Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes Recognizes 2012 Sponsors
On behalf of the entire neighborhood, the Virginia-Highland Civic Association extends a special thank you to our 2012 Tour of Homes sponsors. The generous support of these sponsors helps ensure a successful event and provides important funding for neighborhood projects including park improvements, safety, sidewalk and traffic concerns, planning and preservation efforts, graffiti removal, communication…
Safety Team Report: November 12, 2012
By: John Wolfinger APD In Mourning The tragic helicopter crash on November 3 that took the lives of two APD air patrolmen, Richard Halford and Shawn Smiley, has left their surviving fellow officers realizing how fragile human life is and of the dangers they face every time they report for duty in service to us…
VHCA Monthly Planning Meeting
The VHCA Planning Committee meets with residents seeking zoning variance requests to discuss the impact of the variance on neighboring properties. Approval or denial recommendations are then made for consideration by the VHCA’s full board of directors. Meetings are held at 7 PM on the Wednesday before the second Monday of every month at the…
Minutes – August 13, 2012
MINUTES Virginia-Highland Civic Association Board Meeting August 13, 2012; Ponce de Leon Library CALL TO ORDER Mr. White called the meeting to order at 7 PM. The following board members were present: Lola Carlisle, Frazier Dworet, Genny Ferrero, Nicole Foerschler Horn, Lauren Wilkes Fralick, Jack White, John Wolfinger, and David Wolfson. Pamela Papner arrived subsequently.…
Minutes – July 9, 2012
MINUTES Virginia-Highland Civic Association Board Meeting July 9, 2012; Ponce de Leon Library CALL TO ORDER / ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Mr. White called the meeting to order at 7 PM. The following board members were present: Frazier Dworet, Genny Ferrero, Nicole Foerschler Horn, Jack White, John Wolfinger, Rob Glancy, Lola Carlisle, David Wolfson, and…
Minutes – June 11, 2012
MINUTES Virginia-Highland Civic Association Board Meeting Monday, June 11, 2012; Ponce de Leon Library CALL TO ORDER Mr. White called the meeting to order at 7 PM. The following Board members were present: Peggy Berg, Lola Carlisle, Frazier Dworet, Genny Ferrero, Lauren Wilkes Fralick, Brain Gross, Nicole Foerschler Horn, Pamela Papner, and Jack White. Rob…
Kidical Mass Comes to VaHi
The 4th Kidical Mass Atlanta, sponsored by the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition and the Sopo Bicycle Coop, is coming to John Howell Park on Saturday, November 10th at 10:00 a.m. Kidical Mass is a family-friendly, law-abiding bike ride. The purpose is to teach kids, parents and caregivers safety skills and provide a ride in which to practice them.…
Virginia-Highland Safety Team Report: November 1, 2012
By: John Wolfinger Roy Latimore Found Guilty!! Thanks to David Berl for taking the time to spend several days sitting on the hard benches of Fulton County courthouse courtroom 4-B to watch as the trial of Roy Latimore took place. Latimore is the one who was plaguing this part of the city a year ago…
Education Committee Update
By: Nicole Foerschler Horn Morningside Town Hall Meeting with APS Executives Set For November 14 John O’ Connor, APS Assistant Superintendent for Student Services and Vickie Cleveland, Executive Director for Special Education, will be on hand for a town hall meeting to be held Wednesday November 14th at 8:30 am in the Morningside Elementary Media Center. The event is…
Improvements Coming Soon to Monroe/10th Intersection
According to the beltline.org website, significant pedestrian safety improvements will be made soon at the intersection of 10th Street and Monroe Drive. The improvements are designed to support the recent opening of the Eastside BeltLine trail which currently terminates a few feet from the east side of Monroe, just across from Park Tavern and Piedmont…
Amateur Soccer Team Calls VaHi Home
Did you know there’s an amateur soccer team that wears our neighborhood’s name proudly on its jerseys? Well, there is – and it looks like they’re pretty darn good, too! In the spirit of world-class soccer teams that got their start in “cool” neighborhoods – think Chelsea in London or La Boca in Buenos Aires –…
Presenting the 2012 Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes
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!
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
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
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
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…
More Voice past issues available online
We have scanned more past issues of the Virginia-Highland Voice — the following additional issues are available online. 1972: August, October 1973: January, May, September 1974: January, April 1975: December 1976: November 1990: Fall 1997: Spring, Summer, Winter 1998: Fall, Winter 1999: Fall 2000: Fall 2001: Spring, Fall See also the full archive at vahi.org/voice-print.
Boo! VOICE Wants Pictures of Your Favorite VaHi Halloween Decorations
Halloween is fast approaching and some wonderfully creative displays of decorating talent are cropping up around the neighborhood. VOICE wants to share photos of the best decorations our neighborhood has to offer with other VaHi residents and the rest of the digital world. If you or someone you know has done an awesome job getting…
YWCA Gets Much Needed Makeover
Last Friday October 19, close to 200 volunteers descended on the YWCA on N. Highland Avenue to give the 88-year old building a much needed makeover. Workers inside ripped out and replaced carpet, repainted walls and power-cleaned fixtures. Outside crews focused on pressure washing hard sufaces, trimming branches from trees, replacing rotten timbers in the…
Reminder to Bag Fall Leaves for Removal
By: Peggy Berg With the onset of fall, VaHi residents will once again be treated to the beauty of the seasonal color change – and the challenge of dealing with all those lovely little leaves when they finally fall from their branches. As you implement your leaf removal plan this year, we’d like to remind…
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