Latest Zone 6 Crime Stats
Click here to view the October 2017 statistics for APD Zone 6, which includes Beat 601 Click here to view the September 2017 statistics for APD Zone 6, which includes Beat 601 Click here to view the August 2017 statistics for APD Zone 6, which includes Beat 601 Click here to view the July 2017…
SPARK Garden Center Bees: A Great Learning Opportunity
By Lola Carlisle On May 6, we heard there was a swarm of bees at Springdale Park Elementary (SPARK), then heard that they were part of the school’s garden center. So, where did we go? Over to watch Jon the beekeeper sort out what was happening. He wasn’t 100% sure but believed the colony had…
Some Thoughts from My Own Business Experiences with Security Cameras
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…
Show Your VaHi Pride – Shop at Our New Zazzle Store!
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…
“May With Mary” Stop at John Howell Park Set for May 10
Mark your calendars now for 3 PM Sunday May 10 when City Councilperson Mary Norwood’s May with Mary tour of Atlanta’s parks makes its stop at VaHi’s John Howell Park. Click here for your personal invitation from Mary.
Orme Park Turtle Release a Success!
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…
Stand Against Racism
Posting 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…
Surviving Orme Park Turtles Thriving, Release Event Set for Sunday
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…
Inman Middle School Expansion Meeting Set for May 5
What: Inman Middle School Expansion Meeting When: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Where: Inman MS Auditorium, 774 Virginia Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 April 16, 2015 Dear Inman Middle School Family, In February, we met as a community to discuss the space and enrollment issues at Inman Middle School. We had…
Help!!
A Call for Volunteers By Lola Carlisle I’m not sure if all who live in the neighborhood know how much the Virginia-Highland Civic Association (VHCA) does to help maintain the quality of life we all enjoy. That’s OK – we’re all busy and some are new to the area and have never heard of VHCA.…
Jazz in John Howell Park!
Mark your calendars now for Sunday May 3: jazz in John Howell Park! Thanks to District 6 Councilperson Alex Wan for hosting and the Atlanta Jazz Festival for presenting! And thanks to NPU-F Chair Debbie Skopczynski for making sure we knew about it! Click here for more information.
APD Officials Listen and Respond to Resident Safety Concerns
The first portion of this month’s regular meeting of the VHCA held on April 13th was devoted to a special discussion of neighborhood safety. District 6 Councilperson Alex Wan (who organized the meeting and arranged the speakers), APD Asst. Chief Shawn Jones, Deputy Chief Joseph Spillane, Zone 6 Commander Timothy Peek, and other officers made presentations,…
Local Teen Wins Second National Writing Award
In May 2013 we posted this article about VaHi resident and then 8th grader Clarissa Mullig who had just won a Gold Medal in the national Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, the largest and longest-running recognition program for creative teens in the U.S. Well, Clarissa obviously isn’t one to rest on her laurels as she…
City Council District 6 Newsletter: April 1, 2015
Click here to read the latest updates from Councilperson Alex Wan’s office, including: Atlanta Voters Approve 2015 Infrastructure Bond Referendum Olmstead Plein Air Invitational: April 22-26 CHaRM Grand Opening: Saturday April 18 Spotlight on City of Atlant Government: Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Services
Ten Thousand Villages
Virginia-Highland’s Fair Trade Retailer for 20 Years Ten Thousand Villages has been a Virginia-Highland staple since 1993. Located at 1056 St. Charles Avenue, the neighborhood shop has seen the ebb and flow of the local business community and, at one time, was the only open storefront on their side of St. Charles for nearly a…
VaHi Safety Team Report: March 28, 2015
By John Wolfinger I know, I know that I am way behind in getting a new report out to you – but life events got in the way with the death of my mother in Ohio and I was gone for quite a while. Nice to know though, that FBAC and my neighbors were watching my…
John Wolfinger: 2015 Creative Loafing Neighborhood MVP
Virginia-Highland’s own John Wolfinger was named to Creative Loafing’s list of 11 Neighborhood MVP’s for 2015. Click here to read the CL story announcing this year’s award winners. Congratulations, John. Thanks for all you do for VaHi!
Lighting and Plumbing Improvements Continue at John Howell Park
The progress that the City of Atlanta Parks Department has made at restoring the lighting in John Howell Park is increasingly visible (pun intended). The park’s interior lights have been substantively rewired and many globes have been replaced, so the odd amalgam of three different bulb styles is now almost uniform. Remaining on the to-do list are…
VHCA Encourages Support for Tuesday Bond Referendum
Fire Station 19 repair funds confirmed on list Anticipated light voter turnout means your vote matters more than ever Atlanta City District 6 Councilmember Alex Wan confirmed this week that repair funds for Fire Station 19 are included in the infrastructure bond coming up for a vote this coming week. In a meeting with Wan at…
Traffic Alert: Georgia Publix Marathon and Half Marathon Pass Through VaHi on March 22
Expect traffic delays, road closings along the course on Sunday March, 22 between 7AM-2PM More than 12,000 participants, 2,500 volunteers and 30,000 spectators will be along the course from downtown Atlanta to Decatur and back. Runners will pass through Centennial Olympic Park, Georgia State University, MLK Historic District, Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, The Carter…
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