Saturday, August 14, 2010

Gardenhouse Dance to Host a Free Decatur dance event in September


This was sent in by
Erin Weller
Decatur resident and arts enthusiast

When: Sept 18 &19 at 4-5pm.

Where: East Decatur Station 2752 East Ponce de Leon, Suite A.


Event Tip- Free Decatur dance event in September



Hi! As a reader of your blog, I wanted to let you know about a unique, tenacious little dance company I volunteer for that works in Decatur, Gardenhouse Dance. We're holding a free showing in Decatur on Sept 18 &19 at 4-5pm. Not your typical contemporary dance company, Gardenhouse has been around for many years, and has performed in warehouses, Atlanta's Museum of Contemporary Art, and outdoor sites around the metro area. East Decatur Station is providing performance space for our upcoming showing at their 2752 East Ponce de Leon, Suite A, Decatur location. The event is appropriate for all ages and free to the entire community. Ideas to be shared in the dance showing include a video "Yours," an excerpt from an upcoming work entitled "Ah, well.." investigating night-time monkey brain, and an excerpt from future work "Elongation" involving a solo performer and a horse. You can visit www.gardenhousedance.org for more info. For a formal press release and photos, you can contact me (Erin) at bludramakick@yahoo.com, or director Nicole Livieratos at nicoleandalan@bellsouth.net. Thanks so much, Erin Weller Decatur resident and arts enthusiast

Wimpy Kid ice treat truck tour @ Little Shop of Stories


By Shelia M. Poole

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The 2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid summer ice-treat truck tour will roll through Georgia as part of a nationwide tour.
The tour will highlight the release of the new "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" book, which will go on sale in November. The tour also leads into the September release of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books," the first-ever collection of books one through four in the series that features an original Rowley Jefferson cartoon.

The events kick off Sunday. The first stop will be at noon at the Little Shop of Stories, 133A East Court Square in Decatur. At 4 p.m. , the ice-treat truck will be at Books-A-Million, 1774 Jonesboro Rd. in McDonough.

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books, written by Jeff Kinney and published by Amulet Books, are sold in more than 30 countries around the world.

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Little Shop of Stories
133A East Court Square
Decatur, Georgia 30030

Friday, August 13, 2010

Update on The Varsity Jr. Closing



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http://www.11alive.com/

Relics and Rarities Moving to Underground Atlanta



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UPDATE:
Wasting no time, Warren has already cleared out half of the building as of Saturday
Aug. 14th.
He "hopes" to have the Underground Atlanta location set up by mid October.

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Warren Pickard inside his Decatur Ice Cream Parlor
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Relics & Rarities Leaving Decatur, Say It Ain't So - Relics & Rarities to Move to Underground Atlanta

Since Sept. 2009 Atlanta Policeman Warren Pickard opened his doors to his Car Gallery and Ice Cream Shop for a journey through time with his collection "Cool Stuff"

In early September 2009, Relics and Rarities Ice Cream Parlor and Car Gallery opened its doors to Decatur, Ga. He was prepared and did take the youth of Decatur, and the entire metropolitan area on a wonderful journey. The Gallery is full of American automobile history and the culture in which it is surrounded. Just about every item in the gallery has a Relics and Rarities information plaque associated with it. The plaques provided interesting and educational comments. His motto was and still is “learn something cool and have a cool scoop of ice cream while you’re at it.”

The Decatur location was very good to him but he wanted more customers to see his unique collection. He hates to leave Decatur,
but business is business and with an offer he could not resist, he will be moving to Underground Atlanta soon.

Warren said: "After the CNN story, Relics and Rarities got a lot of interest from all over the country. In fact 97% of Relics and Rarities customers over the last year did not reside in Decatur. So it makes good business sense to move into an environment such as Underground Atlanta. I think it would have been difficult for Relic and Rarities to find longevity on North McDonough Street in the long term because the street is so neglected".

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I know
Relics and Rarities will do very good in Underground Atlanta.
And become even more popular.
Good Luck Warren.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

The English Beat @ Variety Playhouse Aug. 25, 2010



From variety-playhouse.com
One tempestuous weekend in March 1979 was the very first show by a nascent band known as The English Beat. The band hailed from working class, industrial Birmingham, England. When they rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came The English Beat, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance beat. The English Beat are all about inclusion, rather than exclusion, and this shows in their personnel and their music influences. The band crosses over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they create an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The English Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

PUBLIX Curbside shopping @ Toco Hills


Photo courtesy of Publix
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure @ Annual Sturgis Rally


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Pee-wee’s visit on August 8th & 9th will officially kick off The Chip’s festivities during the 70th Annual Sturgis Rally in South Dakota where estimated attendance is over 650,000 riders.
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The Book Nook - Decatur



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The Book Nook

Buy, Trade, Sell, Book's On Tape, Compact Discs, Videos, Records, Tapes, 50000 New & Used Books, 50 000 New & Used Books, New & Used Books, 5000 Cassettes, 20000 Used Tapes, 20000 Records, 15000 CDs, Compact Disc, Vcr's, DVD's

Hours: OPEN 7 DAYS

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Book Nook
3073 N. Druid Hills Rd.
Decatur, Ga
(404) 633-1342

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Decatur Arts Live Event


A Day of Performing Arts, Just for the Family
Decatur Arts Live!, August 21, 10am-2 pm

Flamenco dancers, jugglers, puppets, and comedians will be just some of the fun and entertainment for children and adults alike at Glennwood Academy, as they host
Decatur Arts Live on August 21, from 10:00am - 2:00pm . The event is a joint venture between the Glennwood PTO and Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC). It is designed to support the Cultural Arts enrichment program at Glennwood and to showcase the diversity of professional artists working with Young Audiences.


The fun will begin at 10:00 am as attendees rotate through a schedule of simultaneous performances, hands-on activities, and workshops insie the school. Families can enjoy performances from YAWAC artists such as storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin, Kathy Bennett, sculptor Jeff Mather, and singer/performer Greg Roth. Guests will listen to live musical performances and may speak one-on-one with artists about their craft. The event is appropriate for children aged pre-K through fifth grade and is open to the public. The school cafe will serve family-friendly snacks and lunch.

We are excited to have the opportunity to sponsor this event and work with Glennwood Academy, said Tony Kimbrell, Executive Director of Young Audiences. â€Å“Young Audiences is committed to providing students across Georgia every opportunity to experience arts to the fullest, and Decatur Arts Live is a way to help fulfill our mission—to transform the lives and learning of young people through the arts.

This event is designed to become an annual event, and a tradition for local families. Tickets purchased in advance are $10 for adults, $5 for kids, or $20 per family. If purchased the day of the event, tickets will be $15 for adults, $8 for kids, or $25 per family. You may purchase tickets in advance at http://www.Glennwood PTO.org. Glennwood Academy is located at 440 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue in downtown Decatur.

Sponsorship opportunities for the 2010 Decatur Arts Live event are still available. For more information about Decatur Arts Live go to www.GlennwoodPTO.org or contact Nia Schooler at (404) 759-1210 or niaschooler@comcast.net .

Tonight @ Eddie's Attic Concert for Decatur Education Foundation


Local favorites Caroline Herring, Diane Durrett, Kodac Harrison and Sydney Rhame take the stage on August 8 at Eddie's Attic in a first-ever benefit concert for Decatur Education Foundation.
Rhame and Herring will be joined by Harrison for the 5:30pm show and by Durrett for the 8pm show.

Purchase your tickets for the early show here.
Purchase your tickets for the late show here.
OR buy your ticket at the door.
All proceeds from this event support DEF's efforts to ensure that all the children and youth of Decatur have opportunities to reach their full potential.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Varsity Jr at Lindbergh Closing and moving to Dawson County



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By Christian Boone

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When Joseph Bailey started working at the Varsity Jr. some 40 years ago, he viewed it as "just another job."
"Then it became home," said Bailey, still reeling from the news that the Lindbergh spin-off of the downtown institution is about to serve its last chili dog.

A zoning dispute with the city led to Friday's announcement, which stunned employees and customers alike. The restaurant, at Lindbergh and Cheshire Bridge Road, will close Aug. 23, just a few weeks before ground is expected to be broken on a new Varsity Jr. -- in Dawson County, across the street from the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall on Ga. 400.
ajc full story

Suzanne Vega Tom's Diner


Have a great weekend.

The Other Guys - Starts Today



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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Isabella's Cafe Now Open


Isabella's Cafe
910 West College Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
www.isabellascafe.com

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Ponce de Leon Construction near Deepdene Park


From a post at Fresh Loaf : "According to the county, the construction is part of a streetscape improvement that will result in an eight-foot-wide sidewalk similar to those winding through the other greenspaces along Ponce."

At first I thought they were going to widen Ponce in that area.
Now I know the answer Streetscape Improvements.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Run Decatur Run

By April Hunt

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A little Decatur Envy could be healthy.
Or so city leaders and organizers of an upcoming 5K race hope. The DeKalb County city has become the first municipality to sign up to participate -- with city residents, workers or anyone else who wants to race under the Team Decatur banner -- in what has been a corporate event for 28 years.

And the city challenged other communities to join in a little healthy competition when the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk race day comes next month.

“It’s not just a way to get active,” said Cheryl Burnette, the city’s assistant director of active living. “You can come out and meet people you may never have met before. It’s truly for the community.”

Decatur is used to trying things first. For more than a decade, the town has widened sidewalks, planted trees and added streetlights to entice pedestrians downtown.

The city’s main drag -- Ponce de Leon -- and Decatur Square have since filled with pubs, outdoor cafes, boutiques and condos that many other cities cite as their model when renovating their center cities.
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Boutiques Warehouse Sale @ Decatur Holiday Inn Aug. 6 & 7

Ink and Dagger Presents The 2nd Annual Man Day Aug. 14, 2010


Ink & Dagger Tattoo Parlour is proud to bring you “Man Day”. What is “Man Day”? Well, only the most significant holiday of them all. Every year, couples celebrate Valentine’s Day, and we all know that it’s all about the ladies. So we’ve decided to let them have their candy hearts and roses and claim a new holiday for men everywhere.

On Saturday, August 14th, Ink & Dagger brings Americans a day to celebrate all things macho with a barrage of tattoos, stiff drinks, friendly competition, and good times.

Starting at noon, Ink & Dagger will open it’s doors and let the festivities begin with a selection of tattoos for $50. After you get your manly badge of honor, head over to Twain’s and raise a glass to the Y chromosome while enjoying a few pints of our limited edition “Man Day Brew”. Stick around for a live sideshow performance from the world-famous Capt. Stab-Tuggo. He’ll amaze your eyes and astound your senses as he performs timeless sideshow acts including sword swallowing and the human dart board.

As the evening progresses, the Captain will host a carnival of events including an arm wrestling showdown, bobbing for lobsters, hot wing eating contest, handyman challenge, beard and mustache competitions, and much more.

Everyone wins on ‘Man Day’ but a lucky few will win a free spin on Ink & Dagger’s world-famous “Wheel of Destiny“. Once you emerge victorious from one of our manly competitions, your true destiny awaits as you step up and face the wheel. Throw caution to the wind and give it a spin. You could win your share of $1000′s in prizes including free tattoos!

FARM-TO-SCHOOL COOKING CLASS FOR CITY SCHOOLS OF DECATUR CAFETERIA WORKERS


From Jim Brams of Cook's Warehouse

THE COOK’S WAREHOUSE HOLDS SECOND FARM-TO-SCHOOL COOKING CLASS FOR CITY SCHOOLS OF DECATUR CAFETERIA WORKERS

Locally Grown, Freshly Prepared Meals

for Decatur Schoolchildren

ATLANTA, August 2, 2010 – Mary Moore, founder and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse, hosted the second half-day Farm-to-School “cooking workshop” for cafeteria workers from the City Schools of Decatur.

Brad Bryant, Georgia State Department of Education superintendent, was among those who addressed the group after breakfast. Mr. Bryant related how he had observed the same type of program in Baltimore, run by a local chef, and told the cafeteria work force how vital they were to education since healthy school meals have changed the learning curve of young eaters.

Also addressing the group:

· Amanda Dew Manning, program manager of the Georgia state School Nutrition Program;

· Erin Croome, Farm-to-School coordinator of Georgia Organics;

· Meagan Mohammadione, clinical dietician of the Emory Bariatric Center, and

· Anujah Bata of Destiny Organics

After breakfast, Moore led the hands-on session with Megan McCarthy, a healthy lifestyle consultant and chef, and Seth Freedman, a chef and personal culinary services provider, in a presentation of quick and tasty, low-fat/healthy recipes that adapt well to large numbers, including:

· Chicken, watermelon and feta salad

· Roasted fresh tomato sauce over pasta

· Oven-roasted chicken with tomato jus and mashed potatoes

· Apple and Blueberry cobblers with whipped cream

The recipes use low-fat ingredients and culinary tricks, such as whipping the potatoes with freshly made chicken stock instead of butter or milk, and the use of fresh herbs to allow full-flavor dishes with a lower salt content. The three dozen attendees prepared all the recipes and ate them for lunch afterward.

The first class in the series last November began with pre-cooking skills including professional and safe knife handling and seasoning food properly.

This new Decatur school-lunch program is a joint project of Matthew Rao of Rao Design Studio; The Cook's Warehouse; Georgia Organics, and the Atlanta Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International. It is meant to teach easy, efficient and inspired cooking to those front-line cafeteria workers who feed our children one or two meals, five days a week.

The recent attention to healthy school lunches began with UK Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver (Food TV’s “Naked Chef”) who just hosted the ABC-TV program “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” in West Virginia. He began his drive in the UK when he learned that this generation of British schoolchildren was the first in decades not expected to live as long as their parents. The UK children’s diet was identified as the primary cause.

In the U.S., First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her “Let’s Move!” campaign by assigning White House sous chef Sam Kass to lead the “Chefs Move to Schools” initiative. Mrs. Obama hosted 700 chefs at the White House this June to energize this initiative and Mary Moore attended the daylong ceremonies.

And some vendors of The Cook’s Warehouse donated gifts, including:

· Messermeister: A knife roll (a canvas, roll-up carry-case that chefs use to carry knives outside the kitchen) including one 8” Chef’s knife

· The Cook’s Warehouse: A pastry brush, carbon steel peeler, pastry scraper, and CW cap

· Cuisinart: Subsidized the cost of three food processors

The Cook’s Warehouse ( www.cookswarehouse.com ) is greater Atlanta’s premier gourmet cookware store and cooking school with three locations in Midtown, Decatur and Brookhaven. It offers more than 15,000 products for the kitchen and operates the largest avocational cooking school in the Southeast, conducting more than 600 classes yearly, often taught by local chefs, and has a large web-based delivery-by-post site.

Owned and operated by founder Mary S. Moore, The Cook’s Warehouse also retails high-end appliances; conducts private cooking classes for unique celebrations and corporate events, and is a pro bono partner with virtually every major cooking event and gourmet association in Atlanta.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe Grand Opening


Decatur, GA

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday-Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday & Saturday 11am - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm
Monday Closed

New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe
340 W Ponce de Leon Ave
Decatur, GA 30030


Saturday, July 31, 2010

Decatur Students in Trailers , Administrators in school


Decatur, GA


Decatur, GA


Dozens of Decatur students will attend classes in trailers this year at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center, while about 50 administrators run their offices out of a former elementary school.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dozens of Decatur students will return to classes Monday in trailers while their administrators work from inside a half-empty school.

City Schools of Decatur officials say the trailers are temporary for one year while they finish building a new school.

But parents don’t understand why the 40 administrators who work out of the former Westchester Elementary School don’t spend the year in trailers instead.

“Anyone who is familiar with Westchester can see it’s a school built for children,” said Emily Kandetzki, who has four children in Decatur schools. “It’s heart-wrenching to walk into a classroom and see them filled with big black leather chairs and administrators.”

Westchester was built as an elementary school, complete with bathrooms in each classroom, brightly colored walls, cubbies and low-hanging hooks. A playground sits on a large grassy field.

The small district will use 10 trailers this school year while it finishes construction of a new school at the site of the former Fifth Avenue school, communications director Bruce Roaden said.

The new school, which is slated to open in Aug. 2011, will be for fourth and fifth graders. Renovations are also under way at the middle and high schools.

ajc full story

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Trackside Tavern Clone Coming Soon

TRACKSIDE TAVERN in DECATUR, GA.

Trackside Tavern in Decatur, GA, has been closed since Jan. 2009 when a fire destroyed most of the building it occupied since 1982. For a year and a half it has been gone, but not for long, look for a clone of the building to rebuilt in same location very soon. follow Trackside Tavern facebook
fan page for updates

A new Blog for City of Decatur


Check out the city's new blog beactivedecatur.com
It took the place of the old Decatur Active Living’s 231 Sycamore blog

Ansel Adams photos bought at garage sale worth $200 million

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Office Property for Lease - 125 E. Trinity Place, Decatur, GA


Decatur, GA

125 E. Trinity Place is an approximately 16,500 square foot retail/office building located in the heart of downtown Decatur, GA. The building has had a complete interior and exterior renovation and has 40 parking spaces in the rear that are available to tenants and their guests at no charge. In addition to walking traffic, Church Street has traffic counts of 13,900 per day and East Trinity Place has traffic counts of 11,330 per day.

Located on East Trinity Place between the intersections of N. McDonough Street and Church Street, 125 E. Trinity Place is located in the heart of downtown Decatur. It is located adjacent to Chick-fil-A and Greene's Fine Foods, across the street from Decatur City Hall and the Dekalb County Courthouse. It is within easy walking distance to the Decatur Square and MARTA train station.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16626690/125-E-Trinity-Place-Decatur-GA/

Rexall Grill in Duluth is Reopening Today


Photo: NextStopDecatur.com

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rexall Grill in Duluth is reopening Tuesday more than a month after it was forced to shut down when the operator failed to pay state sales taxes.

The landmark restaurant on Buford Highway will begin serving at 5:30 a.m., with mostly the same menu and wait staff but with a fresh coat of paint and a new management team, property owner Lynda Alley said.

"We've spent $69,000 getting it ready," Alley said Monday. "It looks good. It looks really good."


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Back to School Time

For the AJC

There's no end in sight for blazing hot temperatures but summer break is ending soon for students in Metro Atlanta schools. Here's when students in head back to school.

Monday, Aug. 2: Decatur city, Cherokee and Henry counties

Thursday, Aug. 5: Cobb County, Buford city

Monday, Aug. 9: Atlanta city, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth and Gwinnett counties.

Thursday, Aug. 12: Marietta city

Monday, Aug. 23: Fulton County


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Monday, July 26, 2010

Wiggle 1/2 OFF SALE !



Wiggle
305 East College Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030 • 404-373-2522
http://www.wiggleatlanta.com/

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Nothin' will outrun my V-8 Ford. "Maybellene" Chuck Berry



As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw maybellene in a coup de ville.
A cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
Nothin' will outrun my V-8 Ford.
The cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five,
She's bumper to bumber rollin' side by side.

Pulp Fiction Dance Scene

The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale.

They furnished off an apartment with a two room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale,
But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

Saturday, July 24, 2010

New Art Work for Meldora Hair Salon


Meldora Hair Salon
Decatur, GA

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Meldora Hair Salon Now Open

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Decatur, GA.




I am so glad they decided to add more art work to the rear wall
where they painted over to Victory Vintage Home art work which had become a landmark.

Look's Good Meldora Hair Salon.

Indigo Girls









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Amy Ray and Emily Saliers met when they were in elementary school in Decatur, Georgia. They performed together for the first time in the school chorus which sang James Taylor's "A Junkie's Lament" for a talent show. They became a duo in their high school English class, where they wrote songs and tested them out on their teacher. (They still keep in touch with his mom.) As The Indigo Girls, Amy and Emily have traveled far since those days. Grammy Award winners, they may be best known for their hits "Shame on You" and "Closer to Fine."



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Friday, July 23, 2010

The Cowsills - The Rain,The Park and Other Things

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"WINNING" - Paul Newman


Paul Newman "Winning " 1969
Uploaded by gregwallace. - Classic TV and last night's shows, online.
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Great movie memories of Paul Newman in the film "WINNING"
I love the music from this film. Great soundtrack.

Saturday Night At The Movies - The Drifters - Have A Great Weekend -

There Goes My Baby - The Drifters

Decatur Police hosts First Junior Academy

This sent in by Andrea Berry of Decatur EDtv

Decatur Police Department hosts first Junior Academy from Decatur EDtv on Vimeo.

Join Team Decatur and Get Fit @ Walk/Run Kickoff July 26


Decatur, GA
http://www.decaturga.com/

Summer Long Celebration @ Fernbank Museum


Show & Tail Weekend: Oceans
Saturday, July 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, July 25 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Circus Fanta-Sea by Lee Bryan “That Puppet Guy,” fish temporary tattoos, ocean mural coloring activity, shell search activity, and an ocean-themed Weekend Wonders.

Show & Tail Weekend: Geckos
Saturday, August 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, August 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Performances of Boogie Woogie Bullfrog by Jerry Zee (Sat: 11 a.m. and noon), Galileo the Gecko walk-around mascot, gecko tic-tac-toe, a gecko-themed Weekend Wonders, the Georgia Bubbleman (Sunday only) and storytelling by Mama Koku ( 12:30 and 1:30).

Show & Tail Weekend: Dinosaurs
Saturday, August 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, August 22 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The highlight of the weekend is the annual Dinosaur Birthday Bash event on Saturday. Sunday events: Performances of Big Saurus, Little Saurus by Kathy Kaemmerlen (1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.) a walk-around dinosaur mascot, and a dinosaur-themed Weekend Wonders.

Cost: All Show & Tail Weekend activities are included with Museum admission and are FREE for members!

Summer Long Celebration @ Fernbank Museum

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Free vaccines offered for DeKalb children

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DeKalb County students can make sure they are prepared for school with free vaccines.

The free health screenings will also include hearing, vision and dental exams. The back-to-school health event is scheduled for July 30 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at Knollwood Elementary School on Santa Monica Drive in Decatur. Registration starts at 8 a.m.


full story @ ajc

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

South DeKalb County will get another police precinct.

By Megan Matteucci

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


The DeKalb County Police Department is opening a mini precinct at River and Flakes Mill roads, spokesman Officer Jason Gagnon said.

“They are in that location to better serve the citizens in south DeKalb,” Gagnon said.

Gagnon said the expense is minimal because the county already owns the building and uses it as a fire station. No additional officers will be hired, but officers from other areas will be moved to staff the new precinct.

“We’re looking at our manpower and how to best utilize the staffing we have,” Gagnon said.

This will be the county’s sixth precinct.


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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Please Visit The New Glenlake Park


Decatur, Ga. The Rec Center

Decatur Seeking input for Remaking Complex

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Decatur is looking for public comment Tuesday night on plans to remake the former school that houses its police department.

The city hired an architect to help design a master plan for the renovation or redevelopment of the Beacon School Complex on Trinity Place. The building is home to the city’s police department, the Ebster Recreation Center and performance space.

A public meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Decatur City Hall on the project. Additional meetings will be held in the future.

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Avondale Hires First City Planner


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Avondale Estates has hired its first city planner and economic development director, to help realize its dream of remaking its downtown.

Keri Stevens began the new job on July 13. Her first job will be to bring Avondale’s comprehensive plan up-to-date, while also reviewing plans for its lake district and Tudor Village downtown.

The small city has been working for nearly two years on how to best lure small shops and high-end housing and offerings that have taken off in neighboring Decatur.

Stevens has experience with both small and historic cities on that front. She most recently was a senior urban planner with Pond and Company, handling project management and work on a mixed-use overlay district for the city of Griffin.


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Monday, July 19, 2010

Decatur's Mayor Says a Wider Tunnel is Needed for Safety


At the Decatur City Commission meeting a couple of weeks ago they approved the North McDonough Streetscape project, at that time Mayor Bill Floyd made a comment about looking into expanding the tunnel that's underneath the railroad tracks, located on East College Ave. and Howard Ave to help improve pedestrian safety. It is used by Agnes Scott students walking to downtown Decatur.
As a kid my brothers and I used it all the time walking to Decatur to go to the show as we lived behind Agnes Scott College.