Peachtree Walk Condominium

Join the Midtown Neighbors’ Association at Escorpion on April 11 at 6:30 for our Mingle In Midtown – Community Leaders Social.

Come out and mingle with our Community Leaders, Midtown neighbors and neighbors from surrounding communities. Escorpion will be offering a $5 Margarita Special as well as a few munchies.

Confirmed guests include Atlanta City Council Representatives Kwanza Hall (District 2), Alex Wan (District 6) and H. Lamar Willis (Post 3 at Large).

We now have a new security camera at the corner of 11th Street & Peachtree Walk.  This camera is linked directly to the Midtown Blue video surveillance system which is also shared with the Atlanta Police Department.

Organix is a new concept lounge opening soon at 239 Ponce de Leon.  They will specialize in organic mixed drinks.

Planned opening March 2012 — http://www.jrcrickets.com/

Beginning in March and continuing through April we will be resurfacing the pool in preparation for the 2012 pool opening.  Renovations should by completed by April 30.  The pool opening will be planned for the first week of May.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta will be filming in Midtown on Friday, March 16. Filming will require lane closures, parking restrictions and sidewalk closures along the east side of West Peachtree Street between 5th and 6th streets. The closures should be expected between 9am and 11pm.

Peachtree Walk has negotiated with Midtown Blue and the Atlanta Police Department to install a new security camera for the corner of 11^th & Peachtree Walk.  This camera will greatly enhance our security at this intersection, especially on Friday and Saturday nights when this corner becomes a popular crosswalk for late night foot traffic beteeen the local dance clubs and MARTA.  This camera will also enhance security for the Federal Reserve Bank who helped pay for the needed equipment.

This security camera is being installed at no cost to our Association (Thanks to Annie’s diligent efforts).  Installation should begin soon.

Celebrity chef Richard Blais’ new restaurant has a name — The Spence.  Located at the corner of 5th and Spring, it is scheduled to open Spring 2012.

Schedule of Events on Friday, March 16 – Sunday, March 18, 2012

• Health & Fitness Expo at the World Congress Center- Friday 3/16, 12-7pm and Saturday 3/17 10am-6pm. Free and open to the public. The Expo includes race packet pick-up, speakers, and approximately 100 fitness-oriented exhibitors and vendors.
• Cuties Luckie 5K & Kids Fun Run at Centennial Olympic Park - Saturday 3/17 7am-10:30am. Race day registration and packet pickup starts at 7am, the 5K starts at 8am, and the Kids Fun Run starts at 9am.
• Publix Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon - Sunday 3/18 7am-2pm. Start-Finish at Centennial Olympic Park.

The Publix Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon course is the same in 2012 as in 2011. The race starts and finishes at Centennial Olympic Park and makes a counter-clockwise loop through in-town neighborhoods, by parks and historic sites, and through 4 college campuses.

• Approximately 80% of participants run the Half Marathon course, which is entirely within Atlanta/Fulton County. The Half Marathon participants will finish the race at Centennial Olympic Park by approximately 10:30am.
• The remaining 20% of participants run the Marathon course, which splits from the Half Marathon at the intersection of North Ave & N. Highland Ave, continues east to Decatur, and returns to Atlanta. The Marathon participants will finish the race at Centennial Olympic Park by 2pm.

To view detailed street closure and traffic information, go to www.GeorgiaMarathon.com, and hover on Community to view the following topics:

• Course – The Course Map shows the locations of the Start-Finish area, the Marathon and Half Marathon mile points, 19 Hydration Stations, MARTA stations, and other key information.
• Road Closure Info – The Street List and Traffic Lanes shows each street on the course, the lanes open to traffic and lanes reserved for runners, and theclose/reopen times for each street. Traffic and Road Closures provides detailed information about access points that cross the course, key north-south and east-west streets inside the loop of the course, no parking zones, and travel suggestions for race day.

The Eastside Trail project, now under construction spanning more than two miles from the tip of Piedmont Park to Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward neighborhoods, is the next major component of the Atlanta BeltLine slated to open to the public. This project includes a 14-foot wide multi-use concrete trail for walking, running, biking and skating, as well as a significant amount of underground infrastructure to accommodate current and future utilities. It also includes retaining walls, landscaping and the preservation of right of way for the transit system which will be built in the future. The Eastside Trail is the first phase of development for the 22-mile corridor which will eventually connect 45 neighborhoods.

During the month of March, there will be road closures beginning February 29 on Ralph McGill Boulevard and Ponce de Leon Avenue due to construction on bridges above these two roadways as part of the construction of the Eastside Trail.