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WEST WIEUCA ROAD IN CHASTAIN PARK COULD BE RENAMED
West Wieuca Road N.W. could see a name change to Chastain Park Avenue, a nod to
the park it runs through, in a proposal under consideration by an Atlanta City Council
committee. The idea is reducing confusion over similarly named streets with an eye on
public safety response.
The local NPU-A says it backs the renaming - and even would like it extended to part
of West Wieuca Road N.E.
The City Council ordinance proposing the renaming cites at least three unspecified
incidents last summer where public safety responses to the park’s pool were “delayed
or misdirected.”
West Wieuca takes a winding path and a subtle name change in its roughly 1.5-mile
course through North Buckhead. At its eastern end, the street splits off from namesake
Wieuca Road as West Wieuca Road N.E. The two streets run roughly parallel, less than
500 feet apart, and both cross Roswell Road. Despite the name, West Wieuca sits to the
north of Wieuca, though it indeed continues farther to the west.
Wieuca dead-ends to the west of Roswell Road, but West Wieuca N.E. continues to
Lake Forrest Drive. At that point, it becomes West Wieuca Road N.W. — a subtle com
pass-point distinction from N.E. to N.W — and runs through Chastain Park to Powers
Ferry Road.
West Wieuca Road N.E. and Wieuca Road, to the east of Chastain Park, as they appear
on a Fulton County property records map.
LIVABLE BUCKHEAD DEBUTS NEW
5K RUN, WALKING PROGRAM
Livable Buckhead aims to get residents on their feet with a new 5K run on June 1 and
a month-long walking program in May that offers prizes to participants willing to sign
up with a private fitness-tracking service. The events are dubbed “buckheadRUN!” and
“buckheadWALKS!”
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The walking program offers prizes to individual and team participants who log the
longest distances during the month of May. Participation is free, but walkers have to
register and be tracked by the fitness technology company Wellable. Among the prizes
are restaurant gift cards, a one-night stay at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead hotel
and tickets to the Buckhead Theatre. During the month, there will be special walking-
oriented events, including a “happy hour” cocktail stop and a scavenger hunt.
The June 15K run is open to all ages and will take runners around central Buckhead
and along the PATH400 multiuse trail, whose construction Livable Buckhead is over
seeing.
The run’s course will start at Lenox Square mall, continue along Peachtree Road to
PATH400, and circle through North Buckhead before returning to the mall.
Registration is $30 until May 15 and $35 after. For registration and more informa
tion, see livablebuckhead.org.
SKYSCRAPER PROJECT TWEAKED TO SUIT PARK OVER GA. 400
SPECIAL
An illustration of the plaza that could connect to Ga. 400 at
the future skyscraper at 3354 Peachtree Road.
A parking capping Ga. 400 between Peachtree and Lenox roads is still just a concept.
But a major skyscraper proposed for Buckhead’s business district has already had its
design tweaked to plug into the future park as an amenity.
In a March presentation to the Special Interest District 12 zoning Design Review
Committee, developers of the mixed-use skyscraper at 3354 Peachtree Road showed an
updated design that shifts buildings around to create a “plaza” - a combined driveway
and pedestrian way - that gives walking access to the adjacent park.
The plan, by a team that includes Buckhead-based Regent Partners, is the first to for
mally include the park over 400 as a design element. That’s exciting for Jim Durrett, ex
ecutive director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, which is funding
the design stage of the park.
Durrett recently joined the board of a separate nonprofit that is raising funds for the
$200 million to $250 million park and made a pitch to the Buckhead Business Associa
tion for its support at an April 4 breakfast. He said the nonprofit, known as POG 400, is
raising funds to hire a director and lay the groundwork for a major capital campaign
for the park itself.
BUSINESS, CIVIC GROUPS FROM BUCKHEAD,
MIDTOWN AND DOWNTOWN TALK MUTUAL ISSUES
Leaders of business and civic organizations in Buckhead, Midtown and Downtown
met April 24 in a “roundtable conversation” of mutual issues, according to the Buck-
head Coalition.
The Buckhead Coalition and its president, Sam Massell, played host at its regular
monthly meeting to the roundtable, which included Jim Durrett, executive director of
the Buckhead Community Improvement District; Kevin Green, president and CEO of
the Midtown Alliance; and A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress.
According to the coalition, the group leaders discussed a wide variety of issues, but
specifically considered mutual work on the following topics:
Maintaining early closing times for nightlife-oriented businesses;
“Systematically mapping mass pothole repairs”;
Regulating and enforcing safety measures for electric scooters, bicycles and mopeds,
including limiting their speeds to those of wheelchairs.