🌱 Garage Collapse On Peachtree Drive + Choirs Sing At Spelman College

Hi all! Today, we fondly remember candy-store owner Charles Cretors on National Popcorn Day. Sylvia here with your fresh copy of the Buckhead Daily, filled with all the local news you need to know right now. Including information on:

• 🚧 Dangerous demolition work
• 🧑‍⚖️ Vroom loses in arbitration
• 🗣 38th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium

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A shower and thunderstorm. High: 68 Low: 39.

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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, 44.4% take a bah-humbug approach, while 46% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 3.2% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 6.3% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Buckhead:

1. A job accident injured two construction workers in the 3100 block of Peachtree Drive Northeast. Reportedly, a garage collapsed on them on Wednesday afternoon as they were doing some demolition work. The workers were able to climb out from under debris before firefighters arrived at the scene. (11 Alive)
2. Did you do business with Vroom, an online car dealership that had customers across the country “going months and even years without titles for vehicles they purchased on the website?” Restrictive wording on the contract precluded customers from suing; however, one Buckhead resident took Vroom up on the arbitration process clause. We learned on Wednesday that after two years, the customer got not only his title, “but also a more than $20,000 arbitration judgment against Vroom.” On the other side, Vroom went on record saying its “focus has been on improving our titling and registration process with the goal of becoming best-in-class in this category.” (WSB-TV)
3. The 38th annual Breast Surgery Symposium is scheduled to begin January 27 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead. Three renowned Atlanta surgeons, “Program Chair James Namnoum, M.D., and Program Co-Chair Franklyn Elliott, M.D. and Jonathan Nguyen, M.D. will have prominent roles in the three-day scientific program.” (PR Web)
4. If you love choirs, check your availability for Friday evening. Scheduled to take place in the Sisters Chapel at Spelman College, you can hear the choirs of the “Spelman College Glee Club, Morehouse College Glee Club, Clayton State University, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, and Lyke House Catholic Center” perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by Dr. Kevin Johnson. The performance begins at 7 p.m. (Patch)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• Homeschool Day: Georgia Made at the Atlanta History Center (10 AM)
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Happy Hour at the OFS Atlanta Showroom (5:30 PM)
• NAHS Sutton Warrior Welcome at the North Atlanta High School (5:30 PM)
• Third Thursday, GSU Alumni Happy Hour at the Fadó Irish Pub (6 PM)
• Jonathan Biss Performs Mozart at the Atlanta Symphony Hall (8 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "Extended through March: Selections from the Young Americans Series by Sheila Pree Bright." (The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia)
• "Atlanta City Council approved legislation by the Dickens Administration to provide $4.7 million in funding for new City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department equipment: 3 Spartan Fire Pumpers and 3 Spartan Tractor Drawn Aerial Support vehicles." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "Aiken Lecture featuring Ilyon Woo, author of 'Master Slave Husband Wife' is scheduled Thursday, Jan 26 @ 7pm at the McElreath Hall." (Atlanta History Center)
• "As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, federal tax credits for energy-efficient home upgrades have been increased and extended until 2032." (Livable Buckhead via Facebook)

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Events:

• Athletic Open House (January 20)
• Lift Every Voice and Sing (January 20)
• Alexi Butirskiy, 'Mystery & Belonging' (January 21)
• Jane Pauley Coming to Speak on Mental Wellness (January 23)
• Taxes In Retirement Seminar at Windy Hill Community Center (January 24)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. See you all tomorrow 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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