East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
June 6, 2011
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| Greetings! | |
EACA's Monthly Meeting will be NEXT Tuesday, June 14. Listen to EACA's Land Use and Zoning Chairperson who was quoted on the WABE 90.1FM!
Good reading!
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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. 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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Give Your Landscape the Attention it Deserves!
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 If you or someone you know has an eye-catching landscape, enter it in the EAST ATLANTA YARD OF THE MONTH competition.
The EACA Beautification Committee would like to recognize the efforts of residents within the East Atlanta community, who demonstrate a clear and consistent desire to maintain or improve their respective properties above normal expectations.
Yards may be nominated by anyone who appreciates a well-maintained landscape, including the homeowner, his or her friends or landscapers. To nominate a deserving yard, simply submit a photo, along with the property address, and your contact information to beautification@eaca.net.
Judges are looking for visually appealing, functional landscapes that include a variety of plants, trees and shrubs. Yards must be within the East Atlanta community. Potential YOM winners are judged solely on the appearance of the properties front yard as viewed from the street.
For questions, please contact Kevin Spigener (678) 438-6462 or email beautification@eaca.net.
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Edible Learning Garden Volunteer Day
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 Come out and help improve the EAV Farmers Market Edible Learning Garden. We'll be weeding, mulching, staking plants, building and painting signs, working on the compost, and making the site more enjoyable. Please wear clothes than can get dirty and bring gloves if you have them. Tuesday, June 7, 9:00am - 12:00pm.
Wish list:
- picnic tables
- benches or chairs
- wood for signs or chalk boards
- paint
- gardening tools
- stakes, cord, other useful garden supplies
The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market creates opportunities to strengthen the local economy and encourage healthy lifestyles. We pursue vendor practices, programs and partnerships that have environmental, social and economic integrity.
The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market runs on Thursday evenings (4:00 -8:00 pm) May 5th through November 17th. The market is located at 561 Flat Shoals Ave across the street from the Midway Pub.
For more information please visit the EAVFM website.
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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 Block Party
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 Vacation Bible School: 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
Free to all participants, and a snack supper will be provided.
Martha Brown United Methodist
468 Moreland Ave SE
For questions please email marthabrownunite@bellsouth.net.
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East Atlanta Library Birthday Party
| Friends of the Library will sponsor a birthday party for the East Atlanta Branch Library's 6th birthday on June 25th at 1:00pm. There will be birthday cake and punch for everyone and a surprise puppet show offered by Gina Root and some of her students. It should be a very exciting afternoon for kids of all ages!
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East Atlanta Library Events
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East Atlanta Library
400 Flat Shoals Ave, SE
Atlanta, Ga 30316
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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East Atlanta Security Patrol Update
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News Updated June 2
The week of May 29 - June 4 has been burglary-free thus far. However, there was a pedestrian robbery in the Village just before 1 am on the 29th. Two young women were talking in their car when two men simultaneously tried to enter their vehicle. No weapon was used. Both had their cell phones taken and one had their wallet taken. The woman on the passenger side resisted and was punched in the face, cutting her lip. Perpetrators were both described as thin with dreads and ballcaps, about 5'8" and 6'1". The one perpetrator lost his red Cincinnati cap while fleeing the scene. Other crimes this week include not paying for gas after a declined credit card, and some money and a check stolen from an apartment, which appears to have been an inside job by someone with a key. There was also a car break-in in the 600 block of Brownwood on the 31st at 2:15 pm, with the perpetrator being apprehended in possession of the laptop from the car along with credit cards stolen in other vehicle break-ins.
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 19 - 21are below:
The weekly Significant Arrests Report for weeks 19 - 21 are below:
May Crime Report
May Trends
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| Upcoming Area Meetings |
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 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (06.14), 9:00 am Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur East Atlanta Community Association, (EACA) Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (06.14), 7pm Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE |
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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