Author Archives: Buckhead CID

By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District By now you have heard about an effort among some in Buckhead to divorce from the City of Atlanta and incorporate as its own city within Fulton County. This is not the first time that the idea has been pursued, […]

By Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead  In a pandemic year when so much was unsettled in our world, asking people to share their perceptions about life in Buckhead was a risky proposition. More than once during the process of developing the 2020 State of Buckhead survey I was reminded of a golden rule […]

By Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead, and Katie Gable, Program Manager for Mobility Services of Livable Buckhead The COVID-19 pandemic led to more people working from home than ever before, triggering an interruption in professional and personal routines that has continued well into 2021. With a national rollout of vaccines underway, companies are […]

By Jim Durrett, President of the Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of the Buckhead CID, and Tony Peters, BCID Director of Capital Projects and Programs What really sets metro Atlanta’s community improvement districts (CIDs) apart from similar groups across the country that mostly go by the term business improvement districts (BIDs) is our emphasis on […]

By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District In the midst of the attention to issues of public safety, homelessness, and potential zoning changes to address housing needs, I have begun to receive calls and emails about a different subject. “Whatever happened with that park project on top […]

By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District I want to dwell briefly on what has been a horrible year by almost any measure, but with a few bright spots from my perspective, both personally and professionally. But I also want to describe what we have to look […]

By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District In July I was honored to be asked to serve the Buckhead Coalition as its president and CEO, while continuing to serve the board of the Buckhead Community Improvement District as its executive director. Those that made the decision to […]

Note from Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead CID: In response to queries from members of the Buckhead community about an apparent increase in the number of homeless individuals seen on the streets, the Buckhead Coalition has formed a Homelessness Committee. The charge to the committee is to better understand […]

By Jim Durrett, President and CEO, The Buckhead Coalition This morning, a Saturday, I took my electric bike out for a ride to enjoy the beautiful fall weather. I had one hour before my brother and his wife would be over to meet our new puppy. On my return home I stopped at a red […]

By Jim Durrett, President of The Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District If you frequently walk or jog on PATH400, the man in this photo will need no introduction. Walter Dixon has been working with the Buckhead Community Improvement District since the early part of this year, performing the critical task […]

By Jim Durrett, President of The Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District This view is not from Peachtree. As I write this from our cozy yurt in Teton Valley, Idaho, my view is of the sun rising over the Teton mountain range and beginning to warm our little slice of paradise, […]

By Denise Starling, executive director, Livable Buckhead Remember that week in March when the world seemed to change overnight? Sports leagues suspended their seasons, schools sent students to learn at home, and offices everywhere went virtual. Almost six months later many businesses continue to operate remotely, opting to keep some – or all – of […]

Featured Image: Sidewalk Improvements on East Andrews Drive Tony Peters, Director of Capital Projects and Programs, Buckhead CID In 2015, the Buckhead Community Improvement District’s (BCID) board of directors wanted to explore the idea of expanding its boundary into the “West Village,” which encompasses the superblock west of Peachtree Road around West Paces Ferry Road, […]

Joe Evans, Chairman, The Buckhead Coalition, and Jim Durrett, President, The Buckhead Coalition The irreplaceable Sam Massell announced in January his retirement from the presidency of the Buckhead Coalition, an organization that he co-founded and subsequently led for over three decades.  He had the wisdom and forethought in the fall of 2019 to appoint a […]