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Men Of Midtown DURING TIMES OF CHALLENGES WE FIND INSPIRATION AND HOPE. Working on this issue with Midtown businesses and leaders has shown us so many examples of that. It calls to mind how special this community is and continues to be. We thought there was no better time to talk to our friends at the Midtown Alliance and Kevin Green President & CEO, was insightful and up lifting. He saw the amazing spirit of Midtown emerge from the response of cheers and claps given to Health Care Workers and First Responders by Midtown residents that gained both national and international recognition. Now that is something to be proud of.

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We have worked with businesses that have reached out to support projects like The Giving Kitchen, local residents and volunteers working to supply food to unemployed workers, and long lines for take out to help our local restaurants. Midtown has also shown it's continued support of local charity. The Piedmont Conservancy Annual Landmark Lunch was held digitally with strong support from

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2020

FEATURES 12 Men Of Midtown Commitment and Inspiration

18 Kristian Bush A Glimpse Into His World of Music

28 Spice Up Dads BBQ

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32 Steady Hands Brewing Beer for a Cause

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Landmark Digital Luncheon The Piedmont Park Conservancy held it's annual luncheon digitally this year. Featured was the Future is Green message, keynote speaker Catherine Nagel, Executive Director, City Parks Alliance, Legacy Award winner Laura Turner Seydel, and Green Giant award recipient Georgia-Pacific. The Piedmont Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, raises $3.5 million annually for the upkeep, beautification and programming of historic Piedmont Park.

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Midtown Rotary Virtual Meeting The Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club remains one of the premier Rotary Clubs in the Atlanta area. Committed to “Service Above Self” through community service projects and a greater mutual understanding through fellowship. The weekly lunch meeting at Ansley Golf Club has turned Virtual as they continue to hear to from high-profile speakers and enjoy the company of community-minded professionals.

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CULINARY MEDIA LEADERS UNITE RAISE $25K FOR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS Atlanta Eats TV, a local, Emmy-award winning television show and media company, plus a coalition of Atlanta leaders including companies, food bloggers, media personalities, and lifestyle influencers, came together to support the launch of a social media fundraiser to benefit the awe-inspiring and local nonprofit, Giving Kitchen (GK). This strong team of leaders raised $25,000 from hundreds of donors. Our initial goal was to raise $5,000, but we far surpassed that said Atlanta Eats Founder and Host, Steak Shapiro. "This fundraiser was Phase 1 of what will be an ongoing effort."

PIEDMONT PARK CONSERVANCY HONORS GEORGIA PACIFIC Every year, the Piedmont Park Conservancy select individuals or organizations to honor their outstanding work towards green space, the environment and/or public parks. This year, the Green Giant award was presented to Georgia-Pacific. “Georgia-Pacific is honored to be recognized by the Piedmont Park Conservancy with their Green Giant Award,“ said Curley Dossman, president of The Georgia-Pacific Foundation. “This is a special recognition for our company, especially given our history and ongoing commitment to supporting Atlanta’s parks and green spaces and the importance they contribute to a community’s well-being.”

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ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, AMERICA’S BIGGEST CITIES ARE NOT ONLY STRUGGLING WITH WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE BUT, HOW THEY EVOLVE. The ongoing, curious dialogue between where you are, where you have been, and where you are going is a common struggle in communities across our great country. Thankfully for all of us, Midtown’s growth, evolution, and urbanization is guided carefully by the Midtown Alliance and, thankfully for the legions of people who choose to live and work in Midtown, Kevin Green is right there, guiding the way forward!

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While Kevin freely admits that he did have fun practicing law, ultimately he was looking for a way to turn his career into something that would make the world a better place and improve the environment. In 2000, Kevin made a “clean break” from law and went to work for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of Environmental Policy. While with the chamber Kevin worked to implement initiatives to improve water resource stewardship and helped to create The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District which continues to govern water supply, water quality, and wastewater issues for more than 5 million people in Metro Atlanta. Kevin also served as the executive director for the Clean Air Campaign, a Georgia non-profit working to improve air quality and reduce traffic, before accepting the position of executive director for the Midtown Alliance. 12

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“Every urban district and neighborhood in Atlanta has

next to a hotel, next to an arts and cultural institution next

its own distinct personality, but Midtown really stands

to an urban classroom,” said Kevin. As Midtown continues

out,” said Kevin. The Midtown Alliance “came together

to welcome new business and residential developments,

not only to address public safety and cleanliness, but

Kevin and the Midtown Alliance realize that there also has

the physical improvements of zoning and developing

to be breathing room. “With the amount of new devel-

regulations that would ensure Midtown would thrive and

opment that we are welcoming, we need smaller pocket

get better as it grows.” Today, the Midtown Alliance is

parks throughout our district to give people a place to rest,

a coalition of leading business and community leaders

recreate, and come together.”

governed by a 71-member board whose mission is to

As we begin to move out of these troublesome times,

improve and sustain the quality of life for those who live in

the future of Midtown is clear because the people who live

Midtown, Atlanta. “There are few organizations that have

here continue to rise to the occasion. For Kevin, whether

done more to impact the physical and economic environ-

it is the daily 8:00pm salute to our healthcare workers

ment of the city of Atlanta than the Midtown Alliance,”

and first responders or our willingness to support local

said Kevin; “I have the best job in Atlanta.” Midtown is

businesses who are working to protect their workers and

a walker’s paradise and ‘happy people on foot,” is a key

customers; it is the people of Midtown that make this

indicator of a successful neighborhood. “We owe a big

neighborhood so great! “Even that guy that runs down

debt of gratitude to the city planners that laid the Atlanta

10th Street every afternoon carrying a giant American

street grid back in the 1800’s,” said Kevin.

Flag,” said Kevin, “it’s all food for the soul.”

The urban fabric of Midtown is constantly evolving, “you’ve got a residential building next to an office building,

We o w e a b i g d e b t of grati tude to the cit y planners that laid the Atlanta stree t grid back in t h e 1 8 0 0 ’s .”

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d r. b r o c k p u m p h r e y Dr. Brock Pumphrey, the owner of the Atlanta Center for Advanced Periodontics, Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry in Midtown, with another practice in Roswell, believes the only way to reach your goals is to work hard and never get complacent. When he was in college and worked at a gym, he always heeded the quote that was hanging above the locker room that read “99 yards to go.” “That was their motto, and I always kept that in my mind,” said Dr. Pumphrey. “There’s always work to do, and just when you think you’re about to get a touchdown, life will pop up on you.” With his father being a periodontist and his grandfather being an orthodontist, Dr. Pumphrey said that he has been fortunate to be around dentistry all his life. As he got older, he realized it was a great profession and a wonderful way to serve the community. “I like the fact that periodontics is one of the leading professions in dentistry as far as the research and cutting-edge science go,” he said. “You also get to see patients over the course of their lifetime, which is a great pleasure. There are not a lot of surgery or specialty practices where you have that opportunity.” Dr. Pumphrey lives near Chastain Park with his wife Christina, two children, 7-year-old Brock Jr. and 5-year-old Pierce, and Reggie, their fox red Labrador retriever. Christina handles the marketing, back end financials, and the website for the practice, and actually designed and decorated the Midtown office. “Christina has a vision and a way of doing things that adds her own personal touch,” he said. “I’m blessed to have her there to help me with that, becomes what she does is a full-time job. I wouldn’t be as successful as I am without her.”

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Chef Vagn Nielsen emphasizes unparalleled creativity

at the Hotel Imperial in Copenhagen, one of Europe’s finest

and flexibility when preparing cuisine for Proof of the

hotels, followed by another apprentice at Copenhagen’s

Puddings impressive client roster. With events spanning

Sheraton Hotel. After a year of required military service,

from elegant dinners for former Presidents to picnic fare

Nielsen left Denmark in 1975 on a foreign exchange pro-

for Chastain Park concert-goers and large-scale seated

gram that relocated him to Atlanta. He then went on to

dinners, it’s safe to say Nielsen has a knack for creating

work as a sous chef for Midnight Sun restaurant and was

personalized meals and experiences that maintain an ele-

soon promoted to executive chef. Five years later, Nielsen

vated level of quality and taste “We are quite different from

entered into a joint partnership to run The Anchorage

a restaurant because we must always be prepared for

House in Beaufort, South Carolina, a restored antebellum

something new,” said Nielsen. “One week it’s an outdoor

mansion in the Low-Country specializing in continental

barbecue, and the following surprises you with a dinner for

cuisine. In 1984, he returned to Atlanta to pursue his role

foreign dignitaries or a convention.”

as executive chef for Eats restaurant before ultimately

Nielsen originally began his career in Copenhagen,

joining the Proof of the Pudding family as the company’s

Denmark in a six-year training program at a local culinary

corporate executive chef. In 1990, Nielsen became one of

school. This training led him to a four-year apprenticeship

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re-released them as, The Southern Gravity Complete

us, this is simply not the case when it comes to Kristian

Collection. “They mean something totally different right

Bush and his long list of musical dreams. Kristian formed

now,” said Kristian; “It feels good to open the doors to

his first band, Billy Pilgrim, in Atlanta in the early 1990’s

these songs and to share them.” One of the songs on the

and began performing and recording folk rock music.

album, is a poignant anthem for today’s world. “American

In 2002 he co-founded the Grammy winning band

Dreamers is a special reminder of our collective self-reli-

Sugarland and in 2015 Kristian released his first solo

ance and ability to accomplish the impossible together.”

album. His musical career has taken him all over the

Kristian’s poetic lyrics offer insight into our current global

world and while Kristian Bush is a not a native of Atlanta

call to action and the belief that if you dream it you can

he has made his home in Midtown and from the sound of

make it happen. The album is incredible, and the songs

it, he will not be going anywhere anytime soon.

should be on everyone’s playlist!

After a lengthy quarantine in his house, Kristian started to

Last year Kristian started another band, “I love to have a

go through some old boxes and found a host of memories,

band, because music has a point of view, right?” He went

music, and all of his concert photographs from the Cotton

on to say, “People believe in bands much faster than they

Club. The Cotton Club was a historic concert venue that

believe in people.” Kristian admits that the new band, Dark

was across from the Federal Reserve on Peachtree and

Water, was inspired by songs that were worthy of a place

hosted bands like REM, the B-52s, and 10,000 Maniacs.

on the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty album. Having

It was legendary. Kristian also found several songs that

had fun with the Southern Gravity re-release, Kristian

AMERICAN DREAMERS LYRICS: WE’RE THE ROAR IN THE BLEACHERS, WE’RE THE SOUND OF TOMORROW PUMPING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS LIVING ON SECOND CHANCES RISING UP OUT OF ASHES WE’RE THE DARK HORSE BELIEVERS WE’RE AMERICAN DREAMERS

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looked into his music for songs that had not made it onto pre-

preforming together since 2010. And, then there is Ruby Velle

vious records, and he found them. “These are great songs and

and the Soulphonics, a Southern soul, rhythm and blues band

besides they are all bringing comfort to people. It’s going to be

that has been leaving audiences across the country craving

okay; or, if you need a friend I am here,” are things that everyone

for more of Ruby’s sultry voice. Three completely different

needs to hear these days. “These songs became important to

genres of music, each artist, more incredible than the last.

release,” said Kristian, “Not to be successful but, to release them

There has been a lot going on for everyone one of us lately

so that people can have the music in case they need a blanket.”

and we have all taken a look back in order to prepare for the

Needless to say, Kristian Bush released the songs.

future. “At the beginning of this we were probably as deeply

With all of this pandemic influenced creativity going on

divided as a country can be,” said Kristian. “There is something

these last few months it is hard to imagine that Kristian had

deeply human about what is happening that kind of supersedes

time to listen to music. There is music everywhere and the

the disagreement in attitude.” It is the incredible character of

music that he is listening to is incredible. With super talent

people that allows us to lean on each other in times of need

out of Los Angeles and two incredible bands from Atlanta,

and, while we are still dealing with our new reality, Kristian

the choices for his personal playlist should be on everyone’s

is confidant and very hopeful for our future. “We have been

radar. Muna is a sensational electro pop band comprised of

through worse and made it; we have literally gone through

three women who met in 2013 while attending the University

ashes and we built it back.”

of Southern California. The trio has been recording uplifting,

Kristian, like all of us, is looking forward to getting back to nor-

feel good music ever since. The Larkin Poe Band, an American

mal. There is definitely a trip to South City Kitchen for some fried

roots rock band fronted by sisters Rebecca and Megan

chicken in his future. Thankfully for all of us, there will be some

Lovell, originally from North Georgia, has been recording and

great local, Midtown music, to accompany the dinner!

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COOKS AND SOLDIERS: Upscale restaurant serving Basque tapas & larger shareable portions cooked on a wood-burning grill.

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TUCKED INTO THE BACK CORNER OF AN EMPTY PARKING LOT IN ATLANTA’S EVER-CHANGING WESTSIDE IS A SMALL BREWERY WITH A GIANT PERSONALITY AND A HUGE HEART. Steady Hand Brewery, still a relative new comer to the Atlanta craft beer scene, is making a gigantic impact in our community by giving. For the brothers behind the brewery, the coin of the realm is beer and there is good intention being poured everywhere. Brain Sullivan, Steady Hand’s brewmaster, who’s roots are in the kitchen feels a deep connection to the culinary world here in Atlanta. Partnering with the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance (GOCA) and Les Dames d’Escoffier International- Atlanta Chapter to host a participating chef appreciation dinner for this year’s 10th Annual Shaken, Not Stirred Gala was an eye-opening experience for Brian. This little dinner shined light on a clever opportunity, rooted in partnership and community, to benefit everyone. “Our main goals with GOCA,” said Sullivan, “were to bring people together, highlight a cause, do some good for our community, and to drink some really good beer” After learning that GOCA had to cancel their annual fundraiser as a result of the global corona virus pandemic, Brian instinctively knew that he had to do more for his new group of friends! The brewery had already agreed to a Steady Hand ‘Brewers Package’ for a group of ten for the silent auction at this year’s gala but now; things were very different. “After listening to and hearing about the difficulties that

BREWING BEER FOR A CAUSE

those women had faced, it was easy to see that we had to do more,” said Sullivan. What GOCA had provided to women throughout Georgia was incredible, Steady Hand instinctively knew what they had to do. “We make great beer,” said Sullivan, and making great beer for a great cause seemed like a natural thing to do!” Steady Hand Brewery, known for their delicious lagers, ales, and stouts is also an industry leader when it comes to the incredible artistic design of their cans and packaging! Brain said, “Steady Hand is going to be producing the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance CONTINUED >

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT (CONTINUED) (GOCA) beer, the first real charity beer in Atlanta; we are so excited about this partnership.” This new beer will be sold in cleverly designed cans as well as draft that will be served on tap at the brewery. The beer, which will probably be a “hoppy saison”, is in development now. Everyone involved with the project is delighted that GOCA’s logo is going to be included in the artwork. Steady Hand is also planning on releasing the beer for draft sales in local restaurants encouraging everyone everywhere to participate in a give-back program for this organization. “Everyone needs to try this beer, we are very excited about this partnership with GOCA.” “Hold Steady” is a motto for Steady Hand Brewery and in these uncertain times it is important for Brian to let everyone know he’s going to continue on making great beer and supporting others. The brewery is planning a series of responsibly distanced fundraising events benefitting the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance once our world gets a little more back to normal as well as being a big part of the GOCA upcoming virtual fundraiser. At the end of the day Brian’s dedication to the community and his continued support of GOCA throughout these most difficult times makes him a true hero in the eyes of everyone!

Midtown Lifestyle | June 2020

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