East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
July 26, 2010 |
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| Greetings! |
Hello,
East Atlanta celebrated another great year of B*ATL! Tours were taken,
stories were told, guns were blazing, wreaths were laid, Gone With the
Wind was performed (in 20 minutes) and so much more! Stay cool this week
with the EACA newsletter...
Enjoy this week's newsletter!
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Burgess-Peterson Academy Garden Wrap Up
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 Thanks from the Burgess-Peterson Academy garden!
More than 20 people, including a few future students, grabbed their
gloves and garden tools to work up a sweat at the Burgess-Peterson
Academy garden workdays on Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers built an
arbor, erected a fence (using manual post-hole diggers to build extra
muscle!) and cleared an area in the woods for an outdoor classroom. Be
sure to take a look at their work at the school's August 7 open house.
Michelle Rice and Adam Waterson - East Atlanta residents and DeKalb
Master Gardeners - led the volunteer effort. Special thanks to Ruth Cameron, John Reed and Ted Hitch, who volunteered
on both days. More workdays will be
planned in the future.
For more pictures please visit the EACA Facebook page.
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Senior Citizens Without Air Conditioning
|  On Tuesday July 27,2010, City Hall will be giving out fans
to senior citizens who do not have air conditioning. Do you know of any
seniors who are eligible for a fan? If so, please send Councilmember Natalyn Archibong their full name
and and address along with phone number if possible.
Natalyn Archibong
NArchibong@AtlantaGa.Gov
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Burgess-Peterson Community Day/Open House
|  August 7, 10AM to 1PM
Open House - To welcome students and parents
in preparation for the school year most of the teachers and school
staff will be in attendance. There will be classroom assignments and a chance
for parents and children to meet their teachers. There will also be
information about the school, chance to tour classrooms and information
about extracurricular activities and after care. BPA will also
provide information about how to get involved with PTA and/or volunteer
at the school.
Carnival - Food,
games, crafts, face painting, jumpy-house, a real fire
engine, and more. A minimal
charge for most activities and food with proceeds going to the school.
Community Day - To encourage people (both with
children and without) to get to know more about the school, and learn how you or your group can be involved with the school. Various community groups and
business will be invited to come share information about their organization/business.
If you are interested in volunteering please contact with your name, phone number, and email address.
If you know a business or organization that would be interested in
sponsoring a table, please submit the following form by Friday, July 30.
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SCAVENGE for STRUT and B*ATL
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Walking Scavenger Hunt Within Historic Oakland Cemetery
Saturday August 14th 11:00 - 4:00
Starting from Six Feet Under on Memorial
Teams of 4 - $25 entry fee per team
(All profits to the EAV Strut/B*ATL)
Please see attached flyer.
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East Atlanta Village Farmers Market | 
- Do you qualify for
Food Stamps?
- Did you know that the East Atlanta Village
Farmer's Market accepts Food Stamps and will double the value of your food stamps?
- Did you know that
you can find out if you're eligible and
apply for food stamps at the market?
The Atlanta Prosperity Campaign can help you determine if you are eligible for Food Stamps
then help you apply.
Useful items to bring with
you: Georgia ID, Social Security Card,
and Proof of Income (ex: check stub or Social Security Award letter).
The EAV Farmer's Market offers
fresh vegetables, breads, dairy products, and honey. Farmer's Market Hours: Thursdays 4pm to dusk, May through November.
In the parking lot of the old Village Hardware at 1231 Glenwood Ave SE Atlanta, GA 30316. Accessible
via the #9, #34, #4 and #107 MARTA bus lines. Come out to the East Atlanta Village Farmer's Market!Thursday,
July 29
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Kingfisher Academy has Moved!
|  Kingfisher is now in a new
building (for us) at 158 Moreland Avenue, SE (the old Southface
Building). We have more room to work with and a nice outside area to
develop. We are grateful to Martha Brown for allowing us to rent their
facility while we developed a more long-term building vision. Now, we
have room for a play yard, a butterfly garden, a worm barrel, some small
fish ponds, and a wonderful greenhouse area. As always, our mission
includes using the environment as an integrating theme and this new
space will allow us to expand that into our after-school program as
well.
Also, with the new room are some additional classrooms, so we are
opening up enrollment to several classes: kindergarten through 4th
grades each have one or two enrollment spaces open and we have one space
open in 6th
grade. We'll have an open house in August for the community and hope
to get a chance to show off our new digs before the school year begins. For us, the school year begins on August 30th. But you'll be seeing us
next week at BAT*L as we are the yellow bus that delivers soldiers to
the various tombs for the wreath-laying ceremonies. See you, then!
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East Atlanta Security Patrol
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 The week ending July 17th (week 29) had no reported burglaries in
Beat 610. That means just two reported burglaries for the first three
weeks of July. Last July there were 17 burglaries, so we are doing much
better than last summer. To put this into perspective, at the end of
2009 we'd had at least ten burglaries in 28 out of the prior 30 months.
In 2010, only in April (13) have we experienced ten or more
burglaries. We have had a fairly high number of auto thefts of late, so
please be sure to protect your vehicle in any way possible, but some
sort of kill switch for your ignition is highly recommended if your car
is parked outside at night.
However, East Atlanta (Beat 610) had the most
crime in all of Zone 6 despite having no burglaries. There were eight
incidents, including three auto thefts and a residential robbery.
To learn more about the East Atlanta Security
Patrol, view updated news and notes or to enroll, visit the
EASP website. There
is 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 easp610@gmail.com, or call EACA
Public
Safety Chair Myron Polster at 404-954-1568.
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| EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report | |
The weekly crime reports for weeks 26-29 are below:
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| Upcoming Area Meetings | DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the
month (07.27), 9:00 am
Maloof Auditorium,
1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W
Meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month (07.28), 7:30pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SEAtlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the
month (08.02), 1:00 pm
City Hall, 55
Trinity Ave SW, Atlanta
Neighborhood
Planning Unit, NPU-W, Land Use and Zoning Committee
Meeting: 1st
Tuesday of the month (08.03), 7:00pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
East Atlanta Business Association (EABA)
Meeting: 1st Wednesday of the month (08.04), 2pm
East Atlanta Library, 400 Flat Shoals Ave. SE |
2010 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. Email questions to membership@eaca.net.
You can sign up for your 2010 EACA membership and order EACA Yard Signs on-line! Pay electronically through your online banking site or via Paypal HERE.
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