It’s that time of year again! The 2010 Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta survey is out and you have until July 31st to make sure Castleberry Hill gets in there again this year! There are plenty of galleries, restaurants and shops in Castleberry Hill that you love and could vote for, but here are a few of the overall categories Castleberry Hill needs your vote for:

Overall Neighborhood
Neighborhood to live in without a car
Neighborhood for the Arts
Neighborhood Art Walk

Vote today and share the love! Tell your friends to vote for Castleberry Hill!

Atlanta’s most anticipated week is bigger!
Extended to 2 weeks – July 26 through August 8, 2010

Participating Restaurants and menus

This event showcases Downtown Atlanta restaurants with special dining promotions of three-course dinners for $25.00 and $35.00 per person, plus tip, plus tax*.

Many of Downtown Atlanta’s finest dining establishments were selected to take part in this fabulous food event. There are no passes to buy, coupons to carry or cards to punch. You simply attend the restaurant of your choice during Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week and select from a special three-course dinner menu, for $25.00 and $35.00 per person, plus tip, plus tax*.

Get fired up about summertime in Atlanta and still remain cool, with the 2010 Atlanta Downtown Restaurant Week Signature Cocktail: Bacardi® Torched Cherry Blossom.

July 29th – Wine 101 – Seats remaining, check website!

The Wine Shoe in Castleberry Point offers a variety of classes every month, from learning the basics to learning about wine & art together to painting wine glasses. It’s a great time in a relaxed (read: non-snobby) atmosphere so check them out and sign up today!

Check out the Wine Shoe classes page online at their new site at wineshoeatlanta.com for upcoming classes!

Launch Party for CS2, the New Lamp Collection of hand turned creations by Rob Kennedy for Coalition Society
Friday, July 30, 2010 6:00-9:00PM
Marcia Wood Gallery, 263 Walker St, Atlanta, Georgia 30313

Extended trunk show hours: Saturday July 31, 11-6pm and Tuesday, August 3, 4-8pm

George and Jessamine Long’s Good Food Truck will be selling its deliciousness out back.

On Tuesday, August 3, 2010, the Hotel Row Historic District will host the Annual National Night Out starting at 6:30pm at ‘The Cake Hag’ on 233 Mitchell Street (between Spring St and Forsyth St). This event is organized by Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association (ADNA), Castleberry Hill Neighborhood Association (CHNA) and the Marietta Street Artery Association (MSAA) in partnership with Hotel Row Historic District (HRHD).

Tell your neighbors, tell your friends and come join us for America’s Night Out Against Crime – National Night Out 2010! We will have prizes, snacks, drinks and fun times, all to promote public safety awareness in our Atlanta neighborhoods! Volunteers needed, click to sign-up!

NNO 2010 Flyer (click to download)

NNO 2010 Media Release (click to download)

Awesome Raffle Prizes so far, email us if you have a prize you would like included! Wine Tasting for 16 @ Wine Shoe & Private Tour of Dali Exhibit @ Artist Trifecta, Sage Naturalceuticals Gift Basket, and…

“Indispensable Elements – Figure Studies by Philip Carlton” at ZuCot Gallery through August 30th. Classically trained artist Philip Carlton reinvents live model studies with his monochromatic, modern canvases.  Carlton runs an artist’s atelier out of Minneapolis in which creative people gather to draw and paint entirely from the live model.  Photos of the group at work are also included in the show.  So give your eyes a break from the high-def & digital age – Come see “Indispensable Elements” at ZuCot Gallery!

As you may know, this week Atlanta District 2 City Councilmember Kwanza Hall introduced legislation that would permit bars and restaurants on Auburn and Edgewood Avenues to stay open until 4 a.m., as part of a 6-18 month pilot program to assess the public benefits and risks of returning pouring hours to what they were in the City before 2004.

Kwanza believes that this pilot program could spur economic development  in this particular small business corridor of District 2. He is also  sensitive to the concerns of immediate neighbors who have moved to the area since 2004.

Please complete the following survey about the legislation: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/barpilot/

Check out the Sunday Paper article here.

It’s a full-time job keeping up with the happenings on the Beltline, but you can always GO HERE and find out what’s hot, hip & fresh on the historic 22-mile railroad corridor transforming into a multi-use outdoor development before our eyes! We would love to start getting groups together from Castleberry Hill to bike over to the Eastside & Westside and check it all out so make sure you are getting our eLetters (subscribe in upper-right corner) and watch your inbox for when we’re heading out! There’s easy access to the Eastside route off of Edgewood near Irwin Street Market and you can ride all the way to Piedmont Park! Click here to download a great Beltline map showing access points! Check out the calendar for events and if you want to volunteer for the BeltLine, click here.

Good Neighbor Summer Savings!! We’d like to offer all members of the  Castleberry Hill Neighborhood Association the following ‘head to toe’ summer savings! Call or come by today!! Located on Fair St just East of Northside Dr, check website for hours.

Shampoo to Style -$30
Shampoo & Press – $45
Men’s Barber Cut – $15
Aromatherapy Massage (30 minutes) – $30
NEW ADDITION: Mani/Pedi – $30 (Nail offer good M-F)

Certain Restrictions Apply: Special pricing good Monday – Wednesday ONLY. Cannot be combined with any other discount or offer. Offer good thru August 4, 2010.

Starting Friday, July 9th during the Art Stroll and running through the end of July, Vitesse eXchange at Castleberry Point will feature 50% off of all apparel! Check out the website for more info: http://www.vxch.com/

The buzz is still surrounding the AT Photography Scavenger Hunt! Winners and Judges Favorites will be on exhibit at the Artist Trifecta Gallery until August 14.

Grand Prize pieces by Blayne Beacham are available for $500 in large format on archival paper
Best of Artistic by Jeremy Davis is available for $300 in large format on archival paper
Best of Neighborhood by Alex Neely is available for $300 in large format on archival paper
Best of Creative by Kelly Bozarth & Raymond Scott is available for $300 in large format on archival paper

Judges Favorites are available from $30 to $75

A special thanks to: the Castleberry Hill Neighborhood; judges Isoul Harris of 944 Magazine, Fay Gold of Fay Gold Gallery and Owen Thompson of Digital Picture; and sponsors Wine Shoe, No Mas Cantina and Digital Picture.

The AT Photography Scavenger Hunt will be returning to Atlanta on September 18. Preregister to reserve your spot at art@artisttrifecta.com

Click here for Press Release of the Scavenger Hunt winners

The fence is up at the Railside Dog Park in Castleberry Hill and we’re getting close to having a completed park! Donations can be made online anytime for the Dog Park here: http://castleberryhill.org/wpmu/about/donate/ or you can download the letter and donation form and help support the park!

The Fulton County Multi-Jurisdictional Burglary Task Force is a group of dedicated law enforcement officers from six different municipalities and eight different law enforcement agencies in Fulton County under the administration of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office focused on reducing the number of burglaries occurring in Fulton County, Georgia. Their mission is to reduce the incidents of burglary by 30% county-wide over a 2 year period.

Visit the website for more information: http://hadenoughalready.com

Help us protect Atlanta communities! Report illegal dumping to Crime Stoppers Atlanta. Rewards of up to $2,000 are being offered for cases leading to prosecution. Call 404-577-TIPS to leave an anonymous message.

Atlanta has a chance to bid for the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup but we need your help to bring the World Cup to Atlanta.  As a contender to host the World Cup, our city is in the middle of a campaign to show the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Atlanta can support soccer on the world stage.  If our bid is successful, the benefit to our city is enormous. Please sign and help Atlanta reach the goal of 50,000 signatures, and spread the word about Atlanta’s online petition campaign.  By signing the petition at gousabid.com/atlanta you are adding your voice to millions that are supporting Atlanta and the United States’ bid!