9:30-10:00 AM: Coffee, Pastries and Networking      10:00-11:00 AM:  MEETING

• Thank you to our hostNino’s Italian Restaurant for providing the space, coffee & pastries. 

10:00 AM: Welcome to the Piedmont Heights Business Alliance Meeting! 

• Introduction: PiHi Alliance Board of Directors    See here

• Attendee Introductions: Your name, business name, location and are you a PiHi Alliance member? 30 second elevator speech + Announce your upcoming special event

• Welcome from our host location: Alessandra Hazes of Nino’s Italian Restaurant

• District 6 City Council: Alex Wan awan@atlantaga.gov      Join District 6 Newsletter Here + August Issue   See Previous Issues

10:15 AM: PiHi Alliance Business 

• Current Finances:   $30,253.34

• • Sponsorships: Nakato Japanese Restaurant, Armour Yards and Bob Glascock Coldwell Banker Realty

  • $10,000 Small Business Assoc. Support Grant from District 6 & Invest Atlanta

10:25: Membership: 

• New membership structure: Now monthly membership subscriptions for Restaurant/Bar $65, Storefront $45 and Nonprofits $21.  JOIN HERE

• • 52 Members Strong.  Renewing Members: Selig/Ansley Mall 1 & 2, Intaglia Interiors,  Futo’s,  Ansley Cleaning,          New Members: Mayson Chapel Baptist Church

  • Extended boundaries to LaVista Rd NE on Cheshire Bridge.  See map

10:30:Cheshire Bridge Corridor Update: Sachi Takahara 

• New Business: Six Feet Under                 Returning: Las Margaritas 

• Clean Up:  Behind old Ace Hardware/Cleaners

10:35: Transportation & Infrastructure

• PiHi ATL311 Task Force: Liaison Jasmine Maskell, Timeless Tattoo, pihiatl311@gmail.com      see how to submit and what we do here 

• • 12 closed to date. 15 open cases. 

  • Closed: Water main leak on Piedmont Rd @ Starbucks after two years!!! 

  • In Progress: Lane striping at Piedmont Rd & Cheshire Bridge + other major issues

10:40: Atlanta BeltLine NE Trail Update

• Ansley Mall Bridge: Selig Enterprises Update  Joe Turnbaugh jturnbaugh@seligenterprises.com

• Upcoming Northeast Trail Construction

• • Segment 1: Piedmont Park- GroundBreaking was August 4th. 

  • Segment 2 : Ansley Mall

  • Segment 3:  Buford Spring to Lindbergh Station

  • Atlanta Botanical Garden Expansion Connection to BeltLine

10:45: Piedmont Heights Master Plan: Bill Compton, Piedmont Heights Civic Association

• PHCA and the PHCIF (Civic Improvement Foundation) will lead the 2010 Piedmont Heights Master Plan Update with Canvas Planning Group September 2023-April 2024. PiHi Alliance will be on the steering committee and hold focus groups for small businesses.  

• • Make a Tax Deductible Donation to PHCIF

• Benefits of a Master Plan

10:55: Resources + Action Needed + Remaining 2023 Meetings

• Surveys:  ATL Biz Survey    ATLDOT Microbility Survey     ARC Metro Transportation Survey

• Resources 

• • PAD  (Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiatives)  Unhoused Individuals . atlantapad.org   ATL311 -1 

• Partners for Home: Encampments. encampments@partnersforhome.org  See info here

• Remaining 2023 Meetings:  Wed. October 25 @ 9:30am- Monroe Curve and Sunday, November 12 Neighborhood Annual Meeting with new theme. 

• Piedmont Heights Civic Association Board/General Meetings: Monthly on the First Tuesday of the Month from 7:00-8:30pm on Zoom   Register here

• NPU F Meetings: Monthly on the Third Wednesday from 7:00-9:00pm on Zoom REGISTER TO ATTEND  REGISTER AS A VOTING MEMBER: Resident/business address required. 

11:00 Adjournment