🌱 AFRD Looks For Person Of Interest + The Object Space Opens Saturday

Morning, neighbors! Today, we’re living healthy on National Green Juice Day. It's Sylvia, your host of the Daily. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know that's going on around town, including news on:

• 🔥 A person of interest in the Target fire
• 🚦 An intersection that might be getting some relief
• 🧂 A top restaurant pick for Valentine’s Day

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🌥️ But first, today's weather:

Clearing and cooler. High: 48 Low: 28.

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💐 Valentine’s Day Poll! 🥂
Pink hearts, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards – reminders that Valentine’s Day is coming are everywhere. But responses to the holiday are mixed. What are your feelings about the occasion? Do you celebrate? So far, 46.7% take a bah-humbug approach, while 44.6% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.2% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 6.5% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Buckhead:

1. The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (AFRD) announced Wednesday morning that it’s looking for a person of interest in the recent Target store fire. Officials are investigating this blaze along with the one at the Walmart at 835 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. According to investigators, “suspects intentionally set the fires to create a distraction, allowing the offenders to shoplift items and escape as patrons rushed to exit the burning stores.” The AFRD warns that arson isn’t just a property crime, but it also puts people at “great risk.” (AFRD)
2. The confusing intersection at Moreland and DeKalb avenues might be getting some much-needed relief. At Wednesday’s Transportation Committee meeting, officials accepted grant money “for a preliminary engineering and scoping study” of the location. Neighbors were quick to weigh in on other things they would like to see happen there. Examples include bike paths and a connection to the Eastside Trolley Line Trail. (Let’s Propel Atlanta)
3. Insiders are already sniffing out the best restaurants to visit on Valentine’s Day, and some of them are right here. At the top of the list is King + Duke at 3060 Peachtree Road Northwest, which impressed with its “prix fixe dinner, featuring highlights like Wagyu beef carpaccio, (and) lamb sirloin.” (The Atlantan Magazine)
4. The Object Space at 739 Trabert Avenue will open Saturday with its first exhibition: "Form+Surface: European Ceramics and Tapestries 20th Century to Now." If you're familiar with owner Jane Jackson, you know that this opening hails the return of a mover and shaker of the Atlanta gallery scene. (Rough Draft Atlanta)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• Happy Hormones Workshop at Eleanor's Place (5 PM)
• Alchemy/Tulip Professional Services Business Mixer at the Local Three Kitchen & Bar (6 PM)
• Josh Garrels performs at the Buckhead Theatre (8 PM)
• Samuel J. Comroe performs at The Atlanta Punchline (8 PM)
• Tongue and Groove presents Perreologia, featuring DJs EU, DJ Eduardo Franco (9 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "Yesterday, Mayor Andre Dickens joined local business and community leaders at Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber's Annual Signature Luncheon. In his speech, Mayor Dickens emphasized the importance of partnerships." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "CM/ATL is looking to add YOU to our team of volunteers! Interested? DM us for more info." (CreativeMornings Atlanta via Instagram)
• "✨ JUST ANNOUNCED! ✨ Be Our Guest NYC - A Disney DJ Night makes its magical return to the Buckhead Theatre on Friday, March 10! 🎫 Presale: Thur (1/26) at 10AM (code: SOUND) 🎫 Public on sale: Fri (1/27) at 10AM 👉 : https://bit.ly/3XExSUW" (Buckhead Theatre via Facebook)
• "The Buc has expanded! This on-demand shuttle will now pick up and drop off near the Buckhead Forest and parts of North Buckhead. To learn more about the Buc, download the app or visit https://www.bucride.org/." (Buckhead Community Improvement District via Facebook)
• "Y spring soccer teams are forming now! When you register for Y spring soccer by Friday, February 3, you will receive one FREE ticket to Atlanta United FC home opener on Saturday, February 25, with the purchase of your adult ticket." (Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with your next update!

— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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