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HBNA Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter

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Buena Vista Heights Historic Designation Continues

A few months ago, residents of the Buena Vista Heights neighborhood of Boulevard submitted the official nomination form to be a local historic district. We submitted the form to the Planning Department, where the Historic Preservation Commission took a look at the report and suggested some changes. Most of these changes were simply double-checking dates for when buildings were built, and also noting the presence of any historic outbuildings also in the neighborhood.

One major change from the initial submission was of the boundary for the neighborhood. The presence of many landlord-owned homes on the east side of the neighborhood initially led the neighborhood committee to leave these out of the historic boundaries, but the members of the commission felt it was best to include them. The houses, all built around the turn of the century, are characteristic of the neighborhood and would be an asset if they are included in the district.

Show here is the updated map of the neighborhood, using current property lines, showing structures that are "contributing" to the overall historic nature of Buena Vista Heights. As you can see, there is a loit of history here. (Click map for a larger version)

The next step is to meet with the HPC's Designation Committee on Nov. 14 to go over the recent edits and work on anything else that needs to be edited in the nomination. That meeting will take place at noon Nov. 14 at the Planning Department office.

See the archive for the previous post about the Buena Height designation.

Boulevard Gardening Club Calendar Update

Check out all of the 2011/2012 events here!

‘That’s the way we went to town,
on the streetcar’

Bradford Allgood lived almost his entire life on Beulah Avenue. Neighbor Marci White sat down with him before his death earlier this year to hear stories of growing up in the time of streetcars, horse-drawn carriages and neighborhood rides to the country.

Read the full article and interview.
 

BNA meeting minutes now online.

Business Members of the Boulevard Neighborhood Association:

Athens Land Trust, - 685 N. Pope Street - 706-613-0122

Avid Bookshop - 493 Prince Ave. - 706-352-9047

Carson Plumbing, Inc. - 259 Wynburn Ave. - 706-548-3397

Certa Pro Painters - 645 Oglethorpe Ave. - 706-353-3555

The Grit - 199 Prince Ave. - 706-543-6592

Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market - 815 N. Chase St.

reBlossom, Mama and Baby Shop - 220 Milledge Ave. - 706-549-8900

Sunshine Cleaners - 754 N. Chase St. - 706-543-0664

Ted's Most Best Pizza - 254 W. Washington St. - gogrit@gmail.com

The Total Training Center - 750 N. Chase St. - 706-316-9000

Tom Ellis Construction - P.O. Box 49686, Athens, GA 30604 - 706-540-2432

Urban Sanctuary Spa, 810 N. Chase St. - 706-613-3947

West End Baptist Church - 890 Boulevard - 706-543-6320 - westendchurch890@bellsouth.net

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The BNA Summer Party sponsors:
Special thanks are extended to The Grit for donating chili to the Summer BNA Party and White Tiger for donating coleslaw. Thanks also to Little Kings for allowing us to host the party there.
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The Realtor Open House April 2009 in the Boulevard Neighborhood was hosted by:
Sarah Chastain Ellis, Chastain, Jenkins, and Leather, LLC
Courtney and Chase Lawrence, Chastain, Jenkins, and Leather, LLC
Terri Davis, Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty
Patrick O’Brien, Full Circle Real Estate Group
These individuals pledged a certain amount of money to host the open houses in the neighborhood with the intention of donating their pledge plus an additional one dollar toward the BNA. Thanks to their efforts we've added $250 to the BNA banking account!
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Special thanks are extended to two businesses that have supported events held at Chase Elementary School. Ike and Jane’s, 1207 Prince Avenue have donated donuts and bread and 1000 Faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street have donated coffee and cups.

Check out the Check out Boulevard Woods

This is a volunteer effort to design and build a neighborhood park at the East end of Boulevard in an empty lot on Barber Street.

Archive
Issues that have appeared here in past.

The Historic Boulevard Neighborhood Association is comprised of residents of the Boulevard Area and provides a forum for discussion, organization, and action related to community, political and social issues affecting the neighborhood. The Boulevard neighborhood is bounded by the CSX railroad tracks to the north, the north side of Prince Avenue on the south, both sides of Pulaski Street on the east and both sides of Pound Street on the west. Most of the Neighborhood lies within the Boulevard Historic district, an area laid out at the end of the nineteenth century as the first streetcar suburb in Athens, Georgia.

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