Monday, January 14, 2013
Neighborhood wants store closed between midnight and 6 a.m.; leaders plan to collect supporting documentation about the problems selling alcohol late at night poses to that portion of Midtown.
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Monday, January 14
Editor’s Note: The following update on a new 24-hour gas and convenience store being remodeled in north Midtown was sent by the Ansley Park Civic Association to the neighborhood residents. Despite strong opposition from the Ansley and Sherwood Forest neighborhoods, the store’s proprietor last month was granted a license to sell beer and wine by the city's License Review Board. More on this developing story here: _______ Around-the-clock beer/wine sales proposed for old Shell station Dear Neighbors, By now you've probably heard of a plan to redevelop the closed gas station at the northwest corner of Ansley Park into a gas station/convenience store that sells beer and wine around the clock. We hope what you've heard is accurate, but we …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Despite objections from residents of the nearby Ansley Park and Sherwood Forest neighborhoods, a 24-hour convenience store and gas station will soon be selling a limited selection of beer and wine seven days a week.
The proprietor of a new 24-hour service station and convenience store in north Midtown was granted this week a license to sell beer and wine by the city's License Review Board (LRB). “Uptown Station,” located at the edge of the Ansley Park neighborhood at the corner of Peachtree Street and Peachtree Circle, is set to open within the next few months at 1521 Peachtree Street. The license approval came over the objections from residents of the nearby Ansley Park and Sherwood Forest neighborhoods who had previously expressed their concerns about security and safety risks to the neighborhood with regards to a 24-hour store that served alcohol. At this week’s LRB meeting, residents had sought for a deferral of the application until February in …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Giant oak trees to be planted at neighborhood's entrance
At its annual meeting this month, the Ansley Park Civic Association (APCA) paid tribute to a pair of neighborhood individuals who have made positive lasting impacts on the historic Midtown neighborhood. APCA President Julia Emmons told members that a pair of giant oak trees were to soon be planted near The Prado entrance of the neighborhood in tribute to retiring State Rep. Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta) and the late John Clarke, who passed away this past spring. Ashe announced last April that she would not be seeking re-election in 2012. Her current term will expire in January and she will be replaced in the 56th District, which currently includes the heart of Atlanta, including many Midtown Patch neighborhoods such as Ansley Park, Sherwood …
Monday, September 24, 2012
There will be a celebration of the life of Billy Hulse on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Piedmont Driving Club. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in memory of Mr. Hulse to the Shepherd Center Foundation, Betty and Billy Hulse Spinal Cord Injury Lab.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Ten days after a new spinal cord injury research lab at the Shepherd Center was named after he and his wife, Billy Hulse died at his Ansley Park home on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Frank “Billy” Wilson Hulse IV was 65. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Betty Hulse, along with a sister, Bonnie Hulse Krebs; a niece, Cobby Witherington; and a nephew, Frank Young. There will be a celebration of his life on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Piedmont Driving Club from 5-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in memory of Billy Hulse to the Shepherd Center Foundation, Betty and Billy Hulse Spinal Cord Injury Lab, located at 2020 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30309. The Betty and Billy Hulse Spinal Cord Injury Lab was named after the Hulses …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Currently, work is being done near The Prado entrance to the neighborhood as that intersection off Piedmont Avenue will continue to be closed to vehicle for at least another week.
More than a decade in the planning, the Ansley Park neighborhood traffic calming project commenced construction several weeks ago. Currently, work is being done near The Prado entrance to the neighborhood as that intersection off Piedmont Avenue will continue to be closed to vehicle traffic for at least another week. Following the completion of The Prado entrance, construction will continue at the Westminster Drive, Avery Drive and South Prado entrances to the neighborhood. In 2000, the Ansley Park Civic Association (APCA) was awarded $2.8 million from the developers of the Atlantic Station mixed-use development for the purpose of constructing traffic calming enhancements to the neighborhood with the goals of vehicle speed reduction, …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A snapshot from Midtown
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Our Midtown Picture of the Day comes compliments of Liz Gillespie, Atlantic Station’s director of marketing who snapped this near the corner of Peachtree Circle and 17th Street this morning. Is this the home of an Auburn University fan excited that college football kicks off in less than two months? Is this a hint from neighbors to clean up their act or to try rolling with the punches? Or just an Ansley Park summer prank? When was the last time you rolled or got rolled?
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Park Pride and the Ansley Park Beautification Foundation team up to tackle erosion issue.
Thanks in part to a $1,000 matching micro grant from Park Pride, the Ansley Park Beautification Foundation was able to apply some much needed TLC to Ansley Park’s McClatchey Park late last year. “We had a bank by the tennis courts that was badly eroding,’’ said Sylvia Attkisson of Sylvia Attkisson Landscape Design. “The curb was about to fall down the hill.” Attkisson, who donated her time to the project, oversaw an effort that has significantly slowed the current erosion in the area. Junipers were planted on the bank and the already in place irrigation system was extended to help make sure the plants could be watered until they could be firmly established. The bank was also weeded between the street and the steps leading down into the …
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper co-founder honored by Southern Living magazine for her eco-preservation efforts.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Executive Director and Riverkeeper Sally Bethea was honored on Tuesday by Southern Living magazine as one of its “Heroes of the New South.” The honorees will be featured in the magazine’s March issue, which hits newsstands on Feb. 24. The Ansley Park neighborhood resident, who helped co-found UCR in 1994, won in the “Eco-Preservation” category “as an individual recognized for fighting tirelessly to preserve the beauty of the region’s natural resources,” the magazine said in a press release. See a full list of the winners here and a picture of Bethea in the magazine here. “I am very honored by this recognition and pleased to accept it as one of the 200 waterkeepers around the world who are working daily for …
Eric S
10:30 am on Friday, April 12, 2013
Driving by this morning, I noticed that (de-)construction has begun on the station. Have plans been approved? more ›