East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
March 14, 2011
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| Greetings! | |
This is your happy spring forward edition of the EACA newsletter. The community is starting to come alive, not only from the cold winter, but with many activities and meetings.
Good reading!
March EACA Meeting Minutes
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East Atlanta Parents Network Large Playgroup
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 Saturday's All-Ages Playgroup was a big success! With the beautiful weather the event ended up outside where 60+ children and their respective parents enjoyed Miss Tara's wonderful music, a kite making craft thanks to volunteers from Martha Brown, the park and playgroup as well as camaraderie for parents and kids alike.
For some pictures of the day please visit the EACA Facebook page.
If you were unable to attend the event but would like to learn more about EAPN as well as the age specific playgroups please visit here or email EAPN's chair, Debbie Cartee, at eapn@eaca.net. |
B*ATL
|  B*ATL is looking for a person to Chair the Civilian Living History program, "Civil War to Civil Rights", in the East Atlanta Village in July. The B*ATL organizing committee (a fun group) has started meeting now. Work with and direct actors and neighbors who portray characters from history including casting, scheduling, costuming, wrangling and participating in bringing history to life. If you think you might be interested in helping to shape this event please contact B*ATL committee chair Henry Bryant, 404-377-6148 or
hbryant@mindspring.com
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B*ATL is the annual event commemorating the historic Civil War Battle of Atlanta which happened across our area and in our neighborhood in 1864. Thousands of people show up at various programs throughout the area.
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| Sopo Bicycle Coop |
 Our mission...is to create equitable access to cycling by providing affordable bicycle maintenance, services and education.
Our shop...provides a central forum for sharing equipment, materials, and expertise, and facilitates affordable, practical, hands-on support for cyclists of all ages and skill levels.
Today, March, 14th, is Volunteer Night 7-10PM at the shop (for folks who have completed volunteer orientation) . UPCOMING MARCH EVENTS: 3/21 Monthly Meeting 7-8PM@WonderRoot
3/28 Volunteer Orientation 7PM @SOPO
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Atlanta BeltLine Study Group
|  Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. is developing a strategy to implement transit for the Atlanta BeltLine. In 2012, voters in the Atlanta region will be given the opportunity to approve a 1% sales tax for transit and transportation projects. Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. is seeking feedback from the public to inform which pieces of the Atlanta BeltLine are advanced to be considered for this funding.
For more information please visit the BeltLine's website. |
East Atlanta Kids Club Bike Rally Planning Meeting
|  The East Atlanta Kids Club is gearing up for the 8th-annual Brownwood Bike Rally & 5K Run (May 14) and would love your help planning the event. The next planning meeting is this Wednesday, March 16, at 7:15pm at Brownwood Recreation Center.
Volunteers and fresh ideas are welcome in these areas: youth bike racing, adult bike racing, bike rodeo, 5K Run/Walk, children's activities, marketing & PR, fundraising, event logistics, health & fitness fair, food & drink. The event takes place Saturday, May 14, from 8 am to 2pm. Check out the EAKC website for more details.
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Burgess-Peterson Academy Tours
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 Which area elementary school is designed with classrooms surrounding a secluded courtyard with a playground, picnic tables and an organic garden?
Here's a hint. It's the same school with its own computer lab, media center, science lab and dedicated music room.
Need another hint? This school has low student-teacher ratios, state of the art interactive white boards in most classrooms, dedicated art room and offers two languages.
OK, here's your last hint. If you live in East Atlanta, your elementary school age child is guaranteed a spot in the school. And it's FREE. Come see why parents and First Lady Michelle Obama are buzzing about East Atlanta's public elementary school!
Burgess-Peterson Academy will host tours for prospective families on Wednesdays: March 16, April 13, and May 18 at 9 a.m.
BPA is located at 480 Clifton Street at the corner of
Glenwood and Clifton, less than a mile east of East Atlanta Village.
Tours also available on request. Email bpatours@yahoo.com for more information.
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| Upcoming EACA Beautification Days | |
We are in search of helping hands. The EACA Beautification Committee needs volunteers to assist in many different areas. Please help us keep East Atlanta Beautiful by becoming a volunteer. Please contact the Beautification Committee Chair Kevin Spigener at 678-438-6462 or send your name and contact information via email to beautification@eaca.net
Our plantings and litter pick-up are in the scheduling phase; however, our first official planting date will coincide with the first day of Spring with our next clean-up day on March 27th.
1st Day of Spring- EAV Flower Planting Day
Help Beautify East Atlanta Village
Sunday Afternoon March 20th
Start Time: 2 pm- 5 pm
Meeting Place- Joe's Coffee
Supplies, Drinks, & Snacks Provided.
East Atlanta Village Clean Up
Sunday Afternoon March 27th
Start Time: 3 pm- 5 pm
Meeting Place- In Front of Joe's Coffee
Supplies, Drinks, & Snacks Provided
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Celebrate Montessori Education Week
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Montessori schools around the globe celebrate Montessori Education Week February 27-March 5, 2011. Montessori In Town, serving East Atlanta and other intown neighborhoods invites Atlanta parents to help
them celebrate by scheduling a visit to see a Montessori classroom in action. The school is now enrolling for Primary and Elementary Programs. Open Houses will be held Sunday, March 20, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, at the Poncey-Highland Campus, 1085 Ponce de Leon Ave NE.
To schedule a classroom observation please contact the school at 404-784-1038 or nikki@montessoriintown.com.
Montessori is a sensorially-based, concrete, "hands-on" approach to learning that leads the child to self-discovery. Learn more at www.montessoriintown.com |
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Neighbor in Need Poker Tourney Fundraiser
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 Calling all poker players!! Are you looking for a way to help your community, and have a lot of fun? Please put March 26th at 10am on your calendar because Neighbor in Need, in coordination with The Midway , is hosting a poker tourney to support the wonderful help that is being given in our  community to help those needing emergency repairs but cannot afford it. Sign-up sheets will soon be available at Midway and on Facebook. Email Neighbor in Need's chairperson Jeff Whitehouse at neighborinneed@eaca.net for more info. $50 buy in all with a $500 first place prize. |
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APD Beat Redesign Meetings: Venue Change
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 Please note venue change.
The Atlanta Police Department announced a series of community meetings intended to inform city residents on changes to its six geographical patrol zones.
The APD embarked on a study a year ago, examining its police beats with the goal of ensuring that its resources and response times to calls for service were maximized.
The resulting plan retains the department's six zones, though some geographical boundaries have shifted. Department leadership believes the plan will increase police visibility by boosting the number of beats throughout the city and balancing out workloads in each zone, allowing for improved response times.
The meeting for Zone 6 is Thursday, March 31 at the Entrepreneurium, 1599-A Memorial Drive SE at 7:00 PM.
For more information to include copies of the zone maps, a Power Point about the plan and other documents please visit here. |
| Run Before You Crawl 5k and Pub Crawl |  The Run Before You Crawl 5k and Pub Crawl is Atlanta's premier race slash pub crawl. In fact, we are fairly certain it is Atlanta's only. This second annual event will take place in and around the East Atlanta Village on April 9th. The race begins and ends in beautiful Brownwood Park. In between you will meander through the East Atlanta Business District
Because this 5K is aimed at people with a proclivity for drinking we have elected for the race to begin at 9:00 am. The Pub Crawl will begin at 10:30 am. We realize this is early, but just think, it will be 11:30 in Nova Scotia, and that's nearly noon. The Pub Crawl will visit five to seven of the village's finest dram shops.
The Run Before You Crawl 5k does not discriminate on the basis of age or physical fitness (or on any basis for that matter). For that reason you are welcome to register for the pub crawl or 5K individually. Entry are $25 for the 5k, $10 for the pub crawl, or $32 for both. Just because we choose not to discriminate on the basis of age, does not mean that the State of Georgia will not. All pub crawl participants must be at least 21 years of age. Register online at www.runbeforeyoucrawl.com.
The average person burns 1500 calories in the average 5K. [Warning: This is a fabricated self-serving statistic] Why not throw those calories right back on by drinking a beer or seven.
All proceeds from this event to end all events goes towards the East Atlanta Village and making it a safe place to shop, dine, and drink. |
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Journey Performing Arts Center
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 ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK?
Journey Performing Arts Center seeks a few civic-minded individuals to join our volunteer Board of Directors and Advisory Board to strengthen arts programming servicing East Atlanta! If you or someone you know are interested in leading an established nonprofit which served more than 2000 Atlanta youths in 2009 and has a $300,000 operating budget, please consider submitting your application to join our Board.
We are seeking individuals from diverse backgrounds and with experience in legal, accounting, financial, marketing and nonprofit interests and backgrounds. For more information, please contact our Board Chair, Hanna Hardimon at hhardimon@journeyartscenter.org
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East Atlanta Security Patrol Update
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News Updated March 9 (from EASP website)
The EASP announces a special offer for the month of March. Anyone joining the patrol for at least six months will receive the remainder of March for free. This offer is only good for new members.
A major arrest was made on Clifton on the morning of March 9th. An alert neighbor saw two men climbing in a window, and called 911. The EASP officer was the first on the scene, and single-handedly apprehended both suspects nearby. One is an adult and the second appears to be a juvenile. There is already some evidence that ties them to other recent burglaries, but it's not certain if they were involved in all of the burglaries between March 3rd and March 9th. There may very well be another group that committed one or two of the crimes so we should all continue to be extra vigilant.
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 7-10 are below:
The significant arrests report for weeks 7-10 are below:
February Crime Report
February Trends
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Friday Food for Firefighters
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Since early November 2010, your neighbors have provided a home-cooked meal for firefighters at Station 13 every Friday night. We're calling it Friday Food for Firefighters, or FFF, since we love acronyms. If you would like to provide a meal for four to six firefighters some Friday, please check out the web-based scheduler:- Password: friday
- Click "Edit"
- Sign up for a date with your name and meal
- Click "save this version"
Please consider getting involved because the more people signed up the less effort it will take on any one person. Neighbors have already signed up through February! So, if you have the ability to provide food one Friday evening on occasion please sign up. Meals should be delivered between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, and the firefighters have requested no pork products. This new program is an easy way to literally serve your community. |
| Upcoming Area Meetings |
Branan Towers Bingo
3rd Tuesday of the month (03.15), 6pm
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE
Grant Park Neighborhood Association
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month (03.15), 7:30pm
Zoo Atlanta - ARC Building - Ford Conservation Room
800 Cherokee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30315
EACA Beautification Committee Meeting
March 17th, 7pm
Holy Taco, 1314 Glenwood Avenue SE
Atlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (03.21), 1:00 pm
City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (03.22), 9:00 am Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W
Meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month (03.23), 7:30pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
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EACA Membership
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EACA Needs Your Support!
Without your support EACA would not exist. Please show your commitment to EACA by joining today. Annual dues are $10 per household or business per year. As an EACA member you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community as well as show your support to East Atlanta. Email questions to membership@eaca.net.
You can sign up for your 2011 EACA membership, and order EACA Yard Signs on-line! Pay electronically via Paypal HERE
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| East Atlanta on Facebook & Twitter |
If you're a Facebook member, be sure to become a fan of both the EACA Fan Page and the East Atlanta Village page, too! Click on links below to take you directly to each.
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