Posted in Community, tagged 30030, Decatur, Earth Hour on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The City of Decatur is proud to be participating in Earth Hour this Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 until 9:30 p.m. We will darken City Hall and other city buildings where feasible. We will also turn off the lights on the MARTA Plaza for an hour. For information on Earth Hour visit www.earthhourus.org. Let us know what you are going to do to participate.
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, Decatur, electronics recycling on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
and your electronics, cell phones and pagers, computers, typewriters………these are just a few of the things that you can recycle this coming Saturday, March 28, at Spring Electronics Recycling Day.
Electronics dropped off will be sorted and broken down into raw materials and sent to recyclers for reuse. In addition to electronics, you may frop off batteries of any type, Styrofoam peanuts, clean styrofoam blocks free of foreign objects, mercury thermometers and thermostats. Just about anything with a cord can be recycled, with the exception of microwave ovens.
TVs may also be recycled for a $10 cash only fee per TV (exact change please).
When: Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Where: Decatur High School Parking Lot
Why: It is the right thing to do! Keep these things out of the landfill and properly disposed of.
For additional information and updates, contact David Junger, 404-377-5571 or email david.junger@decaturga.com
Posted in Community, Sidewalk Talk, Sustainability on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The City of Decatur, Agnes Scott College, City Schools of Decatur, Decatur Business Association, Georgia Organics, and Oakhurst Community Garden have come together to form the Decatur Agriculture Initiative (DAI) designed to bring together community partners around the issue of growing food locally.
The first step is the creation of a Master Plan that identifies and coordinates existing community-based efforts into one unified plan. This comprehensive approach should result in providing a variety of agricultural products, including food, which would be available through local producers and markets.
Examples of some possible outcomes might include: stronger community support for farmers markets, co-operative purchase of environmentally sensitive products, education programs designed for children and youth to be able to plan and support their own gardens, and more.
The possibilities are exciting and all of the partners are looking forward to collaborating on this brand new DAI in Decatur.
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, Decatur, ING GA Marathon, volunteer on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The ING Georgia Marathon will be coming through the City of Decatur on Sunday morning, March 29 and we would love to have you participate! As the marathon organizers say “Volunteers are the heart and SOLE of the marathon”.
Thanks to everyone who has already volunteered to staff a hydration station. We are still in need of volunteers for the East Lake MARTA Station . Volunteers will have a lot of fun handing out water to the runners and cheering them on. To volunteer, go to www.inggeorgiamarathon.com and click on the volunteer link. Choose Hydration Station #11 – Oakhurst. The password is COD.
Most importantly, Decaturites are needed to come to the official cheering station at Fellini’s Pizza on Commerce Drive on Sunday morning at 7 am to help cheer the runners on. In 2007, the City of Decatur won $10,000 for the Best Cheering Station and in 2008 we won $5,000 for the second best station. We want to reclaim our #1 title, so wear your orange and bring a noise maker, signage, and/or a musical instrument. Let’s make noise so the runners remember our city. I will bring some cowbells to share!
Runners are going to vote for their favorite Hydration Stations and their favorite Cheering Section so we want them to remember us! Prize money will to the Decatur Youth Fund for children obesity programs.
For more information on the marathon, contact Cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com or 678-553-6573.
Posted in Community, tagged historic preservation on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The city recently contracted with Keystone Preservation Associates and Morrison Design LLC to inventory all of Decatur’s historic buildings and sites. What are they looking for? Old buildings! How old? 50 years and older. Wait, I think that’s the criteria to belong to AARP. Too bad we can’t get hotel and insurance discounts for owning old buildings.
So, what’s old in Decatur?
Okay, maybe not THAT old!
Ah, much better. A good example of a typical Decatur Bungalow built between 1910-1930.
Here’s a picture of our consultants, Laura Drummond, Janet Barrickman, and Brandy Morrison. Be on the look-out for them!
Is that a zombie or an old building? Brandy is taking no chances and snaps the photo!
Laura and Janet using their handy dandy map reading skills!
We’ll keep everyone posted on what we discover in our city!
Regina Brewer
Preservation Planner Extraordinaire
Posted in Community, tagged Bond Fund, parks on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Major renovations will begin on Glenlake Park during the week of March 23rd. This is the first comprehensive improvement to Glenlake Park in over 50 years. Work should be completed by the end of this year and will include new walking trails, pedestrian bridges, improved athletic fields, a new multi-purpose pavilion and an expanded dog park. Streambed restoration will improve water quality reduce downstream flooding and allow the stream to become an integral part of the park experience. A new bathhouse is currently underway and should be completed in time for the pool to reopen this Memorial Day.
To provide an alternative parking option for patrons of Glenlake Tennis Center and Glenlake Pool, we will close one lane of travel in each direction on Church Street beginning the week of March 23rd and create on-street parking for park patrons. This alteration of Church Street will be maintained throughout park construction. We don’t anticipate any major traffic problems as a result of this reconfiguration but there is a possibility that traffic on Church Street will be slowed, particularly during morning and afternoon rush hours and wanted to give you and your associates time to prepare for this change.
To view a copy of the Church Street parking diagram or the Glenlake Park renovation plan, visit www.decaturga.com/glenlakemasterplan. If you have any questions, please contact Hugh Saxon at 404-553-6507 or at hugh.saxon@decaturga.com.
Posted in Community, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, Decatur, Halloween 2, Leeland Books on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Don’t get too excited, it is not a new bookstore in Decatur, Leeland Books is part of the set of the filming of Halloween 2. The inside shots will be at the Wordsmith’s Books location and exterior shots will be in front of Leeland Books. I am quite impressed with the amount of detail put into the store front.
For those of us who thought Hollywood was glamorous, I have been persuaded otherwise after seeing the amount of work the crew has put into the filming of this scene. They have been working all hours of the day and night to get ready. It reminds me of getting prepared for a special event.
The crew will be moving to the Decatur Cemetery for some night shots this evening. They have made a donation to the Friends of the Cemetery to help to restore the old section of the cemetery. This filming does benefit our city in many ways!
Posted in Community, Events, tagged 30030; Halloween 2, Decatur, H2, Old Courthouse on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may have noticed the tents and other equipment around the Old Courthouse on the Square today. A crew from FTP Productions is filming a pilot for ABC; “The Untitled Daniel Cerone Project”. According to www.hollywoodreporter.com,
“The Cerone project, from ABC Studios, centers on a low-level detective (Jimmy Wolk) whose genius 11-year-old brother (Goyo) helps him solve crimes. “
Halloween 2 ( H2 ) will be filming at the Wordsmith’s location tomorrow and in the cemetery tomorrow night. Maybe there will be a Malcolm McDowell sighting; let me know if you see him!
A little bit of Hollywood in Decatur!
Posted in Community, Events, tagged 30030, Cornerstone Bank, Decatur, Mayor Floyd on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cornerstone Bank Ribbon Cutting
Cornerstone Bank opened its doors this morning with a “Ribbon Cutting” held at their new Decatur location in Decatur Two Town Center . President Charles Yorke welcomed the attendees and expressed his happiness at being a part of Decatur. Also on hand for the ceremony were DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd, who welcomed Cornerstone Bank to Decatur.
The bank is tastefully decorated and welcoming. They have a large community room that they are offering to the community. Great place to hold meetings and workshops.
Welcome Cornerstone Bank!
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, Decatur, Earth Hour, World Wildlife Fund on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earth Hour is approaching and I am encouraging everyone to sign up to participate. “What is Earth Hour?” you may ask. According to the organizers, the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour is “a global event created to symbolize that each one of us, working together, can make a positive impact on climate change.”
March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm tens of millions of people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together once again to make a bold statement about their concern about climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour symbolizes that by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in the fight against climate change.
The City of Decatur has signed up to participate and will turn off lights on the MARTA Plaza as well as non-essential lighting in city buildings. You too can sign up as a school, organization, or individual by visiting www.earthhourUS.org. The site also has some fun activites for children, teachers and families. There is a Memory Game that helps children understand how they can make a difference, a Geo-Bee, and more. Also on the site are ways that families can learn to reduce their carbon footprint and increae energy efficiency at home and at school.
Let us know if you are going to participate by leaving a comment. Together we can all make a statement!
