🌱 New Brunch Cafe + InterContinental Remodel + Highway-Capping Parks

Hello all! I'm back in your inbox this morning with everything you need to know about what's happening in town today. I'll get right to it.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a shower, and a thunderstorm. High: 78 Low: 69.

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Here are the top three stories in Buckhead today:

1. Another Broken Egg Cafe is reopening on Aug. 22 in Buckhead. This new location is close to its previous location on Peachtree Road and is the ninth location in the state. You can find the new cafe at the corner of Peachtree Rd NE and Peachtree Memorial Drive NW in the lower level of Peachtree Battle Condominiums. (PR Newswire)
2. The 422-room InterContinental Buckhead has had a full renovation. KTGY Simeone Deary Design Group was inspired by the pillars of Atlanta’s Southern roots with its stately architecture of the classic manor house woven throughout the hotel. InterContinental Buckhead hopes to offer luxury progressive features and a classic hospitality approach for both business and leisure travelers alike. (InspireDesign)
3. A current feeding frenzy has broken out among potential highway-capping parks in Atlanta from downtown to Midtown and Buckhead. This idea has sparked from the federal initiative to reconnect urban American communities severed by highways and the possibility of more than $1 billion in grants to fund such projects. (Urbanize)

Today in Buckhead:

• Food That Rocks At City Green at City Springs (7:00 PM)
• Buckhead Comedy at Laugh Valley - Savi Provisions (7:00 PM)
• Movies in the Park: Sing 2 At Old Ivy Park (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Mayor Andre Dickens recently greeted participants of the Salesforce National Black Business Month Block Party, an annual celebration that provides an opportunity to discuss ways to continue uplifting and growing Black businesses. (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• Join Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead to explore part-time opportunities at one of the largest non-profits in the country. (Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead via Facebook)
• Interested in creating a cleaner environment for ourselves and our pollinators? Have fun using your artistic license to compose a beautiful clean pollinator garden with the Great Georgia Pollinator Census. (Livable Buckhead via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday! I'll see you soon.

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a senior writer with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.