The Civic League for Regional Atlanta has been asked by the Atlanta Regional Commission to help engage a diverse cross-section of metro residents in revisiting the region's transportation needs and wants.  Help give important feedback on how the Civic League should best engage the community by taking this brief survey.  Your responses will help determine how the Civic Leagues involves community members in the planning process going forward. 

Please be advised that McPherson Avenue, SE between Flat Shoals Avenue and Moreland Avenue will be temporarily closed to allow for construction activity associated with the East Atlanta Village Streetscape Improvement Project.

The City of Atlanta Department of Public Works will be upgrading the traffic signals, removing the traffic median, realigning the curb and sidewalk, replacing the existing concrete sidewalk, installing brick pavers, and a round-a-bout on McPherson Avenue between Moreland Avenue and Flat Shoals Avenue.  Due to the use of heavy construction equipment, it is necessary to close the roadway for safety purposes.

The road closure will take place on Monday June 10, 2013, 9 AM, weather permitting; the road closure is scheduled to end in early November.

Access to local businesses will be maintained during the period of the detour route and associated construction activity.  The following detour route will be posted to re-direct vehicular traffic around the affected area as follows:

Detour Route

Moreland Avenue - Northbound Traffic:

Right onto Glenwood Avenue

Left onto Haas Avenue

Right onto McPherson Avenue

Moreland Avenue - Southbound Traffic

Left onto Glenwood Avenue

Left onto Haas Avenue

Right onto McPherson Avenue

Detour Route Continued:

McPherson Avenue - Westbound Traffic

Left onto Haas Avenue

Right onto Metropolitan Avenue

Flat Shoals Avenue - Northbound Traffic

Right onto Oak Grove Avenue

Left onto Haas Avenue

Right onto McPherson Avenue

Flat Shoals Avenue - Southbound Traffic

Left onto Glenwood Avenue

Left onto Haas Avenue

Right onto McPherson Avenue

Flat Shoals Avenue between Oak Grove Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, McPherson Avenue between Flat Shoals Avenue and Haas Avenue, and Flat Shoals Avenue between McPherson Avenue and
I-20 will be open to local traffic only.

For more information about this project, please contact the Department of Public Works - Office of Transportation / Capital Projects at 404-330-6739 or by email at publicworks@atlantaga.gov.

Your park, your votes: The search for America's Favorite Park is on, and your votes could make the difference. It's time to step up and help your favorite park win a $100,000 recreational grant with the help of Coca-Cola. Spread the word and rally the neighborhood to support your park, and give something incredible back to the community you love.

Vote here. 

It's not too late to give us your feedback as we rebrand EACA.  Please give us your feedback by filling out a brief survey.

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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. 

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a farmer, a beekeeper, or a chef?  Do you like to dig into the dirt and explore the world around you?  Want to get up close and personal with how a garden works, how to grow your own food, and how to care for the environment?  Then the Wylde Center's Urban Farm Camp is just the place for you!  This week-long day camp will give children ages 5-11 the chance to experience what it is like to be a farmer in the city. Children will learn to take care of a garden, pick vegetables, and cook with the vegetables they harvest.  As they learn about the plants, bees, chickens, and more in the garden, they will have fun making art, playing games, and getting their hands in the dirt.  Local gardeners, chefs, and farming experts will teach children the basics of gardening, cooking , and taking care of the environment.  Want to give it a try and learn in the garden?  Then come join us this summer!  

Location: Edgewood Community Learning Garden, 1503 Hardee Street, Atlanta GA 30307
Times: 5 sessions, 9 - 2:30 PM daily:  June 10-14, June 17-21, June 24-28, July 8-12, July 15-19

Cost: $200 Wylde Center Members,  $220 Non Members,   Free for students on scholarship.

For more information and to register for camp, visit the Wyle Center site, or see Pastor Toni Ingram (Greater Smith Chapel) or Derrick Beasley (Retreat at Edgewood). 

Student Letter Art exhibit now on display at the EAL 

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School middle school students have been discovering their abilities in the visual arts with letter art. After learning some basic techniques to give a visual presence to letters, the students used the techniques to express quotes they found profound or powerful. FEAL is delighted to have some of their results on display on the gallery wall in the EAL Meeting Room through the end of May. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these works goes to fund programming and materials at the East Atlanta Library. To view the students letter art display, please ask at the circulation desk and the staff will be happy to let you in.
 

Melissia Fernander artist reception Friday, June 21

Join us at the reception for artist Melissia Fernander on Friday, June 21 from 6 to 8 p.m at the library. The reception is hosted by FEAL for this versatile artist, who has a selection of fabric paintings and sculpture currently on display through the end of July in the Meeting Room/Gallery.

Fernander's pieces are made from painted and molded fabric, found objects, wire, and film. Melissia Fernander's life in the arts has encompassed music performance, art criticism, creative writing, fashion, and now, conceptual art.
"I take influences from where I have lived, and I put them into my art," she explains."The industrial elements of Detroit, the colors of the Caribbean, farm life from the South, the grit of New York, are all combined in my work." To read more about Fernander and her work, click here.

Wine and light refreshments will be served at the reception. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these works goes to fund programming and materials at the East Atlanta Library. To view the art display during regular library hours, please ask at the circulation desk and the staff will be happy to let you in.

Children's summer reading program in full swing!

EAL's amazing 2013 summer reading program is in full swing! Shannon Duffy, interim branch manager, has created a line-up with something for children of all ages and FEAL is so proud to be sponsoring these programs. All programs are free and open to the public. Here's what's in store for the rest of June and early July:  

ZooMobile Visits the Library

Wednesday, June 12. 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.  Ages 3-12.

The Zoo Atlanta will come out to provide a program on the wild feature of animals.  A few animal guests will visit as well. Sign-up required and begins May 29th. Space is limited! 

 
Miss Gail's Music Show

Wednesday, June 19. 10:30 a.m. Ages 2-8.

Sing, dance and jump with Miss Gail at this interactive music program. 

Rock On: Learning About Rocks, Gems and Minerals

Wednesday, June 26. 10:30 a.m. For ages 3-6 and at 1:30 p.m for ages 7-12.

Ms. Duffy will present all kinds of interesting information and activities about rocks, gems and minerals with some real examples from the Tellus Science Museum.  Sign-up required and begins May 29th.

Can You Dig It: Learning About Fossils
Wednesday, July 10. 10:30 a.m. for ages 3-6 & 1:30 p.m. for ages 7-12. Ms. Duffy will present all kinds of interesting information and activities about fossils and paleontology with some real examples from the Tellus Science Museum. Sign-up required and begins May 29th.

Hot Diggity Doug
Monday, July 15. 10:30 a.m. Ages 3-10.
Local storyteller and actor Barry Stewart Mann brings classic and popular books alive in this program filled with spectacle and surprises. 

Special FEAL membership offer through June 

The East Atlanta Library is offering fine forgiveness for overdue books to all FEAL members through the month of June. So if you haven't yet joined for 2013, now is the perfect time to do so.  FEAL members also receive free books at its book sales and free or reduced registration at many of it's activities. Click here to join.

Volunteers needed to assist library staff

The East Atlanta Library branch has the second highest circulation in the AFPLS and branch manager Shannon Duffy is looking for a few volunteers to help the staff, especially with reshelving. If you have an hour or more to spare during your week and would like to give some much needed and appreciated help, please contact Shannon at 404-730-5438. Every volunteer must fill out an AFPLS volunteer application form which can be downloaded here.

Summer is nearly 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.