ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED during Rally Foundation Skirtchaser 5K Race and Outdoor Festival Event - THIS SATURDAY 5-15-10 (5:30 - 8:30 PM)

Candler Park residents are advised that the City of Atlanta Office of Special Events has approved the Rally Foundation Skirtchaser 5K Race and Block Party for this Saturday, and temporary road closures along the race route can be expected to impact traffic throughout the neighborhood.  PLEASE NOTE THE RACE COURSE AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY!

Beginning at 5:30 pm, approximately 1400 race participants will go proceed eastward from the McLendon Avenue entrance to Candler Park toward Clifton Road, then run north along Clifton Road to Clifton Terrace.  Racers will then turn west following Clifton Terrace, the PATH across the north end of the golf course and North Avenue to Moreland Avenue.  The course then turns south along Moreland Avenue through Little 5 Points until returning to McLendon Avenue and an eastward route back to the finish in front of Candler Park.

Those traveling from or through Candler Park should plan to use alternate east-west routes (such as Ponce de Leon Avenue or Dekalb Avenue) during the race and subsequent event activities, which are scheduled to conclude within Candler Park at 8:30 pm.  Similarly, north - south routes including Highland Road in Inman Park and Lakeshore Drive through Lake Claire may also be advisable for those traveling in the affected area.  The number of race participants make it likely that parking in adjacent residential areas will also be impacted throughout the afternoon and evening on Saturday May 15th.

Please note that this event, organized by Rally Foundation under a Special Events permit approved by City of Atlanta, was NOT sponsored or endorsed by Candler Park Neighborhood Organization, and was also NOT recommended by Neighborhood Planning Unit "N" at its meeting in April.  Anyone with questions or concerns regarding the event should feel free to contact the event organizer via its website (http://www.skirtsports.com/skirtchaser5k/) and advise CPNO Special Events officer Walt Weimar, who will provide after-event feedback to appropriate officials and the applicant.