The recently-formed Keep Virginia-Highland Beautiful group is planning a Business Resident Clean Up Day for this Saturday October 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The group is seeking volunteers to assist with the clean-up effort. The event is planned as part of a major cleanup of the neighborhood before the kick-off of the holiday…
Read MoreThis year’s Atlanta Marathon and Marathon Relay will be held October 28 and the course will bring runners right through the heart of Virginia-Highland. Mile 14 brings runners up N. Highland Avenue from Poncey-Highland where they will eventually turn left on Virginia Avenue. Runners will then turn right on Park Drive where Mile 15 continues…
Read MoreStreets Alive returned to Virginia-Highland on Sunday October 7 for another four hours of closed streets and pedestrian-related activities. This time around not only was N. Highland Avenue closed to motorized traffic during the vent, but so, too, was Virginia Avenue. A highlight of the event this time was the opening of the Eastside BeltLine…
Read MoreA handful of dedicated volunteers showed up on Sunday October 7 to plant fall annuals and do some general maintenance at the VaHi triangle island. Here are a few pictures of the volunteers sprucing up one of the neighborhood’s treasured green spaces.
Read MoreA few weeks ago we posted a photo of a small white box filled with books that had suddenly sprung up in the front yard of a home on Hudson Drive. The Saporta Report’s Michellle Hiskey ran with the idea and a few days later Hiskey published this article on the fascinating proliferation of these…
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