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North Buckhead Civic Association
Protecting quality neighborhood living since 1972
This Web Site Has Been Serving North Buckhead since March 1998

North Buckhead
A neighborhood of 4,000+ homes in the Buckhead community of Atlanta, GA

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What is North Buckhead and where is it? 

Learn about "Buc", Buckhead's free transit system.
Most of the Buc's bus route is adjacent to North Buckhead's southern boundaries  
For more information, click the Buc logo below.

www.bucride.com/whatis.html

 

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Breaking News

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7/12/10 July North Buckhead Newsletter
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5/22/10 Speed Radar Reports - latest Lakemoore Drive
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5/5/10 Lots of helpful info from Atlanta Zone 2 Police
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5/4/10 Examiner.com article about NBCA's Gordon Certain

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5/1/10  2nd Annual Blue Heron Eco-Fair photos
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4/5/10 July 1989 NBCA Newsletter found - now it's on-line
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3/26/10 Annual Meeting - handouts and Photos
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2/24/10 March North Buckhead Newsletter is on-line
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2/12/10 Snow pictures

 
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2/4/10 A Tour of the Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary School Intermediate Campus

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11/04 December North Buckhead Newsletter is on-line here

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10/07 NBCA Wieuca Road Recommendations
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9/27 NBCA's Wieuca Road Survey has been released -- see the Wieuca Survey Report

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9/12 New solid waste pickup policy starts 9/14 - everything is picked up every week.  See City's Letter.
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5/31 Final Vision for Little Nancy Creek Park
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5/23 Great photos of a wild turkey
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3/28 Photos of NBCA's Annual Meeting
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3/3     2009 Snowpeople

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1/20/09 Charles “Tomato Man” Barrett, age 69 of Loganville passed away Tuesday, January, 20, 2009.  More here. P0003421a.jpg (41341 bytes)
bullet New photos from 'Auto Trader' volunteer work day at Little Nancy Creek Park
bullet 10/26 FALL FLING Photos
bullet 6/30 Map and photos of new Blue Heron trails
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4/3 Update - Assembly at Sarah Smith School

3/30 Sarah Smith Elementary School bus burns on Chateaugay Lane in North Buckhead on 3/27.  About 40 children were saved by the heroic driver Robert Watson.  Pictures here.


Photo by Suzy Smith
bullet 1/20/08 Pictures of North Buckhead Snowmen

 
bullet 12/30/07 Wild Turkey spotted (and photographed) in North Buckhead - see this report
bullet 11/11/07 NBCA's "New Neighbors" booklet is now on-line now.  We have distributed hundreds of copies of this 30-page booklet to new residents.  View it here - 2.4 MB PDF  
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5/4/07 1938 aerial photo of North Buckhead with current streets (542KB)
       1942 Hand-drawn map of North Buckhead - shows paved/dirt roads (706 KB)
bullet 1/16/07 NBCA's Recommendations for the GA 400 - I-85 Interchange
bullet 3/11/06 Volunteers take down illegal signs from North Buckhead utility poles
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10/06/05 - Interactive Google Map of North Buckhead
bullet 9/3/05 New NBCA Land Use & Zoning Web Site created by committee member Andrea Bennett -- go check it out!
bullet 6/29/05 Saved Haven at Old Ivy Crossing  - The story of Leigh and Coy Mayerson's ongoing efforts to save a historic North Buckhead home on Ivy Road.
bullet 12/02/04 Pictures of historic home on Loridans Drive
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10/27/04 A coyote has been sighted frequently in North Buckhead during the past few days.  It has mostly been seen in the southern part of the neighborhood, often near the fire station at Phipps Plaza and along the southern part of North Stratford Road.  There are no reports of any hostile behavior. 

To see all coyote pictures - click here

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Photo by Kathryn Bowden
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bullet08/20/04 Protect yourself from mailbox theft -- info here
bullet08/19/04 Don't leave mail (especially mail containing checks) in your mailbox - take your mail to a USPS mailbox - list here
bullet10/09/03 Emma Wetlands information here
bullet10/07/03 Late this afternoon, the City BOUGHT the 9 acre LAKE EMMA WETLANDS! 
Blue Heron Nature Preserve will maintain it as greenspace.
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IMG_1920a.JPG (72904 bytes) 4/27/03 Park Cleanup and Planting Day Pictures here
Thanks to Councilman H. Lamar Willis and Home Depot for the 4 dogwood trees planted today.  Thanks to all the volunteers! 
bullet3/26/03 If You Have A Problem with City Services... Click here
bullet2/12/03 Pictures of our visit to sewer tunnel construction sites
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1/28 North Buckhead's Last Log House 
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3/2/02 Peachtree Road with a tree lined median?  
Pedestrian/bike help too?
Yes!

Info here 
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2/26/02 - Updated NBCA's Annual Meeting a huge success - attended by several hundred neighbors - excellent speeches and Q&A sessions featuring both Mayor Shirley Franklin and City Council President Cathy Woolard.  
bullet2/17/02 "New" history about Buckhead from our 1983 newsletter - here - including Creek Indian Villages at Chastain Park, the naming of Nancy Creek and Roswell Road, and the origin of the phrase "on the war path" 
bullet8/11/01 North Buckhead has submitted 16 "greenspace" nominations to the City. Info here
bullet7/2/01 Natalie Spalding is North Buckhead's Coordinator for Lost and Found Pets! 4/231-0646
bullet5/15/01 New: history about Lakemoore/Emma - 1945 Pure Oil report
bullet 3/27/01 Full Text of Georgia Supreme Court Decision in TAP Associates Decision
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North Buckhead's
BLUE HERON
NATURE PRESERVE
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3/21/01     We Win in Ga. Supreme Court!
Our neighborhood is secure from commercial encroachment.  Thanks for the hundreds of you who contributed to our legal fund.  You were wonderful and deserve what you now have, a secure neighborhood!!!
Details Here 

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North Buckhead Topographic Map and Elevation Graphs for four North Buckhead Streets  

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Fun: Interactive Aerial Photo of North Buckhead

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North Buckhead History and Sites of Interest -- Neighborhood History

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