Residential Break-ins

July 23, 2012

We have had relatively few of these break-ins lately, but please do not let down your guard in keeping your home secure this summer. The Morningside Patrol reported 3 such break-ins earlier this month on Cumberland Circle, North Highland Avenue, Helen Drive and Piedmont Heights reported a break-in on Rock Springs Road. Keep up the…

Renaissance Park

July 23, 2012

If you have not been by this beautiful wooded parkland at Piedmont Avenue @ Pine Street lately to see how this has become an urban campground – take a look the next time you are in this area. The neighbors in this area have set up a on-line petition to ask for the Mayor’s help…

Crime Report

July 23, 2012

The following reports are gleaned from our APD Zone 6 (http://www.atlantapd.org/zone6.aspx ) crime stats for the 2012 weeks of 26 and 27. Again, I state that these reports are not meant to scare anyone, but to make you aware of what happens around us everyday, and to raise your level of alertness and awareness. The…

Grady Cluster meeting notes

July 9, 2012

Regarding Atlanta Public School redistricting, the VHCA hosted a cross-cluster neighborhood meeting on June 27, 2012. The goal of the meeting was to provide the Task Force with a list of criteria for developing and evaluating solutions to address the middle school capacity issue. See the meeting notes.

Graffiti News

July 9, 2012

At the urging of our NPU “F” assistant chair, Gerry Neumark, I applied for and received a graffiti eradication grant. I have now ordered and we will soon have a LOT of supplies for this process. I will now be contacting all of our sister NPU neighborhoods, as well as close-by communities, asking for a…