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East Atlanta Community Association
February 10, 2014
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Don't forget - EACA February Meeting this Tuesday at 7pm in Branan Towers!
Also - it's quick and easy to renew your membership or become a member today by visiting our membership page and clicking on the PayPal link.
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Parade of Sang Bu, from Brownwood Park to Argosy
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 As most of you know, Sang Bu, our village Dragon is having to leave her home in Brownwood Park. Luckily, we have found her a new home thanks to the Argosy and their empty field.
On Saturday, Feb 15th, we invite you all to join us as we make a day of moving her. There will be kids' activities starting at 4pm, including costuming and lantern making. The Parade will commence at dusk, and we encourage all of you to join us with costumes and lanterns.
Link to Facebook Event
This event is a fundraiser, as the grant we are applying for to cover her purchase requires matching funds from the community. A paypal donation button will be up shortly, and there will be opportunities to purchase a "piece" of her at the event. Please come out and support community art, have a s'more cooked in her belly, get your kids' picture taken with her, and welcome our Dragon of Compassion to her new home.
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Friends of East Atlanta Library Update
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The Friends of East Atlanta Library are happy to announce that we will hold FOUR book sales in 2014! The first book sale on Saturday, March 1 will be held on the outdoor plaza at the East Atlanta Library. This sale will kick-off Read Across America Week. Be sure to check out the great programming at the Library during the week of March 1 to March 8.
The Friends of the Library are now accepting book donations. Donations may be left with the circulation desk. The East Atlanta Library is in need of regular volunteers to donate one or a few hours each week to the library. Please fill out the volunteer form at http://afpls.org/volunteer and inquire at the circulation desk.
Please join the Friends of East Atlanta Library for the next board meeting, Monday, Februrary 17 at 6:30 pm in the East Atlanta Library meeting room. East Atlanta Library is now the busiest neighborhood library in the Atlanta-Fulton Library System. We need your ideas and energy to keep it great!
To keep up on all East Atlanta Library events "like" us on Facebook!
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13th Annual Earth Day Tire Roundup - Help Needed!
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Our neighborhood is in need of a coordinator for the 13th annual District 5 Earth Day tire roundup sponsored by Councilmember Natalyn Archibong. As of this posting, the date for the round up has not been announced but our past coordinator is not available to organize this year. If you are interested or want to know more details, please email vice-president@eaca.net.
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Keep DeKalb Beautiful Open House - Wed Feb 12
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Please join us for a happy hour event and hear about what's in store this year for Keep DeKalb Beautiful. Share your ideas, hear about our programs, committees, upcoming events and opportunities.
Light refreshments will be served. Wednesday, February 12 5:30-7:30pm - Avondale Pizza Cafe (2823 E. College Ave, Decatur)
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Farm Mobile - Midway Pub, Thursdays 4:30-7pm
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Farm Mobile is your mobile farmers market that makes stops throughout central Atlanta every week, year round. We are at the Midway Pub, Thursday evenings 4:30-7pm. Inside the truck, you'll find fresh locally grown produce and meats, much of it certified organic, and all of it grown by the best small family farms in our area. We also stock pantry goods created by talented artisans launching their new local food-focused businesses. Find some of Atlanta's hottest new local food here first!
Our weekly schedule includes partner locations -- area businesses and farmers markets. We park at each location for a couple of hours, and shoppers enter the truck and shop from our shelves, fridges, and freezer. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards, and EBT.
Friend us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farmmobile
Visit our website: http://www.grassfedcow.com/FarmMobile.html
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Friday Food for Firefighters
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 It's always a great time to deliver a meal to our local firefighters, and it has been a little while since they have had a visit!
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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East Atlanta Security Patrol UPDATE | |
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. There is also a 20% discount for members of an APD-sanctioned Neighborhood Watch. Please contact the EASP if you are interested in setting up a Neighborhood Watch on your street.
In addition to the general benefit of having additional police patrols at the time they are most needed, members shall receive the following services as part of their membership:
- Call, text or e-mail anytime with immediate or ongoing public safety concerns
- Officers will check member locations as often as practicable
- Out of Town check for residential members
- All members will receive an EASP yard sign
If you have additional questions, please direct them to easp610@gmail.com, or call the EASP at 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. |
| 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:
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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