The following reports are gleaned from the APD Zone 6 crime stats for weeks 2 and 3 of 2012, with emphasis on our VaHi Beat 601 – but with news from around the Zone as it applies to us. Once again, I state that these reports are not meant to scare anyone, but to raise…
Read MoreThe path is now cleared for Evergreen Housing to buy the Briarcliff Summit at Ponce and N. Highland. This project has big public safety aspects for the neighborhood and together with Ponce City Market serves as a beacon of progress along Ponce.
Read MoreGet ready for the inaugural running of The Intown Ten Road Race, a 10k on Sunday March 4th, 2012 through the streets of Virginia-Highland and Morningside. The race is the only USATF certified 10k in Northeast Atlanta, and all proceeds will benefit John Howell Park at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Barnett Street. The race is…
Read MoreThanx to Major Dalton for taking a real aggressive stance in the Old 4th Ward’s Boulevard corridor by creating a special team to address the many problems there. Stories in Patch and at WSB-TV. Our former evening watch Officer Woolfolk and Sergeant Sokloski are on this new Boulevard team. I do have my doubts about…
Read MoreEvergreen Housing was finally successful in their attempts to win needed state tax credits thru the Department of Community Affairs in order to make the numbers work to not only purchase this building, but to launch a huge restoration and rehab project. Evergreen’s plans call for restoring the facade of this building to its original…
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