porchfest neighborhoods
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Home & Garden
Tour Unique Homes Behind Music at Historic Athens Porchfest
The porches are the centerpiece at Historic Athens Porchfest on Oct. 18, but there’s so much more to the homes hosting musicians and bands at the free community event. Porchfest hosts opened up their residences before the crowds to students in a journalism seminar on home and garden writing class.…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Normaltown
Ramsey Nix was pushing her newborn son on Normal Avenue in 2012 when she noticed a sale sign. Her family lived nearby in a newer bungalow, but the older home along her walking route always caught her attention. She peeked into the backyard and was instantly in love. The…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Cobbham
Neighbors can’t seem to walk past 824 Hill St. without saying hello. In the half hour Gaby Covington and Paul Quick sat on their porch on a recent Wednesday morning, four people stopped at the sidewalk to chat. “There’s a way of life with the sidewalks,” Covington said. “We…