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Decatur Old House Fair This Saturday!

Posted in Community, Events, Historic Preservation on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The 3rd annual Old House Fair is happening Saturday March 19th from 9-5.  Yes, the weather outside will be beautiful, but this is your only chance this year to go to an event where you will learn about  researching your house, plaster repair, painting exterior and interiors, wood refinishing, storm windows, interior design and historic landscapes,and so much more!  We also have 40 exhibitors that specialize in services and good for historic homes.

Exhibitors and experts on old houses

Also, our guest speaker will be Dr. Richard Cloues who will be giving his wonderful lecture on “Ranch Houses: Ordinary or Iconic?”.  If you don’t love ranch houses, you will after you hear Richard.  If you own a ranch, this is must see seminar.

Tickets are on sale at the Ace Hardware at 1404 Scott Blvd for $10 through Friday.  You can also get them online at the event website.  They are $15 at the door.  Go to www.decaturoldhousefair.com for information and tickets.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

Posted in Events on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re looking for a place to hear bagpipes today or craving corned beef and cabbage, check out our St. Patty’s day post where we’ve listed all the local happenings.

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Earth Hour Bonfire & Marshmallow Roast on the Square

Posted in Events, Sustainability, Uncategorized on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

March 26th, 2011

8:00pm-9:00pm

Hosted by the City of Decatur and the Decatur Business Association

In celebration of Earth Hour 2011, Decatur is hosting a bonfire and marshmallow roast.  Join us on the Downtown Decatur square for roasted marshmallows to celebrate Earth Hour.  At 8:30pm, we’ll count down and turn off the bandstand lights and the blue pillar lights on the square and leave them off for 1 hour.

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change.  Last year, 128 countries and territories participated and global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, stood in darkness to show their support.  Check out the video below to learn more.

If you have questions about this event, please contact Lena Stevens, Resource Conservation Coordinator at 404-370-4102 or lena.stevens@decaturga.com

 

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Let's cheer, Decatur!

Posted in Events on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Publix Georgia Marathon is coming through the City of Decatur this Sunday morning, March 20th and we would love to have you participate! Decatur has a great history of participating in the Neighborhood Challenge and since it has started, we have won over $15,000 in prize money to go towards fitness initiatives in Decatur.

Decaturites are needed to come to the official cheering station on Ponce de Leon adjacent to the Old Courthouse Square on Sunday morning at 7:30 am to help cheer the runners on. Don your GREEN  clothes and come out with a noise maker, signage, and/or a musical instrument. Let’s make noise so the runners remember our city. 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 go towards the city’s new walking program, “Walk There, Decatur!”

You don’t have a noise maker? Well check out the easy green project below…All you need is a clean, empty soda can, a few pennies or dried beans, and a piece of tape-VOILA! Plenty of noise for everyone!

See you on Sunday morning! For more info, please contact me katie.abel@decaturga.com or call 678-553-6573

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Gearing Up for St. Patrick's Day in Decatur

Posted in Events, Retail & Restaurants on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We might not dye our river green like some cities – mostly because we don’t really have a river in Decatur – but that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style! In fact, Decaturites don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Week!

To get the week started right, I recommend that you stop by Decatur Screen Print. They’re located on the second floor of the Garlic Thai/ New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe building at 340 W. Ponce. They have tons of green shirts printed with St. Pat’s-appropriate designs.

The shop also has some St. Patrick’s Day accessories:

Katie Abel, City Events Coordinator = Never intimidated by holiday flair

And here are several opportunities where you can wear said shirts and accessories:

The Marlay House
March 12 – St. Patrick’s Day kick off celebration. Bagpipers at 2 p.m., Irish Dancers at 4:30 p.m., live Irish Music 6:30-9:30 p.m. and more pipers at 8 p.m.
March 15 – Free musical performance by one of the greatest uillean pipers alive, Paddy Keenan. Watch a YouTube clip of him here as proof of his greatness.
March 16 – Celebrate St. Patrick’s Eve with an Irish beer pairing dinner.
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day! Live music, dancers and the pub’s new piano will get some play time.

Steinbeck’s
Join the Decatur Education Foundation at Steinbeck’s on Thursday, March 17 for an afternoon of St. Patty’s Day fun including bouncing, temporary tattoos, live music and more. The pub will offer kid-friendly food in addition to its regular yummy menu. Festivities run from 3-6 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Foundation. From 4 until 10 p.m. come for free live music, corned beef, Irish bangers and mash, fish and chips and Guinness.

Ale Yeah
The guys at Ale Yeah beer market will be running specials on everything Irish beginning March 14.  Beer from Ireland as well as Irish style beers will be 10% off next week.

McGowan’s Oakhurst Pub
Oakhurst’s newest pub will be celebrating on March 17 with live traditional Irish music led by Mick Kinney on the pub’s front patio and Irish fare: shepherd’s pie and corned beef with cabbage.

Piece of Cake
Call ahead to order your very own Green Velvet Layer Cake. It’s just like Piece of Cake’s popular red velvet cake, but it’s green – yum! Also, if you stop by the store on St. Patrick’s Day wearing green, you’ll receive a FREE key lime cupcake.

Badda Bing
Stop by for a delicious St. Pat’s lunch on March 17. The lunch menu includes corned beef brisket, parsley potatoes, beer braised cabbage, baby shepard’s pie, salmon croquette, whole grain mustard sauce and Irish soda bread.

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Touch A Truck Rescheduled for April 30

Posted in Events, tagged , on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Due to the 100% chance of rain tomorrow, we have decided to reschedule Touch A Truck for April 30 from 10 am until 1 pm. The Public Works folks have cleaned all the trucks in anticipation of the event, so if you see them around be sure to tell them how nice the trucks look!

See you on April 30th.

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Touch-a-Truck this Saturday!

Posted in Community, Events on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Join Decatur Active Living on Saturday, March 5th for the annual Touch A Truck event. This fun community event gives children of all ages a chance to touch, explore and see their favorite truck or equipment on wheels. The City of Decatur and DeKalb County will have fire trucks, dump trucks, tractors, police cars and motorcycles, bicycles and many other vehicles on display.

The event will be held in the Callaway Parking Lot, 120 West Trinity Place from 10am until 1pm. Just in case it rains, the rain date is April 30th. The event is free to the community.

Hope to see you at Touch A Truck!

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The Decatur Craft Beer Festival is award winning!

Posted in Events on March 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I spent a few days last week at the SFEA Conference held out at Stone Mountain Park and look what happened while I was there…

Regional Festivals Honored at Industry Event

2011 Kaleidoscope Award Winners Recognized

MARIETTA, Ga. (February 22, 2011) – The best and brightest were spotlighted at Southeast Festivals and Events Kaleidoscope Awards. Hosted at the Stone Mountain Inn, St. Mountain, Georgia, February 21-23, the ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual Southeast Festivals and Events (SFEA) conference.  Top festivals and events throughout the southeast were recognized for their outstanding contribution to the events industry.

 “The quality of submissions continues to go up each year making it more difficult to choose only one winner,” mentioned Carolyn Morris, executive director for SFEA.  “It is a shame that only one can ‘win gold.’ It is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your event or community and award those who have worked hard creating the perfect event or festival. The recognition a festival gets for winning is priceless.” 

 The name “kaleidoscope” was selected due to the colors in the image that represent the many different festivals and facets within events. This year a new logo accompanied the plaques and certificates that were handed out to the recipients.

 The ceremony recognized diverse items such as best t-shirt, best volunteer to best event. The awards acknowledge special achievement in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.  The awards program is sponsored by RCS Productions. 

 Winners include:

Best Festival – with a budget over $75,000

Bronze The Decatur Craft Beer Festival                     City of Decatur

Silver   Suwanee Day                                                  City of Suwanee

Gold    Wild Ga. Shrimp Festival                               Jekyll Island Authority

Best Festival – with a budget under $75,000

Bronze Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion                  Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

Silver   Secret City Festival                                        

Gold    Rivers & Spires Festival                                  Clarksville-Montgomery Co. CVB

Best New Event

Bronze Winter Beer Carnival                                      Premier Events

Silver   Expose Yourself to Craft                                Craftsmen’s Guild of Miss.

Gold    Dunwoody Art Festival                                  Splash Festivals, Inc.

Best T-Shirt

Bronze             The Decatur Craft Beer Festival                     City of Decatur, Decatur ScreenPrint

Silver               Secret City Festival                                        

Gold                Deep Roots Festival                                        Milledgeville Main Street DDA

Best Event within an event

Bronze             Chalk Walk                                                     Arts in the Park, City of Suwanee

Silver               High School Art Exhibition                            Atlanta Dogwood Festival

Gold                39th Annual Standard Flower Show               42nd Yellow Daisy Festival

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We need your help!

Posted in Community, Events on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For the fourth year, Decatur will host a water station for the Publix (was ING) Georgia Marathon on Sunday morning, March 20.  Once again, we will provide water, Gatorade and encouragement to 3,000+ marathon participants as they pass through Decatur at the halfway point in their 26.2 mile personal challenge. Fifteen veterans have volunteered to return to staff the water station, most for the fourth year.  But we need another 20 to do the job.  We set up on Clairemont across from the Holiday Inn with Mr. Entertainer and Decatur DJ, Doug Aholt, providing the soundtrack! The music alone is worth it.  We arrive at 6:00AM and are finished about 10:30AM.  If you are up for a unique Sunday morning experience and for helping to show Decatur’s hospitality to these marathoners, please join us.  Volunteer sign-up instructions follow.  Sign up as soon as possible so we will know that we will have a full crew. If you have trouble signing up, email water station coordinator, Michael Harbin, at mharbin9@gmail.com or call 404.405.3618.

 Sign-up Instructions:

1.     Access the Group Volunteer Registration Page directly from the following link: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/join-protected-group.tcl?event_id=174848.

2.       Once on the group page, select “City of Decatur” from the drop down menu and use “cd11” as the password.  Complete the online registration form. You will receive a confirmation email indicating you have signed up.

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It's time for a little spring shopping

Posted in Events on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As the weather turns warmer and everyone starts their spring cleaning, you may realize that your kids have outgrown all of their clothes over the winter. Rather than talking yourself into visiting the dreaded mall this weekend, head on over to Kid’s Used Clothes (and Stuff) Sale!  

A huge sale of kids’ used clothes and other children’s merchandise will be held Friday, March 4th from 9a.m. to 4:00p.m. and Saturday, March 5th from 8a.m. to 2:00p.m. Shoppers will find incredible bargains on an enormous selection of high-quality clothes (size newborn through juniors) plus toys, books, sports equipment, kids’ furniture, baby supplies, accessories, maternity items, and much more. Merchandise from 150 sellers!  At Saturday’s leftover sale, most items will be HALF PRICE. 

The sale is located at 300 East Ponce de Leon Avenue at Decatur First United Methodist Church in downtown Decatur at the corner of E. Ponce de Leon Avenue and Commerce Drive(you’ll see signs). For more information or to become a seller, check out the  website  or  call 404-378-4434

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