VHCA Hosts BeltLine Overlay Information Session
By: Jess Windham Over the past year, the city has been revisiting each section – or subarea – of the BeltLine overlay district to review and update the underlying zoning. Virginia-Highland is in subarea 6, which – along with subareas 2 and 9 – is next on the list for this public review process. To…
5Arts FEST in Little Five Points Looking for Volunteers, Financial Support
Editor’s Note: We’re passing along the following from our friends at the 5Arts FEST. This festival is not affiliated with the VHCA or Summerfest, but we support organizers in their efforts to bring this first-year festival in a neighboring community to life. On September 6th the inaugural 5Arts FEST will take place in Little Five…
City Council Adopts Virginia-Highland Master Plan
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved the Virginia-Highland Master Plan at its Monday July 21 meeting. With the adoption, the plan becomes part of the City of Atlanta’s Comprehensive Development Plan. The VHCA thanks the many residents whose input shaped the plan’s contents and whose support ensured its adoption. Ideas and concepts included in the…
Highland Tap Gets a Makeover
Grand Re-Opening and Fire Station #19 Dine Out Benefit Set For August 20 In 1989, NightCap Food & Spirits opened Highland Tap, an underground hideaway, on the soon-to-become-fashionable corner of Virginia & North Highland avenues. Nestled between what was then Tim’s Ice Cream and Chao – now Winter Wren & Fontaine’s Oyster House, respectively –…
Atlanta Young Singers Holds Auditions for New Members
Atlanta Young Singers is looking for the best young voices in Virginia-Highland! Since 1975, AYS has been at the forefront of choral art in metro Atlanta and the U.S., thrilling audiences all over the world with innovative programming, professional performance, and exciting commissions. AYS nurtures the incredible artistic abilities of children, offering excellent choral and…
Park Pride Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary with Free King of Pops at Orme Park
Park Pride’s 25th anniversary is this year and they’re celebrating by giving away FREE King of Pops at 25 different parks around the city. Thank you, Park Pride, for choosing Orme Park to help you celebrate! Come to the park’s main entrance this Sunday, July 27th from 3:00 to 3:30 pm for your free pop.…
PEDS to Host July 30 Sidewalk Maintenance Forum
Passing along the following from our friends at PEDS. Unfortunately, this meeting is the same night as the BeltLine overlay district meeting for the VaHi area so you’ll have to pick your poison. The VHCA plans to have representation at both meetings. The Atlanta City Council is considering an ordinance that will dramatically change the…
Streets Alive Returns to VaHi September 28
Save the date for the next Atlanta Streets Alive: Sunday, September 28 from 2-6 pm. The route (see map below) is a 4.5 mile loop on N. Highland + Highland + Boulevard + North Avenue — similar to the one that drew over 83,000 Atlantans to run, walk, dance and play in the streets last…
Longtime VaHi Resident billie jo Passes
Mother, Teacher, Artist, Poet, Virginia-Highland Activist July 31, 1936 – July 7, 2014 By: Jack White, VHCA President Longtime Virginia-Highland resident billie jo – she spelled her name with all lowercase letters and had legally changed it years ago to just ‘billie jo’ – passed away early this month following a battle with cancer. billie…
Work Commences on John Howell Park Renovation
By: The VHCA Parks Committee (John Becker, David Brandenberger, Lauren Wilkes Fralick, Colleen Lysen, and Jack White) Contractor Hutcheson Horticultural has begun the renovation of the western end of John Howell Park. The project will substantially alter the look of the park along Arcadia Avenue opposite Inman Middle School; new granite sitting walls topped by black steel…
A Thank You for Summerfest 2014
By: Jack White, VHCA President On behalf of Virginia-Highland Civic Association, I’d like to personally thank this year’s Summerfest leadership team, volunteers, artists, vendors and sponsors for serving up another outstanding festival. I can’t tell you how many positive comments I heard from attendees, exhibitors and residents that the 2014 edition was one of the…
Atlanta City Council Utilities Committee Schedules Study Session on Changes to Sidewalk Policy
By: Jack White, VHCA Planning Committee The City Utilities Committee began consideration this past Tuesday July 15th of a bill introduced by nine members that would place legal responsibility for sidewalk repairs and maintenance upon the city instead of adjoining property owners, as is currently the case. The Department of Public Works asked that the…
BeltLine/Streetcar Transit Study Group to Meet in VaHi
Sorry for the late notice but we just found out about a meeting you might want to attend. The Federal Transit Administration, in cooperation with the City of Atlanta, Invest Atlanta, and Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., is conducting environmental assessments for extensions of the Atlanta Streetcar. You’re invited to attend a public meeting to discuss the transit…
Atlanta Clean Power Plan Rally and Hearing Set for July 29-30
You can help make clean power and climate change history in Atlanta on July 29-30. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first-ever national plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. The EPA has announced public hearings to discuss the plan in just four cities around the country and Atlanta is one of…
Maiden Trail Workday Recap
The alleyway that runs parallel to St. Charles and Ponce de Leon avenues, between Frederica and Barnett streets, received a big dose of TLC from local residents and student volunteers this past weekend. A group of 30+ worked from 9AM to noon on Saturday July 12 to clear brush, collect trash and recyclables, and spread…
Atlanta City Council to Consider Changes to Existing Sidewalk Policy
By: Peggy Berg, VHCA Safety Chair Nine Atlanta City Council members are co-sponsoring legislation to remove a city ordinance that requires homeowners to pay to repair sidewalk abutting their property. This legislation will be considered at the July 15 meeting of the City Utilities Committee, 9:30 am, Committee Room #2 on the second floor of…
Virginia-Highland BeltLine Overlay Information Session Set for July 30
By: Jess Windham, VHCA Planning Committee A significant element in the vision for a successful, vibrant BeltLine is the land use of the parcels surrounding it: land use and zoning guide usage (residential, commercial, etc.), building size, and density. Specific parcels of land retain their existing zoning status even if the building on the lot is…
Trees Atlanta Announces TreeKeepers 2014 Program; Fruit and Nut Tree Panel Discussion
Registration is now open for Trees Atlanta’s 2014 TreeKeeper Program. Trees Atlanta education coordinator Kate Baltzell says this is the 8th year for the TreeKeepers certification program and it’s sure to be the best program ever. The educational program includes seven different sessions and covers everything you’ve wanted to learn about trees: identification, proper pruning,…
United Methodist Children’s Home Auxilliary Hosts Flea Market
The United Methodist Children’s Home Auxilliary will host a flea market July 11-12, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at their location at 500 S. Columbia Dr., Decatur, 30030. Come find treasures including furniture, jewelry, china, clothing (vintage, too), baby gear, toys, books and electronics. Find a great bargain and support our community’s children at the…
City Utilities Committee Holds Sidewalk Repair Price Increase
By: Peggy Berg VHCA Safety Committee Chair Peggy Berg, VHCA President Jack White, and PEDS President Sally Flocks appeared at the Council Utilities Committee on June 24th asking that pending legislation 14-O-1240 be held. The proposed legislation reflected the Department of Public Work’s calculation that the actual cost of sidewalk repairs made by the city was $10.28 per…
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