East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
June 22, 2009 |
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| Greetings! |
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Hello!
This week's newsletter is chockfull of information -- read on to get information on upcoming events:
- Corndogorama is this weekend in the Village (note, Flat Shoals will be closed between Glenwood and Metropolitan both Saturday and Sunday)
- The Strut is previewed and a call for artists, bands, volunteers, etc. is listed
- Backpack in the Park is this Sunday in Grant Park
There is also a follow-up survey to gather additional information on community perceptions of Brownwood Park and the Rec Center.
Additionally, the Security Patrol has included an update this week and will be holding an informative online chat next week (see details below). |
| Corndogarama - June 27th & 28th |
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The 13th Annual CORNDOGORAMA Music Festival will be held Saturday & Sunday, June 27- 28, 2009 from 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm. This year's festival lands in an all new location on Flat Shoals Road in the East Atlanta Village, the heart of Atlanta's indie music scene. The reformatted festival will be held over two days and will deliver more than 50 bands performing on 2 stages.
Founded in 1996 and held in various Atlanta area bars for the past 12 years, Dave Railey created CORNDOGORAMA as a way to promote his band on his birthday and the event has been an annual celebration for Atlanta Indie music lovers ever since. In addition to the music, the event's Carnival-like atmosphere offers a twisted array of activities including the now infamous corndog eating contest, crowning of the Corndog Queen, The tricycle race, watermelon seed spitting contest, bobbing for beer, dunk tank, country fair style bake-off, flip flop race, cricket crunch, the wheel-barrel race, obstacle course and more. The event also offers an Artist market featuring unique handcrafted goods and plenty of food with a unique focus on the Corndog!
DATE: Saturday & Sunday, June 27-28, 2009
TIMES: 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm
LOCATION: 470 Flat Shoals Avenue in the heart of the East Atlanta Village
TICKETS: $15: per day (advance or day of show)
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| Brownwood Park Rec Center Survey |
Take five minutes and help make the community better: take the long-awaited second survey about the Brownwood Park Recreation Center. Please take 5 minutes to help us clarify desired opportunities in the Rec Center, help identify problem safety spots, and gauge interest in the Community Garden. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DrhcHnZ3ayqgTRnEeCJqkQ_3d_3d |
| Department of Public Works Response -- Moreland/Glenwood Avenue |
The below is the Department of Public Works follow-up e-mail to community members who attended the May 19th Moreland/Glenwood Avenue Intersection Improvement meeting.
TO: Community Stakeholders Thank you again for your participation in the Public Information meeting held on 5/19/09 for the Glenwood at Moreland Avenue Intersection Improvement project. The City's responses to public comments noted at the meeting as well as the PowerPoint presentation are now available on the City's website HERE. We look forward to continually working with you as the project moves along.
Marquessa Moore, Community Involvement Liaison
On Behalf of
Valerie Bell-Smith
Public Relations Manager, Sr.
Department of Public Works
55 Trinity Avenue, SW, Ste 4700
Atlanta, GA 30303-0394
vbell-smith@atlantaga.gov
(404) 330-6215 - Office
(404) 420-6706 - Fax
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| Park Pride's - Act to Save the Parks (ASAP) |
 Endorse PARC ASAP! Park Pride launched its 2009 advocacy campaign -- Act to Save Atlanta's Parks (ASAP)! on Tuesday, June 16 at Washington Park. Please consider supporting Park Pride by following the link below and completing an individual endorsement of the campaign. The advocacy effort identifies three points and is especially important, in this, a city elections year:
- ENSURE THE QUALITY OF ATLANTA'S PARK SYSTEM BY DEDICATING 1 MIL OF EXISTING PROPERTY TAX TO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - BY 2012
- ESTABLISH DEDICATED FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND PARK DEVELOPMENT SO THAT ATLANTA'S PARKLAND NO LONGER RANKS LAST AMONG THE NATION'S 25 LARGEST CITIES - BY 2013
- TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO MAKE ATLANTA'S PARKS SAFER - BY 2010
To endorse: http://www.parkpride.org/get-involved/advocacy/parc
The East Atlanta Community Association and Friends of Brownwood Park have endorsed the campaign. Let the City of Atlanta know the time has come to dedicate some change for the betterment of all Atlantans. |
Backpack in the Park - June 28th
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Backpack in the Park is Sunday, June 28th from 4-8 p.m. The event is a back-to-school benefit being sponsored
by For the Kid in All of Us. The location is inGrant Park by the Pavillions. There will be food, drinks and fun
activities for all ages. Adult admission is a new school backpack
stocked with a pre-determined list of items OR a $30 (or greater) gift
card (Target, Staples, Office Depot, Walmart, etc.). Kids are free if
they are accompanied by an adult with a backpack or a gift card.
Each new backpack must contain the following supplies: 12 No. 2
pencils; 12 medium black ballpoint pens; 4 fluorescent highlighters; 1
spiral notebook (100+ pages); 1 two-inch, 3-ring notebook binder; 1
pack (150+ sheets)3-hole punched paper, 1 box 24+ crayons, 1 12" wood
or plastic ruler; 1 pink eraser; 1 glue stick. Additional items are
welcome!!
More information is available at www.forthekid.org.
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BATL Event (and a call for Volunteers)
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 This year's BATL event commemorating the historic Battle of Atlanta that took place in the neighborhoods of southeast Atlanta will be back this year with more living history action and a rare opportunity to get inside of the famous East Lake Golf Club. Plans are still being finalized and firmed up for the weekend of July 17th through the 19th. BATL has always been held around the weekend nearest the date of the actual battle on July 22nd. It returns with the van tours, a new cemetery tour joining the usual ones, walking tours, 5K race, music concerts, living history re-enactors, author talks and storytelling festival that people have come to expect. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are looking for some volunteer hosts/hostesses who wouldn't mind
providing a bed and bath for some of the ladies (we also may have a
couple of children). They are some of the homefront people who come
from long distance and will be staying over night Friday and/or
Saturday to do living history. They should have their own
transportation and can eat out or on the homefront site. They are
volunteers and some East Atlanta hospitality would be appreciated. For more information or to volunteer as a host, please contact: Henry Bryant 404-377-6148 or hbryant@mindspring.com. |
| East Atlanta Strut - Save the Date and Info! |
 Saturday, September 19, 2009. Mark it down. The 12th Annual East Atlanta Strut is almost here! Planning for Atlanta's coolest festival is well underway. The Strut is our neighborhood's one-day, kid-friendly, music/art/food festival. There's also a parade and a 5K race! Please watch this newsletter for updates throughout the summer. There are a few days left for you, your business, & your friends to get involved, but deadlines are quickly approaching:
And don't forget to become a fan on Facebook! For continuous updates on all the goings-on, please refer to the Strut's official website. See you in September!
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| HOToberFest Discounted Tickets Available Through Friday |
 Just a reminder that the sale on General Admission tickets ends Friday 6/26. (That's $15 off the Gate price; $10 off the advance purchase price.) Mark your calendars for October 3rd!!! Click HERE then click on the second button "For General Admission tickets, click here:" and enter promo code: launchpromo Remember, there is no admission fee to the main festival area and World Market. So bring the family and spend the day checking out our Live Music, Green Affiliates, Sustainable Artist Market, Food and Beer Vendors, Kid's Area, Sponsors and more. Get more info on our web site - http://www.hotoberfest.net/ |
| East Atlanta Security Patrol News & Information |
 The East Atlanta Security Patrol (EASP) has lots of good news to report this week. The most obvious is the continued decline in burglaries in Beat 610, the portion of East Atlanta within the Atlanta city limits. The trends continue to show major declines versus the same months from 2008, but more importantly we're approaching the low levels of burglaries seen in late 2006 and early 2007. There doesn't seem to be one single factor that accounts for the decline in burglaries, so we're assuming that all of the community's efforts are contributing.
We do believe that one of the contributing factors to the decline in burglaries is the EASP. The aggressive group of officers currently employed, all veteran officers familiar with our neighborhood, has made a major difference. The large number of new members has also helped, as we've been able to increase patrols in some areas that traditionally see higher rates of crime. We're very excited to see new members on streets like Piper Circle and Bouldercrest, as that area has been hit hard by crime in recent months. And just this past week we were able to add another permanent evening shift. While we've always focused patrols on weekdays during the day, it's become apparent that we can help reduce crime even further with more evening and weekend hours.
On July 1st, the EASP will be updating its routes yet again to better reflect where our members live. If you've been thinking about joining, now is a great time to join with neighbors on your street to gain more frequent patrols. We've seen very good results where neighbors join in large numbers, especially on streets like Marbut, McWilliams and Milton Place. Patrols are not equal for everyone, as we consider that a disincentive to join. If your street can sign up 20 members, you'll get more frequent patrol coverage than a street that signs up 2 members.
Also on July 1st, we will be implementing our new and improved system for helping to protect your property while you're out of town. Members can send a single form to us before they leave town, and we'll forward that form to APD. You'll also have the option of receiving additional patrols from Safe Watch, a group of local residents who walk or drive through your area. Safe Watch volunteers will not be given your home address, but if you live at 1520 Glenwood, they will be asked to patrol the 1500 block of Glenwood.
Finally, we've upgraded our notification process, so you may tell EASP as late as the day before you're leaving town that you need extra patrols while you're gone. We really want all members to alert us when they're away, and to have as many eyes as possible on their homes at all hours of the day and night.
EASP continues to work with the community in other ways as well. We have a partnership to provide security for the EAV Farmer's Market fully funded by a Foundation grant, and we're working with EABA to provide EASP coverage in the Village for the Taste of East Atlanta event on July 16th.
To answer any questions about EASP and our new services, we'll be having a web chat from 8-10 pm on Tuesday, June 30th. Look for more details next week, or you can visit our news page next week for more information. The EASP news page is available to anyone and is located at http://patrol.eaca.net/index/news. You can also be alerted to the details of the web chat by joining our Twitter group. The Twitter group is open to anyone who has a Twitter account, just search for EASP and follow the instructions.
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. |
EABA Business Briefs
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Bound to Be Read Books
Tuesday, June 23rd
Spiritual Book Club, The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer - 7:00 p.m
 The Spiritual Book Club kicks off with The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way (Hay House, 2005, pbk., 272 pp., reg. $14.95; sale $13.46) by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer for its Summer 2009 selection. It meets quarterly to discuss books that enlighten readers and assist in personal growth.
Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. However, intention is viewed very differently in this book. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This book explores intention-not as something you do-but as an energy you're a part of. We're all intended here through the invisible power of intention. This is the first book to look at intention as a field of energy that you can access to begin co-creating your life with the power of intention.
Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. He's the author of 30 books, has created many audio programs and videos, and has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows. His books Manifest Your Destiny, Wisdom of the Ages, There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and The New York Times bestsellers 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, The Power of Intention, Inspiration, and Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life have all been featured as National Public Television specials. Website: www.DrWayneDyer.com.
Thursday, June 25th
Mystic Poetry of Rumi - 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the poetry of Rumi set to live acoustic music, and bring your own favorite Rumi poems to read! It's Rumi Open Mic Night at Bound to Be Read Books. Mystic, poet, Sufi - Rumi and his work leap across the centuries, as relevant and shattering today as they were 800 years ago. David Hirschorn, Director of New Acropolis Cultural Association of Atlanta, will also give a brief seminar on the poet's life. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, June 26th
Book Launch Party - Georgia Spirits and Specters by Beth Dolgner - 9:00 p.m.
 Join us as we celebrate the release of a new ghost-stories book, Georgia Spirits and Specters by East Atlanta Village (EAV) author, Beth Dolgner. Beth has collected ghost stories from the time she was a child, and she has published the most interesting tales in this intriguing collection. Find out if the bloody Civil War history of East Atlanta has spawned any local haints!
Join us for a "Halloween in June" party as Beth shares some of the spookiest tales from her book. She will also sign her book.
Besides refreshments, The Ghost Riders Investigation Team will be on the scene for a "mini investigation," demonstrating how anyone can utilize a compass, tape recorder, and camera to hunt for ghosts.
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| East Atlanta Library - Summer Children's Programming |
Click HERE to get details on the East Atlanta Library's children's programming for the remainder of June. See below info on one highligted program:
Keith Karnok, better known in Georgia as "Mr. Keith the Magic Man,"  is participating in the Georgia Public Library Summer Reading Program, "Be Creative at Your Library." He will be performing at the East Atlanta Branch Library on June 23 at 10:30am. Mr. Keith, a resident of Oconee County, is a magician and ventriloquist. Recently, he was a finalist in a national ventriloquism talent contest. In addition to the display of the art of ventriloquism, sleight of hand, and a host of magical illusions, his show promises lots of fun and audience participation. He will be accompanied by his exotic talking and singing Goony Bird, "Vern." Each child attending will receive a coloring picture of Mr. Keith and Vern.
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| Upcoming East Atlanta Area Meetings |
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| EACA Public Safety - Crime Report Week 24 |
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The weekly detailed crime report for June 7th - June 13th:
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2009 EACA Membership
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Join EACA 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. |
| East Atlanta on Facebook/Twitter |
If you're a Facebook member, be sure to join both the EACA group and become a fan of the East Atlanta Village page, too! Click on links below to take you directly to each.
 <--- East Atlanta Village Page
<--- EACA Group |
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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