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Opening Day at the East Atlanta Village Farmers is May 5^th

The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market will open for the season at our new location at 561 Flat Shoals Ave on Thursday, May 5.   The Farmers Market is building a learning garden at the new location that will be home to free wellness classes including cooking, gardening, and yoga on a weekly basis.  The new site also provides room for all of your favorite vendors from last year, plus a few new exciting additions.

Special Activities on Opening Day Include:

•  Ribbon cutting and ceremonial planting ceremony at 4:00
• Cinqo de Mayo Piñata
• Face painting, yoga, picnicking (please bring a blanket)
• Chef demo at 6:00
• Drink specials at Midway Pub across the street

Come celebrate Cinqo de Mayo at the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market with your friends, family, and community!   

The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market runs Thursdays May - Thanksgiving from 4:00 - 8:00.  The market is located at 561 Flat Shoals Ave - across the street from the Midway Pub.  www.farmeav.com  

Also, on the bill for upcoming volunteer opportunities we have the Brownwood Bike Rally on May 14 (we'll be setting up a stand and helping out the kids with minor repairs like seat adjustment and pumping up tires). In continuance with our Alternative Life Cycles program we have a woman who is trying to become more active and learn to ride a tricycle. For these two projects we need help from people who feel comfortable working with kids and teaching in fun, patient ways. Please contact dianna@sopobikes.org for more info.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

East Atlanta Kids Club Volunteer Orientation

Wednesday April 30 6:30pm-7:30pm

Brownwood Bike Rally & Run Planning Meeting

Wednesday April 30 7:15pm-8:30pm

Brownwood Recreation Center

602 Brownwood Ave 

Call 404-627-8050 or email mrobey@eastatlantakids.org 

Burgess-Peterson Academy Tours 

Hunting for Sidewalk Hazards   

Have you noticed hazardous sidewalks in your neighborhood or near your school or place of work?  Are sidewalks broken, obstructed or missing sections?  Do wires, parked cars, tree roots or other hazards create tripping hazards or block your way? By reporting these hazards in May, you could win prizes!   

PEDS encourages you to use our online tool to report sidewalk hazards from May 1 through May 31. Local governments rarely engage in proactive sidewalk inspection,  which means your involvement in reporting hazards is a critical first step toward improving safety. The recent storms brought down numerous trees and wires, which makes your help especially important at this time. 

The more hazards you report during May, the more chances you have to win prizes.

PEDS will hold drawings for cash and other prizes on May 16 and May 31. Check

peds.org for more information. 

Kingfisher Academy Accepting Applications    

During the month of May Kingfisher is accepting applications from students going into 4th through 7th grades . Tours are by appointment on Wednesdays, and packets are being mailed out upon request. Our older kids go camping, manage a flock of chickens, do drumming with a professional musician and take accelerated coursework in the core subjects.

Everyone wakes up glad to be headed to school each morning. For more information call Debbie Gathmann at 404.524.0994.

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Edible Landscaping Tour 

Join Glynis Ward and Robert Hamilton in this joint class involving 3 locations in East Atlanta: Meeting 2pm at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, 737 Woodland Ave SE (entrance is just around the corner on Ormewood) and the homes of Glynis Ward and Robert Hamilton.

Join us on Atlanta's very first Edible Landscaping tour! Glynis and Robert invite you to their home gardens to learn more about their adventures in edible landscaping! We will begin with an overview of edible landscape design, theory and appropriate plant choices at Holy Comforter and then the class will progress on a tour to Robert's orchard and then to Glynis' transitioning landscape which features a front yard herb garden and vegetable garden. There will be time to ask questions and discuss specific areas of interest at each garden. Transportation (car or bike) will be necessary as the tour covers a 2 mile radius.

Sunday, June 5,  2-5pm

$25 Garden members, $30 non-members

To learn more about the Oakhurst Community Garden, or to become a member please click here.   

Battle of Atlanta Call for Volunteers 

Do you love history?  Do you love meeting new people?  Do you love East Atlanta?

B*ATL is looking for people to help with this wonderful event.  Specifically they are in need of 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 either as chair or just as an important part of the B*ATL team  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.

East Atlanta Library Events 

East Atlanta Library 

400 Flat Shoals Ave, SE  

Atlanta, Ga 30316 

Story Time

Friday Food for Firefighters 

East Atlanta Security Patrol Update

News Updated April 28nd.

For the week of April 24-30, crime has been picking up.  There were three burglaries on the 27th, two on Bouldercrest and one on Glenwood.  Fortunately a teenager was arrested for the Glenwood burglary and confessed to the crime.  In the case of the residential robbery in the 400 block of East Side Avenue at about 5 am on Monday April 25th, APD is seriously skeptical about the story of the door being kicked in.  Further investigation did not find any evidence of forced entry.  And APD is not receiving any cooperation from the alleged victims.  If a hoax was perpetrated, it would seem that the goal may have been to escape their lease.

There have been several burglaries on Patterson in the past month.  Please watch for a white minivan with tag BJE9788 that may be involved in one or more of these incidents.  Tag matched that of a Grand Am that was not reported stolen, so it's best to watch for any suspicious vehicle in that general area and not focus exclusively on one tag or vehicle.  Keep in mind that police response times on suspicious vehicle calls to 911 can be very long, but that EASP response times are normally under five minutes when an officer is on duty.  Thus, call 911 first and then immediately contact the EASP at 404-954-1568.

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 EASP Organizer Myron Polster at 404-954-1568.  

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