Summerfest 2014 Artist Application Site Goes Live January 22

January 21, 2014

Artists who want to exhibit at this year’s Virginia-Highland Summerfest can complete an online application to do so starting tomorrow January 22. Applications will be accepted through March 24. Click here starting tomorrow morning to complete the application or visit https://vahi.org/summerfest/artist-market/ for more information. This year’s Summerfest is set for June 7-8.

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Dignitaries On Hand for Groundbreaking of BeltLine Gateway to Historic Fourth Ward Park

January 17, 2014

Mayor Kasim Reed, BeltLine President and CEO Paul Morris, BeltLine Partnership Executive Director Valerie Wilson, and Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner were among the dignitaries on hand for this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the gateway path that will connect the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail with popular Historic Fourth Ward Park. The ADA-accessible path will begin across…

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Final Community Workshop for VaHi Master Plan Set for January 22

January 15, 2014

The final community workshop for the Virginia-Highland Master will be held January 22nd at Inman Middle School from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. This will be your best chance to provide in-person input into the Master Plan and ask questions of the planning consultants before the plan is drafted. During the workshop, our neighborhood planning consultants will provide an…

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Celebration of Ryan Hidinger’s Life Scheduled for Sunday

January 14, 2014

Ryan Hidinger, chef at Staplehouse restaurant and co-founder with his wife Jennifer of The Giving Kitchen – a nonprofit that provides assistance to metro Atlanta restaurant workers in financial need – passed away last week after a year long struggle with cancer. You can read more about Ryan and why so many people were saddened…

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VaHi Resident Named to Most Influential Georgians List

January 13, 2014

Georgia Trend’s annual list of the most influential Georgians was released recently, and a Virginia-Highland resident’s name is on it. Mark Becker, president of Georgia State Univerity, is one of 75 Georgians named to the list. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Since beginning his tenure as GSU’s seventh president in January 2009, Becker has led…

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