Va-Hi residents decry sign removal [Video]

ATLANTA – Work is underway to redevelop a shopping center near the Atlanta BeltLine into a mixed-use complex, but some who live in the adjacent Virginia-Highland neighborhood are fighting it.

FOX 5 reported about that earlier this month, but those same neighbors now accuse the company behind Amsterdam Walk of taking signs they created from private property. That now has Atlanta police investigating.

“To me, it felt like a middle school kid having their lunch money stolen,” said Sandra Givelber.

Those signs oppose the plan to redevelop Amsterdam Walk, which sits along the BeltLine next to Piedmont Park. Givelber is helping lead the fight to stop the large-scale redevelopment, but she was surprised by what was caught on camera.

“It felt very petty and, frankly, just dumb,” she said. “Like when I saw the video, I was like, ‘This is so ridiculous.’”

Neighbors spent thousands of dollars printing the signs to share their views. According to the master plan, …