The L5P Alliance has had an incredible 1st year! Thank you to everyone who volunteers and supports our efforts. We’ve accomplished a lot since December of 2018 when we had our launch party at the L5 Corner Tavern. Since then, we’ve established our bylaws and foundation for the organization. We even had our first board of directors election! Check out the highlights of our busy year.
Read MoreIt's been almost 1 YEAR since our Launch Party in December 2018!
NOW- WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE IDEAS + WE HAVE PROGRESS TO SHARE!
The L5P Alliance invites you to join us to celebrate, hear about our progress, share ideas and see where we're going! Food | Drinks | Community | Free | Everyone Welcome
Read MoreWe want your Little 5 Points Halloween Festival and Parade photos! No matter your age, skill or the year you took the photo, calling all lovers of this iconic event.
Join us for our 2nd Annual L5P HALLOWEEN PHOTO CONTEST until December 31st, 2019. Free to submit your photos of former L5P Halloween Festival and Parades. All skill and age levels welcome. 20+ lucky photographers will be chosen by a community panel of judges to have their photo enlarged for display on L5P store windows for the entire month of October as a part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival.
Read MoreWe had an AMAZING First Annual L5P Halloween Window Exhibit Opening thanks to merchants, artists, volunteers, neighbors, friends and lovers of L5P. The opening was a part of ACP Fest and it kicked off the new L5PA initiative, Weird Wednesdays.
CONGRATS! Photographer Erin Hadjidakis won the Fan Favorite Award. She will be receiving the L5P sculpture from R. Land!
Beautify L5P is the effort of The Little 5 Points Alliance to bring back the FUNK to L5P with ART by removing the TRASH!
The L5P Alliance has hired Georgia Works to pick up trash in L5P TWO TIMES A WEEK! Look for the men in blue shirts! “REMOVE STICKERS & ADD ART” project to address unsightly visual clutter and inject more of what Little 5 Points is known for- art, culture, a little bit of funk, creativity and being a unique destination that everyone loves!
Read MoreThe Little 5 Points Alliance, a 501 c(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to infrastructure improvements, public safety, beautification and activation of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhood commercial district and most LOVED arts and cultural destination.
Do you love Little 5 Points? If so, show us some LOVE by donating on a monthly, quarterly, annual or one time showering of affection. All donations are tax deductible.
Read MoreLEGACY BUSINESSES OFFER A BRAND NEW VIEW THIS OCTOBER IN ATLANTA’S BEST SHOPPING DISTRICT
ATLANTA, Georgia 一 The Little Five Points Alliance (L5PA) presents the First Annual L5P Window Exhibit featuring larger-than-life photographs of the Little 5 Points Festival and Parade’s history on over 20 L5P merchant windows. The free exhibit opening begins on October 9, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Little 5 Points Pharmacy, 484 Moreland Ave NE. The exhibit will be on display the entire month of October as part of the 21st Annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Fest.
This is a Request for Proposals For The Little Five Points Smart Mobility Improvement Project. from The Little 5 Points Community Improvement District and the Little 5 Points Alliance.
RespoRespond to: Joseph Hacker, Mobility Co-Chair, mobilty@l5pa.com by October 11, 2019 by 5:00pm in PDF form.
Proposal Schedule:
RFP Questions: Due by Thursday September 26, 2019 5:00pm
RFP Response to Questions: Sent to all by Friday, October 4, 2019 5:00pm
Final Bids: Friday October 11, 2019 EOD 5:00pm
Include Qualifications with Relevant Experience, Team and Specific Terms
ADDENDUM: 9.20.19 This project can not exceed $275,000. ($190,000 Renew Atlanta TSPLOST + $100,000 ARC LCI Grant minus $15,000 admin fee)
The Office of Mobility Planning launched #ScootSmart, an education campaign to inform city employees, partner organizations,and the public about safe ways to ride and park shareable scooters and bikes. Check out the kick-off video!
You could be fined up to $1K for riding a scooter on a sidewalk
Read MoreSidewalk cafes have become commonplace in urban areas around the country and Atlanta is making plans to allow them. The plan has support from the head of the city’s leading pedestrian group, who views outdoor seating as enlivening streetscapes.
Although sidewalk cafes would reduce pedestrian access to sidewalks, the trade-off is worth it – unlike the trade-off for scooters, which endanger folks who use sidewalks when the scooters are operated by irresponsible riders, Sally Flocks, president and CEO of PEDS, said Thursday.
“Having outdoor cafes is a positive, in terms of having a community feeling and a friendly environment, and having people to smile at when you walk by,” Flocks said.
Read MoreLITTLE 5 POINTS WILL TRANSFORM WINDOWS INTO ART FOR ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY: OCTOBER 2019
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS OF FORMER FESTIVALS!
The Little 5 Points Alliance will hold its 1st Annual L5P HALLOWEEN PHOTO CONTEST from July 1- August 1st. Submit your photos of former L5P Halloween Parade and Festivals. All skill and age levels welcome. 20 lucky photographers will be chosen by a community panel of judges to have their photo enlarged for display on L5P store windows for the entire month of October as a part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival.
Little Five Points Community Improvement District
Grant amount: $100,000
The Little Five Points CID, in cooperation with the city of Atlanta, will develop a plan to redesign Euclid Avenue through the area’s commercial district from Austin Avenue to Moreland Avenue, focusing on pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, wayfinding, greenspace and green infrastructure, technology-based parking management, and other smart city technologies.
Read MoreJoin long-time Candler Park residents and Little Five Points champions Don Bender and Kelly Jordan on a walking conversation about the revitalization efforts in the district from the 1970s to present day. PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS FREE EVENT
Read MoreBeautify L5P is the effort of The Little 5 Points Alliance to remove stickers and graffiti that we call “vertical trash” from street poles, signal boxes, back flow preventers and other metal surfaces throughout the public spaces of Little 5 Points.
Read MoreThe Little 5 Points Community Improvement District (L5PCID) submitted a Livable Center Initiative (LCI) supplemental grant application with Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) on Friday, March 29, 2019.
The supplemental grant was for The Little Five Points Smart Mobility Improvement Project with a Study Project Cost of $315,000.
Read MoreThe final design plans for the Findley Plaza redesign passed the Urban Design Commission on March 14th. Now, the designs go into the City of Atlanta’s procurement process where contractors will bid for the project. We hope the process will yield a contractor to start in June.
Read MoreThe Little 5 Points Alliance held a community engagement meeting on Thursday, February 27th at the Marianna Room of the Wrecking Bar Brewpub. The focus was mobility and place making. 38 attendees from Inman Park, Candler Park, businesses from L5P and all those who wanted to help envision new, improved MOBILITY IN L5P together!
PURPOSE OF MEETING: Participate in updating the vision for mobility related issues in Little 5 Points and learn about the most recent transportation projects affecting Little 5 Points.
Read MoreA letter from the Little 5 Points Community Improvement District board chair, Anna Foote:
Little 5 Points is on the cusp of some exciting changes, and I want to make sure you are the first to know. Over the past several years, your CID Board has volunteered thousands of hours of their personal time to lead vital projects and lay the foundation for the improvements coming in L5P. So much has been bubbling below the surface, and now, in a very short period, this dedication will help deliver the greatest transformation L5P has seen in decades!
Read MoreIt’s impossible to miss the counterculture energy that thrives within the colorful buildings in Atlanta’s iconic Little Five Points.
Brick buildings that house quirky businesses, vintage shops, diverse restaurants and three theatre companies. You’ll notice bright murals, hand-painted business signs, unique logos and a lot of color; colorful walls, colorful hair, colorful clothes. photo by Evey Wilson
Read MoreFebruary marks the beginning of committee meetings for the new unified organization of Little 5 Points. The board of directors made great use of January by planning two upcoming committee meetings as well as ongoing efforts on the Findley Plaza redesign project with the L5PCID.
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