Tag: East Atlanta
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Village Farmers Market Update
By Carlen Ruth Hultgren July has been a little quiet, but none the less, great month at East Atlanta Village (EAV) Farmers Market. Lots of soaking up the sun and sweat and looking forward to more families returning from vacation. But with the kids returning to school and families returning to their routines, also come […]
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It’s BAAAACK: Time to Strut Your Neighborhood
By Michelle Rice What is your favorite sign of autumn? For southeast Atlantans, it’s the East Atlanta Strut, which this year is Saturday, September 24. The Strut is sticking with the neighborhood wide “Porchfest” format, with the event’s presenting sponsor, Southern Feedstore, serving as the center of the action in the East Atlanta Village business […]
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EACA Meeting Minutes – July 12, 2022
Welcome and Call to Order, 7:00pm – EACA President. Special Acknowledgement of Dawn Rivera, Howard Fore, Jonathan Barhite, JR Deardorff of A Sound Proposition, and Laura Gonzalez, Communication Committee Chair. Public Officials’ Reports: Patrick Husbands for Liliana Bakhtiari – New Zone 6 leader. Demolition planned tomorrow for the decrepit church on Clifton. Started heat and […]
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August Excitement at Southern Feed Store
By Guilherme Shakespeare As reported recently by the Porch Press, the latest addition to East Atlanta Village’s exuberant food and entertainment scene, Southern Feed Store, is this year’s Summer Shade sponsor. The six-stall mini-food hall and live music venue, which takes its name from the feed store that occupied the building from 1927 until the 1940’s, has […]
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2022 NBA Draft Has East Atlanta Ties
By Lynda Wolfe Smith Jabari Smith, Jr., the 2022 NBA draft presented on June 23 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, has close East Atlanta ties. He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers, was an All American, and he was elected third overall by the Houston Rockets in the NBA 2022 draft. At the age of […]
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Eastside Community Pantry Continues
By Rachel Williams The interior doors of the Eastside Church Community Closet and Pantry read like an online chat forum. Words of thanks are mingled in with requests for specific items and unofficial rules for pantry maintenance, things like “This is for everyone, please be respectful.” and “Take only what you need.” What started during […]
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Book Club & Summer Reading at the East Atlanta Library
By Shannon Sanders After a great success of the inaugural Fulton County One Book, One Read with Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, participants decided to continue a branch book club and invite more of the community to participate. With the interest of more community outreach, Friends of the East Atlanta Library (FEAL) is sponsoring […]
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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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Update on Maynard Terrace Roundabout
By Sue King The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is moving forward with plans for the construction of a roundabout at Maynard Terrace and the I-20 eastbound exit ramp (GDOT PI number 0013333) in East Atlanta. The roundabout will include partial dual lanes, pedestrian ramp facilities and lighting at the intersection of Maynard Terrace and […]
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What Do You Want for East Atlanta Village?
By Chelsea Sommers Did you know that the funky East Atlanta Village (EAV) business district is now a Main Street community? East Atlanta Business Association (EABA) has been participating in the Atlanta Main Street (AMS) initiative of the Department of City Planning since 2019. EABA was awarded the 2022 cohort which includes a $20,000 grant […]