An artist's rendering of The Trinity Triangle Development. Source: Oakhurst Realty Partners
The Trinity Triangle development will offer 5,982 sq. ft. of prime retail and restaurant space on the ground floor. The new mid-rise 210 apartment development , will be located in the heart of downtown Decatur between Twain's and The Kimball House.
The development features three available restaurant/retail spaces ranging from 1,250 to 2,900 sq ft. All three spaces to have excellent visibilty on E. Trinity Pl. and will have high ceiling heights and access to free parking spaces in the building parking deck. Source of info from Oakhurst Realty Partners
-- - - Click on photos to enlarge. - I got these great pictures on my trip to downtown Decatur Tuesday night to take night shotsof this new place, because I knew the new sign was going to be tested tonight,(they first had the sign on the roof line but the city told them no, so they moved it down on the side of the building) and while I was shooting my pictures, one of the partners came out and ask me in and gave me the tour. They said they hope to have a light opening in about 2 weeks. Many thanks to Grant for the tour of BIG TEX CANTINA. This place is very nice.
"Let me tell the story, I can tell it all About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road." ( lyrics from The Ballard of Thunder Road).
43rd Annual Mountain Moonshine Festival at At the intersection of Hwy 53 and Hwy 9 in Dawsonville, GA is this weekend up in Dawsonville GA. Today the weather was perfect for this annual event and at this time of year you can see all the leave changing to fall colors. This event is expecting 100,000 vistors this weekend. Hundreds of old cars are on display and plenty of food and entertainment. The Mountain Moonshine Festival runs through 5 PM Sunday.
The Moonshine Festival explores Dawson County's history during the prohibition era when liquor was illegal and the Great Depression of the 1930's when running moonshine through the foothills of the Northeast Georgia Mountains was a way of life. Thousands of tourists flock to the birthplace of NASCAR racing to hear about storied legends, Lloyd Seay, Roy Hall, Raymond Parks, and Gober Sosebee. These men loved the thrill of being chased through the ridges of Northeast Georgia Mountains. Bring the family and visit an old Moonshine still; listen to stories from both "Trippers" and Revenuers. On Sat., the 23th, crafts, food and entertainment will begin at 8:00 a.m. on the square in Dawsonville. The parade will begin at 9:00 a.m. See a huge car show lining the streets, including vintage racecars and their drivers. Sunday October 24th – Activities continue with music, dancers, kid’s games and rides, exhibits, crafts, food and cars, cars and more cars! Fun for the entire family.
UPDATE: The Winnona Park Yard sale scheduled for this saturday April 24th is canceled due to rain coming and will be hold on May 15th. Look for more info soon....
@ WINNONA PARK
Anne-Christine Armstrong sends this in.
Join us from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 24th.
Winnona Park is located near Agnes Scott College and the Columbia Seminary in Decatur, GA. The primary bordering streets of our community are S. Columbia Drive, E. College Ave., S. Candler Street, and Midway Road. (East/North/West/South). Look for signs on these roads directing you to the sites.
It will be helpful to note that the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA has soccer games for young children in the park of the elementary school from 9 AM to 1 PM. Please, then, be careful of young children as you drive through the neighborhood. Also, the games bring a lot of vehicles on the streets adjacent to the school. For the Yard Sale, please attempt to park on streets other than the streets adjacent to the school (see map).
Thanks and enjoy a nice walk in the neighborhood, as well as a fun sale -
For more infos, please call 678-327-5374 or 404-775-6530
Metro Atlanta could see snow later this week – and it could stick.
CBS Atlanta weather producer Rodney Harris said Monday that moisture will move into the area late Thursday. Harris said that could mean an accumulation of 1-2 inches with possible higher amounts in the northern suburbs.
The snow may continue into Friday, accoring to the National Weather Service. Harris said the amount of moisture the region gets will determine how much snow the area will see.
Just outside of Atlanta on Glenwood Rd in a placed called Decatur, GA. There's a joint called Ruby & Roberts Bar-B-Q and they have been doing some serious Hickory Smoked Bar-B-Q for some 50 years.
By Richard L. Eldredge The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On Aug. 2, the Varsity will celebrate its 80th anniversary at its main location downtown at 61 North Ave.
The city's fast-food fixture is throwing a big birthday bash on the upper deck of the parking lot from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring local bands the Cool Whips, the Hibbert Brothers and the Planet Rock Experience (featuring talented local school kids, ages 7 to 18). 97.1 FM the River will host a live radio remote from the Frosted Orange emporium. Coca-Cola, meanwhile, is hauling in the NASCAR Experience driving simulator for race fans and classic cars from the 1950s and 1960s will be parked outside.
The Varsity will be giving away free birthday cake, ice cream and balloons. And we strongly suspect they'll have a few chili dogs and onion rings available for purchase as well.
Oh, and Varsity fanatics also will get a sneak peek at a five-minute preview of the upcoming PBA 30 documentary tentatively titled, "What'll Ya Have? A History of the Varsity," set to air this fall.
Thankfully, producers taped two interviews with longtime Varsity counterman Erby Walker before the 70-year-old's death last month.
"We were really fortunate," the film's executive producer, Gregg Bauer, told Buzz Thursday. "Two weeks later, Erby was gone. It was quite a shock."
Decatur School of Ballet has been in continuous operation since 1947. Over sixty years ago Hilda Gumm and Marie Roberts started the school with a few ballet students in a small room over the ice cream shoppe in Downtown Decatur. In 1958, the school moved into its present location, which was designed by architect Everett Roberts (Marie's husband) to be a dance studio. In 1980 present owners Kathleen and Ron Everett purchased the school where Kathleen had studied since age 6.
Decatur School of Ballet, the oldest classical ballet school in DeKalb County, offers classes for children and adults in classical ballet, jazz, tap, creative movement, ballroom, and modern dance. Headquarters in Downtown Decatur feature spacious studios with suspended wood flooring. The school is structured on a nine-month curriculum (September through May) and offers special summer programs. Careful attention is given to placing each dancer in appropriate classes based on age, technical level and ability. Individual evaluations are done on each student. Providing quality dance instruction by professionals in a friendly atmosphere is the foundation of our school.
Decatur School of Ballet serves the needs of students who wish to dance "just for fun" and those who aim toward becoming professional dancers and teachers. Our school welcomes people from varying racial, cultural and economic backgrounds. Although we are in the business of teaching dance, the development of each student as an individual is at the core of our endeavors. Experience in and knowledge of the arts help us express our individual creative and cultural human potential.
For Further Information Call or Write: Decatur School of Ballet 102 Church Street Decatur, Georgia 30030
This Colonial store was on Clairmont Ave. just down from the back side of the old court house. If it was there now it would be across the street from The Holiday Inn.
The Village Vets of Decatur will move to its new home (rendering shown above) at 217 N. McDonough Street (across from Decatur High School) in early Summer 2008.
This is the Depeaux Restaurant. which is the Old Decatur train depot. after they moved it back away from the train tracks. I was lucky on this shot because at the time I took this photo a train was going by.
Here I was having fun with color. The Old Decatur Court House was built in 1898 and damaged by fire in 1916. They rebuilt the inside of it, the granite walls of the building were not damaged, only the inside was rebuilt. The granite walls were fire proof.
