2014-2015 VHCA Board of Directors Bios
Following are bios for members of the 2014-15 VHCA Board of Directors. Peggy Berg I moved to Virginia Highland in 1984 and have a home, rental property and had a business in the neighborhood. My husband and I raised our two sons here and I served on PTAs for Morningside Elementary, Inman Middle and Grady…
VHCA Announces Candidates for 2013-14 Board of Directors; Absentee Ballot Available
The nominating committee of the Virginia-Highland Civic Association presents the following list of candidates, all of whom have declared their candidacy. Click on the candidate’s name to go to a page with candidate bio’s. John Becker Peggy Berg David Brandenberger Suzanne Buck Lola Carlisle Genny Ferrero Paige Hewell Jenifer Keenan Jack White Lauren Wilkes Fralick…
VHCA Co-Sponsoring APS BOE At-Large Candidates’ Forum This Week
The Virginia Highland Civic Association and Inman Park Neighborhood Association are sponsoring an Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education At-Large Candidates’ Forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Inman Middle School auditorium, 774 Virginia Avenue NE. Candidates in attendance are running for at-large seats Districts 7, 8 and 9. Confirmed attendees to date include: Courtney English (At-Large Seat 7);…
Music Midtown Street Closures
Passing along the following notice from Leigh Davis-Turner of The TreadWell Experience regarding street closures for Music Midtown which begin today. She can be reached at [email protected]. Music Midtown will start lane / street closures this Friday September 13 for the next 10 days. Please click here for a set of maps showing street closures throughout the duration…
Suzuki School To Open Third Campus at Ponce City Market
Good stories never fade away. And thirty-eight years after its establishment, The Suzuki School’s story will continue when it opens a third campus at Ponce City Market in August 2014. The Suzuki story began in 1976, with a person and a vision. Atlanta businessman David Smith was seeking an educator to develop a school. When…
Atlanta Streets Alive Returns to VaHi on October 6
On Sunday, October 6, Atlanta Streets Alive will return to N. Highland Avenue. As with last October’s event, Virginia Ave. will also be included, but this time Boulevard and Monroe Dr. will be included, as well. Make plans now to attend the biggest Streets Alive yet, nearly 4.5 miles! For four hours, you, your friends…
Springdale Park Elementary PTO Announces SPARK Partners Program
Leave it to Virginia-Highland residents to meet a challenge head-on by trying something a little different. As many are aware, the funding model for public schools across the country is under distress. While student population continues to grow at Springdale Park Elementary (SPARK), the school’s budget from Atlanta Public Schools leaves a gap in the funding…
VaHi Safety Team Report: September 10, 2013
By: John Wolfinger Good People Rule!!!! I know that when most of you see yet another Safety Team Report, you expect to see more bad news on the crime front (and yes there is such news further down in this report), but I wanted to lead this time with some good news about recent events that…
District 6 Newsletter: September 5, 2013
Here’s a link to City Councilperson Alex Wan’s latest newsletter. Topics include in this issue: Atlanta Streets Alive This Sunday September 8 Crime Prevention Suggestions Atlanta False Alarm Ordinance – Privacy Policy Girls Galore/Bliss Due Cause Settlement Important Notice to Gmail Users http://eepurl.com/DtETf
VaHi Safety Team Update: Spradlin and Hannibal Captured, Neighborhood Thanked
By: John Wolfinger Major Peek has written a nice note to the citizens of VaHi that I am glad to share below. Thanks to all of the folks who reported their Spradlin sightings to Zone 6 via their 911 calls. I saw Keith Lamar, our Zone 6 Community Prosecutor at the NPU “M” safety meeting…
VaHi Safety Team Report: BOLO
By: John Wolfinger I received the message below from our Zone 6 Commander, Major Peek, on Monday and I immediately posted it on all of our neighborhood message boards. Since then I have had several requests to send it out via our Safety Team network also, since there are many residents who are not members of…
Dude, It’s Only a Mile!
Race Registration Now Open for the Morningside Mile Benefiting Historic Va-Hi Fire Station Mark your calendar: the 4rd annual Morningside Mile race & block party is Sunday, October 20 (noon-2pm)! THE RACE (HIGH NOON) Register now to run Atlanta’s only competitive 1-mile race with cash prizes! Registered runners get a technical race hat, free SweetWater…
Art on the BeltLine is Back!
Since much of it will take place only a stone’s throw from our neighborhood, we want to make sure VaHi residents have all the particulars about what has become – in only four short years – the city’s largest temporary art and live performance exhibit: Art on the BeltLine. If you’ve walked the Eastside Trail…
VaHi Safety Team Report: August 27, 2013
By: John Wolfinger Fulton County Sheriff’s News Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson has announced a new sex offender location service at http://www.communitynotification.com/cap_main.php?office=55274. You can use this website to locate the residences of such offenders. At the Rice Street jail, Sheriff Jackson announced the graduation for some inmates who have completed one of the jail programs being…
Learn to Code and Do Something Big
On October 15th, Tech Talent South will launch an immersive, eight-week adult coding program in nearby Grant Park. Both full-time and part-time classes will be held in the mornings and evenings at NEX Atlanta, accommodating for any schedule. The goal of the classes is to help adults learn invaluable web development skills to keep up…
VHCA Announces Process to Develop Neighborhood Master Plan
In July of this year, the Virginia-Highland Civic Association announced the formation of a Task Force to guide the creation of a transportation plan for Virginia-Highland. This plan contemplated combining public input and review of existing factors with professional planning guidance to create an effective set of goals based on an overall vision. We asked…
Decatur Elementary School to Host Seminar on Coyotes in an Urban Environment
With all the recent talk of coyotes being seen in and around the neighborhood, we thought we’d pass along this notice of a seminar called “Coyotes in the Community” being conducted tomorrow evening at Winnona Park Elementary School, 510 Avery St. in Decatur. The time to RSVP has passed but hopefully you can still attend…
A Conversation with Stephanie Coffin
By: John Becker Stephanie Coffin and her husband Tom have lived in Virginia-Highland for forty years, moving from Midtown to their current home on Highland View in 1973 when Stephanie was “very pregnant” with their second child. Many VaHi residents know of the Coffins’ involvement with The Great Speckled Bird, the iconic counterculture weekly that…
Ponce de Leon Resurfacing
We received the following notice late last week from our friends at the Georgia Department of Transportation. Resurfacing of Ponce de Leon Avenue has commenced. The work schedule (weather permitting) is from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays (no Friday/Saturday work). The entire resurfacing should be completed within four weeks. Workers will start in…
80 Grady Students Earn AP Honors
We wanted to make sure everyone saw this Patch article about the large number of Grady High students who were awarded AP honors this year. That’s 80 – out of 85 total in all of APS! Congratulations to the hard working students and teachers at our own Grady High School – especially the “Grady Eighty”!
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