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East Atlanta Community Association
September 16, 2013
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Don't miss your chance to Strut!
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Now is the time to join the East Atlanta Strut Parade coming up on Saturday! 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.
The deadline to register is Tuesday. HURRY! THAT'S TOMORROW, SEPT. 17!
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| DeKalb Workforce Development Job Fair this Wednesday (9/18) |
DeKalb Workforce Development (DWD) will host its 8th Annual Workforce Development Day Job Fair from 10 AM to 2 PM on Wednesday, September 18th at 774 Jordan Lane, Building #4, Decatur, GA 30033.
The job fair allows job seekers the opportunity to meet with top employers hiring in various high-demand occupational fields, as well as receive helpful advice on resumes, job search strategies, and interviewing styles.
For more information, click here.
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| Glenn School consignment sale this weekend (9/20-21) |
Don't miss The Glenn Sale - a huge kids' consignment sale benefiting the Glenn School, with over 60,000 items, including clothing, baby equipment, furniture, toys and more!
When: Friday, September 20th, 9:30 AM - 7 PM (no children or babies, even in carriers or car seats, before noon) and Saturday, September 21st, 9 AM - 2 PM (half-price day!).
Where: 1669 North Decatur Rd. NE, 30307 (Glenn UMC Youth & Activities Bldg.)
What: The sale includes Fall and Winter clothes for boys and girls (size infant-14), children's shoes, baby equipment, furniture, toys, books, games and more. We accept cash, checks (with current driver's license or other photo ID) and credit credits ($3 credit card processing fee applies).
Find out more: www.glennsale.com
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| Get ready for Taste of EAV on October 5th! |
Mark your calendars for this year's Taste of East Atlanta, on Saturday, October 5th, from 2 to 6 PM. Come on out with your family, friends, and neighbors for an afternoon of fun and sample delicious tastings from all of your favorite EAV eateries! Look for a menu with tastings listed for each participating business to be posted throughout EAV soon!
Tickets are $1 each, and each participating business will offer from one to five food and/or beverage tastings. Advance discounted ticket sales (10 tickets for $8), will be available at the Big Daddy Biscuits booth at the East Atlanta Farmer's Market on Thursday afternoons, or at the Elder Tree Public House at 469 Flat Shoals Ave, beginning the week of Monday, Sept. 23. Ticket sales will also be available on the day of the event.
Taste of East Atlanta is sponsored by your East Atlanta Business Association. Proceeds benefit EABA's general fund. We are excited about this year's "Taste" and we hope to see all of you there!
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| Mulch Madness at Burgess-Peterson Academy |
What's just as important to our children as learning? Taking a short break to get some exercise, sunshine and have a chance to let the lessons sink in. Burgess-Peterson is lucky enough to have a playground, but the students are in danger of losing their chance to use it.
Why? One word: Mulch. We need a lot of it. We need a type that's approved by the school district, and it's not cheap, so we need your help. The goal is $2,500 in 30 days. We'll also need help hauling the mountain of mulch into the playground on a date to be determined.
If you might be able to help, please email mulchmadness@burgesspeterson.com or drop your contact info in the PTA mailbox in the school office. Cash donations may be dropped in the PTA box in the front office or donate via the Burgess-Peterson PTA Square Market store. Please forward this notice to friends and family who would like to help our cause. Donors will be recognized on a bulletin board at school.
Donation levels:
Teacher's pet: $100
Merry-go-round: $75
Monkey bars: $50
Slide: $25
Teeter-totter: $10
Swing: $5
If we exceed the fundraising goal, the extra dollars will go toward other playground-related improvements. Thank you for your support of the PTA and our students at Burgess-Peterson Academy!
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Friday Food for Firefighters
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Summer is waning 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--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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| DeKalb County Animal Services |
 The DeKalb County shelter has experienced an extremely high intake of animals this past couple of months and in an effort to get the dogs and cats adopted, the shelter is having a "Tail End of Summer" adoption promotion for the rest of September. Dog adoptions are only $20 and cat adoptions are only $10 including the spay/neuter, microchip, vaccinations, etc (well over a $200 retail value).
Photos of pets for adoption, as well as more information about the DeKalb County Animal Services, is available at: www.dekalbanimalservices.com
DeKalb County and the shelter are also overwhemed with an extremely high number of pit bulls and pit bull mixes so a new program has been created in the hopes helping the problem. It is called the "Free Pit Fix" and it provides free spay/neuters and vaccinations (rabies and distemper/parvo) for pit bulls and pit bulls mixes that reside in DeKalb county. DeKalb residents just need to print, fill out and mail or fax in the form located here.
Once the form is received, a voucher for a free spay/neuter and shots is mailed to the pet owners. |
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East Atlanta Security Patrol Update
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Our 60 in 60 promotion is in full swing, 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.
For the week of September 1-7, the following crimes were reported:
- Burglary on Saturday evening of Sep 7 in 1700 block of Cecile - Front door entry, (1)TV, (1)Apple Desktop, (2)Digital Cameras stolen from location
- Larceny on Friday during day of Sep 6 at 1820 Mary Dell - Atlanta Public Schools/ APS- HP ProBook 4520 laptop/Witness 1 advised that witness 2 found a laptop belonging to "APS" in the arrestee's bedroom. She stated she called to verify that the laptop was stolen and the staff members confirmed. Witness 2 returned the laptop to the "APS". Arrestee was brought into the Main office where he admitted to taking two laptops; he advised he sold one for $20 to his friend Antonio/ Arrestee: Burke, Harvey 11-28-1991 b/m
- Larceny on Friday Sep 6 in 1500 block of Braeburn Drive - residence/ Allied a/c heat pump unit combo (2) / Victim stated he had 2 units installed at his vacant property that's under construction, and returned to discover them both stolen. He stated both units were cut from the piping and removed from the slab of concrete where they were sitting
- Burglary on Tuesday evening Sep 3rd in 1700 block of Flat Shoals Road - residence/ Apple MacBook laptop, 3-misc costume jewelry/ back door kicked in/ no prints
- Auto Theft on Sep 2nd in 300 block of Flat Shoals Avenue - parking lot; GREEN / GOLD FORD / XPL, 1997; Tag: HSY667; State: SC; VIN: 1FMDU34E4VZB66629
- Auto Theft on Monday morning Sep 2nd in 1600 block of Grace Street - city street/ Makita drill and power cords (3)$500 in value/locks on compartment broken / no print-rain
- Larceny on Monday evening Sep 2nd at 1181 McPherson - Shoplifting @ Buddy's Food Mart@ gas station/ 2 (12 pack) Corona / Reporting party stated a b/m wearing a blue shirt and blue hat entered the store and walked straight to the back. He stated the male opened up the beer cooler and took 2 cases of Corona. The male then turned and ran out of the door, past all points of sale, and jumped into the passenger seat of an older model black Pontiac. The vehicle was last seen driving southbound on Moreland Ave SE
- Burglary on Sunday morning Sep 1st in 600 block of Blake - residence/ Rear door of residence kicked in/ (1) Dell Laptop, (1) Inspiron Laptop stolen from location. >Prints obtained from power cord which was attached to one of the stolen laptops
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:
- Dance 411 Studio Foundations Membership Special!!Our Back-to-School $39.95 Foundation Special & No Enrollment fee!!
Start the semester off right and treat yourself to First-Class dance lessons at an unbeatable price. Our Foundations Membership special gives you access to over 40 classes per month for only $39.95. Act fast, this offer ends September 30th! Register here. Valid 9/3-9/30 - PSS Injury & Wellness Center Dr. Edward Schneider, DC, CCEP, CSCS DBA - New Patient Comprehensive Chiropractic Exam (including Xrays if needed) for $30 ($185 value). Call 404.627.8998 to schedule your appointment today. Valid 8/15 - 9/15/2013
- Parkside at East Atlanta - 5% discount off market rents plus 50% off application fees. Valid through 9/30/2013
- Bound to Be Read Books - Get an extra 10% off the purchase of any used book (excludes rare/collectible books and special orders) through 9/30/2013
- Completely Clean - $25 off initial cleaning for all East Atlanta residents through 9/30/2013
- 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
- Max Eremine Photography - 20% off family portraiture and wedding photography through 12/31/2013
- The Galish Group Insurance Solutions - Free Smoke detector just for getting a home and auto QUOTE, no purchase necessary, valid 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
- Elder Tree Public House - 10% off on all food excluding already discounted food specials (eg., $5 burger night)
- 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.
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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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