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Roswell Road NE and Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE form the
North Buckhead neighborhood’s western and eastern borders. Its
southernmost boundary is the intersection of Peachtree Road Northeast
and Piedmont Road Northeast, and the neighborhood extends north just
shy of Windsor Parkway Northeast. Ga. 400 runs north to south through
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er side of Mountain Way, Certain could
see people enjoying Little Nancy Creek.
Nancy Creek and Little Nancy Creek both
run through North Buckhead.
Acreage underneath a highway might
not sound like the ideal place for a park,
but Certain has adapted to Atlanta’s ur
ban sprawl by transforming obstacles
into opportunities.
“It’s all whatever we want to make of
it,” Certain said.
Another example: Blue Heron Nature
Preserve on Roswell Road, along Nan
cy Creek, was founded in 2000, another
North Buckhead Neighborhood Associ
ation initiative. Blue Heron began with
7 acres along Nancy Creek and over the
years the park has expanded to 25 acres,
including a community garden.
Blue Heron Nature Preserve Execu
tive Director Nancy Jones said the pre
serve is an important sanctuary for the
community. Jones previously lived in
North Buckhead before moving closer
to Buckhead Village.
“You don’t have the walkability in
North Buckhead, but you do have the
beautiful landscape,” Jones said. “We’re
hoping to have more walkability in
Buckhead with upcoming trails and
other connectors... You get a little bit of
the environment, but you also are really
close in town to so many things.”
A proposed trail that would run
along Ga. 400 could also join the neigh
borhood’s short list of park spaces.
The neighborhood’s residences are
a mixture of high rises, rebuilds, low-
cost condos and townhomes. Certain
showed off a little-known site near
Wieuca Overlook that’s become a small
green space containing the remnants of
a mill. The gear works protrude from
the wall. The people zooming by on
Wieuca Road likely don’t notice it,
Certain said.
Traffic continues to be the neighbor
hood’s largest problem, he said.
“The whole traffic grid of this area
was unplanned,” Gordon said, noting
that many of the same routes from 1927
are still the main routes today.
Waldtraut “Walda” Lavroff, who
serves on the Civic Association Board,
said the lack of planning has hurt the
neighborhood. “The traffic lights are not
coordinated, and every time we try to do
something about that, there’s no money
available to do that,” Lavroff said. “The
streets are in awful condition, and we
have potholes to beat the band every
where, and that is challenging.”
Like Certain, Lavroff lived in the
neighborhood when residents fought
Ga. 400. “We lost that fight and we’re
still suffering some of the consequenc
es,” she said.
The neighborhood is zoned for Sarah
Smith Elementary School. The school is
among the things residents recognize as
neighborhood assets.
Lavroff said she likes being close to
businesses while also being able to enjoy
patches of green space.
Certain said the neighborhood bene
fits from convenience, friendly residents
and a low crime rate.
“We probably have a more varied
neighborhood than any neighborhood
in the city,” Certain said.
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