Author Archives: Buckhead CID

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID, and Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead With gas prices hitting a nationwide average of $5 per gallon, people are looking for ways they can save at the pump. While much of the metro Atlanta region is still reliant […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID HUB404 – a proposed highway-capping park that would transform the heart of Buckhead – is building momentum and making great progress toward becoming a reality. Like many projects, HUB404 took a bit of a hiatus during the pandemic, but now […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID In two weeks, on May 24, City of Atlanta voters have a chance to cast ballots to address more than their candidates of choice for certain elected offices. There are also three very important special election questions regarding the City’s […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID I woke up this morning in San Diego. I was here four years ago on the Atlanta Regional Commission’s LINK trip. When we arrived in 2018, we were greeted by a sight that my friend and colleague, Kevin Green, described […]

By Buckhead CID A little more than a year ago, the Buckhead Community Improvement District partnered with the Atlanta Police Department to implement a bike patrol to combat crime in the area. Every weekday four off-duty APD officers who are certified as part of the department’s Bicycle Response Team patrol parking garages and parking lots […]

By Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead For a planner like me, stories are best told in charts and graphs. That’s why each year I look forward to the session that Livable Buckhead hosts where the Atlanta Regional Commission gives us a detailed look at the latest data on local and regional growth and […]

By Anna Sharp of Livable Buckhead It’s been nearly two years since the beginning of the pandemic and for many of us, the way we navigate our daily lives has dramatically changed — including how we connect to our communities. With Zoom calls replacing in-person meetings and a shift away from in-person events in general […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID Much has been written and said about Jeff Parker’s passing on January 14. Erin and the girls are left without a husband and father, and we grieve for them, especially. This is for those who lost a CEO. I rolled […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID The year ahead is certain to be significant for Atlanta, and especially for those of us who work and live in Buckhead. Two years ago no one could have imagined the changes that were coming our way in nearly every […]

By Matthew Gore, Projects and Programs Manager, Buckhead Community Improvement District CIDs are well known for the large, often transformative infrastructure projects we implement. Those projects are critical to our mission, but they’re not the only thing we do. We also carry out small day-to-day items that combine to make a big difference, even to […]

By Jim Durrett, President & CEO of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID Last week, Zone 2’s Citizens Advisory Council, consisting of security representatives from Buckhead’s neighborhood civic associations, held its quarterly meeting with Atlanta Police Department’s Major Senzer. At these meetings, Major Senzer presents the public safety picture from APD’s […]

By Peter Aman, former Bain & Company Partner and former City of Atlanta Chief Operating Officer There is a lot of conflicting information circulating about the financial impact of Buckhead leaving the City of Atlanta. For this column I invited Peter Aman to respond on behalf of the Committee for a United Atlanta to claims […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID I am excited to unveil the results of a rebranding initiative to better communicate the Buckhead Coalition’s mission and improve engagement with the community. The strategic initiative has taken place over the past several months and involved key stakeholders, Coalition […]

After a pandemic hiatus, two of Buckhead’s most anticipated annual events are returning this fall. Livable Buckhead’s PARK(ing) Day pops up at Lenox Square on Friday, September 17 and the Buckhead Business Association’s Taste of Buckhead comes to The Stave Room on Thursday, October 21. PARK(ing) Day The Lenox Square parking lot will become a […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID, and Tim Keane, Commissioner of the Department of City Planning, City of Atlanta For months I have heard from constituents in Buckhead that the zoning changes proposed by the City of Atlanta would ruin Buckhead’s wonderful, stable, single-family neighborhoods. I […]

In 2019, the Buckhead Community Improvement District and Livable Buckhead created a program to help more Atlanta Police Department officers call Buckhead home. The Buckhead officer housing subsidy program is rooted in the idea that police officers can be more effective in their jobs when they live in the communities they serve. However, it’s no […]

By Jim Durrett, president of Buckhead Coalition and executive director of the Buckhead CID Atlanta is known for many things: the capital of the South; home to the world’s busiest airport; Southern hospitality; our great sports teams; a city of trees; and the cradle of the civil rights movement. We are also known for our […]

By Jim Durrett, president of Buckhead Coalition and executive director of the Buckhead CID In 2020, responding to increasing concerns about crime and its impacts in Buckhead, the Buckhead Coalition took a leadership role in working with many partners in the development and implementation of what has become the Buckhead Security Plan. We continue to […]

By Tony Peters, BCID Director of Capital Projects and Programs As the calendar turns from May to June, the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID) is prepping to kick off several major construction projects in the coming weeks and months. When you read the latest updates below, you’ll likely notice a common theme: these projects are […]

By Livable Buckhead and Buckhead Business Association In a year defined by the global coronavirus pandemic, businesses and their employees faced countless challenges that tested their creativity, adaptability and resilience. Two Buckhead organizations – Buckhead Business Association and Livable Buckhead – recently honored local businesses that exemplified those qualities in 2020. On April 15, Livable […]