14th Annual Breakfast with Santa Set for December 3
Osteria 832 will host the 14th annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 3 starting at 8:30 a.m. For $25 you get a digital photo with Santa, goodies for the kids and a delicious breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and sausage. Meet our neighborhood firefighters and watch Santa arrive on a real fire truck! Tickets are per person…
VaHi Residents Turn Out for Firefest
Marco’s Pizza knows how to throw a party! A big thank you to Robb and Melanie Wallace! There was something for everyone—pizza, caricature artists, face painting, a balloon artist, a photo booth, music, the chance to test your throwing arm and dunk your favorite fireman, and a friendly rivalry between the firefighters and Marco’s staff…
Take Your Leftover Halloween Candy to Worthmore Jewelers
The name Worthmore Jewelers may be familiar to you after their recent anniversary celebration a few months ago that resulted in a $1,000 donation to the Fire Station 19 restoration project. They are also a repeat sponsor this year of our annual Tour of Homes. Each November, Worthmore Jewelers also supports Operation Stars and Stripes with…
Tour of Homes Giveaways from Local Businesses
by Robin Ragland, VHCA Board Member and Tour of Homes Chair Do you follow the Tour of Homes on Facebook? Many people have discovered a wonderful facet of the Tour that’s been growing in popularity since its inception two years ago–giveaways from many of our sponsors. Free tickets for the Tour, and a number of gift…
Volunteers Still Needed for 2016 VaHi Tour of Homes
by Eleanor Barrineau, VaHi Tour of Homes Volunteer Coordinator The 2016 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes is only a few weeks away and we still need volunteers! In addition to being a festive holiday event, the Tour showcases our neighborhood and is our second-largest fundraiser after Summerfest. Please show your support for the Tour and our…
First-Ever Candy Crawl – “This is What a Neighborhood Should Feel Like”
By Stephen Cohen, VHCA Communications Committee Member It was a wonderful family experience. On October 26, the Virginia-Highland business district had its first-ever Candy Crawl. Families gathered at the Fire Station at 5:30 and set out to trick-or-treat, walking all the way down Virginia-Highland to St. Charles, stopping at businesses marked by orange balloons. Over…
Don’t Miss Photos With Santa at Fire Station #19!
By Lola Carlisle, VHCA Planning and Preservation Committee member Station #19 Firemen. Photos with Santa. Fire trucks. Crafts. Hot chocolate. What are we missing? … You. Please come join us on December 10th from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. as we have fun and raise funds for Fire Station #19 renovations. You can sign up…
Annual Trees Atlanta VaHi Tree Planting Set for November 12
By Stephanie Coffin and Lola Carlisle Editor’s Note: Stephanie Coffin is a long-time Virginia-Highland resident whose passion for trees has helped make our neighborhood one of the most tree-friendly in the city. Lola Carlisle is a past VHCA board member who stays active in the neighborhood. Mychorrhizae, planting depth, root bound, tree species and planting…
Kids Candy Crawl Set for October 26
The Virginia-Highland Business Association has announced they’ll hold a Kids Candy Crawl on October 26. Meet at 5:30 pm at Fire Station #19 (corner of N. Highland and Los Angeles). Stroll down N. Highland looking for orange balloons. When you see one, stop and get a free treat from one of your local businesses. The Crawl…
Volunteers Needed for 2016 Tour of Homes
By Eleanor Barrineau, VHCA Board Member and Tour of Homes Volunteer Coordinator One of the most helpful things you can do for your neighborhood is to volunteer at the Tour of Homes. It benefits you, too. You get two free Tour of Homes tickets for working one shift in one of our beautiful neighborhood homes.…
It’s Almost Time to Tour!
By Robin Ragland, VHCA Board Member and Tour of Homes Chair YES! It’s finally Autumn in VaHi and the air is cooler, the leaves are falling AND the Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes committee is in FULL SWING preparing for our neighborhood’s next big event. The 2016 Tour of Homes is set for the first weekend…
Agenda Posted for Tomorrow Night’s VHCA Monthly Board and General Meeting
The agenda for tomorrow night’s monthly general meeting of the Virginia-Highland Civic Association is posted below. As a reminder, tomorrow night’s meeting will be held at Church of our Saviour, corner of N. Highland and Los Angeles Avenues, starting at 7 PM. The meeting will be held in Pettway Hall which is accessed off of…
Cub Scouts and VHCA Partner to Raise Awareness for Protecting Our Waterways
By Jess Windham and Jack White Water quality starts in our own backyards, an important fact that Cub Scout Pack 17 learned more about on Saturday, October 1, 2016. Informed by our Virginia-Highland Master Plan project #1.7, VHCA teamed up with the Department of Watershed Management (DWM) and an energetic group of Scouts and Webelos…
Looking Back – and Ahead – at the Todd Cemetery Memorial
By Jack White, outgoing VHCA Board President The homeowners who destroyed the Todd Cemetery Memorial filed responses last week to the legal assertions that VHCA and the Todd family made in our lawsuit. You may read our filing here. These responses are public and filed under oath; you may read them here. Their responses are numerical and…
Community Grants Awarded at VHCA 2016 Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting of the Virginia-Highland Civic Association was held September 22 at Inman Middle School. As always, the Spark Choir – led by Music Director Brianne Turgeon – warmed our hearts with a few songs to kick off the meeting. Along with electing a new slate of board members, VHCA awarded $25,525…
New VHCA Board of Directors Elected
Congratulations to the following Virginia-Highland residents who were elected to the VHCA Board of Directors at last night’s annual general meeting of the Virginia-Highland Civic Association on Sept. 22: David Brandenberger Robin Ragland Jess Windham Paige Hewell Eleanor Barrineau Kay Stephenson Cindy Kaufman Jenifer Keenan Debbie Skopczynski George Zirkel Steve Messner (alternate) The following officers…
VHCA Responds to Questions Regarding Todd Cemetery Memorial
Following our initial article on the topic, several questions emerged regarding the VHCA’s effort to restore the Todd Cemetery Memorial. The following sequence of events seeks to answer many of these questions. Photos at the bottom of the article show the Todd Cemetery Memorial under construction in the late 1980s. The Memorial Stone shown in the…
New Security Cameras Funded by VHCA and Councilmember Wan
By Jack White, VHCA Board President Earlier this year Councilmember Alex Wan offered to match any neighborhood association’s contribution of up to $20K for new public police security cameras. In July, VHCA appropriated $19K for the Atlanta Police Foundation, who selects camera locations and supervises their installation for the city. These cameras – and several…
Atlanta Streets Alive Returns to VaHi
Atlanta Streets Alive welcomes you to walk, bike, roll, run and play in the streets from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, September 25, on N Highland Ave., Highland Ave. and Boulevard! This event is organized by the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition. For more information, please visit AtlantaStreetsAlive.com/sept_25_route . The street closure for the September 25 Atlanta Streets Alive on N…
Briarcliff Terrace Apartments Redevelopment Plans on Hold
The developerrs at Briarcliff Terrace Apartments Place have communicated (attorney to attorney) that they will not be introducing ‘at this time’ a proposal to redevelop their site from its existing designation of RG2 to either RG3 or to a PDH (Planned Development Housing) zoning category. (This site is located downhill below the Highland CVS, bounded…
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