Thursday, September 20, 2012
Music Midtown 2012 arrives, but not all Piedmont Park area residents are singing a welcoming song.
Music Midtown 2012 is virtually here as tens of thousands of music-loving fans will be pouring into Piedmont Park on Friday and Saturday. It’s an exciting event featuring some very popular musical acts, but not everyone is whistling a happy tune. There are concerned residents from neighborhoods that surround the park who wonder why Midtown must bear the burden in order for the rest of metro Atlanta and visitors to party during a string of spring, summer and fall festivals and events staged in and near the park. Some contend it’s just part of the deal that comes with living in Midtown. Still, others want to insure that Midtown and Piedmont Park doesn’t get taken advantage of. Piedmont Park Conservancy (PPC) Director of Public Relations & …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Volunteer to help with the Midtown Neighbors' Association’s 2012 Midtown Tour of Homes that is set for Nov. 17-18.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Planning for the Midtown Neighbors' Association’s 2012 Midtown Tour of Homes is underway and there's plenty of opportunities for local residents to get involved. This year’s Tour takes a new approach beginning with a change of season with the Tour set for November 17 and 18. The Midtown Tour of Homes, a fundraiser that began in 1971, was staged during the spring in 2011. The event typically features between nine and 15 homes each year. Several great homes have already been lined up for the Tour, but the MNA is currently seeking assistance in several areas. Do you love organizing events? Is your passion sales? Can you manage volunteers and scheduling? If so, the MNA needs you! Volunteer opportunities are available in the following: …
Monday, August 20, 2012
What's up with the Midtown Neighbors' Association this week
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Monday, August 20, 2012
The Midtown Neighbors’ Association will be hosting its August Mingle in Midtown event Wednesday at Proof & Provision at the Georgian Terrace Hotel. From 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., join friends, neighbors and colleagues in celebrating the waning days of summer with refreshing drink specials and a selection of munchies at one of Midtown's newest places to be seen. This is also an excellent opportunity to see first hand the subject of the MNA’s most recent Did You Know, which highlights The Fox Theatre Historic Triangle. _______ On Tuesday, the MNA Land Use Committee will meet to discuss the proposed Georgia Proton Therapy Center. This will be a new medical treatment facility on the block bounded by Peachtree and Juniper streets and Ponce de Leon and …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Tuesday night, communities across the country will participate in annual event to heighten crime awareness and promote keeping neighborhoods safe, block by block.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
On Tuesday, Aug. 7, Atlantic Station and the Midtown Neighbors’ Association are planning separate events in conjunction with the 29th Annual National Night Out, a crime and drug prevention program sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. Communities across the country will participate to heighten crime awareness and create partnerships with local anti-crime programs. In recent years, NNO has grown to join more than 37 million people together in more than 13,000 neighborhoods across the country. This year’s City of Atlanta theme for National Night Out is "The More We Get Together, The Safer We’ll Be," as it promotes keeping communities safe, block by block. Atlanta Police Chief George Turner is set to make visits to both Midtown…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A quick peek at some Midtown news to use for the next couple of days
May is membership month for the Midtown Neighbors’ Association, which is hosting a “Mingle in Midtown” event Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Takorea. The restaurant, located at 818 Juniper Street, is donating 10 percent of its net proceeds that night to the MNA. Complementary light appetizers and drink specials will be available, so bring your neighbors and friends and help raise money for the MNA. Did you know since 2005, MNA has invested more than $105,000 in your neighborhood? Below is a list of how membership dollars and contributions have gone to work in the community: These are a few of the many areas MNA contributes in building the community to make Midtown safer, greener and healthier. Your membership allows MNA to continue to invest …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Midtown news to use for the remainder of the week.
Midtown Alliance invites you Tuesday evening to give your input on potential high-impact, high-value projects and programs that would position Midtown as the first urban eco-district in the Southeast. The Greenprint Midtown Interactive Visioning Session will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the AT&T Conference Center, located at 725 West Peachtree Street. An RSVP is required to the free event. With the help of local residents, Midtown can build off of its existing assets to become even greener. The Midtown Alliance is engaging the community in developing a community-wide sustainability action plan focusing on five key areas – water, energy, waste, transportation and greenspace. To better understand the challenges and opportunities, they…
Monday, April 9, 2012
Home Park Community Improvement Association meeting Tuesday; Midtown Neighbors' Association Mix In Mingle gathering Wednesday; and more Midtown news to use.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Staff Reports After years of pumping out information via 140 characters or less on Twitter, the staff of the Atlanta District 2 City Council office has a bit more elbow room to promote district happenings with the recent launching of the District 2 facebook page. Councilman Kwanza Hall represents District 2, which includes a dozen neighborhoods in the heart of the city including Downtown, Georgia State University, Castleberry Hill, the Marietta Artery, Home Park, Georgia Tech, Atlantic Station, Midtown, Sweet Auburn, the Old Fourth Ward, Poncey-Highland, and Inman Park. _______ On Tuesday night, the Home Park Community Improvement Association will host a community meeting at Tenth Street Underwood United Methodist Church, located at 425 …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Live Nation has filed for a special event permit with the City of Atlanta to hold the festival in Piedmont Park over two days in September.
Music Midtown is ready to jam again. Live Nation has filed for a special event permit with the City of Atlanta to again hold the festival in Piedmont Park this fall. The application states that it will be held on Friday evening, September 21, and all day on Saturday, September 22. Last year’s festival was just one day. No musical acts have been revealed and more details about the event are scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks. Who do you want to see play Music Midtown 2012? The festival was held 12 times from 1994-2005, but then was put on hiatus before returning last September, when tens of thousands of fans piled into Piedmont Park to attend the one-day festival headlined by The Black Keys and Coldplay. To decrease the impact on…
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Midtown Neighbors' Association releases its position statement on the Atlanta Public Schools redistricting as it applies to Midtown.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Editor's note: The Midtown Neighbors' Association has drafted a position letter to APS Superintendent Erroll B. Davis, Jr., the APS school board and the Atlanta city council concerning the current APS rezoning. The MNA shared its letter with Midtown Patch. Dear Mr. Davis, APS Staff, Atlanta Board of Education, and Atlanta City Council Members, Again, thank you for your commitment in working to achieve balanced capacity utilization in Atlanta Public Schools, and to create attractive, high performing schools. As you know, Midtown children were rezoned less than three years ago, and we thank APS for avoiding the disruption of Midtown’s students in this round of rezoning and for keeping Midtown in our current feeder pattern of Springdale Park …
Monday, March 26, 2012
A pair of Midtown Neighbors' Association meetings are also on the calendar this week
Update - March 26, 3:45 p.m.: Atlanta Public Schools will now receive comments through Friday on Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr.'s school redistricting plan, APS spokesman Keith Bromery said. The school system previously set Monday as the deadline. After considering public comments, Davis is to post a revised plan for schools this weekend. Original story: Hello on a Monday! Today we introduce a new feature at Midtown Patch called Last Chance, a weekly guide to approaching deadlines, show closings, registrations and other important dates. Here’s a sampling of a few things for you to be aware of this week. APS Deadline Monday is the deadline to send comments to APS Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr.'s office about his preliminary proposal…
Hunt Archbold
9:09 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Hello, a quick correction/clarification here. The original article stated that the MNA made recommendations to the event organizers regarding repositioning the stage, reducing the sound level, and taking decibel readings. While some members of the MNA board, as well as certain neighbors of the Midtown Neighborhood, made those suggestions to Music Midtown representatives, the MNA did not … more ›