The Brownwood Park Community Garden Fruit Orchard will be on this year's Park Pride tour and we need your help to spruce up the garden for the season and for the tour.  Please join us on Saturday, March 23rd from 10 AM on.  Grab your gloves, rakes, and clippers and let's make the garden beautiful. 

The Burgess-Peterson Academy PTA will host a community-wide yard sale on March 23rd and 24th from 10 AM to 4 PM.  100% of the proceeds from the yard sale will go to the PTA. 

If you have items to sell, we'll be accepting them at the school from March 18th to 22nd; you can also arrange pick-up by contacting Maki Echols at bpa.pta30316@gmail.com or 404.825.4813. To make this event a success we will need the help of ALL BPA parents, faculty and staff! Volunteer by registering here, password is "volunteer".

The following items will be accepted: Art, jewelry, antiques, movies, music, books, used school uniforms, gently used clothes, shoes, household items, appliances, electronics, toys, and furniture.  All donations will be tax deductible.

Easter Fun Schedule 

10:00am Easter Crafts (inside Brownwood Rec Center)

11:00am Easter Egg Hunt (north end of Brownwood Park)

11:30am  Easter Egg Decorating (Brownwood Park Pavilion)

12:00pm Spoon Egg Relay Races (Basketball Court)

Volunteers are needed to stuff several hundred plastic eggs with candy on Wed. March 20, 5-7pm and also on the day of the event, 9:30am-12:30pm .   

Donations of small, wrapped candies and hardboiled eggs are also

welcome - please deliver eggs to Brownwood Rec Center by Friday  (10am-5pm). 

If you can help, please contact Adeena Howard, EAKC Program Director ahoward@eastatlantakids.org or 404-627-8050.

The Highlander School will be opening soon in the East Atlanta Village! We are a nature centered learning community that fosters collaboration and a celebration of childhood! The Highlander School will provide progressive early care and education for young children, infants to 5.

Please join us for our next Community Information Sessions at the East Atlanta Library, on Saturday March 23rd, 2 - 3:30 PM, for an informal gathering and dialogue about The Highlander School. Find out more about "Who We Are"...our dreams for progressive early education, our approach to learning, enrollment and future projections!

For more information about the school, please visit our website, thehighlanderschool.com or contact the Director, Rukia Rogers at 678-628-7817.

Students have been busy growing plants for your spring and summer garden. Pre-order for pickup at the PTA yard sale on March 23 and 24 or for delivery the next week.  This year we are offering two types of tomatoes, a sweet pepper, basil, parsley, summer squash and Dragon's Tongue beans.   See the order form below for more details.   Seedling Sale Order Form

Neighbor in Need will host its 4th poker tournament on Saturday, March 30th, at The Glenwood, located at 1263 Glenwood Avenue. Play begins at 10 AM.

There are only 50 spots available so sign up now!  The entry fee is $50, and the winner will receive a $500 Visa gift card.  The game will be Texas Hold 'Em, and will be run by the Atlanta Poker Club.  Email neighborinneed@eaca.net to sign up.  

All proceeds go to EACA Neighbor in Need, which provides free home repairs to low-income Seniors living in East Atlanta.  Find more info on East Atlanta Community Association's Neighbor in Need initiative here.

The Friends of East Atlanta Library GardenQuest 2013 has three workshops in March and April to help you get ready for springtime in East Atlanta. Visit our Facebook page or email friendsofeal@gmail.com for a complete flyer and to register. 

The Burgess-Peterson Academy PTA is joining forces with EACA and Shoebox Recycling to collect gently used shoes and raise money for BPA.

In addition to raising money, the shoes will be distributed to needy children around the world.  Donations can be dropped off at the school, or you can arrange pick-up by contacting Maki Echols.

Please donate your gently used shoes (excluding flip flops) and support BPA!

DeKalb County seniors and low income citizens are encouraged to take advantage of this free Federal and State income tax e-filing service.  No appointments - first come, first served.  The service will be provided at the Clarkston Library, 951 N. Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston, Mondays and Tuesdays through April 15th, from 12 - 4 PM.  Click here for important documents to bring with you.

For more information about AARP Foundation Tax Aide, click here.  For those who prefer to do their own, there are FREE e-filing softwares available here.

Call 404-508-7175 for more information.

Pure Tennis will be conducting group tennis lessons for children ages 3.5 - 14 at the Grant Park Tennis Courts for the Grant Park, Glenwood Park, Ormewood Park, and surrounding communities this spring beginning the week of February 11th.  

Lessons run for 8 weeks and are offered on your choice of Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday afternoons.  We will also be offering "Cardio Tennis" for adults on Saturday morning along with a popular new program, "Tennis Fit for Kids."

For more information, visit the Pure Tennis website.

The Department of Public works is committed to serving the residents and visitors of Atlanta in a timely and efficient manner.  Please let us know how we may be of service to you.

Send comments or concerns related to Transportation Services, Solid Waste Services, Illegal Dumping, Water/Sewers, Parking Meters, etc. to publicworks@atlantaga.gov

The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department is urging residents and employees to register for Smart911, an enhanced 911 information system available for City of Atlanta residents, and which is being used by emergency dispatchers.

How does it work?  Users enter as much personal information as they feel comfortable sharing via online registration, including home or work address, information about disabilities, medications, alternate contact numbers, pictures, automobile descriptions, and other information that may be pertinent for first responders during an emergency.

Anyone that lives, works, or plays within the City could potentially benefit from first responders having the pre-registered information available. Additionally, when traveling, any jurisdiction that utilizes Smart911 will have your information readily available, making registration a win for everyone.

Today is the deadline for registering for the 2013-2014 school year at Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS).  Applications for enrollment can be found on our website, www.atlncs.org, or at each school location, along with additional information on the enrollment process.

ANCS is a K-8 charter school with two campuses formed by the merger in 2011 of two successful charter schools that have been operating in the Grant Park / Ormewood Park neighborhood over the past decade. Neighborhood Charter School (NCS) opened in 2002 serving K-5 students. Atlanta Charter Middle School (ACMS) opened in 2005 serving 6-8 students. ANCS is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools (www.essentialschools.org) and is committed to the CES common principles.

Winter is upon us and it's a great time to deliver a meal to our local firefighters!  Providing a meal means having a meal, already cooked, to hand over to the firefighters at Station 13 on Friday evening. The Firefighters request food without pork.  A full kitchen is available to them at the Fire Station and they can heat something as needed.  Delivery of meals is usually between 5 - 5:30 PM.

Sign up here (password is "friday") to see what dates are available for meals.  You might think about sharing different parts of a meal with friends. For example:  One or two people might provide the main meal, another could provide bread or a side dish or dessert.

Please call Beth-Ann Buitekant (404-455-8746) for information or with questions.