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East Atlanta Community Association
August 19, 2013
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 Join your community tonight at 6 PM for Street Smarts, a public safety seminar hosted by the Atlanta Police Department COPS unit in the East Atlanta Library Meeting Room. Councilmember Natalyn Archibong will also be in attendance.
COPS (The Community Oriented Policing Section) believes that heightened community involvement in public safety is the most effective way to address crime and violence and offers several programs to help prevent crime in the neighborhood.
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| Join Burgess-Peterson garden volunteers on Saturday, August 24th! |
It's been a great summer for the Burgess-Peterson garden. Before the students left they planted potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, squash, beans and popcorn. Thanks to the abundant rain, everything has been growing like crazy. We've been stopping by school to harvest squash and tomatoes since June and the students are harvesting now that school has started.
There are two volunteer days scheduled for August, on Saturday the 24th and Friday the 30th.
On August 24th, volunteers will be at the school between 10 AM and 3 PM and there are lots of projects: The chicken coop area is being remodeled and expanded, a garden bed will be added for pre-K, the butterfly bed will become a dragon garden and volunteers will attack weeds in the courtyard garden and in the orchard (weeds gone wild is the down side of all the rain!)
August 30th is the second annual school-wide planting day. Between 8:30 AM and 2 PM, every student will have a chance to plant part of the garden. Volunteers will help the students plant and keep things organized. In case you're not familiar with the way this works, each grade plants the same vegetables in a 4x12 garden bed. As the produce is harvested throughout the fall, it is weighed and the amounts are recorded. Whichever grade harvests the most before winter break wins.
Thanks for your support!
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2013 Grant Park Summer Shade Festival: Last Call for Volunteers!
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Atlanta's BEST summer festival is quickly approaching, and we are in search of more amazing volunteers! If you or someone you know may want to be a superstar volunteer for the 2013 Summer Shade Festival in Grant Park on August 24th and 25th, please keep reading to find out how to get involved. Please forward this email to your friends and co-workers. We want them to volunteer as well- the more, the merrier, we always say! PS - All volunteers receive a cool t-shirt and our unending gratitude!
Click here to fill out the volunteer form online. Because the times listed below may vary somewhat from the online form, please list the specific shift that you would like in the comment field. If you are flexible regarding time/area, please let us know
Available volunteer opportunities include:
1. Kids Zone - Saturday and Sunday Open Shifts: 11 AM-1 PM, 1-3 PM and 3-5 PM. Involves assistance with various children's area booths and activities - set-up/break-down, supply replenishment, safety, directions and crowd control.
2. Musician and Stage Support - Saturday Open Shifts: 9 AM-1 PM, 1-5 PM, 5-9 PM. Sunday Open Shifts: 10:30 AM-3PM and 3-7 PM. Involves assistance with stage management at one of multiple stages, load-in/out of entertainers, liaison with staging company, MC, PA announcements/messages, etc.
3. General Festival Management - Saturday Open Shifts: 9 AM-1 PM, 1-5 PM, 5-9 PM. Sunday Open Shifts: 9 AM-1 PM, 1-5 PM.
4. Parking Monitors - Saturday and Sunday Open Shifts: 9 AM-1 PM, 1-5 PM, 5-9 PM. Includes guarding reserved spots and assisting bands and Go Grant Park! Vendors with parking and load/in - load/out.
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| How will you STRUT your stuff? |
It's time to decide how you'll represent the neighborhood in the East Atlanta Strut Parade coming up on Saturday, September 21st! Decorate your bicycle, car, truck or stroller -- or just decorate yourself and put on your strutting shoes. Whether you want to have fun or want to spread the word about your group or business in a unique way, the Strut Parade is the way to go.
Strutting with a group is also a great way to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or other milestone. Register here.
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| Rain Barrel Workshop |
 The Fulton County Department of Water Resources invites residents to an upcoming Rain Barrel workshop on Saturday, August 24, from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
The workshop will take place at the South Fulton Maintenance & Operations Center, 7470 Cochran Mill Road, College Park, 30349. The price is $40 per rain barrel, which includes the price of a diverter. There is a limit of 2 rain barrels per participant. Space is limited to 35 participants, and the class will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for registration & payment is August 16. To register, please make payment by check, payable to Fulton County Department of Water Resources. Mail or deliver registration fee to Fulton County Department of Water Resources, Attention: Jennifer McLaurin, 141 Pryor Street, SW, Suite 6001, Atlanta, GA 30303. For more information, please contact Jennifer McLaurin at 404-612-8745 or jennifer.mclaurin@fultoncountyga.gov |
| Friends of East Atlanta Library needs help with their annual book sale! | |
August and September are FEAL's busiest months as we ready for our biggest fundraiser -- the annual book sale during the East Atlanta Strut. Not only do we need your book donations, we need your help sorting and taking a shift at the book sale. It's both fun and helps raise the money we need to keep our books and programming top notch. If you would like to sort book donations or take a shift on the day of the Strut, please email friendsofeal@gmail.com.
Thanks to all who have already donated books. We have received some great selections. We will continue to accept gently read and mold-free hardback and paperback books, audiobooks and CDs through September 13th. You may leave your book donations at the EAL circulation desk. |
| Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve Programs | |
2013 Summer Hikes and Programs
For more information, call 770-492-5220, email or visit their website.
Davidson-Arabia Nature Center is located at 3787 Klondike Rd in Lithonia
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Friday Food for Firefighters
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Summer is in full swing 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 Update
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We have begun our 60 in 60 promotion, with a goal of signing up 60 new members in 60 days. All new memberships of six months or longer will receive the months of August and September for free. In addition, the Village Church of East Atlanta has offered to match new memberships during August and September dollar for dollar up to $7,000. While new residential memberships will still fund residential patrols, the matching funds will go toward patrols of the East Atlanta Village and surrounding streets. Our primary goal of the new Village patrols is to increase pedestrian safety, but we also expect to see reductions in auto thefts and vehicle break-ins.
Please renew your membership today so that we can continue to reduce crime in East Atlanta. We have been making steady progress in reducing armed robberies and burglaries in the past five years, but we have more work to do. There were 221 burglaries in East Atlanta in 2008, but only 51 in 2012. In 2008, there were 44 pedestrian robberies, which was reduced to 22 in 2012. We are still not satisfied with these reductions, and think our community can reduce these further. We are especially concerned with the increase in pedestrian robberies throughout the city in 2013, and while we don't expect to eliminate them completely, we'd like to see the frequency reduced considerably. This is the reason for our Village Patrol effort, considered our most important new initiative in 2013.
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.
Update for the week of August 11-17:
- Larceny on Thurs morning Aug 15 at 2000 Flat Shoals - Shell Station/ 4 bags of ice valued at $6.88/ A witness stated that she had observed a b/m wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans trying to break into the ice freezers in front of the store. Dekalb County police heard the lookout and advised that he had just stopped someone fitting the description. The arrestee was detained and admitted to being homeless and taking the ice.
- Auto Break-in on Wed morning Aug 14 in 1600 block of Van Vleck
- Burglary on Monday evening Aug 12 in 1600 block of Braeburn - residence/ Apple Mac Mini, 48" Vizio flat screen, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS / no prints
- Auto theft on Monday morning Aug 12 in 1900 block of Flat Shoals - WHI PONT MTA, 2000; Tag: PDA5841; State: GA; VIN: 1GMDX03E2YD208532
- Burglary on Sunday evening Aug 11 in 1600 block of Cecile - residence/ set of keys, Samsung flat screen TV, Apple 4G Ipad /backdoor kicked in / prints
- Burglary on Sunday morning Aug 11 in 1400 block of Glenwood -residence/ $900 cash, Glock 32 with laser sight /rear bathroom window had been pried open/prints
- Burglary on Sunday Aug 11 at unknown time in 1400 block of McPherson- residence/ 27" Apple I-mac all in 1 , Apple Ipad, MacBook screen, Gold necklace with diamond cross, BushMaster AR-15 rifle with surfire rail, Walther P-22 compact handgun, 250 rounds of .223 ammunition/ entry into the residence via a back window/ID Tech # 7329 processed the scene.
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).
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| 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:
New Offers!
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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