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BH Community | 3 SEPTEMBER 2020 ■ www.ReporterNewspapers.net ^Community Briefs CHASTAIN PARK GOLF COURSE RETURNS TO GOLF-ONLY USE A 60-day experiment in letting the public use Chastain Park Golf Course as parkland has ended with golf-only use. After city golf courses shuttered early in the pandemic, the public took to the fair ways for social distancing and outdoor enjoyment. The golf courses reopened in June, but the city began an experiment in keep the Chastain and Candler Park courses avail able as public green space one day a week. A July online meeting got mixed feedback about Chastain’s uses. On Aug. 18, the city returned the courses to golf-only use, citing financial challenges, damage to the course, public use on the wrong days and legal con cerns, according to Jim Elgar, an aide to City Councilmember J.P. Matzigkeit. PEACHTREE ROAD RACE TO BE VIRTUAL-ONLY The AJC Peachtree Road Race, already delayed by the pandemic from Independence Day to Thanksgiving, now will be held as a virtual-only event with people running on their own. Now in its 51st running, the annual 10K race usually begins at Buckhead’s Lenox Square mall with a route including Midtown, Piedmont Park and Centennial Olympic Park. It draws tens of thousands of participants. This year, the race will be run anytime on Thanksgiving Day by participants who log in remotely with results. Runners who already registered will be automatically placed in the virtual version. For others, reg istration will be available on a first come, first served basis that was scheduled to start Aug. 31. The Peachtree Junior race for children 14 and under also will be held virtually on Thanksgiving Day. For more about the race and other programs, see atlantatraclcclub. org. CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY TO MOVE INTO NEW HQ The Chastain Park Conservancy in late August was preparing to move into its new headquarters in a former city Department of Watershed Management garage off Pow ers Ferry Road. The original home of the group, which helps to program the park, was a 1940s struc tured called the Barn that was destroyed in a fire early last year. The Conservancy has operated from a temporary office at Chastain Horse Park. BUCKHEAD ROTARY OFFERS $75K IN GRANTS TO LOCAL PARKS PROGRAMS The Buckhead Rotary Club is offering $75,000 in grants over the next three years for programming in local parks. The charitable club will offer a total of $25,000 per year “to support programming and community engagement activities in public and private Buckhead parks,” accord ing to a press release. The funding is in the form of a reimbursement and requires an ap plication process. For more information and an application, see buckheadrotary.com. BUCKHEAD LIBRARIES OFFER CURBSIDE SERVICE The Fulton County Library System has added Buckhead’s branches to its curbside service and expanded pickup hours systemwide. All library branches remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the system is offering pickup of materials on hold and drop-off on a limited weekday schedule. In mid-August, those services were expanded to Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Joining the branches offering those services are the Buckhead Library at 269 Buck- head Ave. and the Northside Library at 3295 Northside Parkway. Those branches just finished renovations. For more information, see afpls.org. GROUPS SEEK GRANT TO STUDY EXPRESS BUS SERVICE The Buckhead Community Improvement District and the alternative commuting nonprofit Livable Buckhead are seeking grant funding to study possible express bus service between Cobb County and the neighborhood’s business district. Such service is a priority of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods in its advocacy for reduced cut-through traffic on residential streets. At the CID’s July 22 board meeting, Executive Director Jim Durrett said a preliminary study suggests that the buses could run on 1-75,1-85 and Ga. 400, using the Lenox Road exit and entrance. He said the groups recently filed a grant application with the Atlan- ta-Region Transit Link Authority to seek funding with the ultimate goal of having such service added to the metro region’s master transit plan. ElectroBike Georgia Dreater ktianta's Electric Bike Destination Featuring the largest selection of e-bike models and accessories in the Southeast We’ve doubled the size of our Brookhaven Showroom with more e-bikes and brands ElectroBike Sales and Service Showroom: ElectroBike Georgia 2484 Briarcliff Road., NE #25 Atlanta, GA 30329 www.electrobikega.com Bike the Beltline: Atlanta Bicycle Barn 151 Sampson St., NE Atlanta, GA 30312 www.atlbikebarn.com
