Presenting the 2012 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes

October 31, 2012

By: Angelika Taylor, 2012 Tour of Homes Chair The 2012 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes is right around the corner and the TOH committee has been working hard to make sure this year’s event is a fun and successful one. In addition to nine outstanding restaurants, there are eight spectacular homes on the tour and we just…

It’s Halloween in VaHi!

October 29, 2012

The holiday’s come and gone but we thought we’d share a few images of some of the more creative decorations from around Virginia-Highland. This is just a sampling from driving up and down a few VaHi streets – by no means a complete review. Be sure to scroll to the end for several pictures of…

Kanuga looking spectacular with new trees

October 28, 2012

Kanuga was already looking better than usual after a recent cleanup by the city (thanks to Jenifer Keenan for bird-dogging Atlanta Public Works). But now the Atlanta BeltLine Corridor Project has planted trees along the entire length! The trees are a test plot underplanted with buffalo grass, which should provide a drought-tolerant ground cover.

Keep VaHi Beautiful Volunteers Have Successful Clean-Up Day

October 26, 2012

By: Kay Stephenson As the sky slowly lightened on a recent crisp fall morning in Virginia-Highland, volunteers assembled in the parking lots at the south end of the neighborhood. Tools were unloaded, bags and gloves donated by Keep Atlanta Beautiful were distributed, and, to the sounds of a leaf blower doing its thing outside Neighbor’s…

What I learned about VaHi from old Voice newsletters

October 25, 2012

by Brian Gross, Communications Committee I recently helped scan and uploaded more than 60 past issues of the Virginia-Highland Voice, the VHCA’s long-standing paper newsletter, which continues today in electronic form. The issues ranged from the very first Voice in 1972 through 1976, then a large gap, and then other issues dating from 1988-2012. By…