East Atlanta Community Association
May 28, 2012
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Greetings! |
We are still looking for the winner of the new iPad. Details below!
Are you an EACA member? If so, check out our incredible Atlanta Braves EACA reward. If not, consider joining today!
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EACA iPad & iPad2 Winners |

Congratulations to Kristin Vanderpool, winner of EACA's East Atlanta Beer Fest iPad2 raffle!
We are still waiting for the winner of the new iPad to step forward. Because the owner of the first raffle ticket number did not step forward, we drew another number. The winning number is 188009. Please contact Kevin Spigener at 678-438-6462 or email at vicepresident@eaca.net to retrieve your prize.
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Dekalb Sustainable Neighborhood Initiative Special Meeting |

Time: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Location: Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur
DeKalb County is excited to announce that it has launched the DeKalb Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (DSNI); a pilot program that will foster a collaborative, cross-sector, community-based approach to improving the quality of life in DeKalb neighborhoods.
Seven neighborhood clusters have been identified for this opportunity based on their eligibility to utilize resources available through the County's HUD funded programs and related federal, state, and local initiatives. The seven areas, based on high school clusters, include: Clarkston, Columbia, Cross Keys, Lithonia, McNair, Stone Mountain, and Towers (see attached map). Six areas have given presentations to the Selection Committee. We invite all neighborhood stakeholders to join us to celebrate the collaboration that is occurring among DeKalb neighborhoods. You will have opportunities to learn from the experiences of the New Communities Program in Chicago. Come and meet the Emory University Office of University -Community Partnership's team and learn about a "Quality of Life Plan"!
Keynote Speaker, Jaime de Leon, Program Coordinator for the New Communities Program in Chicago, will share his experiences working with their program for the last 10 years and how their Quality of Life Plan continues to impact their communities.
This meeting is open to the public. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend!
Refreshments will be available from 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm.
DeKalb County Human and Community Development Department
For more information, please contact Rodney Reese @404-286-3352 or rreese@dekalbcountyga.gov
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Rain Barrel Workshop at Holy Comforter |

On Saturday, June 2nd at 11am The Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter will be holding a make your own rain barrel workshop in conjunction with Georgia Interfaith Power and Light. For $40 you will receive everything you need, including instruction and coaching to make your own long lasting 55 gallon rain barrel. Click here to pre-register. Pre-registration is required, and spaces will be limited! Registration details to follow. Don't forget the next plant sale is May 12th!!!
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Park Pride Community Gardens Tour |

Save the Date - Park Pride Community Gardens Tour - including The Brownwood Park Community Garden! Saturday, June 2
Brownwood Park Community Garden will be participating in the Park Pride Community Garden Tour. The tour will visit five Park Pride community gardens in Atlanta representing a diversity of geographic locations across the city and a variety of garden designs - Peachtree Hills Park, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Brownwood Park, Freedom Park, and Rosa Burney Park. If you would like to sign up for the entire bus tour go to www.parkpride.org
The Community Garden Tour will be in Brownwood Park from 10:45am to 11:30am. We invite all community friends and neighbors to join us at the Community Garden in Brownwood Park and show your EAV community support while enjoying a lovey early summer morning in the park. We look forward to seeing you there!
We have a new Facebook page that can help you keep updated on this and many other events in the garden! Please "like" us at: https://www.facebook.com/BrownwoodParkCommunityGarden
Mary A. Yetter
Coordinator Brownwood Park Community Garden
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East Atlanta Kids Club Sci-Tech Fun & Fitness Summer Camp |

Register your child (ages 7 to 14) for the East Atlanta Kids Club's Sci-Tech Fun & Fitness Summer Camp! Kids Club will launch the 6- week camp on June 4 which will engage kids in science and technology activities (robotics, rocketry and computer programming), sports, healthy eating, field trips and other great fun for an active and educational summer experience!
Location: Brownwood Park Recreation Center, 602 Brownwood Ave, SE Atlanta, GA 30316
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (regular camp hours), with extended day hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. available.
Registration: Visit here or pick up registration forms at Brownwood Recreation Center.
Fees: $150/week: includes breakfast, lunch, camp t-shirt. Extra fees will apply for some field trips. Limited amount of scholarships are available.
For more information contact Kids Club staff at 404-627-8050. Visit our website http://www.eastatlantakids.org/ Follow us @eastatlantakids!
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Regional Transportation Referendum Wireside Chat for City of Atlanta |

The transportation referendum is fast approaching and thousands still have questions about the vote and the projects it will support.
The upcoming Wireside Chats are the easiest, most convenient way to learn about the vote and ask questions about the projects. You can participate while you are making dinner, watching soccer practice or hanging around in your pajamas!
The wireside chat for City of Atlanta will be held on June 4 at 6:15 p.m. Register here for this free event. If you have not yet registered, do so today. Encourage your friends, colleagues and neighbors to get their questions answered too.
To register, simply visit www.wiresidechats.com, or call 404-463-3227.
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Caribbean Film Festival |  This June, the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, in collaboration with the Georgia Caribbean-American Heritage Coalition (GCAHC), will present the 5th annual Caribbean Film Festival in celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The film screenings will be held at the Central Library on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., with a reception and meet and greet at 5:00 p.m., featuring refreshments from the country being showcased that evening. After each screening, there will be a question-and-answer session. The films this year will be: - Fire in Babylon which celebrates the dominant West Indies cricket teams of the 1970s and 1980s: June 6.
- Calypso Dreams (Trinidad and Tobago), a history of calypso music: June 13.
- Troubled Waters (St. Lucia) which tackles a very tough subject and brings it out into the open: June 20.
- Africa Unite (Jamaica) which follows the family of the iconic Bob Marley as they celebrate what would have been his 60th birthday by traveling to Ethiopia for a series of concerts and gathering of youth from all over the continent: June 27.
The programs are free and open to the public. The purpose of the film festival is to showcase the diversity of peoples and cultures that make up the Caribbean. In previous years, films have been screened from Haiti, Martinique, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, and include a mix of documentaries and feature films. On Saturday, June 20 at 2:00 p.m., the Central Library will also host a Caribbean Storytelling Festival, with storytellers representing different Caribbean countries, and young members of the Caribbean American community in Atlanta presenting and reading their favorite Caribbean children's book. Audience members will be treated to traditional anansi stories and poems of Louise Bennett, and experience the costumed Pierrot Grenade character from Trinidad and Tobago. This program is open to children and adults. For more information please visit www.afpls.org or call 404-730-1808. |
BATL Event Announced
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Banks and Shane Returns to East Lake
Mark Your Calendars for July 20th
BATL, the annual commemoration of the Civil War Battle of Atlanta that took place in East Lake, Kirkwood, and East Atlanta, is coming again this summer to East Lake Golf Club. The committee is especially pleased to announce the return of Banks and Shane (formerly The Kingston Trio), the popular group who entertained us three years ago.
Some reasons you won't want to miss this annual event: - Your rare chance to enjoy the beautiful club dining room and verandas
- Lots of really fine Southern cooking for only $50 per person or $45 per person when you purchase a table of 10
- Great music with Banks and Shane
- Fabulous silent auction offerings
- A great opportunity to socialize with Abraham Lincoln and 10 of your favorite neighbors
The rest of the BATL events are returning all that week with the big day on Saturday, July 21 after the Gala. Tickets will be online soon at www.batlevent.org. |
East Atlanta Village Farmers Market is Back!
|  The EAVFM is a haven for all things sustainable and local, featuring the most urban farmers of any of the other markets in town. This season, the market is jam-packed with local food, entertainment and more vendors than ever before. Live chef demos will focus on seasonal, affordable and easy-to-duplicate recipes each week, using ingredients available at the market. For less than the price of a trip to the fast food drive-thru, learn how to feed your family a healthy, local meal. If you are a gardener, or an aspiring gardener, join the Summer Garden Workshop in the Edible Learning Garden. Each week will feature a new lesson to be learned on the art of backyard gardening. Through a partnership with WonderRoot, an Atlanta-based non-profit with a mission to unite artists with their community, the EAVFM will feature live music each week as part of The Music at the Market Series. Additionally, a new booth at the EAVFM, WonderRoot Index, will showcase different local artists each week, beginning with Creative Reuse. EAVFM is open every Thursday from 4pm to 8pm. Come join in the good food and good fun! About East Atlanta Village Farmers Market: The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market opened in 2006 and is known for it's hip urban vibe and commitment to increasing access to fresh, local food for low-income residents in the area. It has been voted the Reader's Pick for the Best Outdoor Farmers Market in Atlanta's Creative Loafing Magazine three years in a row. Over 30 vendors feature delicious local food including, organic vegetables, Georgia peaches, unique fruits, artisan crafted breads, farmstead cheeses, unique prepared foods, wood-fired pizza, beverages, and much more. There is an on-site Edible Learning Garden where free classes on cooking, sustainability, art and gardening are taught each week during market. Come to have a picnic dinner and stay to see the local bands and artists that flock to this in-town market. The EAVFM is considered the town square of the East Atlanta neighborhood and quickly becoming a robust hub for urban agriculture and health education. |
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 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. |
East Atlanta Crime Mapping
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Recently, the Atlanta Police Department changed their reporting method and we are not receiving regular, easily shareable reports. While we take time to address this issue, EACA's Public Safety committee will be providing crime mapping images for the previous month and previous quarter.
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Upcoming Area Meetings |
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W, Land Use and Zoning Committee
Meeting: 1st Tuesday of the month (06.05), 7:00pm
Atlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (06.11), 1:00pm
Dekalb County Board of Commissioners Meetings: 2nd & 4th Tuesday (06.12), 9:00am
Transportation Committee Meeting Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month, (06.12), 6pm East Atlanta Community Association, (EACA) Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (06.12), 7pm South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SAND) Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month (06.14); 7:30pm |
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 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 membership@eaca.net.
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EACA Rewards
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As a valued East Atlanta Community Association member, you have access to our EACA Rewards Program. In partnership with local businesses, this program provides special promotions within the community when residents present their EACA Membership Card to participating businesses.
Current EACA Rewards Member Benefits:
- Homewatch Caregivers - 15% off all services through 12/31/12
- Dollie's Ice Cream Parlor - Free Slice of Homemade Cake and 50% off all Avon purchase - 4/25/12 to 5/30/12
- OMG! Cup and Cakes - 10% off
- We Suki Suki - Sandwich + tea $5 (29% savings!)
- Village Fitness - 10% off New Gym Membership
- Big Daddy Dog Biscuits - EAV Thursday Farmer's Market Special - Bag of Dog Biscuits $4
- East Atlanta Copy Center - 10% off any order over $5 when you show your card - valid through 12/31/2012
- Atlanta Braves 2012 VIP Package - $40 for the equivalent of 12 home game tickets. Details here. Offer expires 6/28/2012.
Not a member? Join today!
If you are a business interested in participating in this free program, find more information 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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