The CAPITOL VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, (CVNA), exists to bring the community together and to work to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood.

Capitol View Neighborhood Association
PO Box 115506
Atlanta, Georgia 30310

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WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN CVNA:

When considering why you should join or renew your membership with the Capitol View Neighborhood Association you should remember that the CVNA is here to represent the neighborhood at large. On a shoestring budget and minimal volunteers CVNA has involved itself in community outreach, involvement, branding and neighborhood betterment. We need your support to increase and to better everything we do. More importantly, CVNA needs your input – your voice, to bring perspective to matters that effect and affect our community.

2011 CVNA dues are:

$35* new members (includes CV banner)

$25* for renewing members

$35 for additional banners

$5 for Capitol View mugs

($1 additional when paying on paypal)

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What CVNA did in 2010:

• Votes taken on two Capitol View area salvage yard Special Use Permit requests
• Murphy Triangle annexation discussions at NPU and City Council
• Meet with Beltline representatives regarding neighborhood concerns
• Created a code enforcement book detailing 80+ properties (out of the 700+ residential properties) in the Capitol View neighborhood plus detailed zoning problems in the neighborhood’s industrial and commercial areas
• Voted in favor of beginning the Historic Places Listing registration process (start date January 2011)
• Increased/bettered ties & communications with SWAT neighborhoods (Capitol View Manor, Adair Park, Sylvan Hills, and more)
• Dill Avenue cleanup, neighborhood lunch
• Voted on expanded daycare center on Athens Ave
• Met with city representatives regarding vacant and open houses in structures in the CV neighborhood
• Voted on annual House in the Park Event
• Published Volume 2 of the CVNA newsletter
• Engaged in branding efforts – Capitol View coffee mugs, additional banners, creation of a welcome letter, Facebook page, CVNA website
• One of the sponsors the Friend of Perkerson Park Spring Forward Festival
• Voted on the Phoenix House project
• Voted on the senior living facility project on Arden near the Oakland City MARTA Station
• Ensured CV has a strong voice and viewpoint at NPU meetings by attending 95% of all NPU-X General Meetings & Security Committee Meetings
• Represented Capitol View neighborhood at City Council meetings
• Applied for additional funds thru the Lakewood Amphitheater Financial Committee
• 2010 Neighborhood Holiday Pot Luck

2010 CVNA meeting Guests/Speakers included:

• Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
• Atlanta Councilmember Joyce Sheperd
• Atlanta Councilmember Michael Julian Bond
• APD Major Mitchell
• Claire Farely, Zone Prosecutor
• APD Sgt Gentile
• APD Lt Peeks
• MARTA outreach representatives
• MARTA PD representatives
• GA State Rep Kathy Ashe
• GA State Rep Ralph Long III
• AFD Station 20
• Kevin Bean, Atlanta Director of Code Compliance
• Sullivan Center Executive Director Terry Tucker
• Boy Scout Troop 2010 (based in Capitol View)
• US House of Representatives 5th District candidate Fenn Little
• Representatives from the Allene Ave/Allied Battery Plant project
• NPU-X Economic Committee chair Hakim Young
• GSU programs rep Jen Waters
• GOAL mentors program representatives
• GSU Historic Designation Professior, Dr Richard Laub

-  CVNA officers