A VaHi resident was verbally assaulted in New Highland Park recently. Feeling threatened and harassed, she called APD, which unfortunately failed to respond to the call. The resident and her friends left the park feeling violated and unprotected. The resident has formally complained to APD and the VHCA also called APD. The Zone Commander has promised an…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The Virginia-Highland Master Plan – as adopted by the VHCA board on April 14 – can be viewed here. By: Jack White, VHCA Board President Aaron Fortner, the Market & Main consultant who led the Master Plan study, characterized this neighborhood a few years ago as being “in danger of being loved to…
Read MoreWho’s ready for some Summerfest? The festival’s still a few weeks away, but we thought we’d start getting you into the Summerfest 2014 spirit by revealing this year’s t-shirt design. Summerfest committee member Suzanne Scully spent the past few months working with our partner Porchlight to create this year’s design which features a stylized version…
Read MoreThe community triangle island park at the corner of Virginia and N. Highland Avenues is prepped and ready for spring planting! We need volunteers to help us plant annuals, a few perennials and to spread a topcoat of pine straw. Please join us on Saturday, May 10th at 10:00 AM for our seasonal beautification of…
Read MoreAttached are fact sheets for proposed legislation circulated to the NPUs for comment and forwarded to us from NPU-F yesterday. These proposed ordinances will be up for review at tonight’s NPU-F meeting. The meeting starts at 7 PM and will be held at the Hillside School, 690 Courtenay Drive. The VHCA is particularly interested in…
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