🌱 Push For Cityhood Goes On + Worry About View Corridors

Hello all! Today, we enjoy a hot cup of tea as we celebrate the First Day of Winter. I'm back with your fresh edition of the Buckhead Daily. Let's get this day started off right, with a quick dive into the most important things going on these days in town. Today's briefing includes news on...

• 🤔 Gun violence as a disease
• 🍜 Nobu comes to Buckhead
• 👟 Life Time Buckhead at Phipps Plaza

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⏰ New Year’s Resolutions Poll! 🎶
According to Forbes, only 8% of people making New Year’s resolutions actually achieve them. Even so, the experts suggest making resolutions because they encourage intentionality, optimism, and a positive effect on others. So, what are your resolutions for 2023? So far, 23.5% intend to meet new people or interact more with current friends. Letting go of negativity is the goal for 17.6%, and 11.8% want to travel or experience something new. Another 17.6% want to live healthier, and the final 29.4% plan to embrace change.

📰 Here are the top stories in Buckhead today:

1. The push for Buckhead’s cityhood continues. A Tuesday report outlines that the CEO of the Buckhead City Committee (BCC) believes “rampant crime in the neighborhood can only be solved by Buckhead becoming its own city with its own police force.” However, critics say that the failure to achieve cityhood this year can be traced back to his “personal attacks on social media against Mayor Andre Dickens and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.” For the folks from the Committee for a United Atlanta, the matter was put to bed during the midterm elections. (Reporter Newspapers)
2. Calling gun violence a disease, the conversation continues about what it will take to prevent violent crimes that involve children. "The disease of violence doesn't care if you are a bad parent, it doesn't care if you live in Buckhead or Bankhead, it is infecting these kids at an early stage," said a representative of Brothers for Brothers on Monday. Atlanta City Council Member Byron Amos acknowledges that the problem has festered for a while but is now “an issue that is coming to the forefront.” (Fox)
3. Robert De Niro is a backer for Nobu Matsuhisa’s eponymous Japanese restaurant in Buckhead. Located at 3520 Peachtree Road Northeast, the outpost's signature dishes revolve around seafood. The restaurant has 272 seats, and also offers new dishes for those already hip to the black cod with miso. Examples include “grilled baby gem salad with tofu hummus and baked Alaska with guava gelato, vanilla cheesecake, ginger cinnamon crumble, guava gel, meringue, and bourbon flambé.” (Atlanta Magazine)
4. Did you know that the newly opened Life Time Buckhead at Phipps Plaza is an anchor destination for the location? One of its desirable amenities is the “rooftop beach club with breathtaking views,” a first for the city. Another part of Phipps Plaza is a coworking destination that turns the development into the perfect balance of work and play. The athletic country club debuted on December 8. (PR Newswire)
5. Do you worry about view corridors? One frequent Atlanta visitor is of the opinion that the 18-floor Dillon project creates a wall that takes away the view “of the Midtown/downtown skyline as you’re driving south downhill.” He goes on to bemoan “the loss of the view from Buckhead.” Of course, he is fair in terming his insight a first-world problem. Or is he? (Atlanta Urbanize)

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📆 Today in Buckhead:

• AJC Atlanta Marshall Society hosts Breakfast with Andy Baker (7 AM)
• Breakfast with Santa at the Egg Harbor Café (8 AM)
• Paint & Sip at Painting with a Twist (1 PM)
• Holiday Beer Run and Shop Night at West Stride (5 PM)
• Restorative Winter Solstice Yoga at The Atrium (6:30 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "APD's Police Athletic League (PAL) and APD's SWAT Unit partnered for Christmas at the SWAT Hut On December 19, 2022. APD's Police Athletic League brought the kids enrolled in the program to the SWAT Hut for a day of fun." (City of Atlanta Police Department via Facebook)
• "Mayor Andre Dickens hosted the 39th Annual UNCF - Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball. This party with a purpose raised awareness and money to support HBCUs & their students. The gala was followed by an after-party fundraiser." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "✨ Atlanta's creative scene shines bright. According to a new report by Workamajig, Atlanta is the best city in America for creatives." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "This winter break, we invite Atlanta families to take advantage of the programs and activities offered by City of Atlanta Government and our partners. The 'Winter Break Safe Spaces Guide' provides a list of places where K-12 youth can go." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "Please note that our Y locations have updated holiday hours." (Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead via Facebook)

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— 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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