By: Peggy Berg, VHCA Safety Committee Using security cameras to provide additional information for police investigations came up at the Atlanta Police Department safety presentation at the VHCA meeting in April. We’ve had cameras at our business for a while, and I’ve spent a fair amount of time listening to comments and thoughts from the…
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After creating the new VHCA logo last year, our design team has been working to apply the new branding across all of our messaging channels. Last summer we created fun Virginia-Highland posters that were received very well at Summerfest. And now we’ve created and populated The VaHi Zazzle store with fun Virginia-Highland branded merchandise. Twenty-five percent of every…
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We had a successful release of five turtle hatchlings at Orme Park today. With a crowd of about 40 on hand (including many fascinated children) Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Mark Mandica led the event, allowing the children to touch and handle the turtles before they were released. You’ll remember that Mandica and his staff, along with…
Read MorePosting this on behalf of our friends at the YWCA: Please join the staff, board, students, and other members of the YWCA community as we STAND AGAINST RACISM Friday, April 24 Ways to participate: Wear the YWCA “persimmon” (i.e. orange) colors Sign the national Stand Against Racism pledge online http://cqrcengage.com/ywca/app/sign-petition?0&engagementId=78748 Sign our banner in front of the agency on…
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Last June, Paige Cucchi and her husband Sean discovered a buried turtle nest during one of their regular walks through Orme Park. Concerned residents – including Cucchi, her husband and VHCA board member Lola Carlisle – set up a protective fence around the nest so that no one would disturb the turtles until they could…
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