L5P Alliance Annual Celebration:
People Make the Place

THANK YOU!

Thanks to those who joined the Little 5 Points Alliance on Sunday, August 13 at 7 Stages Theatre to celebrate the People Who Make the Place. It was a fun evening with a variety awards show including Dad’s Garage improv, live music by Kameron Corvet, and spoken word artist Theresa Davis.  Honorees shared moving stories about their love for the Little 5 Points community and how important it is to honor those who have been such a critical part of it. The event was sponsored by ChadSells.com along with over 30 independent businesses and longtime supporters, and the L5P Alliance raised $25,000 to fund initiatives in mobility, public safety and arts.

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2023 Awardees

Don Bender Legacy Award In recognition of an individual who has demonstrated a legacy commitment to the sustainability, promotion, and invigoration of Little 5 Points.

Linda Bryant   Co-Founder, Sara Luce Look and Angela Gabriel Co-Owners of Charis Books & More

Errol “E.R.” Anderson Executive Director of Charis Circle

Charis Books & More is the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore, celebrating radical and independent voices in the heart of the South since 1974! Originally located in Little Five Points, Charis is now in Decatur, GA and is also the school store partner for Agnes Scott College. Together with their non-profit programming partner, Charis Circle (founded in 1996), Charis Books & More fosters sustainable feminist communities, works for social justice, and encourages the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. Charis' previous honors include awards from the Human Rights Campaign, Georgia Voice, Creative Loafing, and the Feminist Women's Health Center. Charis has twice been honored to be a grand marshall at Atlanta Pride.  Charis Books & More was awarded the We Need Diverse Books Bookseller of the Year in 2017, was a Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year Finalist in 2021, and in June 2023, received the Publishing Professional Award from Lambda Literary.

Since 1974, Charis has been making history with all of you. As we build towards our 50th anniversary next year in 2024, we celebrate where we have been, and where we are all going, and we ask you to invest in being a bigger part of that future.”


UPlift Award  In recognition of a resident, organization, elected official, property owner, or business owner that shows above and beyond commitment to the betterment and future of L5P.  

Darryl Harris   Owner of Moods Music

Over the last 22 years, Darryl Harris, owner of Moods Music went from having a booth in the L5P bazaar at 1130 Euclid Avenue to owning THREE storefronts across the street at 1131 Euclid Avenue NE. Moods Music supports TEN independent black-owned businesses featuring not only the best, hard to find LPs, CDs, and Moods T-shirts, but also a natural hair salon, multiple jewelry designers, crystals, insense, oils and a weekend coffee shop.

Moods Music initially established its name through the making of music compilations, but because of the increasing demand for good music, Moods has evolved into the very popular, one-stop, must-shop lifestyle store in Atlanta. “Moods caters to a certain demographic but are not limited to people that love music as much as I do,” according to the owner, Darryl Harris. “People appreciate the fact that we don’t sell mainstream music. We specialize in what you don’t see and hear about every day. This is what sets us apart from any other music store in the world. We take that 'straight no chaser' approach when it comes to music.”


“In Memoriam” In recognition of those who were integral to the development of modern L5P who are no longer with us. 

Pam Majors, Junkman’s Daughter

You will not find anything like this place back home. No, SERIOUSLY, you will NOT find anything like the Junkman's Daughter, Atlanta's Alternative Super Store, anywhere except here in the edgy; well, over-the-edge neighborhood of Little Five Points.

It all began in 1982, when Pam Majors, who really is the daughter of a Junkman, rented a 1,000 square-foot storefront at 1130 Euclid Avenue. She filled it with tchotchkes and dead stock from her parents 40 year accumulation of stuff, and began adding her own take on weird and wonderful. Her eye for the bizarre but beautiful drew everyone from neighborhood folk, artists, musicians and trendsetters who were obviously followed many celebrities! In Dec of 2016 we lost our beloved Pam. However, the Junkman's saga continues under the ownership of her son, Moss Mills.

Voted one of the 25 Best Independent stores in America, Junkman's is now celebrating their 41st anniversary, and has grown to 10,000 square-feet at 464 Moreland Ave NE! The store is crammed full with far-out fashions, groovy accessories for men and women, unique and unusual gifts, housewares from around the world, cool collectibles, retro knick-knacks, toys, books you will never find at Borders, and a fully stocked tobacco shop. Climb the 20-foot red high-heeled staircase and check out the fabulous shoe department. Want to win that Halloween contest this year? Junkman's has the most irreverent and original wigs, masks and costumes in town.


Thomas Taylor, Stratosphere Skateboards

Thomas Taylor opened Stratosphere Skateboards in 1986 on Euclid Avenue across the street from The Bizzare. His passion was skateboarding and his family. He helped thousands of kids pursue the sport and was the driving force in creating the Historic Fourth Ward Skate Park. Since then it has worked to support the Atlanta area skate scene. Stratosphere is 100% skater owned and operated and is one of the oldest family owned skate shops in the country. Get to know Thomas through the words of those who love him in this Thrasher article.


John Sweet, Community Activist

In 1971, law student John Sweet bought four dilapidated houses on Elizabeth Street in Inman Park. He wanted only one, but the absentee landlord insisted that it was all four or nothing. And so began John’s love affair for the Inman Park and Little 5 Points communities. John encouraged friends to invest in the area but many struggled to get home loans in the debilitated in-town environment, so John and his friend Stan Wyse pooled $54 between them and started the BOND Community Federal Credit Union. John became very influential in local politics holding the District 2 seat on Atlanta City Council and also supporting and coaching many progressive candidates along the way including John Lewis, state Senator Mary Margaret Oliver, and state representatives Stephanie Stuckey and Stacey Abrams. John served on the boards of dozens of progressive nonprofits and was active in representing injured workers’ denied benefits by their employer, taking on cases no other lawyer would. John set the standard for community activism in Inman Park and Atlanta, and Little 5 Points wouldn’t be the same community without him.


Spirit of L5P Award Nominated by the community, this award is given to a person or place that truly exemplifies the L5P spirit. Stay tuned for information on upcoming nominations! WINNER: Seed & Feed Marching Abominable


2022 Awardees: Judy & Don Bender, Craig McDonald of BOND Credit Union and Ira Katz of L5P Pharmacy

Little 5 Points Alliance areas of focus:

Mobility & Placemaking - bike racks, benches, and beginning the $3M Euclid Ave improvements

Public Safety - APD appreciation, improved lighting, helping those experiencing homelessness, regular clean-ups, additional APD patrols

Arts & Culture- Peace Wall Mural, development of an arts plan for the district, programming on the plazas

Last year we raised $22,000. The funds assisted the L5P Alliance in moving our priorities of Mobility & Placemaking, Arts & Culture, and Public Safety. Here’s how it’s been utilized:

  • building a partnership with the Gateway Center to provide services to the unhoused population. 

  • supporting Georgia Works and their weekly cleanups throughout the district as well as improved landscaping of tree wells 

  • hiring off duty APD officers to work weekends

  • hosting an APD Appreciation event in partnership with other Zone 6 safety groups 

  • working with Trees Atlanta to plant new trees on Moreland and Euclid Ave

  • facilitating monthly clean-ups with volunteers, and more

Our goal for 2023 is $32,000

In the coming months we will be creating an updated Seminole Avenue “Peace Mural,” placing new bike racks throughout the district, and developing a process with the city to start the $3M Euclid Avenue improvements.


THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 SPONSORS