Support Emory Village
Why Support Emory Village Alliance?
To Our Neighbors and Friends,
Emory Village businesses have come back to life, and we applaud those who used creativity and tenacity to survive the pandemic, as well as the neighbors who supported them.
What is Emory Village Alliance?
The Emory Village Alliance is a volunteer group of community members, businesspersons, and university faculty, staff and students committed to the vitality of the Village. Our strategies include environmental protection, maintenance, sustainability, asset enhancement, and community organizing.
The Village is a great place to Eat, Play, and Live. Last year, Kathy Roberts of Roberts Design Studio helped reimagine our image in a color graphic brand that anchors our new website (emoryvillage.org) and street banners. The new website will keep you, our neighbors, better informed about what’s happening in the Village and help promote Village business.
We work with property owners to attract businesses that require direct contact between proprietors and customers. We’re coordinating with them about security in parking lots by improving signage and raising awareness to not leave anything visible in your car.
EVA is excited to see that Savi Provisions will soon open in the old Everybody’s/Slice & Pint space. Savi’s owners told the property owner that our work was instrumental in their decision to locate in the Village! New businesses that have recently opened include Sweetgreen and Cava, Sankranti, and The Studio Pilates has expanded. Going forward, we hope to attract new businesses like a bike shop or small hardware store.
To make it feasible for desirable users to locate to the Village, we revised theOverlay Ordinance which governs our 11-acre district. Changes focus on allowing flexibility for a mix of uses while upholding quality design standards.
Events
In October 2023, we celebrated our Eleventh Annual Open Streets Emory Village during which we closed closed South Oxford for the street party. It was great to see many people of all ages marching and dancing in the street again on a beautiful Sunday afternoon! Our music garden (5 bands!) with food, beer, and wine for purchase was a hit! Next year expect even better!
On November 28, 2023 we will flip the switch for new holiday lights in the Emory Village Plaza. We’ll celebrate with a “Light Up the Village” benefit at Double Zero. Then in April 2024, we plan to bring more music to the Village with a live concert. And we’re working with SouthFork Conservancy to make Peavine Creek more accessible through our Peavine Creek Improvement Project.
Our events and improvements in the Village require tens of thousands of dollars, and your contributions are very important to match other funding sources. We are funded primarily by our neighbors and friends, but rarely by businesses in the Village.
Help us keep the public spaces within the Village vibrant, well-maintained and actively programmed, so that businesses may flourish and return to normalcy. With your support, the Village will become an even more sought-after place to eat, play and live!
Please show your support with a financial contribution or by joining our volunteer organization of energized change-makers.
It’s easy to donate today-just click on the “Donate” button. If you prefer to make your gift by check (payable to Emory Village Alliance), mail it to
Emory Village Alliance
PO Box 15185
Atlanta GA 30333.
We welcome donations of any size. Whether you contribute $10 or $10,000, your generosity will help create a lasting legacy for our neighborhood. Emory Village Alliance (dba the Alliance to Improve Emory Village) is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Thank you,
Todd Hill, ASLA, LEED AP
Emory Village Alliance, Chair of the Board
Interested in Volunteering?
Plan or participate in events in the Village, show up for biannual work days, serve on the Board of Directors, share your musical, communications, artistic, social media savvy, fundraising, or other talents. You can help EVA continue to shape the historic center of Druid Hills into a safe and welcoming gathering place.
Contact us at eva@emoryvillage.org