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THE Inman Park Advocator Atlanta’s Small Town Downtown News • Newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association February 2017 [email protected] • inmanpark.org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 45 • Issue 2 Alternate Facts What you need to know about BY NEIL KINKOPF • [email protected] Our Falcons made it to the Big Game against New England, filming in Inman Park which is a great accomplishment in itself. The dismal conclusion BY KAREN GOECKEL • INMAN PARK FILM INDUSTRY LIAISON was inevitable. After all, the Patriots’ owner “gave” his ring to (SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR) • [email protected] Vladimir Putin, the Patriots’ coach is a KGB agent who gets I’ve heard stories about a circus that would come to town setting up his opponents game plans straight from the Kremlin, and the in the property that is now Inman Village on Lake Ave (long before Patriots’ quarterback is BFF with the guy Putin installed in the the Mead plant stood on the same grounds) while its performers White House. But wait! The guy in the White House has given me hope. Why should I be bound by the “facts” reported in the and various other hired hands would enjoy the hospitality of nearby President’s Message media? Yes, alternative facts. In my alternative reality, the game residents. It is fitting that even now Inman Park is still a place that ended at halftime. The depressing spectacle of the Patriots comeback entices and welcomes “show-folk”! never happened and, better still, neither did the Lady Gaga experience. Georgia’s film and television industry grew by $1 billion in 2016, I hope that when the Game comes to Atlanta, the organizers rectify generating $7 billion in revenue with 245 feature films and TV matters and choose the only conceivable halftime act -- the Marching Abominables. shows shot in Georgia. Our beloved “Small Town Downtown” has contributed to $2.02 billion in direct spending in the state, helping the I have a few updates about initiatives IPNA is starting in the actual film industry create a home in Georgia. Governor Deal and Mayor world. First, I have convened a working group on filming in the Reed are committed to nurture the relationship between Georgia and neighborhood. At our last IPNA meeting, Karen Goeckel, who chairs the film industry as it creates jobs and economic opportunity in our our Special Events committee and acts as our liaison to the film world, state. gave a presentation on filming in the enighborhood. A number of neighbors offered their own perspectives and (occasionally unhappy) Inman Park has always caught the eye of shrewd location scouts and experiences with some of the production companies. The board has is a popular on-camera location for motion picture and television decided that it would be a good idea for us to establish a committee filming for many reasons: diverse commercial spaces, historic to see what we can do to promote best practices for fliming in the homes, attractively maintained parks, and proximity to the city. A neighborhood. The committee will hold public meetings to gain the world can easily be created to resemble 1901 again just as easily neighborhood’s input and direct the process from there to identify best as it could reflect modern life. This is why some of the productions practices as well as strategies for prompting production companies filmed in our neighborhood have included Jumanji, Baby Driver, to adhere to those practices. I am pleased to announce that Karen Neighbors 2, Being Mary Jane, What to Expect When You Are Goeckel has agreed to be on the group and that she will be joined by Expecting, Zombieland, Hangman, MacGyver, Star, Sleepy Hollow, Joseph Drolet, Aimee Franz, and Cam and Stephanie McCaa. The Originals, Fast and Furious 7, The Immortal Life of Henrietta I have also convened a working group to coordinate the process Lacks, Kill the Messenger, and many, many commercials and music of reviewing the IPNA by-laws. The by-laws themselves call for videos. continued on page 6 continued on page 7 Happenings Festival Two Days Happenings this Update Only month Road Fight Pop-up Exhibit Page 5 Pages 10-11 Page 13 I N TERI OR DESIGN FURNITURE CUSTOM U P H OLSTERY CUSTOM DRA PERY A CCESSORI ES G IFTS 245 North Highland Ave #120 Atlanta, Georgia 30307 (404) 521-9303 | www.NandinaHome.com Find us on | Follow us on 2755 LaVista Road Mon.-Thur. 10-6 • Fri. 10-8 Decatur, GA 30033 Sat. 10-6 • Sunday 12-5 404-670-2226 NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS OF DESIGNER Finery WOMEN’S CLOTHING AND HOME FOR THE HOME AND CLOSET www.queeniesconsignment.com FURNISHINGS Chairs & Coordinators Adopt the BeltLine: Anne Roberts [email protected] ● 404-242-5300 Archives: Teresa Burk ................................... 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