BUCKHEADLINES Newsletter http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5911747063037e7513&m=fefe1071716... To view this email as a web page, go here. Please add our email address into your Safe Sender's Address List or Email Contact List to ensure future emails are delivered directly into your inbox. August 2012 In this issue: - News - Community News - Development - Sustainability Building Blocks for Buckhead - On July 27th, 150 people gathered at the Buckhead Theatre to hear how three organizations are shaping Buckhead's future. Jim Durrett, Executive Director of Upcoming Events the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID), joined Livable Buckhead and BATMA Executive Director Denise Starling onstage to present the audience with a vision of Buckhead's bright future. The entire presentation is available to view: Georgia Telework Summit Why do 85% of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For offer telework options to employees? Because like many smart businesses in Georgia, they have learned that telework is a savvy business strategy that can improve workforce productivity and morale while reducing facilities costs. Attend this summit to learn first hand how Georgia employers have created successful telework programs It is also broken into six smaller sections: that provide bottom line Who We Are benefits. Projects and Initiatives Alternative Modes of Travel Date: Sustainability Initiatives Wednesday, August 22 Creating Community Key Observations and Questions Time: 8am - 10am Atlanta Financial Center Launches Zipcar - We are excited to announce Location: a new partnership with Zipcar in Atlanta Regional Commission Buckhead. Buckhead residents and 40 Courtland Street NE businesses can now reserve cars by Atlanta, GA 30303 the hour or day for personal or Click here to RSVP business use. Gas, insurance and 180 miles are included in each reservation and rates start at $10/hour. There are over 100 Zipcars in Atlanta, including two Zipcars now in the parking garage at the Atlanta Financial Center building Car-sharing is great for the environment; each Zipcar takes 15-20 vehicles off the road decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Members of BATMA receive special rates including a reduced $25 annual fee and will get their $25 application fee waived! Join today by clicking here . (Limited Offer: For $25 in free driving credit use the promo code batma25! (Expires Sept. 25, 2012) For a complete list of Zipcars available in Buckhead, click here . Live Thrive Rocks for Sustainability OliverMcMillan Begins Visible Work on Buckhead Atlanta - October 18, 2012 After years of sitting idle, Buckhead is seeing movement in the NELSON MULLINS ATLANTIC cranes that sit high above what had been ground-zero of the STATION LOCATION commercial development collapse 2O1 17th STREET ATLANTA, due to a slowing economy and credit GA 30363 freeze. San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan has breathed new life Join Live Thrive on the 18th into the faltered Streets of floor of the LEED Platinum Buckhead, renaming the project offices of Nelson Mullins on Buckhead Atlanta and re-envisioning October 18, 2012 for our some key components. Until now, inaugural fundraiser! This will most of the work on the project had be an evening of music, food, been out of sight, but on August 7th, the cranes above the project drinks and environmental began to move, offering Buckhead a visual reassurance that work is education. Ticket sales go progressing. The Atlanta Business Chronicle and The Buckhead directly to fund Live Thrive View have more on Buckhead Atlanta's progress. Initiatives. 1 of 3 9/10/2012 11:29 AM BUCKHEADLINES Newsletter http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5911747063037e7513&m=fefe1071716... Community Click here for more information and to purchase The Big Buck Hunt Comes to a Close - Week 9 of The Big Buck tickets. Hunt wraps up the scavenger hunt for the brightly painted "Bucks" from Bucks on the Street . If you've been putting off finding the "Bucks", you have a chance to go back and get the previous "Bucks." August 31 st at midnight is the deadline to email pictures for more chances at the fantastic Stay-cation at the Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta in Buckhead. To download all of the clues, click here . Mountain Way Soirée Bucks on the Street is a community project October 6, 2012, 8:00pm initiated by the Buckhead Business Phipps Tower, 20th Floor Foundation meant to instill a sense of excitement and pride for those who live, work, or play in Buckhead, Save the date to help "seed" while contributing to programs designed to enhance the Buckhead the Common! The adults-only area. The project was founded in 2010 by Elizabeth Gill and Donna "Mountain Way Soirée," will Kain, past-presidents of the Buckhead Business Association. All be a wine-tasting party proceeds benefit Livable Buckhead. featuring the wines of north Georgia's own BlackStock Peachtree Road Transformation Vineyards and Winery . The Update - Paving is the main focus event will held at Atlanta's for the next several weeks as the newest office tower, Phipps final dimensions of Phase II of the Tower, and will feature live transformation of Peachtree become music, great food and apparent to the casual eye. The spectacular views of the City. sidewalks in front of Lenox Market Place are nearing completion, as is Tickets will be on sale starting the new landscaped median between in August. Proceeds will help Around Lenox and Stratford Drive. seed the Mountain Way Common design and The BCID does not control the development process and schedule of this Georgia DOT project maintenance costs. - the DOT contractor does; but the BCID had previously understood and communicated that road paving would be substantially Click here for more completed by the end of August. The contractor is diligently information. working to meet the August deadline. However, unforeseen issues that were discovered during the project will likely, in their opinion, cause the completion date to be extended to the fall. The BCID will continue to closely monitor the project schedule and update the Vanpools status as conditions change and progress is made. In the meantime, the BCID is working diligently to minimize traffic disruption and advises motorists to use Piedmont and the Buckhead Loop where possible to avoid delays, or get out and walk on the new sidewalks that are truly close to completion. The Peachtree Boulevard transformation is the major enhancement of a stretch of Peachtree Road in Buckhead into a more livable, walkable, bikable, and drivable promenade. Vanpools with seats available: Development ***VP88*** - 8am - 4:30pm (Snellville stop just This on-going section is to keep subscribers educated on the added) projects that come before the Development Review Committees Snellville/Lawrenceville to (DRC) for the purpose of providing Buckhead Loop formal comments on Special Administrative Permit (SAP) VP03 - 7am - 4pm applications within the SPI zoning Stockbridge to Buckhead Loop districts of the Buckhead Village (SPI-9) and Buckhead Commercial VP16 - 7am - 4pm Core (SPI-12). Each DRC provides Buford to Buckhead Loop recommendations to the Office of Planning Staff. VP78 - 8am - 5pm Buford to Lindbergh Items before the DRCs in July 2012: VP177 -7:00am-4:00pm Circle Terminus - First Revision - SPI-12 McDonough/Stockbridge to Buckhead Items before the DRCs in August 2012: Click here to get more Lenox Square Mall - SPI-12 information about any of 3091 Maple - Broadstone Maple - SPI-9 these vanpools. Sustainability Georgia Telework Week - BATMA, The Clean Air Campaign and Governor Nathan Deal are calling on employers and commuters to support the third annual Georgia Telework Week, August 20-24, 2012. Over the years, telecommuting has proven to deliver significant 2 of 3 9/10/2012 11:29 AM BUCKHEADLINES Newsletter http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5911747063037e7513&m=fefe1071716... societal, environmental and economic benefits. Many organizations have recognized the gains as a boon to promoting sustainable business practices and their bottom lines. Telework also has shown to boost economic productivity, reduce traffic and save commuters and employers thousands of dollars each year. According to The Clean Air Campaign, currently, more than 600,000 workers telework in Georgia and 245,000 more would like to give it a try. During week of August 20-24, BATMA and The Clean Air Campaign encourages commuters and employers to learn about the benefits of this business strategy and to pledge their support . Employers are also invited to a free Telework Summit in Atlanta on August 22 to learn how public and private-sector organizations have created successful telework programs. You can RSVP here . This email was sent to: [email protected] This email was sent by: Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association 3340 Peachtree Road Suite 1640 Atlanta, GA 30326 USA We respect your right to privacy - view our policy Manage Subscriptions | Update Profile | One-Click Unsubscribe 3 of 3 9/10/2012 11:29 AM.