THE BEST DEAL IN

BUCKHEAD

RETURNS FOR 2025

The MPNCA 2025 Membership Drive is underway! Enjoy the benefits of belonging, which include access to the MPNCA website and membership directory, regular security reports, and most importantly, security patrol (including vacation house checks) by our own team of off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers. All these benefits and more make the MPNCA “The best deal in Buckhead!"

To renew or update your membership, log into your profile on the MPNCA website with your email address on file, enter your password, and follow prompts to renew or join.

Don't know your password?  Reset it here:

New members, please email membership@mtparannorthside.com to be put into the system.

OR

Send a check payable to "MPNCA" for $375.00 to:

Mt Paran-Northside Citizens Association
1266 W Paces Ferry Rd. Box 304
Atlanta, GA 30327

If you have any questions, please contact membership@mtparannorthside.com

The Conservation Fund buys 30-acre Buckhead estate for $13.5 million

A national leader in land conservation efforts has acquired the former home of a late renowned Atlanta artist.

Arlington, Virginia-based The Conservation Fund, in partnership with the City of Atlanta, closed on Lucinda Bunnen’s 30-acre Buckhead estate on Oct. 22, in an attempt to preserve a large stretch of forest inside one of Atlanta's most extensively developed neighborhoods.

The nonprofit purchased the property for $13.5 million.

Bonneau Ansley, founder and chairman of Ansley Real Estate Christie’s International, listed the estate on behalf of Bunnen’s family.

The transaction is Atlanta’s priciest residential land sale in 2024, according to First Multiple Listing Service data.

Bunnen was a nationally renowned photographer and philanthropist who left an indelible mark on Atlanta’s arts community.

She and her husband, Bob, first purchased five acres for their home on Randall Mill Road in 1956 and gradually expanded their property over the subsequent decades.

The home itself spans more than 7,000 square feet and features a photographic darkroom, seven bedrooms, five full bathrooms and one half bath, per a listing from Ansley Real Estate.
Additional amenities include a tennis court, swimming pool, 2-mile walking trail circling the estate and easy access to Nancy Creek, which flows through the property.

Bunnen’s work is displayed inside some of the most frequented art museums in the country, including the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

She curated countless exhibitions showcasing her work throughout her decades-long career and received honors from the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. She died in 2022.

Bunnen’s family first listed the Buckhead property for $15 million in 2023.

Now, just over a year later, The Conservation Fund is acquiring the estate to honor Bunnen’s legacy and protect the land from potential deforestation driven by future development.

“Our mother, Lucinda, loved this land so much and would’ve been delighted by the Conservation Fund and city’s initiative to preserve it,” said Bunnen’s children in a prepared joint statement.
Stacy Funderburke, regional vice president and Georgia state director of The Conservation Fund, said in a prepared statement that the Bunnen estate will be the largest park addition that the organization has acquired in Buckhead in the 20 years that it has operated in Atlanta.

The city is slated to assume ownership of the estate in 2025, after which future plans for the property will be confirmed, Tucker Sarkisian, an agent with Ansley Real Estate, told Atlanta Business Chronicle.

The Conservation Fund and the City of Atlanta will need to raise an additional $3.4 million to permanently protect the estate. The nonprofit will continue working with the city government and other partners over the next several months to secure the necessary funding.

TCF Ways to Give_Bunnen.pdf

Community Meeting with Mayor Dickens

Board member Fred Meyer participated in a community meeting with Mayor Dickens on October 16th. The meeting was attended by about 20 local community members and 15 members of the mayor’s staff. Mayor Dickens addressed several items of interest, ranging from a 20-year comprehensive development plan for the city to problems with the aging water supply system to sewer issues that erupted when Hurricane Helene moved through the region last month.  Several members of his staff weighed in on questions from community members and provided candid answers to challenging questions.  Fred spoke one-on-one with the mayor and presented him with a one-page document outlining three primary concerns of our members which included 911 service, police presence in our area, and the condition of our roads.

Road Repair on Harris Trail

After almost a year and a sustained series of efforts on the part of MPNCA President Sally Riker, repairs to Harris Trail are finally complete. During the substantial rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Helene, a significant part of the road surface eroded, requiring a rebuild of the drainage structure, curbing, and culvert headwall. Thanks to Sally for her tireless work on behalf of our neighborhood, and thanks to our residents for your patience during the repair process.

Membership Drive 

2025 Membership Drive is Under Way!

It’s time to renew/join the MPNCA for 2025… The Best Deal in Buckhead!

Benefits of membership:

Safety

• We employ off-duty Atlanta Police officers and maintain a patrol car with various patrol hours for our area, typically around 70 hours per week
• Direct number and email to security patrol
• Out-of-town monitoring – upon request, our officers will check your property daily with a walk around and bring in boxes, mail or newspapers
• We maintain strong communications channels and neighborhood interaction with Atlanta and Sandy Springs Police, Fire, and Emergency Services departments
• An active security committee monitoring neighborhood activity
• Timely security newsletter with updates on local crime statistics

Advocacy

• We maintain strong relationships with our elected representatives and commissioners from the Cities of Atlanta and Sandy Springs as well as Fulton County
• We provide strong representation on Neighborhood Planning Unit A, and the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods, and have a Sandy Springs Board Member Representative
•  A board that monitors the actions of local government for decisions that affect our area and our residents

Community

• MPNCA online membership directory
• MPNCA annual meeting
•  Maintains email grid and website.
• Organizes seminars and forums on timely issues
• Neighborhood events and socials

Joining (or renewing!) is easy:

Log into your account at  https://mtparannorthside.com/Sys/Profile to pay by credit card. If you do not have an account, please email membership@mtparannorthside.com to be put in the database.

OR

Send a check payable to “MPNCA” for $375 to:

Mt Paran-Northside Citizens Association
P.O. Box 1266 W. Paces Ferry Rd.
Box 304
Atlanta, GA 30327

Please include your full name(s), street address, and email address for membership correspondence.

Please send any related questions to membership@mtparannorthside.com.

Safety and Security Update 

Security Report for September 2024  

Mount Paran recorded 0 reported crimes this month, compared to 1 crime reported in September 2023 (theft from a vehicle). 

• Our Officers performed 781 house checks in September
• The Security Patrol worked 345 hours 
• Our neighborhood APD-identified security vehicle was out of service all month necessitating that our officers used their own vehicles for patrol.

Vacation House Checks

If you are an MPNCA member and would like the MPNCA Security Patrol to keep an eye on your home while you are out of town, please call or text 404-538-8946 or email security@mtparannorthside.com.  

This service is only available to members of the MPNCA.  

To join the MPNCA, email  membership@mtparannorthside.com