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SAND Full Body Meeting – January
Thursday, January 13, 2022 Call to order. Announcements: Voting rights (3 meetings, or $10 membership). 2022 Woodland Hills Rep – Nicole Thorly; approved unanimously. Porch Press Board SAND – Paul Bolster; approved unanimously. Zone 6: Street racing updates – Lt Simmons was unaware of the recent street racing incident on Bill Kennedy on New Year’s Eve. The […]
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Dance Classes Come to Grant Park
By Rene Esler Challenge Aerial, Atlanta’s only intown aerial studio, has expanded. In addition to individual and class instruction in aerial silks, trapeze, lyra (hoop), sling (hammock), and rope, Challenge has added ballroom dancing, Latin dancing (including salsa, bachata and tango), TechnoBallet, aerial yoga, Pilates, aerial fitness, stretch, and traditional mat-based yoga classes. You can bring […]
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A Hike in the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve
By Riki Bolster Tucked behind the tractor trailer depots of EcoLogistics, Fed Ex, and Southeastern, we found the hiking trails of the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve. Only one other car was pulled off the road, some Pennsylvanian, who declared his/her love for ice hockey with ZAMBONY blazoned on the license plate. During the two hours […]
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New Champion Trees in East Atlanta
By Henry Bryant Brownwood Park is home to two new Champion Trees: a Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) and an American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) down by the river creek path in the south end of the park. Trees Atlanta hosts a monthly Forest Restoration project in Brownwood Park. All are invited to volunteer on the first Saturday of the month to […]
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That Food Desert…
By Tom McGowan When I moved to Grant Park in 1977, it was in today’s parlance, a food desert. The only restaurant nearby was the Kozy Grill. It was located on Park Avenue 200 feet south of Memorial Drive where the residential building with Doc Chey’s now stands. It was 500 square feet, if that, […]
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CALENDAR – April 2022
COMMUNITY MEETINGS via ZOOM: GPNA (Grant Park Neighborhood Association): 3rd Tuesday, 7:30pm. Check www.grantpark.org for details. SAND (South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development): 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30pm via ZOOM; check www.sandatlanta.org for details. EACA (East Atlanta Community Association): 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm. See www.eaca.net for details. EABA (East Atlanta Business Association): General Meeting, the third Tuesday of […]
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A Day of Service in East Atlanta
By Chase Miller On Monday, January 17, over 30 East Atlanta Community Association (EACA) members came together to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a Day of Service for East Atlanta. Families, friends, and neighbors of all ages picked up over 20 bags of trash next to the Glenwood Avenue and Maynard Terrace exits […]
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