Want to ride a bike around town but unsure how to do it safely? The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is hosting a free class that covers everything you need to know about biking safety and confidently around metro Atlanta. It includes bike handling skill drills and an instructor-led ride with feedback to reinforce what you learn in class.

When: Saturday, May 19, from 10am-3pm

Where: The Frazer Center

Who: residents of Lake Claire, Candler Park, Kirkwood and Edgewood

Price: free!

Whether you’re new to urban cycling and want to gain confidence riding in the street, a trail rider who would like to bike around the neighborhood with your kids, a bike commuter looking for tips on crash avoidance, or a bike enthusiastic interested in leading your own rides, this class has something for everyone.

Click here to register.

Alliance of Intown Neighbors Presents a
Neighborhood Forum with
Atlanta Mayor, Honorable Kasim Reed APD Police Chief, George Turner

Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:00-8:30 PM

Inman Middle School Auditorium, 774 Virginia Avenue at Park Drive

Moderator:    State Representative Kathy Ashe

Sponsoring Neighborhoods; Midtown, Ansley Park, Virginia Highland, Poncey Highland, Piedmont Heights, Home Park, Candler Park, Downtown Neighbors, Castleberry Hill, Morningside and Lenox Park.

All are welcome

Admission is FREE

Parking is available on site

Alliance of Intown Neighbors Presents a
Neighborhood Forum with
Atlanta Mayor, Honorable Kasim Reed APD Police Chief, George Turner

Thursday, October 27, 2011

7:00-8:30 PM

Inman Middle School Auditorium

774 Virginia Avenue at Park Drive

Moderator:    State Representative Kathy Ashe

Sponsoring Neighborhoods; Midtown, Ansley Park, Virginia Highland, Poncey Highland, Piedmont Heights, Home Park, Candler Park, Downtown Neighbors, Castleberry Hill, Morningside and Lenox Park.

All are welcome

Admission is FREE

Parking is available on site

May Legislative Update

Please join Rep. Stacey Abrams (HD-84)

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011

Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Location: Epworth Church at Candler Park

1561 McLendon Ave

Atlanta, GA 30307

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All persons are welcome to attend. This event is FREE. Light refreshments will be served.

For questions, please contact Ashley Robinson, Chief of Staff at 404-656-5058  or email staceyabrams@gmail.com.

Representative Stacey Abrams (House District 84) serves as Minority Leader for the Georgia House of Representatives.   District 84 includes Candler Park, Columbia, Druid Hills, East Lake, Highland Park, Kelley Lake, Kirkwood, Lake Claire, Oakhurst, unincorporated South DeKalb, Toney Valley and Tilson.

from a City of Atlanta press release:

The City of Atlanta’s Office of Parks and Recreation Renews Enforcement for Off-Leash Dogs

Atlanta residents are encouraged to help keep City of Atlanta’s parks safe, healthy and friendly

Atlanta, GA -- The City of Atlanta’s parks are for the enjoyment of residents and visitors, and their pets. The Office of Parks and Recreation wants to remind dog owners that the city ordinance will be enforced throughout all City of Atlanta’s parks.

All dogs may walk on a leash at any public park or trail; however, pets are prohibited from swimming pools and pool areas, tennis courts, golf courses and outdoor festivals. All dogs must be on a leash except for designated areas such as Off Leash Dog Parks. Dog owners are reminded that there are currently two dog parks located at Piedmont Park and South Bend Park where dogs are permitted off of their leash. Dog parks offer a fenced, grassy or mulched area where dogs can roam off-leash safely.  People who do not follow the leash and scoop laws may be fined up to $100 per occurrence.

“The parks are open to everyone to enjoy including our ‘canine citizens,’” said the Office of Parks Director Doug Voss. “We ask dog owners to be responsible for their pets, their safety and obey rules and regulations posted at the parks.”

The City of Atlanta recognizes the importance of providing additional off-leash dog parks to serve residents and visitors, and the information is available online for community groups or local nonprofits, to open more dog parks. If a group of dog owners decides an area is needed in their community, they should organize as an official group with at least five members and should register with the Civic Association and the Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) in the given area. 

For more information about these efforts or the dog parks listed above, please visit www.atlantaga.gov  or call 404-546-6767 and request a copy of the guide. The dog parks are public/private partnerships, developed in cooperation with sponsoring organizations of pet owners. 

In addition to the leash laws, please keep in mind that while visiting the City of Atlanta’s parks, pet waste left on the ground at parks and trails ultimately gets washed into streams, creeks, rivers and wetlands. This waste is raw sewage, and carries harmful bacteria that can affect the health of not only aquatic wildlife, but humans as well.  Please clean up after your dog and dispose of waste in the trash cans located in the park.

A group of nonprofit organizations including the Livable Communities Coalition, Southface and Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership are hosting a community-designed charrette focused on redevelopment around the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA station.

All Edgewood and Candler Park community members are invited and encouraged to attend. This charrette is for conversation purposes only, but it will be a chance for you to share your thoughts about how the station’s south parking lot can become a community asset.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 13 from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Coan Park Recreation Center - 1530 Woodbine Avenue, SE.

Interested in deciding how Candler Park develops as a neighborhood? We need your input in the City of Atlanta’s Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) at our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, March 2 at 7 PM at Dr. Bombay's.

Every three to five years the city updates the CDP that’s meant to serve as a 20-year guide for future land use, housing, transportation, community facilities and more. They seek input from residents by requesting that the NPUs (neighborhood planning units) work together to create policies that specifically affect their neighborhoods. Candler Park has not taken part in this planning in recent years, but we are about to have that opportunity once again.

As the NPU-N representative for Candler Park, I am collecting input from residents about policies they’d like to see in place regarding the future of our neighborhood. You don’t have to be an expert in zoning or an urban planner to provide your ideas. Examples of ideas from nearby neighborhoods include:

• Maintain all of Poncey-Highland’s existing Low Density Residential zoning designations, and specifically, maintain all Single-Family zoning designations.
• Maintain the Little Five Points Neighborhood Commercial District (NC-1) boundaries to prevent the encroachment of non-residential uses into surrounding residentially zoned areas.
• Encourage the development of the Memorial Drive edge of Cabbagetown in keeping with the commercial nature of the area and in conjunction with the overall vision of the Memorial Drive/MLK Drive Revitalization Plan adopted by City Council.
• Encourage mixed use, development and/or re-development of formerly industrial and commercial property along the DeKalb Avenue corridor through Inman Park, enhancing and encouraging compatibility with the “small-town/downtown” character of the neighborhood.

CPNO will be collecting these ideas and creating a list to present to the general membership at the March CPNO meeting on Monday, March 21.

To learn more about the Comprehensive Development Plan, please visit the link below on the city’s website.

http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/cdp.aspx

If you cannot attend the March 2nd meeting, please send your ideas directly to me by March 4 at vicepresident@candlerpark.org.
 

Please join Rep. Stacey Abrams (HD-84) and Sen. Jason Carter (SD-42)

Date: February 12, 2011

Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Location: Shy Temple CME Church

2012 Memorial Dr SE

Atlanta, GA30317

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• 2011 and 2012 Budget Proposals
• Tax Reform Legislation
• Atlanta Public Schools and DeKalb County Schools
• Key Legislation

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All persons are welcome to attend. This event is FREE. Light refreshments will be served.

The City of Atlanta is beginning the process of creating an updated 2011 Comprehensive Development Plan. This plan creates a 20-year framework and vision for development in Atlanta's neighborhoods, including Candler Park, and is guided by citizen input. The planning process takes into account things like population, land use, community facilities and natural resources.

Interested in participating? The first CDP training workshop will be held this Saturday, January 29 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Helene Mills Senior Center, 515 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue, NE. To learn more, please visit the city's website here.

From the City of Atlanta -- All solid waste collections are delayed due to hazardous road conditions and limited access to our solid waste transfer stations. We will begin collection of routes as road conditions improve. We will work to ensure completion of citywide collection. Yard trimming collections are delayed
until further notice. All route collections are dependent upon weather conditions and accessibility. To report dangerous ice conditions on streets or traffic signal problems, such as outages, please contact 404.546.2615 or 404.853.3200.  Thank you for your patience as we continue to deliver City
services.