The Decatur Minute

​Oakhurst Porchfest: Sunday, October 18, 2015  | 2-6pm

​​Eight years ago in Ithaca, New York, someone had an idea: What if we had an afternoon when porches all over the neighborhood became stages and everyone just walked or biked around listening to musicians, hanging out on lawns and sidewalks, and connecting/reconnecting with their neighbors?

Porchfest, the ultimate grassroots music festival, was born. 100% resident owned and operated, it’s been going and growing every year since. And in that time, other neighborhoods all around the country have taken the model and run with it.

This year — on Sunday, October 18 — Oakhurst is looking to do the same. With the Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival on hiatus due to construction in Harmony Park, and limited time to plan and organize a replacement, a grassroots, neighbor-orchestrated day of music and fun seems the perfect way to bring us all together in a manner that feels distinctly Oakhurst.

We have plenty of porches to play on but now we need some more musicians!  Click here to learn more

“Half of Decatur middle and high school students were recently surveyed about their alcohol use.  22% of 10th graders and 42% of 12th graders reported having consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.  15% of 10th graders and 23% of 12th graders reported binge drinking in the past 30 days.  We have an issue in our community that we need to talk about.”

We invite parents, teens and concerned community members to join us.

Decatur Prevention Initiative (DPI) will be hosting their third 2015 Decatur Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm.

The meeting will be held at The Solarium in Oakhurst located in 321 West Hill Street, Decatur GA 30030.

Guest Speakers: Lt. Jennifer Ross, Decatur Police Department; Wendy Jefferson, Emory University School of Medicine; Diane Hill, Juvenile Court of DeKalb County; Terrie Moore, Decatur Prevention Initiative

“To promote a healthy Decatur community, free of the negative effects of alcohol & other drugs on youth and families.”

DeKalb County
Department of Watershed Management
Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Division

Project Bulletin

August 5, 2015

Superior Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvement Phase II
Contract No. 14-100403
CIP No. 037-AS

Superior Avenue Water Main and Sanitary Sewer Improvement Phase II Project Update

The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management’s Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Division is scheduled to begin construction on the Superior Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvement Phase II project.
The project is slated to begin October 2015, and is expected to last approximately nine months. Initial activities will be comprised of site preparation, and may include the installation of silt fence in the construction area.

This project is being performed as a part of the County’s consent decree program to replace an existing gravity sewer line along the intersection of North Decatur Road, Superior Avenue, and Scott Boulevard in Decatur, Georgia. The project is also being implemented to upgrade aging infrastructure, as well as address issues related to reoccurring sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) in the community. These improvements will effectively reduce sanitary sewer overflows, thereby reducing the risk to public health and property damage.

Work on the Superior Avenue Water Main Replacement project began in June 2015 and will continue to
progress between Park Lane and Huron Street for the next seven months. All construction activities are
scheduled to occur between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday, excluding holidays. The County is alerting residents that during construction, heavy equipment and construction noise may be noticeable. Detours may also be in effect and special attention should be paid to road work signs and the direction of the construction crew. Lastly, we ask for your assistance in minimizing inconveniences by not parking your automobile(s) on the street during construction hours.

The County would like to thank you in advance for your patience as we work diligently to complete these essential projects. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the details presented in this bulletin, please feel free to contact the County’s Community Outreach team at 1-800-986-1108 or email info@dekalbconsentdecree.com.

The Decatur Police Department will be registering bicycles in front of Oakhurst Market (650 East Lake Drive, Decatur, GA 30030) this Friday, August 14, 2015 from 5pm-7pm.

Bicycles are a commonly stolen item and are not registered like vehicles. Bicycle registration includes providing owner contact information, having the manufacturer and serial number documented and having a numbered decal applied to and a photo taken of your bicycle.  The process takes just a few minutes.  Registering your bicycle allows officers to look up recovered bicycles and contact the owner and allows for us to quickly look up the needed information about your bicycle if it were to be stolen.  The information is kept in a secured database only accessible by police department staff.  We will also register scooters that do not meet the size requirements for state tag registration.

*There is NO CHARGE to register your bicycle or scooter.

UPDATE: The police non-emergency number 404-373-6551 is BACK IN SERVICE.

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Please note that the police non-emergency line (404-373-6551) is currently out of order. Technicians are working to bring it back into service. Meanwhile, if you need to call the police non-emergency line please use this back up phone number: 404-377-7911.

An update will be posted here once the police non-emergency number is back in service.