2022 in Buckhead was a year of hellos and goodbyes. Transformative projects like the Atlanta BeltLine and the HUB404 park inched ahead, while the Buckhead cityhood movement stalled. A new mayor cut the ribbon at a police mini-precinct , and legendary leaders of previous decades passed away. There was change here at Buckhead.com as well, as we launched The Buckhead Paper, a print edition that comes to your door. Here are our top 10 stories from a year that changed Buckhead.
The rise and fall of the Buckhead cityhood movement: An updated timeline
The State Senate voted down March 2 a bill that proposed “The City of Buckhead City” and a referendum allowing residents of the community to
Local couple buys 12-acre lot on West Paces Ferry for nearly $9 million
Local couple Wes and Christy Rogers have recently purchased multiple parcels in the heart of Buckhead totaling approximately 12 acres with a plan to build
Phipps expansion leads the way for mall’s luxury transformation
The Simon Properties Group made a big splash in 2018 when chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and Meir Teper joined Phipps Plaza and Simon
BeltLine’s Northwest Trail gets closer to finding a way across Buckhead’s Peachtree Road
A troublesome segment of the Atlanta BeltLine Northwest Trail’s route through Buckhead is closer to a solution as planners backed off a controversial alternative that
Charlie Loudermilk, Buckhead’s iconic business and civic leader, dies at 95
Charlie Loudermilk, an iconic business and civic leader in Buckhead and the rest of Atlanta for nearly 70 years, died Aug. 2 at age 95.
Buckhead’s police mini-precinct opens with mayor and governor cutting the ribbon
Buckhead’s long-anticipated West Village police mini-precinct opened its doors June 29 with a ribbon-cutting and a show of political unity between the mayor and the
Buckhead’s highway-capping ‘HUB404’ park concept moves ahead
“HUB404,” the concept of a half-mile-long park capping Ga. 400 in central Buckhead, is moving ahead after years on the back burner. The nonprofit HUB404
Introducing The Buckhead Paper
It was 8 years ago that I purchased the buckhead.com domain name from developer Ben Carter. He had planned to use it for The Streets
Sam Massell, former mayor and Buckhead champion, remembered as visionary leader
Sam Massell, the former Atlanta mayor who became a champion of his adopted neighborhood of Buckhead, is being remembered as a transformative and visionary leader
Antico’s Gio Di Palma and Son Open Buckhead Bakery and Gelateria
Pala Bakery doesn’t feel like a satellite location for Antico, Gio’s Sicilian, or any of Giovanni Di Palma’s other restaurants. It has a unique personality
