The Decatur Earth Day committee met last week to begin planning for the 2009 Earth Day Festival to be held on Saturday, April 18 in Harmony Park. As you can imagine, this is an energetic group of people with a lot of great ideas. The festival will feature children’s earth-friendly activities as well as earth-friendly vendors, storytelling, music, and a community information section.
The city’s new Fire Chief, Toni Dixon, sat in on the meeting. Chief Dixon is interested in learning about the work all of the city departments do, and was shadowing Greg White for the day.
Sally Wylde, former director of the Oakhurst Community Garden, is organizing a special project this year: The Greening of the Greenspaces in Decatur. Interested artists and members of the community are wanted to transform the city greenspaces into temporary works of art. If you are interested, visit www.oakhurstgarden.org for more information on participating in this new project.
The Earth Day committee is also planning to have an “Green Parade” and is looking for members of the community to help with the planning. Our next meeting will be held on February 19th at 10am. If you are interested in joining the fun, contact greg.white@decaturga.com.
