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Summerhill rallies to keep Atlanta's 1996 Olympic cauldron in the neighborhood

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:05:00 -0400

Summerhill residents and business owners are organizing Sunday to oppose a plan to relocate Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic cauldron from the neighborhood to Centennial Olympic Park, arguing that the monument is inseparable from the place it has marked for three decades.

The rally is scheduled for 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at the Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation House. Organizers have also circulated an online petition that had collected nearly 2,000 signatures by Sunday morning, according to Atlanta News First.

Buckhead Heritage partners on $100,000 renovation of 115-year-old E. Rivers Lodge

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0400

Buckhead Heritage announced Monday a $100,000 partnership to renovate the E. Rivers Lodge, a 115-year-old wooden structure along Peachtree Creek that has long been hidden behind a chain-link fence and overgrown vegetation.

The lodge, built in 1911 by one of Buckhead’s founding families, is one of the oldest standing structures in the neighborhood. It has been used in recent decades for storage and has fallen into disrepair, with a sagging porch, rotting floorboards and water damage throughout.

Buckhead's E. Rivers Lodge renovation project kicks off with public tour

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Buckhead Heritage hosted a public tour of the 115-year-old E. Rivers Lodge on Monday morning to mark the start of a $100,000 renovation project that will restore the wooden structure for community use.

About 40 residents attended the tour, which was led by Buckhead Heritage president Wright Mitchell. The group walked the lodge’s sagging porch, examined the original timber framing, and learned about the building’s history as one of Buckhead’s oldest standing structures.