Clairmont Heights Civic Association

From DeKalb Police via CrimeMapping.com

From district 2 commissioner Jeff Rader: BOC and Zoning summaries; Call for clean up volunteers.

From the Medlock Area Neighborhood Association: MANA Neighborhood Watch - March 2013. 

Neighborhood Watch Meeting  April 24, 2013, 7:00 pm at North Decatur Presbyterian Church.   Major Tracy, who is now in charge of Center precinct (the precinct we live in) will be speaking and answering questions.  Please email us at manawatch@gmail.com with questions prior to the meeting.  Thank you Dawn Forman for setting this meeting up for our neighborhoods!

The Neighborhood Watch Team have been working hard to update the Watch List.  Some of the information on the list is very outdated. Many of you sent us corrections after we sent the E-letter in February.  Please continue to email us with corrections and be patient with us as we go through this transition.

The Medlock/MANA Watch receives watch information from over eight different communities around us.  We are starting to include this information in our e-letters.  These reports are not meant to scare anyone but to keep everyone informed.  Our Neighborhood Watch is only as good as the neighbors who participate.  We need more coordinators for the 61 grids that make up our Medlock Watch.  Please contact us and get involved!  manawatch@gmail.com

From Dawn Forman in neighboring Laurel Ridge: Update on the attempted break-in on Willivee: The home that was attempted to be burglarized last week on Willivee had a van drive around to the back door. There is no fence on one side of the yard, which made it easy for the men attempting to get in to drive their van around back. These people were most likely going to try and clean the home out.  This is from a neighboring Community off Lavista:  I spoke with the detective regarding our break-in as well as the other 5 break-ins that have occurred over the past few weeks.

For our gardeners from the Georgia Perimeter College native plant garden. Spring Series and Plant Sales start Friday, Mar. 29.

From district 2 commissioner Jeff Rader: 
“Pop-up Parks" and "Parklets" are relatively new terms which describe outdoor temporary installations at community/business locations. These small recreational spots or gathering places create a sense of ‘place’ within a community or business. Sometimes called "tactical urbanism", the use of imaginative small-scale, inexpensive outside additions has become a catalyst for positive change in the built environment. The DeKalb County District #2 competition is intended to provide both the County as well as metro Atlanta with new ideas for how communities and retail shopping areas can begin to consider creative approaches for the installation of small, relaxing low cost parks.

From state rep. Mary Margaret Oliver: March 23, 2013  –       MMO LEGISLATIVE NEWSLETTER.  2013 GENERAL DOWN TO FINAL THREE DAYS!  This is Mary Margaret Oliver’s SIXTH email newsletter for the 2013 General Assembly Session which convened January 14, 2013 and has completed 37 of its forty days of work.    ....  In each newsletter, I ask how you would vote on a pending bill or budget item. Thank you for your opinions and guidance!  SIXTH newsletter question:     Would you support funding a Venture Capital fund from Tobacco settlement payments for investors to come to Georgia to start high tech companies? 

From U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson: Budget; Arts competition; Miller Grove B-ball; Presidential medal; Taxes; Academy Day; Healthcare; Covington; Resources; Gwinnett meeting; Rare act; Mobile privacy; VA medical center parking.

From district 6 commissioner Kathie Gannon: Green Expo; Zoning update briefing; South Fork Conservancy Friendraiser; Household hazardous waste event; South River at Constitution Lakes cleanup.