Benefit Event on 7/10 for Zone 6 Officers Bandy and Toomer

July 9, 2012

This event at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club in L5P on 7/10 from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. will be in honor of Officer Bandy who tackled a mean drunk on North Highland Avenue and Officer Toomer who was ambushed outside the L5P Zesto’s. They both have a lot of healing ahead, but I hope…

New BeltLine Police Division Planned

July 9, 2012

The attached APD press release about the planned special division for dedicated BeltLine patrol is welcome news for those of us who have been wondering as to how this long and somewhat isolated stretch of real estate was going to be protected.

Safety Team Street Captain Get Together Planned

July 9, 2012

Due to the success of last year’s informal social gathering of Street Captains, Eleanor Barrineau and Kay Stephenson are planning a repeat gathering this year on 7/25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Aurora Coffee on North Highland Avenue. I’ll be inviting some Zone 6 (http://www.atlantapd.org/zone6.aspx ) and FBAC (http://www.fbacvahi.com/) folks. Don’t feel that this…

Crime Report

July 9, 2012

The following reports are gleaned from our Zone 6 crime stats for the 2012 weeks of 22, 23, 24 and 25, Note that this is a month’s worth of crime, instead of the usual 2 weeks of reports. Again, I state these reports are not meant to scare anyone, but to make you aware of…

Focus on John Howell Park

July 6, 2012

Comments Solicited for Proposed Improvements It has been a busy and productive year on the Virginia-Highland Civic Association Parks Committee.  Forming a new committee, coordinating with the City Parks Department, addressing challenges at the corner of Virginia and N. Highland, and doing a long-overdue comprehensive analysis of what was working and not working at John…