FOUND White and black cat:

Friendly cat found! Neighbors have been taking care of it but if anyone knows who the owner is, or can offer to adopt, please see contact information below.

Water main break, service interrupted to McCurdy, Woodridge

It appears that there's a water main break. DeKalb Co. has been notified.  For timely updates, see what the neighbors are saying via the Medlock Park Neighbors Facebook page (must log on to Facebook to access).

Fundaiser for ICS Soccer Team [Jan 21]

The International Community School, our soon-to-be neighbor, is having a fund-raiser to benefit their soccer program:

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Angora Hall seats around 400 so come on over! There will be six bands – from Irish traditional to modern jazz to all-vocal to African drumming to a “Classic Rock” dance band. It will be a family-friendly event, proceeds from food and drink sales will go to the school’s soccer program--a global game for a global school!

To learn more about ICS, visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ctqfilms/a-place-in-the-world, which features clips of an upcoming independent film.

For truly in-depth information about ICS, visit http://littlebillclinton.csmonitor.com/littlebillclinton/. This blog is a multimedia report by journalist Mary Wiltenburg, who spent a year learning the how's and why's of the International Community School through the eyes of its students, their families and the school's faculty and administrators.

 

Residents opposed to Walmart to meet [Jan 17]

The North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch reported on Sunday that

A group of residents who have opposed Walmart as part of the redevelopment of Suburban Plaza will meet at North Decatur Presbyterian Church.  

...according to an email sent to residents in the Decatur Heights neighborhood. The meeting begins at 7pm at the church at 611 Medlock Rd.  

Aww! Found dog story @ CHCA

If you need the cockles of your heart warmed, proceed to the CHCA website for the story of found doggy and now MANA resident Boo Radley.

MLK: Volunteer at Clyde Shepherd Nature Presearve [Jan. 16]

From Nature Preserve president Chris Beck

Join us on MLK Day at the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve for a volunteer day from 9am-noon. 

Help us move mulch and save trees from English ivy. 

Please bring yard tools and a water bottle.

Flood Risk Information Open Houses [Jan, 24 & 31]

Continuing on a water theme...

CHCA has posted an announcement for information meetings with DeKalb County's floodplain manager and a representative from the Burnt Fork Watershed Alliance:

During these Open Houses, representatives from the County, GA DNR-EPD and FEMA will provide the most current information regarding the countywide flood risk, flood insurance, floodplain development regulations, floodplain mapping, and timeline for the Flood Insurance Study / the Flood Insurance Rate Maps adoption. The countywide floodplain maps will be displayed.

CHCA also links to Georgia's Flood Map website, which generates nifty maps like this one:

Partial view of the Flood Insurance Rate Map for our neighborhood.