How many times have you driven around the neighborhood trying to find a particular address and had to search high and low to find the home’s street number? If it’s hard for residents who live in the neighborhood to zero in on a specific residence, imagine how tough it is for firefighters and police officers…
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By Robin Ragland, VHCA Board Member Ten Thousand Villages, our neighborhood fair trade retailer at 1056 St. Charles Ave., will participate in a nationwide campaign to plant 10,000 trees in our national forests. The program, which runs April 21 through May 1, invites customers to donate $1 to plant a tree in a national forest…
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Submit photos now for upcoming North Highland Park public exhibition showcasing life in our awesome neighborhood By David Brandenberger, VHCA Board Member Photos courtesy John Becker The Virginia-Highland Civic Association is partnering with Atlanta Celebrates Photography to create a ‘neighborhood-based’ temporary public photography exhibition that will be on display at North Highland Park (St. Charles…
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By Lola Carlisle, VHCA Board Member and Jack White, VHCA Board President Briarcliff Terrace Apartments has been a quiet apartment community east of the CVS (and east of Arlington Pl.) since the 1960’s. For the last couple of decades, it has been very stable – mostly Latino, with lots of kids – and (according to…
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By Jack White, VHCA Board President The installation of the (solar-powered) Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon (RRFB) at Inman Middle School on the corner of Virginia and Arcadia in almost complete. The city reports that the vendor failed to ship one needed piece; it is on the way. This signal is an RRFB, not a HAWK, for those…
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