East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
May 23, 2011
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| Greetings! | |
There was a fantastic turnout for the East Atlanta Beer Festival this weekend; 5,400 individuals descended on Brownwood Park for beer, music, food and the neighborhood's most significant fundraiser. Thanks to everyone!
Good reading!
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An East Atlanta Weekend...
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EACA ran it's annual burger booth at EABF, and here are just a few of the booth photos that were snapped.
 
 
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Urban Land Institute Conference
|  This Urban Land Institute event provides an opportunity for SouthStar to feature the work of the South Moreland LCI, and to make contacts with developers who will be at the conference. To be successful in this effort, SouthStar needs your help.
The event is May 24th, and to learn more please visit here. |
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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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$99 6-Week FitWit Special
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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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Living Waters 2nd Birthday Celebration
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 Living Waters Bible Church (LWBC) is a new and exciting ministry located in southeast Atlanta seeks to serve, teach, evangelize, and partner in 2011 with persons and agencies that aspire to support dynamic individuals, families and communities in reaching their goals.
Due to unemployment's overwhelming impact on society, LWBC has made a concerted effort to meet the needs of the people, right where they are. LWBC would like to invite the community to come and bring their resumes with them to this particular service; a service that will consist of prayers for those that are unemployed and seeking employment. All resumes, received, will be forwarded to the Department of Labor and local staffing agencies within the city. Plans are currently being made to host a job fair that will consist of resume writing, interview prep, a clothing closet and more. All interested persons please contact the church for more information.
"More than ever, people are less likely to just drop by the local church" said Olen Blash, Pastor of Living Waters Bible Church. "No longer should we wait for people to locate and visit us. We have to STEP to them outside the walls of the church and into the world around us." LWBC is determined to SERVE their local community and city.
For more information please visit here or contact::
Takiyah Gibson, Community Outreach Leader
Living Waters Bible Church
(678) 222.3797 ext.5
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| 2nd Annual Fire Station 13 Open House & Fundraiser |
 Saturday June 11th, 10am - 5pm - Station 13 (Corner of Metropolitan & Flat Shoals)
Please join us for the 2nd Annual Fire Station 13 Open House & Fundraiser . All benefits proceeding East Atlanta Fire Station 13 and its Fire Fighters.
For the kids:
Pictures with the Fire Fighters & Fire Engine
Face Painting
Games
For all:
Great Music & Live bands
Hot Dogs, Chips & Cold Drinks
Silent Auction
Tour the Fire Station
Fire Safety Tips
Don't miss this exciting event!
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DeKalb County Housing Workshop
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 *ATTENTION*
Due to high demand, the "Housing: Absentee Investors &
Vacant, Abandoned, Foreclosed Homes" workshop registration has re-opened!
Saturday, June 11
9:00 AM - noon
Neighborhoods in DeKalb County have experienced a large number of investors and renters as well as a significant number of foreclosures and abandoned homes. It has become home to a large number of Section 8 residents. The effect has been declining home values in some areas within the county.
This workshop will discuss these issues with the intent of finding solutions. Presenters include the DeKalb Housing Authority and the Director of the Atlanta-Fulton LandBank Authority.
Register 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 19
For the week of May 15-21, a burglar was arrested inside a vacant home in the 900 block of Bouldercrest on May 15th at 11:40 am. There were also two thefts of a total of three A/C units in the 800 block of Maynard Terrace on May 15th and 16th at a church. This corner has been hammered with four such thefts of over a dozen A/C units in the past couple weeks. The large number of armed robberies continues, with four more in Zone 6 on May 15th, on top of eleven last week. Fortunately only one of these fifteen robberies has been in East Atlanta. On May 18th, two vehicles were stolen in East Atlanta. One was a 1984 Ford F-250 stolen from Piper Circle, and the other was a 1990 Nissan with tag 369EWY stolen from the 500 block of Gresham.
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 17 - 20 are below:
The weekly Significant Arrests Report for weeks 17 - 20 are below:
April Crime Report
April Trends
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| Upcoming Area Meetings |
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
Atlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (06.06), 1:00 pm
City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W, Land Use and Zoning Committee
Meeting: 1st Tuesday of the month (06.07), 7:00pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SAND) Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month (06.09); 7:30pm Beulah Heights University Student Center, 892 Berne Street |
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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. |
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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