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WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

Welcome to VAHI!

For over 50 years, the Virginia-Highland Civic Association (VHCA) has been the heart of our community, focusing on parks, planning, safety, preservation, schools, and community building. The VHCA is a group of elected volunteers, with active committees, that live in Virginia-Highland and focus on the common good and interests of residents of our beloved “VAHI.”

Working with City laws and developments, we work to ensure our neighborhood thrives. As part of Atlanta's NPU-F, we advocate for our neighbors on planning and education. We support local schools, parks, and more with grants and fundraising, preserving our area's charm and green spaces. Join us at events like Summerfest and Tour of Homes to unite our community and support our initiatives.

We invite all neighbors to join us at our annual September meeting and welcome participation in our monthly meetings. Our financial transparency is paramount, with all financials public on our website and shared at the annual meeting.

Membership in the VHCA is open to all for free, and all donations directly support our neighborhood efforts. Together, we shape the future of Virginia-Highland!

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Ask questions by emailing board@vahi.org

VaHi Intersection Then and Now
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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 21, 2026
November 4, 2026
November 7, 2026

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Tour of the Virginia-Highland Arboretum
    The Triangle at Virginia and N. Highland

    The tour, beginning and ending at the triangle at Virginia and N. Highland is conducted by 15 year Va-Hi resident and retired lawyer Jim Long on the first Saturday of every month from 10AM-12PM. It focuses on the importance of urban trees with an emphasis on the trees on the route together with a sprinkling of local history and architecture. Reservations are required through www.treesatlanta.org/calendar. 

November 9, 2026

  • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm VHCA Monthly Board/General Meeting
    Grace Lutheran Church, 1155 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA

     In-person or online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89794061574

    Our combined Board Meetings/General Meetings take place on the second Monday of every month at 7 pm. The purpose is to create community awareness of and increase participation in VHCA and other VaHi events. All meetings are open to the public and are currently taking place in-person and online.

November 12, 2026

  • 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm History Meeting: Architecture of Virginia-Highland
    Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar - Virginia Highland, 794 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA

    Walk any block in Virginia-Highland and you are reading a streetscape composed over more than a century. The first homes rose in the 1890s, when the Nine-Mile Trolley opened this countryside to families leaving the crowded city, and many still display the vocabulary of the late Victorian era: asymmetrical massing, steep gables, turned porch posts, and decorative spindlework. The 1900s and 1910s introduced the American Foursquare, with its cubic form, hipped roof, and central dormer, alongside early Craftsman bungalows defined by low-pitched gables, deep overhanging eaves, exposed rafter tails, and tapered columns set on brick piers. The building boom of the 1920s layered in Tudor Revival cottages, with their steeply pitched cross gables, half-timbering, and arched entries, and Colonial Revival homes, with symmetrical facades, multi-pane double-hung windows, and pedimented doorways. Many of these designs came from the pattern books of Leila Ross Wilburn, one of Georgia's first women architects, and from the mail-order plans made popular by Sears. Together, these forms document how culture, the economy, and domestic life were evolving: smaller households, fewer servants, the arrival of the automobile, and a shift toward open, efficient floor plans built for comfort and simplicity.

    On Thursday, November 12, architects Pam Bullock and Mark Arnold will guide us through that story. Both live in Virginia-Highland and have designed many of the neighborhood's most thoughtful renovations, so they know these homes from the foundation and framing to the roofline: how they were constructed, how their materials have weathered, and how to preserve their scale, proportion, and original detailing while adapting them for the way families live today.

    Bring your questions, and perhaps a photograph of your own home!

    Event Details
    What: Architecture of Virginia-Highland, part of the Virginia-Highland History Meetings series
    Speakers: Pam Bullock and Mark Arnold, architects and Virginia-Highland residents
    When: Thursday, November 12, 2026. Arrive and order dinner or drinks at 6:30 p.m. or earlier; the talk begins at 7:00 p.m.
    Where: Atkins Park Restaurant, 794 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta
    Cost: Free and open to all
    Questions: history@vahi.org