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Decatur City commissioners unanimously agreed on Monday, May 19 to a trial project allowing vending carts on the MARTA plaza near the city’s downtown square. Decatur Economic Development Director Lyn Menne told city commissioners that she has been approached on numerous occasions from residents who wanted to set up vending carts on the MARTA plaza.”
Residents have said they wanted to sell hotdogs and pre-packaged ice cream, Menne said. “We want to try for six months and see it how it goes.”
Menne said details on the price to rent space and times of operation still have to be worked out.
Commissioner Jim Baskett predicted a backlash from restaurants near the square.
“I am real skeptical of this,” he said. “But I’m willing to see how this works out.”
“They can’t sell anything that restaurants operating within the square sell,” Menne explained. “We hold the right to restrict time and dates of operation.”
Squash Blossom opened in 1999 by mother and daughter Ettie Wurtzel & Talia Wurtzel Blanchard. We wanted to open a shop with personalized service, affordable prices and most importantly, really great clothes. We were tired of the same old stuff, so we ventured to discover something different.
Now that we've doubled our space, we've added some lines to our collection. Just a few are listed here:
CP Shades, FLAX, Free People, Lucky Brand, Michael Stars, Burning Torch, Velvet, Sweet Pea, Rabbi's Daughters Tees, Kenzie, Neesh & Solitaire. A sample of our best accessories include Matt & Nat Vegan Bags, Sha watches, and Hobo Bags. For infants and toddlers we carry Zutano, Studio Bini, Icky Baby and Rabbi's Daughters tees.
We hope you enjoy our website and if you're ever in the Decatur, Georgia area, be sure to check out our store. Feel free to e-mail us anytime with any questions.
We now have a kids play room. You can shop while your kids play- we have plenty of folks around here to keep an eye on 'em. Plus, we're in Decatur.. home to family!
Vending carts like this might be coming to the Decatur Marta Plaza on a trial bases according to Decatur Metro. photo by M.V. Jantzen click here for his photos
Indy’s ‘Crystal Skull’ full of bugs, fist fights and an A-bomb
By Bob Longino | Sunday, May 18, 2008, 03:18 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The fourth Indiana Jones movie features lots of the familiar — the brown hat, the whip and having to make one’s way with a lighted torch through creepy tunnels full of cobwebs and muck. But it’s also full of things even Indy’s never seen before. Like an exploding atomic bomb.
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” among this summer’s most anticipated movies, debuted Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival and was also screened for the media in Atlanta and other U.S. cities. It opens in theaters on Thursday.
Rated PG-13, the film is full of bugs and fist fights, totes a little blood and delivers at least one well-placed, nighttime boo scare. Parents can expect the same level of violence, intensity and frights found in the first three Indy movies.
A stalwart Harrison Ford, packing his trademark smirk, returns in the title role in a story set in 1957, some 20 years after the third film. He fights plenty of Russians and the occasional South American native while hunting for a crystal skull that could open the door to otherworldly answers to mystic questions.
The action scenes are plentiful and involve multiple truck wars (remember “Raiders of the Lost Ark”?), a big-city motorcycle chase and a good, old-school fist fight.
Here’s what fans will likely be talking about after “Skull” opens on Thursday:
CATE BLANCHETT: Sounding a little like a female Boris Badenov, the multiple scene stealer dons a pageboy haircut and swaggers her way through the movie as Irina Spalko, the evil Russian psychic/scientist and Indy’s main nemesis. She spouts Communism and mind-control ideals as though she’s a pod-person in one of the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” movies.
THE SUPPORTING CAST: Karen Allen returns from the first film as Indy’s love interest, Marion. Shia LaBeouf enters all cocky and full of himself as though he’s Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Later on in the film, he softens his character.
THE WEAPONS: More than one rapier, poison darts, machine guns, bolos, a switchblade and a tree limb.
THE PESTS: Scorpions, a long, long rat snake and what looks like hundreds of thousands of army ants.
THE HOMAGES: There are tips of the hat to Sean Connery (Indy’s dad in “The Last Crusade”) and the late Denholm Elliott (he played Dr. Marcus Brody in the first and third films). Those who keep their eyes glued to the screen will also get a glimpse at a very familiar treasure.
Are you looking forward to seeing the new Indiana Jones movie?
Click YouTube below for a trailer of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I see more people riding their own bikes in Decatur. When Decatur started the yellow bike program I thought for sure I would have seen those all the time, but I don't. These two I saw riding their own bikes down past the fire department from the square on the side walks.
Decatur has a Bicycle program called Yellow Bikes(click here to see) you can use but I never see them around. For more info on the Decatur Bikes click here. This morning CBS Morning news had a story about bikes to rent in Paris and for that city it worked very well. Maybe Decatur could learn a thing or two from Paris' program. Here is the story of the Paris bikes below. PARIS - To Arnaud Sauret, 37, the city's new bike-for-rent program is the best way to get home after a late night of clubbing, when the subway is closed and taxis are scarce.
For Jean-Marc Herbes,67,the bikes offer a cheap and fun Sunday afternoon
ride with his wife.
"And it's convivial," Herbes said. "People talk to each other."
They are among 100,000 Parisians who have signed up for a one-year subscription to Velib' – or bike liberty – since its launch. The hugely successful program has already spawned copy-cat plans in other cities and is being studied by New York City transit officials.
Mayor Bloomberg called the program "fascinating" during a weekend stop in Paris, but expressed doubts it could work at home, where roads are rough, designated bike lanes are few, and helmets rare. But to transit advocates, exporting Velib' to New York makes sense.
"It's a perfect idea for New York," said Noah Budnick, deputy director of Transportation Alternatives, who said that research shows New Yorkers would use bikes for quick cross-town trips if they didn't have to worry about parking them.
Velib' solves that problem by placing docking stations – 1,450 by years' end – citywide. If one station is full, riders need not go far, sometimes only a few hundred feet, to find another one.
You can always find a place to park, there's so many places everywhere," said Stephane Brangier, 36, who often leaves his own bike at home and pays a small fee to use Velib'.
The man behind Velib', Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, has won kudos from environmentalists for making life tough for motorists, who have lost 6,000 parking spaces in recent years as Delanoe has transformed streets into pedestrian-only zones, widening sidewalks and installing trees and benches. Velib' was his latest move to urge Parisians to leave their cars behind on cross-town trips.
Plus, the city stands to rake in an estimated $28 million this year alone in fees paid by the bike users – a one-day pass costs $1.40 with the first 30 minutes free. After that, users pay an increasing scale of fees. An annual subscription costs $41 with the same hourly fees. The idea is to take short trips.
And, best of all for fiscal hawks, the program costs the city nothing. JC Decaux, an international outdoor ad company, put up $88 million to launch the program and maintains the bikes in exchange for use of 1,600 city billboards.
So far, 300 bikes have been stolen, all of them improperly docked by users (who pay a $210 security deposit) and another 320 damaged, said Albert Asseras, JCDecaux's director general in charge of the program.
And critics complain that novice Velibers, who share bus-taxi lanes, are a road hazard. There is even a Facebook group railing against the riders called "I ran over a Velib.'"
So far, there have been 29 minor crashes involving the rented bikes, a surprisingly small number considering there are some 10,600 bikes cruising the streets each day, with 10,000 more planned over the next few months.
"It's too dangerous, the cabs would kill us," said Deborah Epstein, a New Yorker who rented bikes yesterday in Paris with her husband, David, and was dubious the program could work in New York. "Because of the bikes lanes [in Paris] it makes it easy. Without it, it would be difficult."
But a fix may be in the works for that drawback. The city's first protected bike lane in Chelsea is set to open by Thanksgiving. The seven-block stretch will run curbside with plastic posts called bollards separating bikes and cars, a Department of Transportation spokesman said.
And helmets? Although it's not considered practical to rent them along with the bikes, according to Budnick, they're not as important to rider safety as building protected lanes, something City Hall seems committed to doing.
So could Velib' work in New York? Budnick says yes.
Having a bike as key mode of transport "says a lot about the kind of city it is and the quality of life" he said. "You don't have to be someone wearing spandex to ride a bike. It's just something people do."
By April Hunt The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/15/08
Gue Pardue Hudson, Agnes Scott College's dean of students, is retiring next month after 34 years with the Decatur school.
The timing gave Hudson, who has been dean since 1984, one last graduation to "hood" students, or to drape the ornamental cloth over them in recognition of their earning undergraduate degrees.
The college's 2008 commencement was Saturday, and like the 33 graduations before, Hudson's task was to "hood" students with a hug and personal message.
"I am one of the first people to welcome them during orientation and one of the last to see them go off," Hudson said. "I really get to see the remarkable transformation that takes place at Agnes Scott College."
Hudson will step down June 30, just weeks after her 62nd birthday on June 14. But it will not be a quiet retirement.
The college has presented Hudson and her husband, Bill, with two kayaks and a mountain bike for their outdoor adventures. The pair also have trips scheduled later this year to France, Italy and Turkey.
Hudson then plans to become an advocate for children and adults with special needs, to encourage more state funding for various programs. The youngest of her three sons, John, is legally blind, mildly mentally challenged and a kidney-transplant recipient.
Retiring when she is able to take on new challenges is important to her, Hudson said.
"I think it's a good thing to leave when you're doing a good job," she said. "It's a bit of professional pride."
Hudson graduated from Agnes Scott in 1968 and earned a master's degree from Emory University in 1971.
She taught high school math before becoming the assistant dean of the college in 1974. In 1988, she took on the duties and full title as dean of students as well as vice president for student life and community relations.
"She's going to be missed," said college spokesman Lee Dancy.
JAVAMONKEY is an independently run coffeehouse/wine-and-beer bar in Decatur, GA that also happens to host some damn fine music on its patio stage. While not a professional music venue per se, the MONKEY has had some of the best musical talent in the world perform at it's venue. Mike West (Truckstop Honeymoon), Matthew Kahler, Blake Guthrie, Edie Carey, The Brilliant Inventions and Joe Gransden to name just a few.
If one word could describe the musical happenings at JAVAMONKEY it would be eclectic... and diverse. Okay, that's two words. You get the picture.
ColorWheel believes in the value and power of the arts to kindle a child's imagination, to encourage creative thinking, and to develop high self-esteem.
Every day, our young artists are engaged in a full range of educational and cultural arts experience. They are introduced to painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry, music, dance, and drama within a supportive environment that excites children - to Learn, to Discover, to Create.
ColorWheel 112 Church St Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 377-9800
Eddie's Attic is a popular live music venue for aspiring and accomplished performing songwriters. Located in Decatur Georgia a small, artist-friendly town within the metro Atlanta area - a cultural blend of Berkeley and Mayberry. A "listening room" with a superior sound system/acoustics, where customers are asked to silence cell phones and actually listen to the songs, has made the Attic's music room a hit with music enthusiasts. Eddie's Attic draws both fans and artists from all over the world, and continues to be one of the premier music venues in the South. On any given night, music lovers can hear talented performing songwriters and bands playing original music in an intimate setting. The Attic welcomes all varieties of original, live music and embraces the diversity that allows independent music to thrive.
The Attic's covered rooftop grill, which is a separate physical space from the music room, has been the center of the community for over 16 years and remains the friendliest spot in Decatur. Both spaces offer consistently outstanding food and drink.
In its first 16 years Eddie's Attic has been the springboard for an amazing number of local artists who have gone on to receive national recognition - names like John Mayer, Sugarland, Shawn Mullins, Josh Joplin, Billy Pilgrim, Kristen Hall, Caroline Aiken, Michelle Malone, and Matthew Kahler. The list of nationally known talents who have played this stage is also impressive - names like the Indigo Girls, John Gorka, Sheryl Crow, Ani DiFranco, Brandi Carlile, The Black Crowes, Al Stewart, David Wilcox, Bill Mallonee, Kevn Kenny, Edwin McCain, Richard Shindell, Ellis Paul, Francine Reed, Patty Larkin, Malcomb Holcombe, Larry Jon Wilson, Eric Taylor, Glen Phillips, Dana Cooper, Billy Joe Shaver, Pierce Pettis, Kate Campbell, Cheryl Wheeler, Cliff Eberhardt, Vance Gilbert, Lowen & Navarro, India.Arie, Brian Vander Ark and Don Conoscenti.
Eddie's Attic is a true community center for Decatur as a city, and for performing songwriters throughout metro Atlanta. The management and staff are very appreciative of the customers and artists who have supported Eddies Attic over the years. Whether it's for the amazing original live music in music room, or for the friendliest patio space in Decatur, you should expect outstanding food, drink, and service you should expect to have the time of your life. Come see us soon, and see why Live Music Matters.
Message from Istanbul Cafe: Please come and be our guest. Enjoy our Turkish hospitality. As you walk in, exotic spices, rich decor and music will fill your senses. The food is fresh, genuine, affordable and generous. We have been voted "Atlanta's Best Mediterranean Cuisine" 5 years in a row. Our staff is friendly and attentive. They can seat you on soft pillows in the Hookah Lounge. You will experience authentic Turkish cuisine while being entertained by beautiful belly dancers. Belly dancers perform Wednesdays and Weekends. Be sure to save room for baklava and Turkish coffee. You may also want to order a hookah for your table and make a night of it. We are open for Lunch and Dinner. We welcome families, so gather your friends and family and come see us.
DECATUR,GA. May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Noting the similarities between 1968, the year Shirley Franklin graduated from college and today, Atlanta's first woman mayor called on Agnes Scott College graduates to get involved in the political process to effect social change.
Franklin earned her degree in sociology from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1968. In that year and now, wars raged in distant places, presidential candidates of markedly different political and demographic stripes were vying for nomination, and young people seemed key to the nation's political and social future, she said.
The mayor quoted anthropologist Margaret Mead to sharpen the focus of her message to the graduating class of this liberal arts college for women observing its 119th commencement: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
"If there was ever a time in American history that epitomizes young people leading our nation it was the 1960s," Franklin said. "History confirms that students, young people, men and women, stood up and spoke up for women, for African-Americans, for peace for freedom of speech."
She noted that this year a similar phenomenon is occurring. "More than 5.7 million voters younger than 30 have participated in the political primary so far this season -- a 109 percent increase from the 2004 presidential campaign," Franklin said.
Franklin was one of two women recognized by Agnes Scott today for their public service and activism. Agnes Scott College President Elizabeth Kiss awarded honorary doctorate of law degrees to Franklin, and to Elizabeth Wilson, who 25 years ago became the first African-American elected to the Decatur, Ga. city commission. And 10 years later she became the city's first African American mayor.
By simply walking into the Decatur branch of the DeKalb County Public Library in 1960s and asking for a public library card, Wilson initiated the movement that would ultimately desegregate most public institutions in that county. As the first woman mayor of Atlanta, Franklin has built a record of achievement in her two terms unrivaled by the men who preceded her, Kiss said.
"Mayor Franklin talked about how every generation faces the challenge of leadership. Each of these women, both representing two different generations of leadership, stood up for the challenge," Kiss said.
Sugarland performs at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Ga., in January 2006. Photo Credit: Mike Clifton.
DECATUR, Ga. -- As one of the breakout country bands of the last few years, Sugarland can easily draw thousands of people to their high-energy concerts. But back in the day, Jennifer Nettles would finesse her singer-songwriter skills at a very laidback bar in Decatur, Ga., called Eddie's Attic.
"I love it. I started out there," she says. "I started doing open mikes. They have an open mike competition, and anybody can come and be a part of that. I started out doing that, and got a gig there and started developing a fan base between there and Athens, Ga. I definitely credit it with much of how I became the performer and musician that I am."
Chasing a dream that would later surface in the band's debut single, "Baby Girl," Nettles slowly moved up in the local music world, fronting Soul Miner's Daughter and the Jennifer Nettles Band. But after eight years, her band was drawing to a close. One night, she was sipping martinis and swapping stories with fellow Atlanta singer-songwriter Kristen Hall. They decided to meet at Starbucks with another local musician, Kristian Bush, to talk about starting a country band. That next morning, Sugarland was born. After writing some songs together, they booked a few gigs at Eddie's Attic.
"Eddie's Attic is a wonderful venue," Nettles says. "It's a listening room, and it has always been a listening room. You can go and hear the artist. The singer-songwriter is the important element in it. It's not necessarily that you're there to pick up a date or whatever you might do in another sort of bar or music venue. It's definitely about the music there."
When you come into the club, posters are tacked along the walls of a long staircase. At the top, you have two options -- check out the show in the listening room or hang out on the deck and watch on a closed-circuit TV. Even a small club like Eddie's Attic can get rowdy people sometimes. However, the club tends to draw the fans of a specific artist, rather than just somebody in town who's craving some live music.
There is no green room in Eddie's Attic, so if you want to meet the artist, you just walk right up. Pop star John Mayer, who paid his dues building his audience at the club, occasionally comes back for a small show. Songwriters like Will Hoge, Josh Joplin and Lori McKenna also draw substantial crowds, but in the words of Sugarland, "There's gotta be somethin' more."
"It's really fundamentally hard with a 200-seat club to make your financial nut anymore," says owner Bob Ephlin. "Rent, utilities, insurance, it's just stupid. I'd love to tell you we are financially successful. I'd be lying, but we're better and better at it every month. And we will get there, and I hope I'm standing when we do."
Ephlin, who bought the club from Nettles and her then-husband in 2005, is striving to rebuild its reputation as a listening room, rather than just a drinking spot with high-quality music, whether it's Celtic, bluegrass, blues, rock or country. He's partnered with local art galleries to freshen up the walls, and he's completely renovated the kitchen and refinished all the wood floors. The sound system is topnotch, too. He's also brought back Eddie Owen, whose name adorns the place, to book the talent.
Surprisingly, Ephlin doesn't ask for a cut of the artists' merchandise, understanding that they need that money to get to the next tour date. Plus, he says, the club takes only "a very small percentage" from the ticket receipts at the door. Most of the revenue comes from food and beverage sales from the renovated kitchen and bar. He says the menu is good enough that he eats there almost every night, and as a courtesy, he feeds the performers, too.
"Even if they are amazingly talented, you know these guys aren't really wealthy if they're playing a 200-seat club," he says. "We give them a free meal, [along with] everyone in their band when they come here. We give them a couple of drinks. We know most clubs aren't doing that anymore, but this may be their only chance to have a good meal that day, and so that feels like the right thing to do."
In addition to the running the club, Ephlin and his team are shopping a TV pilot, launching a statewide radio program and figuring out how to post their extensive archives on their Web site -- without screwing over the artists, of course. He started a writing space with Bush for area musicians to help develop their career. He's also been visiting similar clubs across the country to pick up tips on how to run Eddie's Attic efficiently.
"I suppose we could be better businessmen," he says. "I'm sure my accountant and banker would agree, but there's gotta be a way to do this and be respectable to the artist."
Singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins, who lives in Decatur, says, "The main thing that makes Eddie's Attic stand out above other venues is its intimate setting and the fact that people come there to listen and not chat. So many listening rooms around the country model themselves after what Eddie Owen has built for the performer and the fan."
With his breakout success of "Lullaby" in 1998, Mullins acquired a large, loyal fan base across the nation and spends nearly the whole year on the road. Thanks to that loyalty, he scored a big hit at adult alternative radio in 2006 with "Beautiful Wreck." For his new album, Honeydew, he chose Eddie's Attic to host his record release party.
"Imagine a friendly neighborhood pub with excellent food and service that caters to the music fan and the performing songwriter," says Mullins. "People come to Eddie's to listen to great music, and that environment is the reason that songwriters make Eddie's a stop on the tour. It's the best venue in the South for the performing songwriter."
Several Dancers Core and the Decatur Arts Festival present PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER in
Katrina, Katrina: Love Letters to New Orleans
Thursday, May 22, 2008 8 p.m. Presser Hall, Gaines Chapel at Agnes Scott College FREE Admission
"Live documentary" performance that addresses and embodies the unfathomable loss and love felt by so many about New Orleans
PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER includes creative input from displaced New Orleanians, now relocated to Atlanta, through a series of workshops on May 14-16
For information about the performance, call Several Dancers Core at 404-373-4154. For information about the workshops call Elizabeth Geiger at 404-849-6074.
Several Dancers Core studios 139 Sycamore St. Decatur, Georgia 30030 United States 404-373-4154
While DeKalb County school officials consider possibly laying off staff, Decatur city school officials next year may actually add positions — but they also want to raise residents' taxes.
A proposed $37 million general fund budget will go next week before city school board members for preliminary approval, and includes a 1 mill increase in owners' property millage rates. The increase equates to about $100 more in property taxes on a home valued at $200,000. This is the first city school millage increase after four years of rate reductions. The new rate clocks in at 19.90 mills. By comparison, the rate in 2004 was 20.24, but had declined to 18.90 as of this year.
The proposal comes as the system, now with 2,500 students, grew by about 100 children. It adds three new fourth-grade teachers, two new kindergarten teachers and new middle-school Spanish and choir instructors. For existing staff, it also includes a 2.5 percent pay raise in addition to a 3 percent "step" increase.
Step increases are a salary supplement based on years of experience. DeKalb officials originally proposed not giving county staff step increases, but school board members have suggested cutting some positions in order to restore them.
By KRISTINA TORRES The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/08/08
The city of Decatur should get 5 STAR award for this. This is the best decision they could have made, McKOY Park needed a new pool. I spent my summer days at that pool, and it was a nice pool in the 1960's. I am glad to see they have incorporated grass back inside the fence.
McKoy Park Pool Scheduled to Open Memorial Day 2008
Decatur staff began meeting with interested citizens two years ago to talk about options for reopening McKoy Pool. The existing pool( click here to see old pool) developed a major water leak that could not be patched and was closed approximately five years ago. During several public input sessions a variety of options were considered and three major areas of interest were identified: 1. the need for a pool that was easily accessible by handicapped swimmers and the elderly; 2. a pool that provided amenities for small children; and 3. opportunity for dedicated lap swim areas. Originally we looked at ways to repair the existing pool. However, with the approval of the Capital Bond Project Referendum, the City Commission allocated additional money to the project and the DeKalb County Community Development Department awarded the City a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant. The South Decatur Community Development Corporation donated $25,000 to help fund improvements to the bathhouse.
As a result, the City of Decatur was able to fund a new pool and bathhouse at McKoy Pool. During the design phase, we considered all of three components requested by area residents. The City of Decatur has two other city-owned pools located within its four square mile so it seemed appropriate to incorporate these design features and provide a slightly different swim experience in order to give city residents three different swim options within the City. Specifically, Ebster Pool meets swim team requirements and serves that community need. Glenlake provides a more traditional multi-purpose swimming experience with a deep water option. McKoy Pool incorporates a zero entry (beach entry) access pool making it easier for elderly and handicapped residents to use, bubbler features to entertain younger swimmers and dedicated lap lanes that can be scheduled for adult-only lap swimming in the mornings and afternoons and provide general swimming for summer campers and older children during the busy hours. The project includes a completely rebuilt bathhouse that will be accessible as well as both hard surface decking and grassed lounging areas.
The City awarded the bid for construction in September and construction began on November 19, 2007. Construction is projected to take six months. We look forward to celebrating the grand opening of this new swimming facility on Memorial Day Weekend 2008.
Beach Party Friday June 20, 2008 from 5 p.m. to midnight Decatur brings in 60 tons of sand and turns the square into a beach for this annual event. Dance in the streets to the beach music from the live band performing from the stage that stretches across Ponce de Leon Avenue. Activities include children's boardwalk games, a special beach movie on the giant inflatable screen, face painting, wading pools in the sand and more. Adults $5; Children 12 and under, free. Sponsored by Decatur Business Association. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser benefit downtown improvement projects.
Click here for 2007 photos of Decatur Beach Party.
Here is a odd question I found by a member (bicycleguy) on the City-Data forum.
My family is moving to Chicago this summer from the Atlanta suburb of Decatur.
We're very happy with Decatur (well-educated, diversity, great schools, politically progressive, walkable downtown, locally owned businesses, trees, not outlandishly hip, stable community, public transportation, relatively safe and relatively quiet).
Here's the question: where would "Decatur people" live in Chicago? We'll look to buy a small 2 or 3 BR home between $200 - $400K.
I know there's no neat equivalency when it comes to neighborhoods, but any advice would be helpful. Especially people who know Decatur, GA, we'd love your thoughts, but anybody's input is very much welcome.
Decatur athletics director Carter Wilson has recommended offensive coordinator Price Jones as the school's new head football coach, pending board approval.
Jones was 35-42 as the head coach at Pelham from 1997-2003 and has been an assistant at several state schools since 1987, including Valdosta, Early County and Monroe Area.
Wilson said Jones' familiarity with the Decatur program factored into the decision.
"The thing that really elevated him over everybody else was the fact that the kids were very comfortable with him," Wilson said. "We felt like he was the right guy at this time."
Jones replaces Sonny Spurlock, who resigned last month after one year in the position. He is the school's eighth head coach since 1995. The Bulldogs were 3-7 last season.
By JEFF HAWS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/05/08
Mexico City Gourmet has been serving up fresh, authentic Mexican faire to Atlantans for over 25 years. Set conveniently in Decatur, Mexico City Gourmet offers tried and true traditional Mexican dishes sure to please the discerning diner. The salads, soups, and appetizers are standouts at Mexico City, and you won't want to miss the Quesadilla Especiale or the Guacamole Salad.
The Specialties of the House are numerous and varied, and most selections are available with savory steak, flavorful chicken or delicious, fresh seafood.The Georgia Burrito, Steak Taco Poblano and Carne Asada are customer favorites.
Stop by and you'll understand why everyone comes to Mexico City Gourmet.
Mexico City Gourmet 2134 N. Decatur Rd Decatur, GA. 404-634-1128
The Bradley Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Agnes Scott College. It is located in Decatur, Georgia, 5 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia, (USA). The observatory's largest telescope, the Beck Telescope, is a vintage 30 inch (750 mm) Cassegrain reflector built in 1930. The telescope was owned and operated by an amateur astronomer, Mr. Gibson. He offered the telescope for sale, seeking to upgrade his own telescope. Agnes Scott purchased it in 1947 for about $15,000. For many years, the Beck telescope was the larges in the Southeast United States, until the Fernbank Observatory opened in 1972 with its 36 inch telescope.
The observatory was built in order to house the Beck telescope and was dedicated in 1950.[4] It also houses faculty offices and a planetarium. The observatory is a contributing structure within the National Register South Candler Street-Agnes Scott College Historic District.
The Bradley Observatory ..... built in 1950 Decatur, GA,
Growing up in Decatur, I lived very close to this Observatory, and they had these steep brick path ways, and my brother and I would ride our bikes all around this place and we would be flying down these paths because this Observatory was up on a hill top. It was great growing up in Decatur, GA. in the 1950's & 60's
About the Kentucky Derby Welcome to the center of the Thoroughbred racing universe. Home to the longest continuously held sporting event on American soil. Like clockwork, every year on the first Saturday in May, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky proudly opens its gates to thousands of horse-racing fans and a select field of the nation’s top 3-year-old Thoroughbreds.
Since 1875 Kentucky has marked the passage of time with the arrival of one, if not the most esteemed Thoroughbred racing events in the world. It’s the social event of the year in Louisville, and you'll be there to take in history, tradition and “the fastest two minutes in sports” all for yourself.
Of the following movies being released in May, which one do you want to see the most? "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" "Iron Man" "Made of Honor" "Sex and the City: The Movie" "Speed Racer" "What Happens in Vegas"MAY
To see my selection click the you-tube below. I can't wait.
Boswell Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Moments Before Sleep with featured artists Liz Williams, Phil Proctor, and Jared Knight. Boswell Gallery showcases works by strong regional and international contemporary artists. The gallery features paintings, photography and sculpture with an emphasis on large-scale work.
To learn more about the You Tube video's to be selected click on the above You Tube.
May Day (May 1st) is celebrated in many places around the world. The traditions and stories surrounding May Day vary from place to place. There is, however, one thing that is similar in most celebrations - the use of Flowers!
One of the most popularly known May Day traditions is to hang a basket full of spring flowers and/or other small gifts on a neighbor's doorknob. The trick is you don't want the neighbor to see you! If you get caught, you are supposed to get a kiss.
Another popular activity on May Day is to decorate a pole with brightly colored ribbon or paper streamers. Some also add flowers and balloons. The pole is usually carried in a parade and then placed in the ground at a designated area. People then dance around the May pole, holding the ends of the streamers or ribbon in their hands.
Developers plan to transform Executive Park, metro Atlanta's first suburban office park, into a live-work-play community that includes a 12-story office tower, a hotel and several multi-family units with ground level retail clustered around a small park.
The project, known as The Park at Druid Hills, is planned at the highly congested intersection of North Druid Hills and Briarcliff roads in north-central DeKalb County. It's also near a proposed mixed-use development from the Sembler Co. that has drawn heated opposition from neighbors who worry the project would be too dense and generate too much traffic. But the Executive Park make-over was greeted warmly by most of the residents who gathered Tuesday night to hear the developer's plans. While the traffic impact remains a concern, residents complimented the plan for striving to create an inviting, walkable environment that features new parks, multi-use trails, and significantly less retail space than originally proposed.
"I was very impressed with the attention to keeping the higher density away from the neighborhoods," said Jim Smith, who leads StandUp DeKalb, a community group that formed to oppose the Sembler project. "So far, from what I've seen, I'm impressed."
Some residents remain skeptical. Jonas Werzberger said he worries the project will create a setting similar to that in the Perimeter Center, the bustling and traffic-choked business district that straddles Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.
Werzberger said he has friends who live in that area "who can't get out of their development. I want to be able to get out of my subdivision."
By PAUL DONSKY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/30/08
Let's all sing
