Around Town WE HAVE A WINNER Matt and Katie Klump of East Wesley Rd were thrilled when they found out they were the winners of the $2,500 garage makeover from Overhead Door. Katie and Matt are new parents to twin boys and are currently in the middle of a renovation project on their garage so this could not come at a better time for them. Overhead Door partnered with Lifestyle Publications for a contest for readers, offering a lucky winner the chance to renovate their garage door from Overhead’s spectacular selection, with complete service behind the prize. Watch the magazine for a before and after story on this cool contest. OverheadDoorAtlanta.com
cilities department at The Westminster Schools recognized the rising cost of water and other utilities. Since then, the School has initiated a series of campus improvement projects, including the development of a campus retention pond and ongoing sustainability audits, at a cost of approximately $383,000. The energy audit and all subsequent improvement projects over the last seven years have resulted in approximately $1.1 million of total savings. Westminster was founded in 1951, and has since grown to be one of the nation’s premier independent schools, distinguishing itself as a leader among its peers. Graduates of the school go on to attend leading colleges and universities and to live adult lives of personal accomplishment, service, and leadership. Westminster.net.
JUICE JUICE BABY Our mission is our passion, say Veda Juice co-owners Lisa Martinez of Brookhaven and Jackie Greene of Buckhead. They hope to combine a busy life with a healthy life by offering cold-pressed juice, smoothies, salads, and breakfast bowls as well as juice and smoothies. The Peachtree Hills juice bar offers the health-conscious consumer refreshing beverages and food offerings, rich in nutrients derived from 100 percent natural and organically-inspired fruits and vegetables, providing a satisfying, great tasting, easy, and rejuvenating way to enrich your body. Juice is the core of their menu, but these ladies know healthy people want more, and designed healthy choices for people who want great taste and convenience while on the go. They believe a good balance of juice and fibrous foods will lead to a goal of a community “Stepping Up To A Healthier Life.” Facebook.com/VedaJuice
MASSELL GIVES ADVICE As keynoter for the Georgia Municipal Association annual contest for sixth-grade students in their essays on “What I Would Do if I Were Mayor,” former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell emphasized the key can be seeking and building on the ideas of others. He urged the 12 year olds to read local media. Massell is now president of the Buckhead Coalition, a nonprofit civic group, operating much like a little Town Hall, thus, he finds himself undertaking new initiatives, much like he did when he was in City Hall. The municipal organization is made up of mayors, city councilmen, and other political office-holders; it conducts this contest annually, selecting one winner from each of the state’s 12 districts. Six-thousand students participated in the essay-writing contest, and the winners came to Atlanta with their teachers and families to receive individual trophies, and have selfies and photographs taken with Mayor Massell.
EMERALD AUGUST DRESSES KIDS The adorable locally designed and locally manufactured line of children's clothing Emerald August has taken over the lease of the Atlanta landmark children's store, The Kangarooo Pouch, at 56 East Andrews Drive. Owners launched four years ago and are proud to introduce their first flagship store to the Buckhead community. They have partnered with several other children's collections including Criquet Shirts and Kira Kids to exclusively offer their products to Atlantans for the first time. Inside the shop you will find colorful patterns and whimsical styles that provide a refreshing opportunity to outfit little ones. They also offer unique gifts in a familiar space to many Atlantans, where so many mothers shopped (Kangaroo Pouch.). EmeraldAugust.com
GUIDEBOOK HITS THE STANDS The 21st edition of the annual Buckhead Guidebook, sponsored by the Buckhead Coalition, is available at Barnes & Noble and other area bookstores for $5. This compilation of data is presented as three books in one: Tourism, Relocation, and Development. It serves as the premiere reference source for journalists, realtors, politicians and newcomers. A portion of the proceeds goes to area nonprofits selected by the Coalition. For this issue, the Guidebook directs that $9,000 will be distributed among Chastain Park Conservancy, Garden Hills Pool and Park Association, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MoCA GA), Peachtree Heights East Duck Pond, and World Trade Center Atlanta. The Coalition is a nonprofit civic group of 100 business leaders in this northern quadrant of the City of Atlanta, with a mission to “Nurture the quality of life of those who live, visit, work, and play” in its 28 square miles. Its president is Sam Massell and its chairman is Jeff Sprecher.
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WESTMINSTER GREEN The Westminster Schools recently won the Gold Award of Excellence in Facilities Management from Global FM, the worldwide alliance of facilities management organizations. The award was bestowed as part of the 2015 World FM Day, an international celebration of facilities management in London. Westminster was honored for its efforts to improve the sustainability of its campus. During the 2007-08 fiscal year, the fa10
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North Atlanta High School Principal Curtis Douglass announced that Khaili Sanders, a Sutton Middle School teacher, has been named the new head coach for the Warrior Girls' Basketball team. This will be Sanders’ fifth season as a Lady Warrior coach, and the first as head coach, but she is no stranger to the school, having graduated from NAHS where she will be inducted into the North Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame this summer. Coach Sanders spent her first three years of coaching in Macon, Georgia, as an assistant girl's basketball coach for Rutland Middle School and Westside HighSchool and head girl's basketball coach at Appling CONTINUED >