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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Kismet, a jewelry store next to Taste on Church Street, just opened today. I popped in to meet the owners, Tony and Sylvia Gezgin, and tried a few pieces on. The scorpion and elephant (its ears and tusk move!) rings caught my eye.
And I had to take a photo of this giant owl ring:
Tony and Sylvia are incredibly friendly. Stop by and welcome them to the neighborhood. If you stop in soon, you might be able to snag a piece of Turkish Delight – they have two open boxes on the counter for visitors – yum!
Kismet
414 Church St.
404-377-5250
website coming soon
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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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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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Have you ever wondered what you could be doing to improve water management on your property or in your community? Perhaps you’ve taken a stroll around Glenlake Park and noticed all the lovely stream bank restoration efforts that were included in the renovation? Well, you’re in luck. The City of Decatur is hosting a Green Umbrella meeting on Thursday, March 3rd for you to learn all about green infrastructure.
Green infrastructure methods imitate nature’s own systems to manage water using engineered soils and specific plant materials on a regional, community and individual site scale to reduce flooding and improve water quality. Attendees will gain an understanding of the role of green infrastructure in our cities, parks and even our own back yards. Topics will include:
Our presenter will be Steve Provost (RLA, LEED AP), from jB+a, inc. and an Environmental Sustainability Board member. Following the presentation there will be Q&A as well as networking time. We hope you can join us!
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Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of March so we’ll be testing the tornado outdoor warning sirens at 5:00 p.m. The test should last approximately one minute.
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Ashram Wellness just opened it’s doors in Oakhurst in the former Nectar space. Stop by and take advantage of their opening specials:
For more information and a complete class schedule visit www.ashramwellness.com.
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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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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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After a few little showers this morning, the weekend is shaping up to be beautiful. So, get outside and take advantage of all that Decatur has to offer.
Here are just a few ideas…
I hope you have a fantastic weekend! If you are out and about in Decatur this weekend, take a pic and send it to me! I would love to know how you spent your weekend~ katie.abel@decaturga.com
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