Briarcliff Animal Clinic owner says, if the rail line takes away his parking, he’ll have to put the medical center to sleep.
Tuesday night, MARTA held the last of six open houses to get feedback on initial plans to build a new rail line along the Clifton Corridor.
Veterinarian Dr. Peter Muller, Briarcliff Animal Clinic owner, urged patrons to attend concerned the new plans would force his medical center to close. The animal clinic has served the Emory area since 1958.
Dr. Muller sent an email to patrons late last week asking for support at MARTA’s open houses. “Please help us,” was the email’s subject line.
In the last 48 hours we have learned that the proposed design of the Clifton Corridor extension of MARTA will put Briarcliff Animal Clinic out of business!
The plan proposed by the Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative puts a MARTA station on the corner of Briarcliff Rd and Zonolite Rd. This would seize almost all of our hospital parking, leaving only a few spaces at our front door. There would be no parking for our veterinarians, support staff, and not nearly enough parking for our clients…
…Briarcliff Animal Clinic has served the Emory area since 1958. If you would like to see us remain in the neighborhood, please come to this meeting and express your views. We need your help! Please come if you have any reason for opposing the MARTA Station in that particular location.
Jenn Hobby Rivera, a co-host of Q100’s The Bert Show and a longtime patron of the clinic, is rallying to keep it open.
“[Dr. Peter Muller] is my beloved vet who saved my dog, Carolina,” Hobby Riviera told What Now Atlanta in an email Tuesday. “He’s an amazing man in our community.”
Interested parties can follow updates from Dr. Muller here on efforts to save the clinic.
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