🌱 The Buc’s Expanding + Who Sells The Best Chicken Salad In Atlanta

Hello again, everybody! Today, we hone our green thumb on National Houseplant Appreciation Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Buckhead Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in the community today, including:

• 👮 An update on the woman looking into windows
• 💰 Rising home values
• 👟 The 7th Annual Strides for Survivors walk

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🌤️ But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 61 Low: 39.

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⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations Around Buckhead

• QuikTrip at 1678 Howell Mill Rd., $2.69
• RaceTrac at 2429 Bolton Rd NW, $2.69
• QuikTrip at 761 Sidney Marcus Blvd NE, $2.79

💐 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, 50% take a bah-humbug approach, while 38.9% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.8% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 8.3% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Buckhead:

1. The Buc is becoming even more user-friendly. Monday’s report outlines that the shuttle service "will now deploy its Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans to pick up passengers in Buckhead Forest and North Buckhead, two residential neighborhoods on the cusp of the district’s commercial core." Also, this expansion is a trial run for offering the service in neighborhoods with single-family residences. (Atlanta Business Chronicle/paywall)
2. Has a woman dressed in a security guard shirt come to your house? It appears to be the same individual we talked about on January 4. Now, we have a little more information. She has come up to a homeowner’s camera and “claimed to be looking for a housekeeper.” She eventually left. Reportedly, other conversations included “waiting for construction people for work to show up, working security” and having the wrong house. (Patch, 11 Alive)
3. Last week’s report forecasts rising home values in Buckhead, and the movie industry is to blame. Overall, Atlanta noted a 10 percent housing price increase in one year, as movie and TV production boom. Already, the City has served as backdrop for The Walking Dead and Wakanda Forever. In Buckhead, “lavish estates are on the market for $4 million to $6 million, boasting amenities comparable with a $15 million home in Los Angeles,” which is not lost on celebs fleeing the Golden State’s increasing taxes. (Hollywood Reporter)
4. Sign up for the 7th Annual Strides for Survivors walk around Chastain's PATH on January 21. Participants meet at the Galloway School and then head on the 2.7-mile walk. This fundraiser was “launched in the fall of 2016 by three sisters: Samantha, Lauren, and Emilie Scalise to celebrate their mother's complete recovery from breast cancer,” and proceeds benefit the nonprofit TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation. (Patch)
5. Where do you go when you crave the “absolute best chicken salad sandwiches in the US?” If you have the advantage of living in Buckhead, you know to head to Henri's Bakery & Deli and last week, the insiders agreed. “Although famed for its layer cakes and colorful shortbread cookies, customers come for the plethora of hand-crafted sandwiches from the deli, complete with breads baked from scratch.” Those in the know suggest eating it on a croissant with a just a dash of mustard. (Mashed)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• ZUNZIFEST! 26% of sales will benefit Furkids at Zunzi's (11 AM)
• Little Artist Art Class For Ages 2-5 at the Chastain Arts Center (12 PM)
• Taco Tuesday at Lily White (4 PM)
• BATL Brews at the Buckhead Club (5 PM)
• Daniel Seavey performs at the Buckhead Theatre (7:30 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "We ended the year celebrating the transportation wins residents, neighborhood groups, and community organizations experienced. Check out these highlights and share your 2022 wins and 2023 goals with us! 🚏🚍 👟🦼🚲🚇🛹🛴" (Propel ATL via Instagram)
• "We are committed to making homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring in Atlanta. Through Mayor Andre Dickens' LIFT 2.0 plan, the City is working closely with its partners to provide support services and housing placements." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "Play one of the fastest-growing activities among kids, esports at the Y. The Y now offers esports for kids ages 8-18, supported by trained Y coaches in a safe online environment." (Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead via Facebook)
• "Thank you for your support of our recent Holiday Gathering." (Buckhead Heritage Society via Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another 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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