Road Closure Information for Music Midtown 2014

September 9, 2014

Music Midtown returns to Piedmont Park Friday and Saturday September 19 & 20. There will be road closures starting as early as September 12 for festival setup and continuing through September 21 for tear down. Click here for a text list of known road closures by date. For a Powerpoint presentation (pdf) showing the road…

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Exterior Improvements Underway at Ponce Kroger

August 27, 2014

Whatever name you use to refer to it, the Kroger on Ponce has announced it will make major improvements to the parking lot area around the store this fall. The improvements will include construction of a gateway to provide access to the adjacent BeltLine Eastside Trail, a “water quality pond” designed to filter storm water,…

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Tired of Movie Mindlessness? Local Classic Film Group Open to New Participants

August 18, 2014

Stephen Whiteman lives in Ormewood Park and runs a cool classic movie group out of his home. The group’s in its eight year and Stephen reached out to the VHCA to see if any VaHi residents might be interested in joining. Here’s his group’s story. Get in touch with Stephen if you agree that life…

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VaHi Safety Team Report: August 5, 2014

August 5, 2014

By: John Wolfinger Watch Out For Pedestrians!!! Thanks to Mary Stouffer for pointing out this very enlightening pictorial article about pedestrian/motorist laws: http://peds.org/wp-content/uploads/4754-ROW14.pdf. Got Kids (or Grandkids) and Firearms??? Interesting and helpful tips about storing firearms in your household and vehicles at http://www.ncpc.org/topics/safe-firearms-storage/safe-firearms-storage. Citywide Code Enforcement Meeting Saturday August 16 This should be a very informative session as…

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VHCA Hosts BeltLine Overlay Information Session

August 1, 2014

By: Jess Windham Over the past year, the city has been revisiting each section – or subarea – of the BeltLine overlay district to review and update the underlying zoning. Virginia-Highland is in subarea 6, which – along with subareas 2 and 9 – is next on the list for this public review process.  To…

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