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Join the Cultural Arts Master Plan Process
Posted in Community, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, City of Decatur, Cultural Arts Master Plan, Decatur, The Arts on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Community Workshop: Railroad Crossing Improvements
Posted in Community, Meetings, Transportation on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As part of the capital improvements program, the City of Decatur is looking at options for improvements on the railroad crossings at Candler and McDonough streets and needs your input. If you are available, come to the City Commission meeting room at City Hall (509 N. McDonough St.) on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a community workshop to discuss the railroad crossing improvements.
For more information, see the RR Crossings Improvement webpage.
September Focus and Fall Playbook Now Online
Posted in Community on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is just a quick FYI post. The latest issues of The Decatur Focus and the Playbook are now on the City’s website.
Decatur Urban Garden Planning Meeting
Posted in Community, Meetings on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 2
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Solarium, 321 W. Hill St.
The current fiscal budget includes funding for developing an urban garden on the property owned by the City of Decatur located between 2nd and 3rd Avenues south of East Lake Drive. The City of Decatur has been working with Lindsey Mann, a Decatur resident and landscape architect, to design gardening opportunities on this property. To make the plan successful we need public participation in the process. The first meeting is scheduled will be held at The Solarium next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Congrats to Tessitura
Posted in Community, Retail & Restaurants on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tessitura's Lynnette Suzanne at the 2007 Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival
Tessitura, the music community and education center in Oakhurst, just won the Nickelondeon Parent’s Picks Award for Best Local Music Class in Atlanta. Congratulations to the Tessitura team!
Calling Decatur Hometown Heroes
Posted in Community on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Can you think of someone whose photo belongs on this wall?
The Hometown Heroes wall located on the first floor of City Hall.
Decatur launched it’s Hometown Heroes recognition and celebration in the summer of 1996 at the close of the Hometown to the World festival during the Olympics.
Now is the time to begin thinking of your favorite Decatur Hometown Hero – someone who works hard, often behind the scenes, to make our community a better place to live and work. Nominate that person for recognition as a 2009 Hometown Hero. Nominations will be accepted until Sept. 15.
For more information and for a nomination application visit the City’s Hometown Heroes webpage.
2009 Annual Report Now Online
Posted in Community on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure many of you read the City of Decatur 2009 Annual Report cover to cover as soon as the July/August Focus was delivered to your doorstep (the report is inserted in the July/August issue every year). I wouldn’t blame you for being so eager to read the report because it’s chock full of useful City-related information.
This year’s annual report focuses on Decatur’s ongoing strategic response to the current economic climate and the fiscal challenges across all economic sectors. Our theme is based on the generally accepted framework for addressing emergencies: Readiness, Response, Recovery, with an added category of Reinvention. Makes you want to read it, doesn’t it?
For those of you who somehow misplaced your July/August Focus or have yet to take a look at the Annual Report, it is now available on the City’s website for your viewing pleasure.
The 3/50 Project
Posted in Community, Retail & Restaurants, Sustainability on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I know most Decaturites don’t need much encouragement to shop locally because they understand the value of supporting the local community. And most would agree that our local shops and restaurants make Decatur a great place to work and live. There’s little doubt that local shops and restaurants improve the quality of a community, but it’s hard to quantify that value.
That being said, I just discovered an organization that creatively sums up the quantitative value of shopping locally. It’s called The 3/50 Project. What does it stand for? Pick 3. Spend $50. Save your local economy.
In other words, pick three local businesses that you want to support and spend a total of $50 at those businesses each month. If half the employed population in the nation spent $50 every month in locally owned businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue. For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays local.
This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t shop at national chains. Instead, The 3/50 project encourages consummers to spend $50 of their budget each month at three locally owned shops. So next time you need a last minute birthday card or gift, stop by one of Decatur’s giftshops or boutiques.
To learn more about the 3/50 Project visit their website or click on the logo above.
Outdoor Water Use Reminder
Posted in Community, Sustainability on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The drought may be over, but it never hurts to post a reminder about non-drought outdoor water use, right? Julie Gyuricza, Decatur’s storm water engineer, emailed me a recap of the state-wide outdoor water use for your reading pleasure:
The State of Georgia has returned to a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use. Under a non-drought schedule, outdoor water use is allowed three days a week on assigned days using odd and even-numbered addresses.
• Odd-numbered addresses can water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
• Even-numbered and unnumbered addresses are allowed to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Water use may occur at any time of the day on the assigned days, but to be water efficient, landscape watering should not occur between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information visit the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ website.
Decatur Couple Has NPR Themed Wedding
Posted in Community on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Happy Couple
NPR reported this week about a young Decatur couple that had an “NPR themed wedding”. They wanted their wedding to reflect who they are as a couple, they stated in the segment. They portray their typical mornings around the house as a chorus of NPR coming from different radios in various rooms. Their friend describes the couple as “progressive minded people… the type of people that NPR loves, and that love NPR!”
Instead of table numbers, they named the tables after their 12 favorite NPR shows. The bride and groom sat at the “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” table. They also re-worked the NPR logo, changing the letters to “M & P”, for Matt & Peggy.
Now really… are any of us suprised that these folks live in Decatur? Here the story by clicking here
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