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Investors Turn Atlanta’s Foreclosed Homes Into Rentals
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Bargain hunters are looking to turn profits from homes in high-poverty areas of the city
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SLIDESHOW: Southwest opens Atlanta pilot base, People Department – Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday marked one year of flying in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson…
Thom Abbott‘s insight:
The opening of a pilot base in Atlanta will give the pilots the opportunity to live in Atlanta, since it is where they will start, and end trips.
Pilots that may have homes and families they don’t want to move to Atlanta might want to look at Midtown Atlanta condos as a “second home.” With easy access to the airport via MARTA, this gives them a “home base” in Atlanta with the convenience of a “lock it and leave it” condo lifestyle.
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New Georgia Tech High Rise Housing on the Horizon! (Literally!)
Last night, I attended the Design Review Committee (DRC) Meeting of the Midtown Alliance. This is one of the many steps developers go through as they announce, develop, and seek community approval of new projects in the Midtown Atlanta area. Most of these projects fall into two areas that the Midtown Alliance “oversees” as part of the Midtown Improvement District.
These areas are closely watched and developed via the Midtown BluePrint and the Special Public Interest (SPI) Zoning Districts.
New Georgia Tech High Rise Housing on the Horizon!
A new housing opportunity will soon rise for students in Midtown Atlanta. First off, as a disclaimer, I did not detect that this is a project that is being built BY GATech, but by an independent contractor on land that is just North of Technology Square, on Spring Street. The location of the building is noted on the map below.
The 17 -story building will have 250+ units and house some 704 students. They will be mostly furnished student housing, although the presenters did not specify if the “units” will have full kitchens in them. (I suspect they will)
There will be some 11,800 sq. ft of retail space on the street levels of Spring, 8th and Peachtree Place. This was a very preliminary view of the plans, and I suspect from the discussions and suggestions from the DRC, we will see some changes in the final plans that will be presented next month.
NOTE: I apologize for the photos….they did not hand out plans to the audience, and they also collected them BACK from the Committee Members once the meeting was over!
Where To Buy Girl Scout Cookies In Midtown Atlanta
Where To Buy Girl Scout Cookies in Midtown Atlanta
Come on….who does NOT love some Girl Scout Cookies???
And what’s your favorite? Mine, hands down are the Thin Mints. But, I’ve got a secret that makes them even better, and I’m going to share. Take a tube of them (they come two tubes per box) and freeze them overnight. Then, pour yourself a glass of ice cold milk, break open the frozen cookies…and enjoy! Totally delish! Hey, if you try it, will you post a comment right here?
The product line of the Girl Scouts seems to grown from what I remember…
- Thin Mints
- Samoas
- Tagalongs
- Trefoils
- Do-si-dos
- Lemonades
- Savannah Smiles
- Thanks-A-Lot
- Dulce de Leche
- Mango Cremes
- Thank U Berry Munch
So, where can you BUY Girl Scout Cookies in Midtown Atlanta?
- Feb. 16, 10-11 a.m.: Ansley Mall/Starbucks courtyard at 1544 Piedmont Road NE
- Feb. 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Sig Samuel’s Dry Cleaners at 906 Monroe Drive NE
- Feb. 16-17: Kroger at 3330 Piedmont Road NE
Now mind you , that is NOT the Kroger at Ansley Mall but the one at Piedmont and Peachtree in Buckhead, also known as the Disco Kroger!
If you want to know other dates and places, the Girl Scouts of America have a Cookie Finder app on their website. Simply fill in the Zip code closest to you…and you’ll find dates and places where they will be.
I’ve not purchased in the last couple years…I will be this year. I just feel like I need the treat!
Oh yeah, another secret…take the Thin Mints and blend with vanilla ice cream and milk….and you have a to-die for shake!
Midtown Alliance Receives LCI Grant for Transit Station Designs
Midtown Alliance Receives LCI Grant for Transit Station Designs
The Midtown Alliance has received a Living Centers Initiative (LCI) Grant to study and design potential enhancements around transit stations. According to the LCI website from the Atlanta Regional Commission:
The Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) is a program that awards planning grants on a competitive basis to local governments and nonprofit organizations to prepare plans for the enhancement of existing centers and corridors consistent with regional development policies.
In a seminar a couple years ago, I heard from a major urban planner (his name escapes me at the moment) about how Atlanta’s transit system stations lacked the vitality that many cities have. In other words, they were a train station and nothing else. Quite true when you think about a MARTA station. There is no interaction at the station level, of which all of them are underground. But if you go to other major cities, they have small shops, retail, etc. around the stations.
I suspect this plan will involve street-level enhancements of some kind.
Midtown Atlanta is home to THREE of the MARTA stops leaving Downtown. North Avenue, Midtown (10th Street) and the Arts Center Station (16th Street).
It will be interesting to see what comes out of this study and what changes will be made in Midtown Atlanta.
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