by Stephen Cohen, Voice Editor Last week there was the Santa Speedo race. Now you are about to see 2000 runners with Santa hats running through VaHi! It‘s the Annual Christmas 5K in Virginia Highland / Morningside! If you want to get a first-hand sense of how much fun it was last year, here’s a…

by Stephen Cohen, Voice Editor Madeline’s Christmas returns to Horizon Theatre Company in Little Five Points this holiday season for the eighth year. Based on the popular children’s book character, the Horizon Theater production features local girls performing with a professional theater company alongside professional actors. This year’s cast features girls, ages 8 to 12,…

by Jack White On Thursday, December 10 at 6:30 PM, there will be a public hearing on the Park Atlanta Contract renewal in the Inman Auditorium. Origins of the contract In 2008 the real estate crash brought the wave of burgeoning property tax revenues that (then) Mayor Shirley Franklin had enjoyed throughout her tenure to…

by Angelika Taylor If your idea of a good time is spending a few hours touring some of Virginia-Highland’s most unique and beautiful homes, and sampling tasty offerings from some of the neighborhood’s best, we’ve got you covered this weekend. Make plans now, if you haven’t already, to attend the 21th Anniversary Virginia-Highland Tour of…

by Peggy Berg Here is the latest snapshot of key statistics through October, 2015. Reports for prior months are also available here. Peggy Berg is a VHCA Board Member and is on the Safety Committee.

by Robin Ragland Don’t miss the first annual tree lighting event of The Virginia-Highland Business Association and the Virginia-Highland Civic Association, which will be held on December 8 in North Highland Park from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.  Our tree will be purchased from the Inman PTA lot and donated to Briarcliff Summit in late December.…

by Lola Carlisle Station 19 Firemen. Santa Photos. Fire Trucks. Crafts. What are we missing? … You. Please come join us on December 12th (from 11AM – 3:30PM) as we have fun and raise funds for Fire Station 19 renovations. You can sign up for pictures or walk up – we’ll do our best to…

by Robin Ragland with Doria Roberts Do you have a sweet tooth, or are you one of those people who can usually resist treats . .  unless it’s the holidays when mom’s or grandma’s traditional favorites are creating that delicious aroma you look forward to each year?  Maybe you’re looking for new ideas for holiday…

by Lola Carlisle Check out Virginia-Highland’s Zazzle store where you’ll find neighborhood designed gift items. There are mugs, aprons, holiday gift wrapping paper, and more. Proceeds go to fund neighborhood initiatives in our parks, provide grants to our schools, and help with many other efforts including the fire station restoration. Have a great holiday season!…

by Robin Ragland The 2015 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes is only three short weeks away. With ticket sales already booming and our sponsorships locked in, our 2015 tour promises to be another successful neighborhood event. This year we have a total of 74 business/individual sponsors and have raised $40,000 to fund important neighborhood initiatives. THIS…

by Eleanor Barrineau The 2015 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes is fast approaching 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 neighborhood by signing up for a volunteer shift.  Volunteers…

by Robin Ragland and Jess Windham With two other articles in this edition of the Voice outlining and listing the many businesses that support our neighborhood and its efforts to remain a vibrant place in which to live and visit, it seems appropriate to remind everyone that “Small Business Saturday” is Nov 28. We’ve all…

by Joel Markwell Inman Middle School is one of the Grady Cluster schools in our neighborhood with active and engaged parents involved in the school and our community. A few years ago a group of those parents created a volunteer crossing guard program that has been working since then to make the paths to school…

Cliff Kuhn Passes Away at Age 63 by Jack White This neighborhood was stunned last week by the sudden death (following a heart attack) of Virginia-Highland resident and Georgia State University professor Cliff Kuhn.  He is often thought of professionally for his longtime work in oral history, a field in which he was an early…

by Robin Ragland How many times have each of us said, “I live in the greatest neighborhood”?  I predict a number of folks will be repeating that phrase throughout the first couple of weeks in December this year. There’s the tree lighting at Murphy’s on Dec 3, the Tour of Homes Dec 5-6, and the…

by Lola Carlisle Virginia-Highland’s holiday tradition returns to benefit historic Fire Station 19 on December 12th from 11am – 3:30pm. Kids and parents are invited to enjoy arts and crafts activities and have their photos made with Santa himself. Click here to reserve your spot! Lola Carlisle is a VHCA Board Member.