Tag: Grant Park
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NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE: Cutting Hair During the Pandemic
By Henry Bryant Even before new businesses and recent construction began appearing on Woodward Avenue, you may not have noticed the unassuming storefront for The Wright Style tucked into the business strip closest to the corner of Boulevard. Joy Wright, owner and sole barber/stylist, says she has been cutting and styling hair from that location […]
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Wife Honors Late Husband with Gift to the Grant Park Conservancy
By Shannon McCaffrey Lawyer and community activist Richard “Dick” S. Perles was a tireless champion of Grant Park. If you look at the park’s lush canopy, it’s likely you are seeing some of the trees Perles helped to plant and nurture. Now a generous gift in his honor will help continue that work. Janice C. […]
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Grant Park Might Have Gone to College
By Henry Bryant In 1870 there was a report of a meeting with interesting possibilities. Atlanta’s city fathers had already sewn up a deal to bring Oglethorpe University to the city from the town of Midway, south of Macon. Now the trustees and committees of Mercer University and the City of Atlanta met in the […]
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Grant Park Candlelight Tour of Homes Canceled
By Rev. Cassie Rapko We are saddened to announce that the 2020 Candlelight Tour of Homes is canceled due to the global pandemic. In what would’ve been our 40th anniversary year, we simply cannot risk the safety of our homeowners, our guests, and the dozens of volunteers we typically recruit in order to host the […]
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Memorial Drive Corridor Initiative Winds Down After Four Years
By Greg Giuffrida In 2015 stakeholders created and funded a full-time planning position for the Memorial Drive Corridor from downtown Atlanta to East Lake. This effort grew out of the Georgia Tech Imagine Memorial study commissioned by Councilmember Natalyn Mosby Archibong in 2014 and builds on years of planning work by Councilmember Carla Smith and […]
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Fill Your Kids Summer Calendar with Dance Camp
By Jean Hallman If you are in a scramble to find affordable and active camps for your kids this summer, take a look at Kids Dance 411 Studios Summer Dance & Theater Camp. There is something for every kid, the hours are perfect for working parents, and the kids are active and happy. According to […]
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Tinkergarden Early Childhood Program Coming to Grant Park
By Shaun Yurcaba The Tinkergarden early-childhood education program is coming to Grant Park to help children develop critical capabilities such as self-reliance, creativity, persistence, and problem-solving skills. Tinkergarten classes are led by a technology-enabled network of trained and certified Leaders across the country and is rapidly expanding nationally with over 100,000 families outdoors, and 1,500 […]
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St. Paul Welcomes All Children This Summer To Mars and Beyond!
By Rebecca Wallace St. Paul welcomes children ages 3 to 10 years for its annual Vacation Bible School June 3 through 7, Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm. This year’s theme, To Mars and Beyond!, will help kids discover the wonders of God’s universe. They’ll become voyagers on a journey through space, exploring where […]
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Red the Rent Man
By Tom McGowan In 1978, Malinda and I moved into Grant Park, a Victorian neighborhood in Atlanta. It had seen better days, but we had the sense that it was going to come back. This has come to pass, but we miss some of the local characters who were our neighbors in the early, scruffier […]
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Kick Start Martial Arts Hosts Grand Re-Opening at the Beacon June 22
By Betsy Helgager Hughes Kick Start Martial Arts (KSMA) has settled into its new home as one of the businesses in the hip, new retail community, the Beacon, that sits on the edge of Chosewood and Grant Park. Their new address is 1039 Grant Street, Suite A22, just a couple of miles from their previous […]