| The National Association of Home
Builders has awarded the Parc at Buckhead, a new, elegant
Atlanta apartment development, the "Best of 50+ Housing
Award for Congregate-Independent Living for 2007," and
it is easy to understand why. This elegant, high-end,
55+ complex promises to offer many of the same services as a
world-class hotel, including a 24-hour valet and concierge
service and weekly linen and housekeeping service, making
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Residents find plenty to do at the Parc as there are
two full time club directors in charge of scheduling lectures,
educational classes, bridge and drama clubs, tai chi classes,
wellness programs, social hours, craft projects and ballroom
dancing. Amenities include an elegant dining room, a
bistro cafe, terraced gardens, a state-of-the-art business center, a
library with a fireplace, a fitness center, a cocktail lounge, a
three-lane lap pool, a media center and a gorgeous lobby with a baby
grand piano. Continental breakfast and daily choice of lunch
or dinner are standard (two executive chefs are on staff), and scheduled
local transportation is available. Parc at Buckhead does not,
however, provide assisted living or health care.
The Buckhead neighborhood is an old money section of
Atlanta, full of gracious homes, fine restaurants, theaters, parks,
upscale shopping centers, cozy cafes and elegant hotels. A few
years ago the area was having problems with too many young partiers,
but the city cracked down and many bars closed. Now the
neighborhood, located 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta, is known as the
"playground for the city's elite
cosmopolitans." Two stylish shopping malls, the
Phipps Plaza (Saks, Versace, Barneys, Tiffanys) and the Lenox Square
Mall (Bloomingdale's, Pottery Barn, Burberry), are just down the
street from The Parc, and the new free Buc is a shuttle bus that
runs throughout the neighborhood.
Atlanta receives 4 to 5 inches of precipitation per
month and has an average relative humidity of 72%. Night time
July temperatures dip into the high 60s and low 70s, and daytime
highs can reach the 90s. Winters are mild with night time lows
in the 30s and daytime temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
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