Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Proposal for Public Storage: Virginia-Highland Civic Association was formed in 1972 as a response to the development of a 4-lane interstate through what is now Virginia-Highland. Our neighborhood has a special sensitivity to conversations about development. It is in our neighborhood DNA to know decisions about roads and buildings shape land use…
Read MoreDecember 8, 2022 Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) has purchased the property at 1011 Monroe Drive, between Cooledge Ave and Kanuga Street. The site formerly hosted a furniture store and is often referred to locally as the “Cantoni Building.” ABG applied to the city for a special administrative permit (SAP) for the site with the intention…
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You might remember in March, when the City & Atl Plus did a month-long trial period of “bagged” meters, well it worked! The metered parking at the Virginia-Highland intersection has officially (& finally) been removed, an effort on behalf of our Councilwoman Jennifer Ide as well as feedback from the community residents and landlords. Councilwoman…
Read MoreIn light of recent proposed developments along Ponce de Leon Place, Monroe/Cresthill and other areas adjacent to the Beltline, members of the Virginia-Highland Planning Committee and Board of Directors have been working on an update to the existing Virginia-Highland Master Plan (adopted by the Atlanta City Council in 2015). Please check out the presentation below…
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Submit Comments Online To Show Your Support for The Road Diet by Jenifer Keenan, President of VHCA “My daughter would not have died if there had been a road diet on Monroe.” Those were the sobering words from the father of Alexa Hyneman, the Grady student who was killed in February 2016 when she was…
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