Red Bull Soapbox Car Race
Details are still being worked out for this major event that will close off Tenth Street between Piedmont and Monroe for three days on August 28, 29 and 30. This event is expected to draw 49,000 spectators, and is being planned under Piedmont Park’s Class B regulations. There is to be a presentation of all…
BeltLine Plans for Tenth and Monroe
Thanx to Jenifer Keenan for leading neighborhood involvement in redevelopment plans at this important intersection. Read a good story about this at http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/05/beltline-proposal-near-piedmont-park-prompts-concerns-about-density/
Campaign for Atlanta Mayoral Forums
The tapes of the first session of this informative mayoral forum are now available for your viewing at this website – www.campaignforatlanta.com click on Forum Videos, then click on the youtube logo on each box for viewing. These sessions are serious in-depth interviews with the 4 major mayoral candidates and should be studied with how…
Crime reports
The following section of crime reports is gleaned from our Zone 6 crime stats with emphasis on our Beat # 603, but with reports from all around our Zone as they apply to us. These are not meant to scare anyone, but to let you know what happens around us everyday, and to let you…
National Night Out Event
Make plans to join your VaHi/Atkins Park neighbors on Tuesday evening, August 4th, from 6:30 to 8:30 on Arcadia Street on the west side of John Howell Park for this casual event to strengthen neighborhood spirit and overall police/fire/community partnerships. Whole Foods will be donating free dinner for the first 250 residents in line, along…
Streetscape Meeting
For the many of you who have voiced concerns about the changes at Virginia and North Highland and some of the unintended consequences of this project, VaHi president Pam Papner has scheduled a meeting to go over these concerns, and create a list of suggested solutions. Meet at the traffic island on Thursday, July 30th…
CourtWatch Opportunity
A trial for defendant Timothy Kozak is scheduled for August 10th at 9:30 a.m. in CourtRoom 5F in the Fulton County Justice Center downtown. He is one of the group that burglarized and desecrated the Virginia Highland Church and the International Pre-School several months ago. If you are a member of this church, the pre-school…
Neighborhood Trash Walk
Our regular cleanup walk for August will be on Saturday morning the 1st. Meet at the Intown Hardware parking lot at 9 for a chance to help keep our streets clean, get some exercise and have fun also. E-mail chairperson Victoria Hathcox at vhathcox@hotmail.com for further details or to nominate an area that needs to…
Kenneth Lamb Sightings
Yes, I know this individual is creating a lot of frustration among us all. Our Community Prosecutor, Sharla Jackson, is working on a warrant for him – but in the meantime please continue to e-mail the Midtown Ponce Security Alliance folks at info@midtownponce.org details of your sightings so they can keep tabs on him til…
Neighborhood Business Security
This is not meant to be, in any way, a recommendation for specific businesses, but rather to let you know how our local business people are working to make their venues safe for your patronage. I’d like to make this a regular feature, so let me know about your business and your security procedures. City…
Crime reports
Crime reports from APD The following report is gleaned from our APD Zone 6 crime stats – with emphasis on our VaHi Beat # 603, but with news from all around the whole zone as applicable to us. These stats are from weeks 28 and 29 of 2009, and are not meant to scare anyone,…
National Night Out
Mark your calendar and save the date of Tuesday, August 4th for our VaHi/Atkins Park community dinner event. National Night Out is a nationwide event on this evening with the goal of strengthening neighborhood spirit and police/fire/community partnerships. http://www.natw.org/nno/ Our event will be held again on Arcadia Street on the west side of John Howell…
Intown Hardware/FedEx-UPS package delivery program
I continue to hear about package thefts from front porches/doorsteps in the neighborhood. Remember you can have your anticipated packages delivered to Intown Hardware’s safe address. All you have to do is stop by their store and sign a form letting them know your packages will be delivered to them for safekeeping til you can…
Mayoral Candidate Forums
The first forum session sponsored by Campaign for Atlanta will be held this weekend (July 18 and 19) at the Carter Center from 3 to 6:15. The topics this weekend will be basic services and public safety, with the 4 major candidates being quizzed by experts in these fields. www.campaignforatlanta.org for more details as to…
Kenneth Lamb sightings
I continue to hear these reports from Cheshire Bridge Road and the I-85 exit ramps. As long as there are unwitting folks who will take pity on him and give him money – he will be in our midst. Continue to let MPSA at info@midtownponce.org know of your sightings. He quite obviously has found a…
Crime reports
The following listings are from our APD Zone 6 crime stat reports for the weeks of 26 and 27 of 2009, with emphasis on our beat # 603, but with news from around the Zone as it applies to us. These are not meant to scare anyone, but to alert you as to what happens…
BOLO – Mark Harper
This mug shot is that of Mark Harper who is still to be arrested for his warrant in reference to burglaries he committed with his partner in crime, Frederick Charles Stranahan, in March and April here in this part of the city. Stranahan was arrested at the Intown Suites on Piedmont Circle in early April…
Crime reports
The Urban Body Burglaries As I reported in the last Report, Donald Rayfield was arrested on 6/17 for the many, many repeated break-ins at the Urban Body buildings on PDL Place. Since then, I have heard from Sharla Jackson, our Community Prosecutor, that his case was indicted on 6/23 with charges of criminal attempt burglary,…
Safety Team Report Special Report 6/20/09
Zone 6 Strikes Again!! Just in case you are not aware of all the break-ins that happened to the beleagured Urban Body Fitness Studios on PDL Place the past couple of weeks – read the AJC story. Now – just tonite I got the following narrative from our Major Propes as to the capture of…
The “Car Repair” Scammer
This clever scammer is still on the loose – with yet another report posted on the vhmpa message board this week about how he “helped” another victim at the CVS parking lot on North Highland Avenue. Zone 5 really wants to catch this guy – but needs a 911 call while he is in action…
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