Get ready for the inaugural running of The Intown Ten Road Race, a 10k on Sunday March 4th, 2012 through the streets of Virginia-Highland and Morningside. The race is the only USATF certified 10k in Northeast Atlanta, and all proceeds will benefit John Howell Park at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Barnett Street. The race is…
Read MoreThanx to Major Dalton for taking a real aggressive stance in the Old 4th Ward’s Boulevard corridor by creating a special team to address the many problems there. Stories in Patch and at WSB-TV. Our former evening watch Officer Woolfolk and Sergeant Sokloski are on this new Boulevard team. I do have my doubts about…
Read MoreEvergreen Housing was finally successful in their attempts to win needed state tax credits thru the Department of Community Affairs in order to make the numbers work to not only purchase this building, but to launch a huge restoration and rehab project. Evergreen’s plans call for restoring the facade of this building to its original…
Read MoreNow – The Bad News The new Rosemont clothing store on North Highland Avenue was the victim of smash-and-grab burglaries two nites in a row this week. The story at – http://www.ajc.com/news/ atlanta/blue-jean-bandits-hit-1305133.html Youthful gang activity is suspected – but no known arrests as of this writing. The following reports are gleaned from the Zone…
Read MoreI think that most all of us realize that something has to be done here in Georgia as to the ever-growing number of persons incarcerated in our state’s jails and prisons – we taxpayers can only afford to support so many folks behind bars – yet how do we strike a balance between those who…
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