Category: Front Page
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The Marbut Nears Completion
By Guilherme Shakespeare Pellerin Real Estate’s latest debut in East Atlanta Village (EAV), “The Marbut,” will be complete in July of this year. After enduring a year and a half of supply chain issues and other pandemic-related wildcards, the three story, twenty residential unit building with three commercial spaces on the ground floor will be […]
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The Summer Shade Festival Is Back
By Grant Park Conservancy Staff The Grant Park Conservancy had announced the return of the Summer Shade Festival to the park on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28. This year will be the 20th anniversary of the festival, so the community is invited to bring the whole family and spend the last weekend of summer in Grant Park. Each […]
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Sen. Ossoff and Atlanta BeltLine CEO Review Southside Trail Progress with Residents and Business Owners
By Jenny Odom, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Communications & Media Relations Manager U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff toured a federally funded portion of the Atlanta BeltLine today with Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of the 22-mile loop trail, one of the largest and most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs being undertaken in the United States. “Congressional support and […]
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Summer Reading Celebration Returns to East Atlanta Library
By Shannon Sanders School is almost out, and the fun times of Summer Reading officially begin on June 1. The East Atlanta Library is thrilled to return to an in-person Summer Reading Kick Off event on Saturday, June 4 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. The Friends of the East Atlanta Library (FEAL) support the summer reading […]
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Share Some Green to Protect Some Green
By Michelle Rice Donate to the EACA tree fund and join the EAV Canopy Krewe. Pre-order your Krewe shirt by April 14. Kids and adult sizes available at www.eaca.net/tree-fund. East Atlanta is a key neighborhood in “Tree City,” with eleven Champion Trees on the citywide list compiled by Trees Atlanta. Unfortunately, East Atlanta also is home […]
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Oakland Cemetery Event to Highlight Maynard Jackson, Jr. and Sweet Auburn Connection
By Mary Fernandez Historic Oakland Foundation’s annual arts event, Illumine, takes place this year April 21-24 and April 28-May 1 at Oakland Cemetery. This year’s event celebrates the hardscape and landscape restoration of the cemetery’s historic African American burial grounds and looks at the larger history of the site and its residents. One of Illumine’s highlights this […]
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Lime Celebrates Gen4 E-Bike Launch in Grant Park
By Jacob Tugendrajch Lime celebrated its new Gen4 e-bikes launching in Atlanta with a demonstration in Grant Park, raising awareness of micromobility options as gas prices rise. Lime launched the first of its new fleet last week and is scaling up to 400 of the new e-bikes, which provide a smoother and safer ride, marking […]
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Friends of the East Atlanta Library Vote in a New Slate of Officers
By Shannon Sanders The Friends of the East Atlanta Library (FEAL) has been working behind the scenes during COVID and beyond. They recently updated their bylaws, and voted them in at the virtual Annual Meeting held on December 12, 2021, allowing the Board to vote in its own officers. They welcomed returning Board members, Dennis […]