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East Atlanta Community Association
July 8, 2013
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Greetings!
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The East Atlanta Community Association wishes everyone a happy Independence Day!!
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| APD Neigborhood Watch Training - Registration deadline today (7/8) | |
 The Atlanta Police Department is hosting a citywide Neighborhood Watch Training Course on Saturday, July 13th, from 9 AM to 1 PM at their Atlanta Public Safety Headquarters (226 Peachtree St SW).
The training will cover how 911 operates, grant opportunities, leadership development, personal safety, and how to successfully maintain a Neighborhood Watch program.
For registration information, please contact Inspector Thomas at sabthomas@atlantaga.gov or 404.546.5550.
If you're interested in receiving a Neighborhood Watch certification, you must attend a minimum of 4 hours of training. The Registration deadline is July 8th, 2013. Free parking will be provided in the parking deck on Pryor Street.
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| Multi-neighborhood crime and public safety meeting this Wednesday (7/10) | |
A crime and public safety meeting has been scheduled for 7:30 PM this Wednesday, July 10th, at the Zoo Atlanta's ARC Building to discuss proposed solutions to crime. Community, police and government leaders will be in attendance.
Elected officials expected to attend the meeting include U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Atlanta), Atlanta City Councilwoman Carla Smith and Ga. State Rep. Margaret Kaiser (D-Grant Park).
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| Donate books to Friends of East Atlanta Library annual book sale | |
Friends of East Atlanta Library (FEAL) is looking for a lot of gently read books for its big annual fundraising book sale during the EAV Strut on September 21st. The group is accepting book donations now at the East Atlanta Library as long as they are free of mold and in fair condition. Money raised at the FEAL book sale primarily helps fund children's programming and the widely circulated book collections. Library budget cuts over the past few years have eliminated funding for children's programming and with East Atlanta's growing number of younger families with children, maintaining the library's great programs and activities has become one of FEAL's top priorities.
You may bring your books to the circulation desk at the library anytime during regular library hours. If you are interested in supporting the library by becoming a member of FEAL, pick up a brochure and membership form at the circulation desk. If you would like to volunteer to help sort books before the sale (with a chance to get a first peak at the offerings) or work on the day of the book sale, please contact FEAL at friendsofeal@gmail.com.
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America's Favorite Park: Vote for Brownwood Park
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 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.
The park with the most votes will win a $100,000 recreation grant from Coca-Cola and the title of 'America's Favorite Park.'' Second- and third-place parks will win $50,000 and $25,000 grants, respectively. Another $15,000 grant will be awarded, at random, to a lucky park that comes in 4th to 25th on the leader board.
So get moving, vote daily and Take It To The Park!
Vote here this summer.
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| Feedback needed for Atlanta metro transportation project |
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.
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| EAV911 Emergency Twitter Group |
 What it is: A text-message based urgent message system. You the user can both receive text messages and send alerts to other users via text message quickly end easily.
What you need: A mobile device with text messaging, a free Twitter account and about a sixth-grade education to get set up.
How to get hooked up:
1) Get a Twitter account if you don't already have one.
a) Sign up at www.twitter.com
b) Set up your mobile device to receive Twitter updates at twitter.com/devices. Make sure you have set up your device to receive text messages. You will know you have by going back to the devices page when "Device updates" is ON for your device.
2) Request to link to EAV911 by going to your Twitter homepage and sending this message from the "What are you doing" form - "follow eav911". When you send this message, you should see this confirmation - "Okay! If EAV911 accepts your request, you'll start getting EAV911's updates."
3) I will have to approve the follow request. You will know I have done so when you see the list of previous eav911 messages on your Twitter homepage.
4) Go to the Twitter "following" page, find eav911 and make sure "device updates" is set to ON.
How to use EAV911:Messages from other EAV911 users will now automatically come to your device.
- To send a message to the group, send a text to Twitter's short code - 40404
- Messages for EAV911 should follow this format: "@eav911 [text of your message]". Twitter will redistribute the message to everybody in the group
What to use EAV911 for:
The concept for this system is that messages sent this way should be "urgent and actionable". What that means is only information that is time-sensitive and that people can do something with should come across the system.
Somebody just got mugged in the Village - good message so other people can be aware.
Tornado coming through the Village - very good candidate.
Pretty high certainty that a certain car you can describe is roaming the neighborhood breaking into houses today - also a good candidate.
Your neighbor came home and discovered somebody stole his flat-panel TV earlier today - not a good candidate. |
| East Atlanta Kids Club Sci-Tech Fun & Fitness Camp through July 19th |
 East Atlanta Kids Club is once again offering a summer camp that will engage kids in science and technology activities, sports, gardening and healthy eating classes, exciting field trips and other fun. Highlights of the scitech curriculum include robotics, rocketry and digital storytelling, using ALICE, a visually-oriented computer program. Sports will include tennis, basketball, cycling and swimming. The summer camp runs through July 19th and will be held at Brownwood Recreation Center in East Atlanta Monday-Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM, and Friday from 9 AM to 2 PM. Camp fees are $150 a week and include breakfast, lunch and snacks provided by the Center of Quality Care for Children. Extra fees will apply for a trip to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and a few other field trips. A limited number of income-based scholarships are available; please contact Program Director Adeena Howard at ahoward@eastatlantakids.org or call 404-627-8050 for more information. There's still time to register your kids for this fun, active and educational summer camp experience! Register now at http://bit.ly/scitechfuncamp or stop by the Brownwood Recreation Center (602 Brownwood Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30316) for a registration form. |
| Oakleaf Mennonite Farm kids summer camp - 2 sessions remaining |
 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 July 8-12 and July 15-19. 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. |
| Wylde Center's Urban Farm Camp - 3 sessions remaining |
 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: 2 sessions left, 9 - 2:30 PM daily: July 8-12 and 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).
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| Notice: Temporary closure of McPherson Ave. |
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 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. |
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Friday Food for Firefighters |
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.
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East Atlanta Security Patrol
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EASP News as of July 3, 2013
To top off several days of frequent crime in Zone 6 and much of the surrounding area, there was a murder on Van Vleck on July 2nd, around 11:45 PM. Preliminary reports indicate this was a targeted robbery or burglary of this particular house, but we'll wait for the facts before we rush to judgment.
A much lighter week of crime for the week ending June 29th, as we were back near the bottom of crime for Zone 6, with seven crimes reported. There were two auto thefts, two larcenies, one aggravated assault, one burglary and one non-residential burglary. The lone residential burglary was in the 1500 block of McPherson. The commercial burglary was at Tobacco & More at Flat Shoals and Fayettevile, where entry was by breaking a front window. The auto thefts were both from parking lots behind storefronts on Glenwood. The larcenies included a youth stealing $1,000 from a woman's purse, and some youths snatching cell phones from two ladies on Fayetteville Road.
A bad week for crime in East Atlanta for the week ending June 22nd, as we had the highest number of crimes in the zone. Our fifteen crimes included one aggravated assault, four burglaries, four car thefts, one larceny and five auto larcenies. Burglaries occured in the 1100 block of Bouldercrest, 700 block of Brownwood, 300 block of McPherson and the 700 block of Clifton. Amazingly, all four car thefts were unsuccessful attempts. Three of the four vehicles were Jeeps, all from model year 2006 or earlier.
The EASP is in need of help via donations to assist in the East Atlanta Village Patrol, particularly in light of the significant incidents that have occurred in East Atlanta in the last month. 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 (404-954-1568). |
| Ongoing Meeting Schedule | |
Atlanta City Council, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
Branan Towers Bingo, 3rd Tuesday of the month.
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
East Atlanta Business Association, 1st Monday of the month.
East Atlanta Community Association, 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Grant Park Neighborhood Association, 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Neighborhood Planning Unit-W, 4th Wednesday of the month.
NPU-W Land Use & Zoning Committee, 1st Tuesday of the month.
NPU-W Transportation Committee, 4th Wednesday of the month.
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, 2nd Thursday of the month.
Please view the EACA calendar here for more information on locations. |
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EACA Rewards
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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:
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.
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| Connect with EACA |
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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