Reminder! Neighborhood Watch meeting tonight [Apr 24]

Neighborhood Watch Meeting will take place onWed April 24th at the North Decatur Presbyterian Church (611 Medlock Rd.), 7:00 pm. 

Major Tracy from Deklab will be on hand to answer questions. 

Please send your questions in advance to manawatch@gmail.com in case he needs to do any research to get the answers.

Cityhood proposals: a word from the sponsors [May 6]

Via http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/lawmakers-to-meet-on-cityhood-bills/nXSkR/:

State lawmakers from DeKalb County who have proposed new city bills will hold an informational meeting on the efforts in May. 

Issues to be discussed include options of forming cities and annexing into existing cities as well as how to get involved in the efforts. 

The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 6 at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church, at the corner of Clairmont and North Druid Hills roads.  | map |

DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment [Apr 24]

DeKalb County will hold a public hearing on April 24, 2013 to expand the boundaries of the DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment Area and amend the DeKalb County Urban Redevelopment Plan. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Manuel J. Maloof Center Auditorium, 1300 Commerce DriveDecatur, GA 30030.

The plan is available at: http://dekalbcountyurp.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/urban_redevelopment_plan-for-web-sl.pdf

My God, it's full of stars!

The humble dandelion gets a Photoshop makeover.

International Community School MOVIE [Apr 27]

The International Community School (ICS) invites you to the Atlanta premiere of a documentary feature film about the school titled A Place in the World.

The movie was a Kickstarter project; to see the trailer, visit http://www.aplaceintheworldfilm.com/

Directors Adam Maurer and Bill Silva Reddington spent two years filming ICS families for a documentary that has been shown in film festivals around the world. Now, “A Place in the World” is coming home to ICS for a special screening and party at the school on Saturday, April 27.  

Bid for unique items at our silent auction! Enter to win raffle prizes! 

We’re gathering up some cool stuff to put up for bid at a mini silent-auction before the premiere, so bring some cash and you could be a winner.  

Pizza by the slice and drinks for sale, too.  

When: Saturday, April 27 from 6pm – 9:30pm
Where: ICS Medlock School Cafetorium 
2418 Wood Trail Lane Decatur, Georgia 30033 | map |

Prosperity: "someone closer to fuss at"

If, like most, you struggle to keep up with the ever-mutating DeKalb County cityhood proposal list, the AJC has a nice summary--as of last week:

map via Tucker Patch

Four different proposals swirling around could in theory create at least that many new cities in north and central swaths of Georgia’s third-largest county. But since the boundaries of these would-be cities overlap — mostly in commercial areas highly sought for generating revenue — the battle so far has focused on what the final landscape will look like, not whether the cities make practical sense. Read the rest @ AJC

→ Last week, Tucker Patch also attempted to clarify via a crazy quilt of a map that depicts current proposals.

The Civic Association Network (CAN) continues to track updates on all plans.

It all makes you wonder: what if neighborhood associations, businesses and cities in the affected areas spoke with one voice to influence our county government and address the concerns stoking cityhood fever?

Now, that's a fuss that would not fall on deaf ears.

Now found: Claude the cat

Claude the orange tabby is safely home, Yay!

Claude notes that he is "...retiring from the crawl space inspection business. It was fun at first then the mole crickets got kind of mean."