Clothing boutique Lexie and Jane has opened at 516 E. Paces Ferry Rd. in Buckhead. Offering sophisticated, hip and casual clothing accessories, designers for the spring/summer collections include Sanctuary, Dolce Vita, Rails, Trovata, Saint Grace, Shoshanna, Fabulous and Broke, Chan Luu, Diana Warner, Ted Rossi and more. For information: (678) 488-2852 or www.lexieandjane.com.
Junior Achievement of Georgia will honor Rene Diaz, president and CEO of Diaz Foods, and Stan Kasten, former president of the Atlanta Braves, at the 21st annual JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 13, at The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead. The evening will include the Laureate Induction Ceremony, dinner, silent auction, cocktail reception and an auction. Proceeds from this black-tie event will help Junior Achievement of Georgia provide its entrepreneurship, personal financial literacy and workforce readiness programs to the 88,700 students it serves in the metro Atlanta area. Individual tickets are $250, and table sponsorships start at $3,500. For more information and tickets: www.georgia.ja.org.
Home furnishing store Global Living has opened a new showroom in Buckhead’s West Village, 3106 Early St. Global Living is a marriage of unusual finds and hand-crafted creations from artisans around the world. Designed as a fusion of cultures, the store includes one-of-a kind pieces and antiques mixed with new and modern furniture creating an urban old-world combination, featuring old doors, tribal dowry chests, Turkish pots, ancient Chinese ceremonial drums, vintage textiles and more. The store also offers modern-day custom upholstery and beautiful hand-distressed wood products to blend with these ancient elements. For more information: www.globallivingatl.com.
The Regional Business Coalition has elected Stephen Riddell, managing partner of the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders, as its 2010 chair and Terry Lawler as its new executive director. Riddell has been at Troutman Sanders his entire 25-year legal career, heading its Labor and Employment Practice Group before being named managing partner of its Atlanta office several years ago. Riddell will be joined on the RBC Board this year by Pattillo Construction Co. CEO Larry Callahan, who represents the Newton-Coweta Chamber of Commerce and will serve as RBC vice chair, and Andy Macke, vice president – Government & Community Affairs for Comcast Cable Communications Inc., who will serve as treasurer of the RBC. Lawler was chosen to lead the RBC following interim Executive Director Che Watkins who was on temporary loan from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Lawler has represented many companies and organizations through his recent work for Blue Ridges Strategies such as AT&T, Underground Atlanta, the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, CompuCredit Corporation, and Augusta Newsprint.
Brahmin, a family-owned and -operated retailer of leather handbags, will open next month at Lenox Square. A grand opening event will be held in April and details will be made available at www.brahmin.com.
The Central Atlanta Progress Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 24, at the Georgia World Congress Center. Coffee and registration is from 7 to 7:45 a.m. The Breakfast Meeting is from 8 to 9:15 a.m. Tickets are $75 for CAP members and $85 for the public and are available at www.AtlantaDowntown.com.
You can now pay to park at Atlantic Station using a cell phone. Parkmobile is brought the service to the Midtown shopping destination last month. To use the service, motorists can register by calling toll-free, 877-PARK-714, visiting www.parkmobile.com/us or by downloading mobile application at www.parkmobileapp.com. After setting up the account, customers can immediately start using the system with their registered mobile phone. Motorists also can select the option to receive text message alerts and reminders fifteen minutes before their time expires.
