East Atlanta Community Association    

January 16, 2012 
In This Issue
Brownwood Park Day of Service
MLK Holiday Garbage Collection
Love Your Block Mini-Grants
Martha Brown 2011 Report
East Atlanta Security Patrol
EACA Public Safety Crime Reports
Upcoming Area Meetings
EACA Needs Your Support
Join Our Mailing List!
Quick Links
 Greetings!

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Bring your gloves to Brownwood Park today, January 16, from 10-1, for MLK Day of Service.  Details below.
 
Good Reading! 
 
 
 
Day of Service in Brownwood Park, Monday, January 16

Checklist ImageDr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Come join EACA's Parks and Greenspace Committee along with your East Atlanta neighbors and friends at Brownwood Park

 

Monday, January 16th from 10 am to 1 pm 

 

to help make the park a safer more beautiful place for all of us.

 

Activities will include: 

  • community garden clean up
  • trash removal from the newly revitalized trail along the stream
  • laying wood chips on the new path to the bridge

We ask that you bring work gloves.  Everything else will be provided. This is a family friendly event.  To help us estimate the number of participants please e-mail [email protected] . 

MLK Holiday Garbage Collection

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In observation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday there will be no garbage collection service, Monday, January 16, 2012.  Garbage collection will  be delayed by one day for all customers as follows:

  • Monday customers will  receive service on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
  • Tuesday customers will receive service on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.
  • Wednesday customers will receive service on Thursday, January 19, 2012.
  • Thursday customers will receive service on Friday, January 20, 2012.

 Bulk Collection and Residential StreetSweeping will also be delayed by one day.  These services resume on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 as follows:

  • Bulk Collection, which is provided weekly by quadrant of the city will resume on Tuesday in the Southwest quadrant.
  • Residential Street Sweeping which is provided quarterly by quadrant of the city, will continue on Tuesday in the Southeast quadrant.

For more information about Solid WasteServices, please visit  www.atlantaga.gov/publicworks.aspx or contact the Customer Service Center at404.330.6333 or by email to  [email protected].

PEDS - Help Make Metro Atlanta Walkable

Checklist ImagePEDS is a nonprofit, member-based advocacy organization dedicated to making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians. They work to improve engineering of the pedestrian environment, increase enforcement of pedestrian safety and educate drivers about their responsibilities to pedestrians. If you support pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, healthy communities, fewer cars and safer walking, then you should get to know PEDS.


Help PEDs kick off a great year of pedestrian-friendly activism.  

  • Meet fellow PEDS members, friends and staff  
  • Elect board members and officers   
  • Share your input on 2012 priorities
  • Enjoy delicious pizza

Tuesday, January 17, 6 to 8 PM

1389 Peachtree Street 
Close to Arts Center MARTA Station & 110 bus 
 

Free for PEDS members. Cash bar.  

$20 for non-members includes one-year membership for first-timers.   
Love Your Block Mini-Grants

Checklist ImageThe City of Atlanta is pleased to announce the launch of one of their initiatives - the Love Your Block mini-grants.  In partnership with Hands On Atlanta and the Neighborhood Fund, COA is inviting all groups to apply to potentially receive up to $500 or $1,000 mini-grants (in form of Home Depot gift cards).  You can learn more about the program at the newly launched, city-led volunteer web portal www.IAmAtlanta.org.  The application for the Love Your Block mini-grants can be found at http://iamatlanta.org/city-led-initiatives/love-your-block/.    

 
COA expects applications to be highly competitive and not all applications will be awarded.  We encourage all groups to come up with exciting, community and volunteer-led projects to beautify a block, street, or section of their part of the neighborhood.  The final deadline is fast approaching, February 15, 2012.   
 
All other eligibility and requirements are listed on the application form.  

 

Martha Brown 2011 Report - Five Loaves and Two Fish

Checklist ImageWhen this year began, Martha Brown United Methodist Church (UMC) membership identified some annual goals. Less than 20 people sat together in a room after church and committed to the following three goals: create an opening and inviting place for everyone; serve the East Atlanta community outside our doors; and expand our children's ministry.    

 

Read how the Martha Brown community achieved these goals here.

Why Should I Join EACA?

Checklist ImageAs the leading organization that represents every community member within East Atlanta, EACA is reaching past the normal operations of your typical community association.  From helping seniors in need of emergency home repairs with Neighbor in Need and facilitating a sense of togetherness for our families through the Parents Network to creating a safer and more pleasing neighborhood under such committees as Parks & Greenspace, Beautification, Arts & Culture and Public Safety while at the same time working with the City for the betterment of East Atlanta with important issues such as transportation, land use & zoning and education, the East Atlanta Community Association is an all volunteer organization that needs the support of citizens through ideas, muscles and...money.   

 

As a member of the East Atlanta Community Association you are showing your support for not only EACA, but our wonderful neighborhood through a small annual $10 per household or business token of commitment.  In addition, members are given the right to vote on important issues at monthly meetings as well as receive discounts on events administered by EACA at different times during the year. While your $10 does not bring any further obligation on your part please take a look at the many different ways for all neighbors to get involved, and find something that feels right for you.

 

In addition, The East Atlanta Community Association is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization so all additional donations are tax deductible.   

 

For more information about EACA including ways to volunteer, donate and to make your 2012 commitment, please visit the EACA websiteFor a summary of EACA's 2011 community efforts please click here.

Thanks!  

East Atlanta Security Patrol

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To learn more about the East Atlanta Security Patrol, view updated news and notes or to enroll, visit the EASP websiteThere 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 [email protected], or call EASP Organizer Myron Polster at 404-954-1568.   
 EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report

The Crime Report for weeks 48-51 are below:        

 The Significant Arrests Report for weeks 49 and 50 are below:   

 

 Upcoming Area Meetings 

Atlanta City Council

Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (01.16), 1:00 pm

City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW

 

Branan Towers Bingo

3rd Tuesday of the month (01.17), 6pm
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE

Grant Park Neighborhood Association
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month (01.17), 7:30pm
Zoo Atlanta - ARC Building - Ford Conservation Room

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners

Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (12.27), 9:00 am

Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur

 

Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W  

Meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month (12.28), 7:30pm

Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE

 
EACA Membership

  

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 calendar 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. 

 

You can sign up for your 2012 EACA membership, and order EACA Yard Signs on-line!  Pay electronically via Paypal HERE

Email questions to [email protected].   
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.



Contact Information:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://eaca.net