East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
March 23, 2009
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| Greetings! |
 EACA's newsletter arrives to your inbox late this week due to technical difficulties with our website hosting company. We apologize!! Read below for a wrap-up on a very successful EACA/Origins Car Wash event for Station 13, Earth Day 2009 opportunities (sign up now to volunteer!), and various upcoming events going on within our local and broader community. ________________________________________________
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| Success!! Fire Station 13 Car (& Dog) Wash Fundraiser |
The fundraiser event this weekend was a great success!! Over $650 was raised in just a few short hours as volunteers washed cars and sold dog washes at Armor Tire on Saturday.
This was truly a community effort and Fire Station 13 is very thankful to everyone for getting involved in this campaign.
Thank you to all community residents who brought out their dirty cars, trucks, vans, and even el caminos to get washed for the cause!! Much appreciation also to Armor Tire for hosting the event and providing our endless supply of water, Park Pet for the dog washes, ACE Hardware for helping out with our car washing materials, DJ Nate Minor for playing tunes to keep everyone grooving, and The Glenwood and Flat Iron for providing food to our volunteers. Huge thanks also go to the volunteers who worked this event with little rest the entire 3 1/2 hours!!
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 4th Graveyard Tavern will host a blow-out benefit party for the Fire Station fundraising efforts!
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Sign up now for Earth Day Activities in East Atlanta!!
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East Atlanta's Earth Day recognition will be Saturday, April 18th. This year we will have 3 concurrent efforts where volunteers can contribute as a part of Earth Day. Once you've read through the below and determined your preference, please e-mail the appropriate coordinator to sign-up!! We need over 100 volunteers to make Earth Day a success! - In the Village, there will be a significant face-lifting and re-work of the "Welcome to East Atlanta" sign and surrounding greenspace -- painting, plant installation, etc. Additionally, we will work on clean-up efforts in the village and put in additional plantings. E-mail beautification@eaca.net if interested in volunteering for this project.
- In the entire East Atlanta neighborhood, we will be conducting a Tire Round-Up. Volunteers for the round-up need to be well-able to lift and move tires, unafraid to get dirty, and we are seeking folks who have pick-up trucks to aid in the collection of the tires.E-mail beautification@eaca.net if interested in volunteering for this project.
- The 3rd, and largest area of work will be within Brownwood Park. The Friends of Brownwood Park will be celebrating Earth Day in the park
on Saturday, April 18. From 9am to 1pm, volunteers will help plant the
Recreation Center beds, install a wood fence around the HVAC units on
the back of the building, and replace the structure of the existing
flower bed that marks the park entrance at Emerson and Brownwood.
Plantings around the Recreation Center are funded in part by the Park
Pride Community Grant and your help is vital to contributing matching
funds in the form of volunteer hours. We need 75 folks to help us
reach our goal of 300 volunteer hours. If you would like to help with this project,
please e-mail parks@eaca.net and let us know we can count on you Saturday, April 18.
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Keep DeKalb Beautiful - Rain Barrel Workshop March 26th
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 The Keep DeKalb Beautiful Program along with Parks and Recreation
Department are holding a Rain Barrel Workshop
to the citizens and residents of DeKalb
County. Our
previous workshops have been well received and this year's workshop is
hands on, we will be showing you how to build your own rain barrel. This program will also provide information on xeriscaping (wise gardening). If you're interested in
signing up, please email Keep DeKalb Beautiful at: kdb@co.dekalb.ga.us
with your name, phone number and address. See the flyer for further information HERE.
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Local Non-Profit Radio Hosts 33rd Annual Peachblossom Bluegrass Festival
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WRFG (89.3 FM), a local non-profit radio station located in Little Five Points is holding their 33rd annual Peachblossom Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, April 4th. The festival will take place at Clarkston Community Center and this year's featured artists include: The Incorrigible String, Whoa Nelly, Counterpoint, Tucker Station String Band, The Nashvillian Family and many more.
Click HERE for further details.
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Help PEDS Count Broken Sidewalks
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Announcement from PEDS
 Help
us convince the City of Atlanta that safe and accessible sidewalks
should be a top priority. Volunteers are needed to help determine how
many of the city's sidewalks need to be repaired or replaced.
Becoming a Feet on Atlanta volunteer is easy. Just print one survey form
for each street you intend to survey, go for a walk, and use tally
marks to note what you see. Volunteers who submit completed forms to
PEDS
by April 30 will be entered in a random drawing for a $75 gift
certificate at Phidippides.
Make sure your neighborhood's broken sidewalks get counted! If you plan to volunteer, please let us know by e-mailing Jo Ann Zyla.
If broken sidewalks aren't counted, they don't count!
Mayor
Franklin has said for years that she wants Atlanta to be a "walking
city." Actions speak louder than words. The City budget includes no
funding for sidewalk maintenance. And scorecards
used by the City to gauge the effectiveness of its services include no
performance measures for sidewalk maintenance. Busted sidewalks deserve
parity with potholes!
Join us Tues, March 31 at 10:00 am at the intersection of Monroe Drive and Park Drive to kick off Feet on Atlanta month.
We are inviting the media to join PEDS for a walk on Monroe Drive, a
recently repaved road whose sidewalks have been neglected for decades.
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| Mt. Nebo Christian Academy Registration Upcoming |
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Mt. Nebo Christian Academy is starting up the new year of school registration in April.
We are located at the corner of Moreland Ave. and McDonough Blvd. S.E. in Atlanta, GA. Our address is 1025 McDonough Blvd. S.E., Atlanta, GA 30315. For more information, call (404) 622-3161 or e-mail Ayaana Brown at ayaana_brown@hotmail.com.
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Upcoming East Atlanta Area Meetings
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525 Moreland Ave. Development NPU-W Special Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 19th - 7:00 p.m.Location: Martha Brown United Methodist ChurchFor more information, contact NPU-W Chair Ed Gilgor at edwardmgilgor@comcast.net
NPU-W Monthly Meeting Wednesday, March 25th - 7:30 p.m.Location: Martha Brown United Methodist ChurchFor more information, contact NPU-W Chair Ed Gilgor at edwardmgilgor@comcast.netSOPO Volunteer Orientation (Open to all who would like to volunteer with SOPO) Monday, March 30th - 7:00 p.m.Location: SOPOFor more information and to RSVP, contact info@sopobikes.orgMARTA's Board Business Management Committee & Financial Update Meetings Monday, March 30th - 5:30, 7:00 p.m.Location: MARTA HeadquartersFor more information, click HERE.SAND Monthly Meeting Thursday, April 2nd - 7:30 p.m.Location: Beulah Heights University Student ActivitiesFor more information, contact SAND President Steve Norman at stephen.norman@yahoo.com |
| Local News & Events |
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| EABA - Business Briefs |
Calavino's Now Serving Brunch & Lunch
 Calavino's is now open for lunch and brunch at 1271 Glenwood Avenue (sharing space with My Sister's Room). Calavino's has been opened by Calavino Donati (of Roman Lily Cafe and Calavino's in Oakhurst) and Doria Roberts.
Brunch specials on Saturday and Sunday and next week we will have free mimosas and bloody marys.Calavino's is also family-friendly (kids' menu), non-smoking, and showing classic saturday morning cartoons at brunch. Through the end of March we are having family hour from 5:00-7:00 Tuesday-Friday where kids eat free (from the kids' menu). One free child's meal with purchase of an adult entree.
Our Brunch/Lunch can be found HERE and our Dinner menu HERE. We hope to see you soon!!
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| EACA Public Safety - Week 11 Crime Repor | The weekly detailed crime report for March 8th - March 14th, 2009:
Last week's link to February's one-month crime map did not work - it is re-linked below: |
| East Atlanta Security Patrol News & Information |
To learn more about the East Atlanta Security Patrol or to enroll, visit the EASP website ( http://patrol.eaca.net). The cost to join the patrol is $50 per quarter, with a 50% discount for longtime residents and those 65+. To qualify, you must have lived at the same address for 20 years or be over age 65. We also have a 20% discount for members of an APD-sanctioned Neighborhood Watch. Please contact us if you're interested in setting up a Neighborhood Watch on your street. If you have additional questions, please direct them to securitypatrol@eaca.net, or call EACA Public Safety Chair Myron Polster at 404-429-8815. |
2009 EACA Membership
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Join or renew your EACA membership today! Annual dues are $10 per household. As an EACA member, you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community. Additionally, there are numerous local businesses who offer discounts to EACA members. See the official list of EACA member discounts and take advantage of them by showing your 2009 membership card throughout the Village. You can sign up for your 2009 EACA membership and order EACA Yard Signs on-line! Pay electronically through your online banking site or via Paypal HERE. |
Submissions: If you're interested in submitting an article to the EACA weekly newsletter, send it to newsletter@eaca.net by
the end of the day on Friday. Include relevant dates, times, locations
and contact information, as well as details of the event or
announcement.
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