LATEST NEWS

New e-update 5/16/12

• We still need YOU to volunteer for Summerfest
• A special spirit of volunteering
• Update to Summerfest music headliners
• Join the N. Highland cleanup 5/19!
• VaHi Historical development maps now online

New Virginia-Highland Voice (online edition) featuring:

• Fundraising and fun! (Osteria dine out, Summerfest)
• Meet the new volunteers: Ida, Sandra, J.D., Angelika, and Mary
• Softball: VaHi Villains on right side of one-run game with Kirkwood

New: Graffiti A-B-C’s See graffiti? Photograph it and report it by emailing: graffiti@vahi.org, remembering to include the location and date. And check out our new, extensive Graffiti Removal A-B-C’s here on vahi.org. (posted 4/26)

4/24 new Safety Report published. Contains these articles:

• Vehicle Break-ins
• Vacant Property Registration
• Graffiti News
• Traffic Speeding
• The Year of Boulevard
• Crime Reports
• See Something – Say Something

Opening of Wellspring Living Store – Benefiting Girls and Women: The re-sale store serves as a vital part of the Wellspring organization to rescue, restore and renew girls and women in Atlanta who are victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. They also serve as a partner in the community to accept donated goods and bring commerce to Virginia Highland. Read more…

“Being Mary Jane” TV Pilot Filming April 23 & 24: Breakdown Productions, Inc. is currently in preproduction for the television pilot entitled Being Mary Jane for the BET tv network. Read more…

Volunteer for Summerfest: We heard that some people had trouble signing up for Summerfest from the vahi.org website – well we apologize, we have updated the link and now it’s correct. To volunteer for Summerfest, simply click on the button below.

Street repairs needed? Be our “Eyes on the Neighborhood”: Over the past four months the City has processed our list of street improvements and we are assembling a new list of trouble spots and repairs that are now needed. Please be our eyes in the neighborhood. Email Peggy Berg pegberg1111@gmail.com with any streets issues that need attention.

Great pictures from the April 15 planting at the Triangle! (Thanks, John Becker!) – select “About VaHi” above, then “Photo Gallery”. VHCA’s Picasa site will open and you can select the first album.

Earth Day at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, Sunday April 22, 2:30-5pm: Drum circle with instruments provided; demonstrations with bee-keeping, chickens, and gardening; how to be even better environmental stewards.

April 9 VHCA Board meeting initial bullet points (minutes will be posted here when approved; video recording* available here):
*link to video of meeting by external provider; VHCA assumes no responsibility for the videos

• VHCA Board supported the Streets Alive! festival scheduled for Sunday, May 20th; it proposes turning North Highland Avenue to automobile traffic from Inman Park to Virginia Avenue from 2 to 6 PM for a pedestrian and bicycle- focused celebration. (Major cross streets – Ponce is the nearest – will remain open.)
• VHCA sidewalk program is moving forward, focusing in its initial stages on St. Charles Avenue.
• Variance application of Holly Cranford (635 Cooledge Ave. NE) for reduction in the required sideyard setback from 7′ to 5’4″ was approved.
• Discussed the imminent final recommendation of APS Super. Erroll Davis, particularly the VHCA Board’s request that Inman be used to house the cluster’s grpwing 6th grade population in 2012-13 instead of Cook.
• Read a statement from Councilmember Wan that Watershed Management had billing problems and is waiving all late fees for March; citizens should check their billing statements and contact DWM if necessary.
• Tour of Homes committee reports that home selection is underway and welcomes more home suggestions
• The anniversary party at Osteria 832 restaurant at 832 N. Highland Avenue will be held May 8, 5-10 pm, and the proceeds are to equally benefit New Highland Park and the firehouse
• Approved February 2012 minutes and March 2012 minutes of VHCA Board meetings

Georgia Perennnial Plant Association’s garden tour will take place on the weekend of May 5 and 6. This is not a massive tour such as the Botanical Garden’s tour – but still attracts several hundred cars over the course of the weekend. Read more…