About PHCA

Over 50 Years of Volunteer Service

After the Northeast Expressway (I-85) was built in the 1950s, the community known as Piedmont Heights began to experience encroaching commercial development, rezoning, and other problems related to Atlanta’s growth. To combat these problems, a group of homeowners met at Rock Spring Presbyterian Church in the fall of 1956 to form a civic organization to protect the vitality and beauty of our neighborhood as a residential area. At the first meeting on October 12, 1956, a Board of Directors was elected and a chairman was selected.  The “Piedmont Heights Civic Club” was born.  Six years later, a Charter of Corporation was granted by the Fulton County Superior Court.  Thereafter, the club was known as the Piedmont Heights Civic Club, Inc.

The annual meeting of the membership and a family picnic were the setting for the dedication of Monroe Park in May 1961. The new park was created from a parcel of land donated by Stein Printing Company (now Monroe Place Apartments) to serve as a buffer zone between the residential and industrial areas at the end of Lebanon Drive and Gotham Way. The park is now called Gotham Way Park, since the entrance is at the end of that street. It’s a popular place for our residents to enjoy its open, grassy field for play, picnics, and exercise.    

Since its inception, the goals of the Piedmont Heights Civic Association, as it is now called, have been to maintain a livable and desirable community.  The PHCA provides a means for the expression of ideas, acts as a liaison between the community and the government, and works to promote friendliness and cooperation among neighbors. 


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Piedmont Heights Civic Association
1579 Monroe Dr. NE, Ste. F307
Atlanta, GA 30324

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