with the official tools that match your needs. Read More From Atlanta News First

LOCUST GROVE - Professional golf is coming back to Henry County with the second annual Golf Day set for May 23 at Heron Bay Golf and Country Club, offering locals a chance to see pro competitors in action close to home. The event builds on last year’s success and aims to bring more sport and community energy to the area. Read More From The Henry Herald

STOCKBRIDGE - Diane Miller did not buy Green Front Cafe to make a fortune. She bought it to protect its legacy.

When she talks about preserving the building and what the neighborhood could become, there’s a twinkle in her eye. It’s not nostalgia. It’s vision. She saw possibility in a place others didn’t.

When Diane first walked into the small wooden house that once fed Stockbridge’s Black community, it was in rough shape. Floors buckled. Termites had settled in. The roof was one storm away from collapse.

“It was a piece of Black history that I felt if someone did not intervene, it would be lost,” she said.

The cafe began serving as a restaurant in 1947 under Carrie Mae Hambrick, who cooked and fed the neighborhood for 60 years. Diane and her husband Tony Strachan made their decision at the closing table. They would reopen it not to chase profit, but to honor Carrie Mae’s memory.

Today, plates of candied yams, greens, and fried fish move steadily out of the kitchen. Tony, who led the renovation and now serves as chef, uncovered beautiful wood beneath years of neglect and painted the small wood-frame house green again, just as it had been in the 1940s.

One afternoon, when a couple expressed disappointment that dessert had run out, Tony disappeared into the kitchen. By the time they finished their meal, a fresh dessert was ready. That’s the kind of place this is.

Carrie Mae Hambrick’s descendants have even visited. They’ve eaten the Southern comfort dishes and Jamaican flavors that are now on the menu, grateful the building still stands.

Diane hopes the city recognizes the importance of preserving this historic corridor, which she calls the Stockbridge Heritage District.

Some people open restaurants. Diane reopened a piece of history.

Which Henry County city is known as the “Gateway to Henry County,” and what makes it earn that title?

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WORTH THE TRIP

Why did the grape cry?

Its mom was in a jam." 😄

Stockbridge

It’s the northernmost city in the county and the main entry point from Atlanta, with direct access off Interstate 75 and Interstate 675, making it the natural front door to Henry County.