East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
May 9, 2011
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| Greetings! | |
Don't forget about EACA's Monthly Meeting! It will be held at Branan Towers tomorrow, May 10, at 7:00 pm.
Highlighted at this meeting with be further discussion on the proposed QT at Moreland and Ormewood with SAND and SouthStar seeking further EACA support. For more details from SAND please visit here.
Good reading!
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| EACA Burger Booth - Calling All Grill Masters |  In honor of our long standing tradition, EACA will be hosting a Burger Booth at the East Atlanta Beer Festival. We are looking for Grill Masters and volunteers who want to flip burgers in support of their community. Time slots are available from 12-6 pm on May 21nd.
And, if you are attending, be sure to stop by and get a delicious burger!!! All proceeds will benefit the ongoing activities of EACA.
Volunteers and Grill Masters email Kevin Spigener. |
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Neighbor in Need Needs Your Input | |
 Neighbor in Need is looking for more homeowners to help! If you have an elderly neighbor that is needing some critical home repairs, maybe Neighbor in Need can help. Please submit your recommendation including their name and address to neighborinneed@eaca.net.
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Get Educated about Criminal Justice in DeKalb County
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 Why is this case taking so long? What is probable cause?
Get engaged and take back your community! The District Attorney's office will walk you through the steps of the criminal justice process from the point of arrest to final disposition Thursday, May 12 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Manuel Maloof Auditorium 1300 Commerce DrDecatur, GA 30030 REGISTER HERE! |
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Be My Neighbor Part 2: Neighborhood Watch Programs
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"Be My Neighbor Part 1" provided information on how to launch effective neighborhood watch programs. In part 2 of this workshop, you will learn ways to manage and ways to connect your neighborhood watch programs with DeKalb County resources and services. Topics: - Effective ways to address escalating issues.
- What do criminals look for?
- What is VIP and ICP?
- Disaster preparedness techniques and procedures.
- Utilizing agency resources.
SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER TODAY!
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Sopo Bicycle Coop: Upcoming Events
|  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 levelsOn 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.
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East Atlanta Kids Club - Bike Rally
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The 8th-annual Brownwood Bike Rally & 5K Run (May 14) rolls this weekend! Pre-register on active.com to ensure your race slot, a cool event tee, and your shot at more than $500 in cool prizes! The East Atlanta Kids Club still needs 50 volunteers to staff the event - sign up to volunteer here or contact EAKC Program Director Makeisha Robey at mrobey@eastatlantakids.org or 404.627.8050.
Volunteers are needed in these areas:5K & Bike Racing (race course marshals), registration, children's activities, logistics. Check out here for more details.
Brownwood Bike Rally & Run Planning Meeting
Wednesday May 11 6:30-8:00pm
Brownwood Recreation Center
602 Brownwood Ave
Call 404-627-8050 or email mrobey@eastatlantakids.org
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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: 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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Less than TWO weeks to East Atlanta Beer Festival!
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The 8th annual East Atlanta Beer Festival is just around the corner on May 21st in grassy and shady Brownwood Park. Join us as we celebrate great craft beers (over 150 of 'em), rocking entertainment (including Imperial Opa, Burt and the Bandits, & more), tasty local food (neighborhood favorites EACA and East Atl Kids Club are back!).
And EABF is a proud non-profit organization with a mission of bettering the East Atlanta community - so all of your good times enjoyed sampling beer and enjoying the Fest go right back into the community via EABF's community-grant process.
While VIP tickets sold-out like wild fire, General Admission tickets are still available ($35 in advance). All ticket holders get a complimentary EABF pint glass.
Buy tickets NOW (before they sell out!) and come support the neighborhood a sample at a time, all while doing good for the 'hood! Visit: www.eastatlantabeerfest.com/tickets to purchase!
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Hunting for Sidewalk Hazards
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 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.
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Kingfisher Academy Accepting Applications
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 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
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 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.
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Latin American Folktales at the Library
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 Tersi embellishes stories from Latin America, Spain and Portugal with authentic instruments such as the guiro, kalimba, thumb piano, castañuelas, castanets and maracas. Elementary students will learn about the culture and traditions of our neighbors south of the border through songs, folktales and a visit from Spinach, Tersi's pet llama. As they acquire new Spanish words and phrases, older students will also learn how historical events and the experiences of individual ethnic groups (such as the Moors and Jews in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages) influenced and shaped the stories passed down from generation to generation.
Ages 3 and up
Reservations are required
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
10:30 am
All Programs are free and open to the public
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
East Atlanta Branch Library
400 Flat Shoals Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-730-5438
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East Atlanta Library Events
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East Atlanta Library
400 Flat Shoals Ave, SE
Atlanta, Ga 30316
Story Time
Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:00am
All ages!
Summer Reading Kick-Off with Peter Hart Puppet Show
Tuesday, June 1, 2011 @ 10:30am
All Ages!
Registration is required.
Bad Bugs! Good Bugs!
Tuesday, June 8, 2011 @ 10:30am
Children will observe an insect collection to learn about all types of bugs. All Ages!
Summer Story Time Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required.
Summer Time Magic Show with Keith Karnok Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:30am Registration is required
Summer Story Time Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required.
Spanish Story Time! Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required. Summer Story Time Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required. Music with Miss Tara Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @10:30am Registration is required.
Easy Crafts and Games Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required.
Summer Story Time Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required.
Easy Crafts and Games Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required.
Registration for required events can be done at the library. |
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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. |
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East Atlanta Security Patrol Update
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News Updated May 6.
For the week of May 1-7, we have already had ten crimes, which is by far the most crime in Zone 6 through May 5th. Most notable were three burglaries all reported on Monday May 2nd. All of the burglaries were during the daytime and involved entry through doors. Please be on the alert for all suspicious vehicles and call the EASP immediately at 404-954-1568 after calling 911. The locations for yesterday's burglaries were in the 800 block of Clifton, 1600 block of May and 1500 block of Marbut. There was also an attempted break-in within the 1400 block of May. As for the other crimes, there was an armed robbery just after 10 pm on May 3rd behind the Graveyard Tavern. There was a major theft of 8 A/C units from the shopping plaza at Flat Shoals and Maynard Terrace, coming on the heels of the theft of the A/C units at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church across the street. There was a theft of a wallet when a woman left her purse unattended at her place of employment on Moreland. There have also been four auto break-ins this week.
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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| EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report |
The weekly Crime Report for weeks 15 - 17 are below:
The weekly Significant Arrests Report for weeks 15 - 17 are below:
April Crime Report
April Trends
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| Upcoming Area Meetings |
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (05.10), 9:00 am
Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur
East Atlanta Community Association, (EACA)
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (05.10), 7pm
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SAND)
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month (05.12); 7:30pm
Beulah Heights University Student Center, 892 Berne Street
Atlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (05.16), 1:00 pm
City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW, Atlanta, GA
Branan Towers Bingo
3rd Tuesday of the month (05.17), 6pm
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE
Grant Park Neighborhood Association
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month (05.17), 7:30pm
Zoo Atlanta - ARC Building - Ford Conservation Room
800 Cherokee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30315
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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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