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Reply Buckhead Exploratory Committee plans fundraiser in pursuit of effort to break wealthy neighborhood away from City of Atlanta. (Marcus K. Garner | Patch) ATLANTA What is next on the Buckhead City cityhood train? It is time to raise money. Buckhead Exploratory Committee, the engine on this current track toward a new city, is promoting a fundraising event on June 16, with donations of between $250 and $2,500 requested for attendance. Subscribe The call to de-annex the well-to-do neighborhood from the City of Atlanta seems to have grown from fever dream to full-fledged movement. Last summer, the grassroots organization Buckhead Exploratory committee revived previous secession yearnings once championed by no less than former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massel and two-time mayoral runner-up Mary Norwood. ....