🌱 MARTA Reach Shuttles + Atlanta Science Festival At Piedmont Park

Hello all! Today we observe the Golden Rule on National Set A Good Example Day. It's Sylvia, your host of the Buckhead Patch newsletter — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in our community today. Today you'll read about these stories and more:

• ⚠️ Death at a homeless encampment
• 🌇 The JPMC Monarch Tower Global Tech Expansion
• 🎨 A Joseph Stella exhibit

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☁️ But first, today's weather:

Rather cloudy. High: 68 Low: 57.

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⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations Around Buckhead

• QuikTrip at 1678 Howell Mill Rd., $3.13
• QuikTrip at 3249 Buford Hwy NE, $3.19
• BP at 3340 Cobb Pkwy SE, $3.29

🍰 Spring Dessert Poll! 🍓
The first day of spring is March 20! Among the things we look forward to in spring are refreshing desserts. Which is your favorite spring dessert? So far, …

• 27.2% voted to write in Key lime pie
• 22.7% chose peach cobbler
• 18.2% opted for lemon bars
• 13.6% selected ambrosia salad
• 9.1% liked fruit tarts
• 2.3% loved mixed berry buckle
• 2.3% picked strawberry icebox cake
• 2.3% wrote in ice cream or coconut cream pie
• 2.3% wrote in cheesecake

📰 Here are the top stories in Buckhead today:

1. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) discovered a body near Piedmont Avenue Northeast at Moroe Drive Northeast. They were called Friday evening just before 6 p.m. to what was “outside burning and black smoke” that came from underneath a bridge. Firefighters located a homeless encampment and a deceased person. Both the fire and the death are currently under investigation. (APD)
2. Do you remember when MARTA tested its Reach Shuttle services in the city? At a meeting on Thursday, staff members suggested buying software that would let them make the shuttles a permanent option. Citing the pilot program's success — some 8,300 customers used the shuttles — meeting participants acknowledged that they “allocated too many vehicles and operators.” (Atlanta Business Chronicle/paywall)
3. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is doing well in Buckhead. We learned on Thursday that the company will expand its local footprint by 40,000 square feet at Monarch Tower, 3424 Peachtree Road. You may remember that the bank already leases 93,000 square feet at this location. While it’s unclear how the company intends to fill the new space, the project name “JPMC Monarch Tower Global Tech Expansion” offers some hints. (Fulton Watch)
4. If you haven’t been to the High Museum of Art recently, now is a good time for a visit. The venue at 1280 Peachtree Street Northeast opened its Joseph Stella exhibit on Friday. Head to the second floor, and take in the beauty of the “Visionary Nature” collection that consists of more than 100 pieces of modernist art. The collection is described as a “variegated portrait of nature.” (High)
5. The Atlanta Science Festival is coming to Piedmont Park! Running from March 10 to 25, it's the 10th return of the event. While the festival stretches across multiple locations, its “explosive conclusion” will be at the park. (Atlanta Science Festival)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• Houseorama Sacred Sunday takes place at the District Atlanta (2 PM)
• Come to the Abundance Activation Workshop at Venture X Atlanta Buckhead (2 PM)
• Check out Sundaze at the Vision Lounge (4 PM)
• Painting with a Twist hosts Sunday Funday (4 PM)
• Mark O'Connor performs at the Buckhead Theatre (8 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "Originally founded as the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in 1867, the Temple was Atlanta’s first official Jewish institution. https://georgiahistory.com/ghm... " (Buckhead Heritage Society via Facebook)
• "Bass were biting good on Oconee today. That warm weather is bringing them out of the mud" (Nextdoor)
• "SHOUT-OUT TO MY FRIENDS AT FAT MATT'S BBQ ON PIEDMONT ROAD IN BUCKHEAD... Awesome BBQ (Best in the Southeast)... the secret's in the sauce, as they say." (Patch Neighbor Posts)
• "Despite Microsoft’s recent decision to slam the brakes on a Westside campus amid company layoffs and tech-industry turbulence, developers behind a multifaceted English Avenue project that’s been banking on Atlanta’s burgeoning tech scene since day one sound undaunted." (Urbanize Atlanta)
• "In partnership with Buckhead Village, Black Girl's Guide to Atlanta invites you to an afternoon tea party in celebration of International Women’s Month and benefitting Let’s Talk Womxn. Join us for a seated tea experience." (Buckhead Village District)

🏡 What are homes selling for these days in Buckhead?

• Median Listing Home Price $705K
• Median Listing Home Price/Square Foot $340
• Median Sold Home Price $466K

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday. I'll see you back in your inbox Tuesday with a new 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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