Posted in Community, tagged City Commission, City of Decatur, Decatur, Diversity, GA, Georgia, work session on October 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
The results of a project researching diversity in the City of Decatur were presented at a City Commission work session in August. The entire work session is archived and can be viewed here.
Posted in Technology, tagged broadband, Decatur, Decatur GA, Decatur Georgia, facebook, fiber optic cable, Georgia, Google, Google Fiber, high speed internet, internet, technology, twitter on February 20, 2014 | 5 Comments »
A Google Fiber installation van (pictured in Kansas City) could be coming to Decatur, Ga.
Yesterday’s announcement of Decatur as one of 34 cities under consideration for the next round of Google Fiber expansion resulted in an outpouring of enthusiasm from residents, business owners and, well, just about everyone. City leaders and staff are busy taking the next steps in the joint planning process, and updates will be posted here as they become available.
Google wants to know that there is grassroots support for Google Fiber in Decatur. Here’s what you can do to help:
1) Visit https://fiber.google.com/newcities/ and click on the “Get Updates” button. The more people who sign up for updates that live or work in Decatur the better, so be sure to use a City of Decatur address.
2) On Twitter? Tweet your enthusiasm to @GoogleFiber and @Google using the hashtag #DecaturGA
3) Express your support on the Google Facebook page in a comment that tags the Downtown Decatur Facebook page.
4) Follow the Fiber Google+ page.
5) Get creative! Google has a corporate culture that values forward thinking, so reaching out to the company in creative and innovative ways is encouraged. How would Google Fiber improve your life, your business or the entire Decatur community? Let Google know “Decatur wants Google Fiber!”
The city would like to hear how you creatively told Google “Decatur wants Google Fiber!” Share in the comments or email casie.yoder@decaturga.com
Posted in Events, tagged camp, Children and Youth Services, City Schools of Decatur, CSD, day camp, Decatur, Decatur GA, Decatur Recreation Center, GA, Georgia, Polar Camp, Recreation Center on January 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Polar bears photographed by the NOAA’s National Ocean Service (not in Decatur)
UPDATE: Please bring a lunch for each child you drop off at Polar Camp.
It’s still really cold out, and City Schools of Decatur will be closed tomorrow. For City of Decatur residents looking for something for the little polar bears (aka children) to do, there will be a special Polar Camp tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Decatur Recreation Center, 231 Sycamore St.
Polar Camp is first-come, first served for a limited number of City of Decatur students in Kindergarten through fifth grade only. There is no cost for Polar Camp for Decatur residents. Parents will need to fill out registration and health forms when dropping off campers who are not already enrolled in after school programs.
For more information, please call Children and Youth Services at 404-378-1082.
Posted in Meetings, tagged City Commission, Commission, commission meeting, Decatur, decatur city hall, Decatur GA, Decatur Georgia, Georgia, moratorium, tree, tree moratorium, trees, work session on January 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
It’s cold out today in Decatur and set to get colder by evening, but tonight’s work session about the draft tree ordinance at 6 p.m. and the regular City Commission meeting at 7:30 p.m. will still take place as scheduled at Decatur City Hall, 509 N. McDonough St.
Don’t feel like braving the weather but want to see what happens? You can live stream both meetings on the City of Decatur website’s City Commission page by clicking on “streaming video.”
The Decatur City Commission
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Church St, Church Street, CSX, Decatur, Decatur GA, Decatur Georgia, Georgia, Reeves contracting, storm drainage, storm drainage improvements, storm sewer, storm water, traffic on December 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Weather permitting, Reeves Contracting plans to start installing the new storm sewer on Church Street south of East Maple on January 2. The new storm sewer will extend from East Maple down Church Street towards the CSX railroad and then east on East Howard Avenue.
Businesses on Church Street between East Maple Street and East Howard Avenue should notify patrons that once work begins, traffic will be limited to one-way in the southbound direction, so they will have to approach this area from East Trinity Place.
On-street parking on Church Street will be limited in the immediate area of construction. A schematic plan illustrating temporary traffic changes can be viewed here.
