by Jess Windham and Lola Carlisle The nominating committee of the Virginia-Highland Civic Association presents the following list of candidates, all of whom have declared their candidacy. Click here to go to a page with candidate bios. Peggy Berg David Brandenberger Lola Carlisle Lauren Wilkes Fralick Emily Gilbert Paige Hewell Karri Hobson-Pape Jenifer…
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by Peggy Berg VHCA’s monthly safety reports track crime incidents reported by the Atlanta Police Department for Zone 6, Beat 601 (Virginia-Highland). Here is the July 2015 Safety Report. The number of incidents reported by category for July is shown in the first section of the report. The second section shows trends for the categories with…
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By David Brandenberger Completing the major structural improvements around the volleyball court at John Howell (see below for a history, along with its funding and execution) has provided us a chance to step back and take a look at how the projects have worked out and what else we can do to improve the park.…
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by Jack White From December of 2013 through the following spring, local parent and resident Mary Stouffer chaired a multi-neighborhood PTO effort to promote pedestrian safety at Spark. It resulted in the school’s selection as one of two Georgia sites for a Safe Routes to School study of traffic and pedestrian challenges. That study – which included…
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Those of us who were there will never forget the look of wonder on the faces of the children who witnessed the release of the five baby snapping turtles into the Orme Park creek this spring. The turtles were five out of thirty who survived against the steepest of odds, thanks to the efforts of…
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