Not in Buckhead?? Don't use the Buckhead name!! (Atlanta, Sandy Springs: associations, housing)

[chiatldal]

Originally Posted by FlyiMetro

This is AWESOME! You gotta love the Uptown snobs. This is interesting.

OMG we agree on something! well at least on the bolded phrase.

At first I was siding with the buckhead coalition but then. From the OP's AJC link

"I don't know what their official legal standing would be," said David Stellwagen, founder of Buckhead Coffee in Lawrenceville. "They're not an incorporated city. It's like saying Hollywood Video can't sell videos anywhere other than Hollywood, or that there can't be a Boston Market anywhere but Boston. I think they're going to have a hard time."

And

“Some business owners also pointed out there is a Georgia town called Buckhead, and officials there haven't called to complain and demand alterations. Those same officials were not readily available for comment Wednesday.”

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by ajjam

What do you guys think of Sam Massell and his push to make Buckhead this more exclusive? Businesses that are not officially within the Buckhead boarders (as set by ARC) who use Buckhead in their name must change their name. Read this article it is very interesting.

Buckhead group gets territorial about area's cachet *| ajc.com

From a marketing standpoint I can see why they would want this. But why would using the name in businesses outside the area hinder the "Buckhead brand"?

That seems silly to me. If Simon wanted to put shopping downtown and call it Lenox II, what's wrong with that? Why couldn't you have Alpharetta Coffee in midtown or Peachtree City?

Besides, Buckhead isn't particularly tony or snooty these days. Granted there are some major businesses in the office buildings, but as far as the people who live there it's no different from the rest of the city. And certainly the people who party, dine and shop there come from all over town.

[sjuraud]

What about the city of Buckhead?
Can the neighborhood sue the city and vice-versa?

Buckhead, GA 30625

[SDFER]

Originally Posted by ajjam

What do you guys think of Sam Massell and his push to make Buckhead this more exclusive? Businesses that are not officially within the Buckhead boarders (as set by ARC) who use Buckhead in their name must change their name. Read this article it is very interesting.

[URL="http://www.ajc.com/business/buckhead-group-gets-territorial-561363.html"]Buckhead group gets territorial about area's cachet *| ajc.com[/URL]

From a marketing standpoint I can see why they would want this. But why would using the name in businesses outside the area hinder the "Buckhead brand"?

To be quite frank, Buckhead is losing its class-stratified luster. When Milton county comes to be that will be the start of the end of what we have known as Buckhead. It will still be nice, but not able to withstand the sinking titanic that is downtown Atlanta.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by SDFER

To be quite frank, Buckhead is losing its class-stratified luster.

LOL, no it isn't.

Originally Posted by SDFER

When Milton county comes to be that will be the start of the end of what we have known as Buckhead.

Never going to happen. Even Sam Massell is against that dumb idea:
“Mayor Of Buckhead” Not Keen On Milton

But with Massell favoring the status quo for Fulton, he now finds himself squarely aligned with those at both City Hall as well as those in the Fulton County Government complex.

Time will allow a proper measure of the seismic nature of this shift, but as of now, Buckhead’s power center is aligned with Fulton, and not the folks North of the Chattahoochee.

Originally Posted by SDFER

It will still be nice, but not able to withstand the sinking titanic that is downtown Atlanta.

Sinking titanic that is downtown Atlanta? Wuh? Hahahaha

[AcidSnake]

I'm hearing that a lot of the super wealthy in the U.S. are moving to Greene County, Ga. Check this link out by Forbes.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/14/whe...migration.html

Originally Posted by SDFER

To be quite frank, Buckhead is losing its class-stratified luster. When Milton county comes to be that will be the start of the end of what we have known as Buckhead. It will still be nice, but not able to withstand the sinking titanic that is downtown Atlanta.

[janet45]

Wow! That is absurd. Why try to do something like this? It only divides the city. We are Atlanta. Since when is Buckhead a city?? I mean, it is, but not here! Not sure why this is necessary.

[arjay57]

You know this nonsense won't happen. It's just somebody's misguided marketing idea. The Buckhead Coalition should be delighted that their name is considered a PR plus.

[janet45]

I hope you are right. I don't get the "Buckhead is best mentality". When my friends say "where did you move" and I tell them, they say "but Buckhead is the place to be". They have no clue.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by janet45

I don't get the "Buckhead is best mentality". When my friends say "where did you move" and I tell them, they say "but Buckhead is the place to be". They have no clue.

Well, there's no doubt that Buckhead is one of the most successful and diverse parts of the city but it's silly to try to "copyright" a generic term like that. If the folks at Perimeter wanted to start calling Ashford Dunwoody the Midtown Mile why shouldn't they?