The Decatur Business Association is looking forward to seeing you on the Square this afternoon for our first Blue Sky Concert of the month. Bring your lunch and enjoy the beautiful weather!
Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of September so we’ll be testing the tornado outdoor warning sirens at 5:00 p.m. The test should last approximately one minute. Should the weather become inclement, the test will be postponed until 5 September 2013.
If you have questions or want more information about the siren system, check out the Siren page on the City’s website or contact the City at 404-370-4102.
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WHEN: Thursday, August 29th from 7 – 8 PM
WHERE: The Church at Decatur Heights – 735 Sycamore Drive
Hosted by Decatur Heights and Sycamore Ridge Neighborhood Watches
Speakers: Police Chief Mike Booker, Deputy Chief Keith Lee, Sergeant Jennifer Ross
Topics include: **City Wide Crime updates **Community Policing
**Neighborhood Watches **Helpful Safety Tips
Confirmed Attendees:
District 1 Commissioners Fred Boykin and Scott Drake and
At-Large Commissioner Mayor Jim Baskett
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The Decatur Business Association is thrilled to announce their 2013 September line-up. Please join us Wednesday afternoons from 12:00-1:00pm and on Saturday evenings from 7:00-9:30pm for live, local music and great company!
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A meal to live for…
Saturday, Sept. 7th
6:30pm-9:30pm
Decatur Cemetery
Only 4 days left to get your tickets at the early bird price. We hope that you’ll join us for what is sure to be THE Decatur food event of the fall.
Food & Fare:
6 course sumptuous meal- Dessert by Cakes & Ale
- Live music
- A specialty cocktail from Leon’s Full Service
- Wine list hand selected by Jim & Donna Philips and Perrine’s Wine Shop
Raffle:
- Decatur Glassblowing’s 90-minute glassblowing class for four with Nate Nardi, and a handmade glass bowl.
- Edible Yard and Garden’s edible landscape design and consultation for your home, including three young fruit trees
- Smithworks Iron & Design blacksmithing class for two with Jason Smith, owner and founder, and hand crafted fire poker.
- Riverview Farms’ ten weeks of organic locally grown produce CSA share
- Beate Sass Framed original photograph.
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The Purpose:
Former Mayor Bill Floyd is chairing the host committee for this event, saying “Decatur’s Kitchen Garden was special for me during my last few years as Mayor.” The Global Growers Network broke ground on the garden in March, 2012, at Decatur’s United Methodist Children’s Home. Since then, they have made great strides, but they have big plans for the future, and your participation in this event can help.
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Early bird tickets- $125, after August 31st- $150
DecaturDinnerParty.brownpapertickets.com
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Well, this weekend anyway.
Join thousands and thousands of fellow book lovers as Decatur proudly hosts the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Programming this year is beyond impressive and the addition of the ART DBF piece is sure to make this the best Book Festival ever!
Check out all of the events, authors, and programming here on the website or get the official Festival App on your iPhone or Droid!
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The 100+ local artists of HomeGrown Decatur are cleaning out their studios to make room to create more great local art!
Jewelry, wall hung art, apparel, accessories and more. All produced by local artists and craftspeople. All at 30-70% off. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.
5 days only! Thursday, August 22nd through Monday August 26th.
For additional information, visit our website at www.homegrowndecatur.com
HomeGrown is located at 412 Church Street, just off the square, in downtown Decatur.
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The City of Decatur has developed a proposal to comprehensively adjust speed limits on most city streets to 25 mph. A public input session was held on August 14th at Decatur City Hall. Attendees were able to view the current and proposed speed limits as well as the supporting research. Several question were posted to allow opportunities for feedback.
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> View the public input session presentation. > Download the full proprosal.
You still have time to tell us your opinion on the proposed changes. Download the proposal, share it with your friends and neighbors, and give us your feedback online by September 30, 2013.
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Quick Survey on Open City Hall.
What do you think about setting the speed limit to 25 mph on most Decatur roadways, and why?
Take a more in-depth survey about the proposal. Estimated time 5-10 minutes.
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Now that kids are back in school and most of the summer vacations are over, its time to spend your weekends here in town! Decatur has plenty of options for weekend activities, here are just a few:
- The Decatur Arts Alliance opens a new show tonight, The Women of Southeast Asia, photographs by Lorrie Dallek More info here
- Decatur Farmers Market -Saturday, 9am-1pm More info here
- BBQ, Blues, & Bluegrass Festival in Oakhurst on Saturday 4pm-10pm Details here
- Party at Farm Burger- Mon Aug 19th 11:30 AM-CLOSE = $1 Value Menu 4 PM-CLOSE = Music, whole hog, Decimal Place goats, face painting, beer tent…
Have a great weekend Decatur!
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