East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
May 16, 2011
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Beer Fest tickets are going fast! The festival sold out in 2009 and 2010. Get yours today.
Good reading!
May EACA Meeting Minutes
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EACA Supports SAND in QT Effort
|  In response to the overwhelming support from the community at the last two EACA meetings you can
learn more about what SAND, with support from SouthStar and EACA, is doing to encourage Quick Trip to find an alternative location within the SAND communities. From learning about how to sign up for email updates and downloading, emailing and otherwise sharing the latest flyer to volunteering to distribute flyers and donating to the cause, all you need to know can be found here. |
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An East Atlanta Weekend...
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2011 Brownwood Bike Rally brought to you by the East Atlanta Kids Club.
 
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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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Land Bank Public Information Meeting
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 Thursday, May 19
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Clark Harrison Bldg.
Conference Room A
330 W Ponce de Leon AveDecatur 30030
The perspective of residents and neighborhood leaders is important as the land bank is considered by elected officials. A short presentation will be followed by a public question and comment period.
The housing and economic crises has had a negative impact throughout DeKalb County. A land bank is a tool that can be used to address the effects these properties have on public safety, code enforcement, and property values. Many of Georgia's counties and cities, including Atlanta, have utilized land banks for decades, and DeKalb is currently considering establishing its own. Come learn more about how a DeKalb land bank could work!
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Less than ONE week 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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FitWit Fitness Camp - Get SUMMER ready and experience the difference!
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 New Camps- May 31st to July 8th - Join our fitness camp community and discover why 90% of our campers return and why 70% have never left.
Starting this summer is are new $99 6-Week FitWit SpecialGet Fit - measurable workouts with cool stuff - kettlebells, sandbags, medicine balls and certified trainers coaching you to personal greatness!
Give Fit - Our non-profit, The FitWit Foundation, runs the same programs for kids, and those programs are free because you sign up for FitWit. ONE FitWit camp provides ONE Atlanta child ONE free week of FitWit.
Live Fit - 30-day fixes are bunk. The FitWit community makes good fitness sustainable. Why else would we have 100+ campers who've been with us for 2 or more years?
See website for details on our $99 special!
www.fitwit.com info@fitwit.com 1-888-534-8948
A portion of your camp fee funds The FitWit Foundation - our own non-profit organization that provides free fitness programs for low-income children in the local area.
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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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Martha Brown: Vacation Bible School
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 Vacation Bible School will be held June 21, 22, 23 from 5:30-8pm. Children entering pre-k in the 2011-12 school year through entering 5th grade can register. Teens are encouraged to register as volunteers to help our adult Sous Chef Leaders. To register your child OR to volunteer as well as to learn more, click HERE
Martha Brown United Methodist
468 Moreland Ave SE
For questions please email marthabrownunite@bellsouth.net.
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East Atlanta Library Events
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East Atlanta Library
400 Flat Shoals Ave, SE
Atlanta, Ga 30316
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 for large groups.
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 for large groups.
Spanish Story Time! Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required for large groups. Summer Story Time Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:30am All ages! Registration is required for large groups. 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 for large groups.
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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Transportation Survey
|  For those interested in transportation in the metro area please take a moment to have your thoughts included by filling out this survey. If so inclined please voice your support for the MARTA I-20 East Transit Initiative (inside the Perimeter), the Moreland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit and the Beltline Southeast (Glenwood Park to Midtown) segment by writing them in the text box on the last page of the survey. |
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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 13
For the week of May 8-14, crime has been about average except for a robbery at 2:30 pm on Flat Shoals near Pasley. This may have been a couple guys looking for a victim, as a man with a handgun jumped out of the passenger door of a four door green car to rob the pedestrian. The perpetrator was a black male with dreads, late 20s to early 30s. There was also a laptop stolen from a car parked in the Village on Sunday afternoon. And there was a copper theft on Flat Shoals near Maynard Terrace that occurred on May 3rd but wasn't reported right away. Around 7:15 on Wednesday the 11th, two cars were broken into while people were dropping off children at 542 Moreland. One person left their car unlocked, the other left a child in the car, probably unlocked as well. The perpetrator left with two purses and two laptops taken from the vehicles.
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 16 - 19 are below:
The weekly Significant Arrests Report for weeks 16 - 18 are below:
April Crime Report
April Trends
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| Upcoming Area Meetings |
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
Transportation Committee Meeting (05.23)
If interested please contact transportation@eaca.net
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (05.24), 9:00 am
Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W
Meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month (05.25), 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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