East Atlanta Community Association    
May 13, 2013 
In This Issue
East Atlanta Beer Festival
Brownwood Frolic May 19th
Edgewood Community Garden Workday
Trace Your Family Roots
50+ New You Empowerment Conference
Oakleaf Mennonite Farm Kids Summer Camp
Friday Food for Firefighters
Upcoming Area Meetings
Join Our Mailing List!
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Greetings!
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Hello neighbors! Some of you may have noticed that you can't buy an EACA yard sign on the
website. A few months ago, we realized our sign supply was nearly depleted and we needed to reorder. When we contacted our supplier he informed us the price had gone up since our last order. At the same time, some EACA board members began to discuss the need for a "rebranding" of the community association. We felt we needed to take a step back, and look at the needs, values, etc of our community and evaluate how best to meet those needs and take us into the future.

After much discussion, we decided to begin our rebranding 
process, with the end result of clear vision for EACA and also a NEW LOGO that better expresses the heart and soul of our neighborhood. This new logo will be incorporated into EACA merchandise such as tshirts, bumper stickers, and yard signs. Anticipating this new design, we have decided to stop selling yard signs until the rebranding process is complete and we have chosen a new logo, which will be some time in August of this year.

A big part of this process is feedback from YOU! Stay tuned to the newsletter, website and 
Facebook page for more info on how you can participate. We will also be discussing the rebranding process at our next meeting, Tuesday May 14 at 7pm at Branan Towers.

Thanks for your support!

East Atlanta Beer Festival this Saturday, May 18th!

The East Atlanta Beer Festival began in 2004 as a fundraiser for various projects in the East Atlanta community, and as a way to bring people into the area who were unaware of how wonderful it is.  Today, EABF is far and away the single largest fundraising event for community projects in and around East Atlanta, providing more than $30,000 to EACA projects in 2012 alone.  Other grantees in recent years have included East Atlanta Kids' Club, Burgess Peterson Academy, Historic Sylvester Cemetery, East Atlanta Farmer's Market, Friends of East Atlanta Library, Martha Brown United Methodist Church, Branan Towers Retirement Community, Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization, East Atlanta Business Association, and East Lake YMCA. 

 

As a direct result of EABF funds, East Atlanta is a more pleasant, clean, and safe place to live, play, raise children, operate a business, and own a home.  For the last ten years, year after year, EABF has brought hundreds of first time visitors to East Atlanta.  These people come from all over metro Atlanta and Georgia, and from more than twenty different states. In short, anyone who receives this email has benefitted from EABF, even if you are not personally a fan of beer festivals or a beer lover.

 

We want these benefits to continue, but we need your help to make it so. In 2004, EABF was one of only three beer festivals in Metro Atlanta.  Today, there is a beer festival somewhere in metro Atlanta nearly every weekend from April through October. This competition increases every year, and most of the new festivals are run by professional promoters for sophisticated for-profit entities, who have found this to be a rather lucrative business. In contrast, the East Atlanta Beer Festival is now, and shall remain, a festival run solely by community volunteers. All profits - after we pay for stuff like fencing, port-a-potties and beer - are returned to this local community by The East Atlanta Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. This distinguishes EABF from other festivals, some of which claim to donate an unspecified "portion" to charities, without disclosing what percentage of their profits that is. This competition has, and will continue, to impact our ticket sales.

 

In order for EABF to continue generating substantial funds for the wonderful projects the East Atlanta community does so well, we need your support in several specific areas:

1. Come to the 10th Annual East Atlanta Beer Festival. If you haven't been in a few years, you might not recognize it.  We moved to Brownwood Park in 2011, and in 2012 we expanded the fest site to include nearly 7 acres of forest and grassy meadow, with plenty of room for people to bring chairs and blankets. The food and entertainment get better every year, and the variety of beer is amazing. Use promo code "EACA" for a $5 discount.

2. Encourage your friends, family members, co-workers, and acquaintances to come to the Festival. Wandering around the park under the huge old trees, trying new beers, and listening to live music is a great way to catch up with your spouse, your sibling, your old boss, or that friend who you haven't seen since they moved OTP.

3. Help us promote the festival on Facebook and Twitter.  On Facebook, you can use the "invite," "share," or "like" functions to help us raise awareness of the Festival.  On Twitter, use @eabf or #beerbearcrush.   

4. Let us know if you have access to marketing tools that could assist the East Atlanta Beer Festival in meeting its ticket sales goal.  Remember, all donations to the East Atlanta Foundation are tax-deductible! 

 

Street and Park closures:

From morning to evening on Saturday, May 18th, the streets adjacent to Brownwood Park will be closed to parking, including Joseph Avenue, Portland Avenue, Gresham Avenue, Brownwood Avenue and Pendleton Street.  The developed, north side of Brownwood Park will be accessible only to those with Beer Fest tickets.  The undeveloped, south side of the Park will be open and accessible via Ormewood Avenue.  Immediately impacted neighbors will receive the details of how these closures will be implemented.

 

To contact the Festival, email info@eastatlantabeerfest.com

 

Website: http://www.eastatlantabeerfest.com

Tickets: https://www.xorbia.com/e/eabf/east-atlanta-beer-festival-2013

Festival Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastatlantabeerfest

Beer Bear Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beer.bear.790

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EABF

Join us for the next Brownwood Frolic, Sunday after the Beer Fest

Edgewood Communitiy Learning Garden workday May 18th

The Edgewood Community Learning Garden has workdays every third Saturday of the month with the next one coming up on May 18th, 9 AM to noon. 

The garden has a chicken coop with 5 chickens, 11 raised vegetable beds, herb beds, berry patches, a 1,700 gallon rain-harvesting cistern, a drip irrigation system, and a composting area. We would love your help weeding, mulching, and doing maintenance around the garden. Have basic carpentry skills? Our composting area also needs some repairs! Please contact monica@wyldecenter.org to volunteer.
The garden is located at 1503 Hardee St at the SE corner of Mayson Ave and Hardee St.

The Edgewood Community Learning Garden also has volunteer hours every Friday from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. Just show up and check in with Monica or e-mail monica@wyldecenter.org if you have a large group!

Learn how to trace your family history this Saturday, May 18th

The Atlanta History Center will host an event this Saturday, May 18th, "Our Heritage, Atlanta's Family History Conference".  More than 100 other metro area family history center directors and consultants will be at the Atlanta History Center May 18th to share information and answer questions, and to set up one-on-one help at local family history centers that are using new online tools from FamilySearch International.

 

Highlights of the conference will include genealogy courses designed for teens, workshops on DNA and family history research, information on conducting oral history interviews, and tours of the Kenan Research Center.

 

To find out more about the event and to register to attend, visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com/OurHeritage.

50+ New You Empowerment Conference for Seniors on May 21st

The Put Up Your Dukes Foundation has partnered with the City of Atlanta, AARP, the American Heart Association, and State and Federal agencies to unveil a dynamic movement called "The 50+ New You."  You are invited to join a special event, the 50+ New You Empowerment Conference, on May 21st, from 9:30 to 11:30 AM, at the Georgia World Congress Center.

 

The event will include vendors and exhibits, information on healthcare services, technology training, and a fitness concert led by line dance icon Cupid.  For more information, contact info@puydf.org or call 770.981.9897.

Oakleaf Mennonite Farm kids summer camp

Oakleaf Mennonite Farm is pleased to announce it will offer four weeks of "Peace and Carrots Camp" for children ages 5 to 12 this summer. Children will work side-by-side with farmers planting and harvesting, taking care of animals, and enjoying the work of the farm. They will also enjoy games, songs, crafts, drama and service and art projects that will affirm their spirits, stimulate their compassion and equip them to disarm both themselves and their 'enemies'.

 

Sessions will be offered from 8 AM to 1 PM on the following weeks:

June 10th - 14th, June 17th - 21st, July 8th - 12th, July 15th - 19th

 

Additional weeks and private farm camps may be scheduled. 

 

Each weekly session costs $200/child. We also have extended afternoon care available from 1-4 PM for an additional $75/week (per child). Scholarships are available.

 

Please email peaceandcarrotscamp@gmail.com or call 404-244-0289 for more information, to apply, or to provide a donation to support scholarships. 

Friday Food for Firefighters

Spring is here and it's a great time to deliver a meal to our local firefighters!  Providing a meal means having a cooked meal 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.  Meals should be delivered 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. 

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 easp610@gmail.com, or call EASP Organizer Myron Polster (404-954-1568).   
Upcoming Area Meetings

Dekalb County Board of Commissioners 

2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (May 14th), 9 AM
Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur

East Atlanta Community Association (EACA)
2nd Tuesday of the month (May 14th), 7 PM
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave SE
 
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SAND)
2nd Thursday of the month (May 16th) 7:30 PM
Beulah Heights University Student Center, 892 Berne Street
 
Atlanta City Council
1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (May 20th), 1 PM
City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW 
 
Branan Towers Bingo
3rd Tuesday of the month (May 21st), 6 PM
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave SE 
 
Grant Park Neighborhood Association
3rd Tuesday of the month (May 21st), 7:30 PM
Zoo Atlanta - ARC Building - Ford Conservation Room, 800 Cherokee Avenue
 
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W Transportation Committee
4th Wednesday of the month (May 22nd), 6:30 PM
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
 
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W
4th Wednesday of the month (May 22nd), 7:30 PM
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
EACA Rewards 

As a valued EACA 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:

  • Dance 411 is offering Kids Summer Dance and Theatre Camp, with weekly sessions running June 3rd to August 9th.  Pricing ranges from $87-159/week. Our unique day camp experience is designed to help students enhance their creative abilities and become well round performers. Instruction is differentiated based on skill level; beginner to advanced performers are welcome.  Campers will be immersed in dance and theatre programs that end in a performance each week. Our camp features daily instruction in jazz, hip hop, ballet, and theatre (including acting, script writing and improv). Each week is themed and features a specialty dance genre such as break-dance, salsa, african, and many more. Our highly trained instructors offer campers performance training that prepares them for auditions, stage, and films.  Valid through 5/31/2013
  • Bound to Be Read Books - Get an extra 10% off the purchase of any used book (excludes rare/collectible books and special orders) through 6/30/2013
  • Elder Tree Public House - 10% off on all food excluding already discounted food specials (eg., $5 burger night)
  • The Galish Group Insurance Solutions - Free smoke detector with purchase of home policy through 6/30/2013
  • Completely Clean - $10 off initial cleaning for all East Atlanta residents through 7/4/2013
  • Parkside at East Atlanta - 5% discount off market rents plus 50% off application fees.  Valid through 7/31/2013
  • Park Pet Supply - 20% off all pet toys for dogs and cats through 12/18/2013
  • Homewatch Caregivers - 15% off all services through 12/31/2013
  • East Atlanta Copy Center - 10% off any order over $5 when you show your card through 12/31/2013
  • Traci with an Eye Graphic Design - 30% off all graphic design services (limit one discount per customer) through 3/20/2014
  • 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 

Not a member?   Join 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.

  

If you are a business interested in participating in this free program, find more information here. 


Email questions to membership@eaca.net.   
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Contact Information:
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