Festival weekend information from event organizer Jenn Bensch:

ROAD CLOSURE APRIL 19, 2013  8:15 AM -  APRIL 21, 2013  11:59 PM

ROADS AFFECTED:

CANDLER PARK DRIVE (ALL CARS MUST BE GONE BY 8:00 A.M. 4/19/2013)

MILLER AVENUE (OAKDALE TO CANDLER PARK DRIVE)

BENNING PLACE (OAKDALE TO CANDLER PARK DRIVE)

NORTH AVENUE (OAKDALE TO CANDLER PARK DRIVE)

●      All roads listed above will be RESIDENT AND EVENT ACCESS ONLY.

●      Must have a valid driver’s license or event permit pass to access these areas.

●      PLEASE OBEY ALL POSTED AND STREET MARKERED SIGNS.

●      Towing will be strictly enforced in this areas due to the need for emergency vehicle access.

●      CANDLER PARK DRIVE will be ONE-WAY from NORTH AVENUE to MCLENDON AVE.

●      CANDLER PARK DRIVE

○      NO PARKING ON EITHER SIDE EXCEPT BY FESTIVAL PERMIT

○      MUST PARK VERTICALLY IN PERMITTED AREAS

■      Bumper should be be parallel with the curb

MARY LIN AFTERNOON DISMISSAL

Parents and guardians, please note that there is road closure scheduled on Candler Park Drive, April 19-21, 2013.

This will affect the elementary school for the afternoon pick-up on Friday, April 19 only. The road will remain open until 8:15 a.m. Friday morning to allow all students and parents regularly scheduled access on their morning routines.

Logistics of the road closure and student pick-up:

●      Candler Park Drive will become a one-way from North Ave. to Mclendon for this closure.

●      The following roads will be barricaded at Oakdale to manage the Candler Park Drive closing properly: Benning, Miller and North.

●      For school access, all parents must enter the North Ave. blockade to access Candler Park Drive. 

●      There will be an officer at the corner of North and Candler Park Drive to help the flow of traffic in this area.

●      Please communicate to any scheduled police officers that you are there for student pick-up should you be stopped.

●      Once you are in, please drive in the typical carpool lane and wait for release. 

●      Everyone will need to be carpool on this date, or be a walker. No one will be able to pull in, park and get his or her child. (If you are driving, please enter the one-way through the North Ave. blockade)

●      We will hold all cars in the carpool lane until the buses have loaded and vacated (there is an additional pass lane on North and Candler Park Drive even with the carpool lane blockage.)

●      Cars will then pull in the roundabout, load, and then pull out onto Candler Park Drive heading right or towards McLendon Ave.

A great shot of yesterday's easter egg hunt from neighbor Allen Broyles. Thank you, Allen!

The Phillip Rush Center begins expansion plans Monday into an approximate 1,700 square foot space in a building located directly behind its current location in Candler Park thanks to more than $31,000 raised at a reception on Saturday. Read more about it at thegavoice.com.

It was a perfect spring day and Candler Park kids turned out in droves for the big hunt. A great time was had by all!

Lining up in the age 4-6 area

And they're off!

The three golden egg winners:

Obi Edelstein in the 0-3 age group

Max Uppelschoten in the 4-6 age group

And Jeb Davis in the 7+ age group

Don't forget - CP Easter Egg Hunt TODAY at 12 noon at Candler Park.

1. 299 Moreland Avenue. Applicant seeks a special exception from zoning regulations to reduce the required on-site parking from 43 spaces to 30 on-site parking spaces to allow for the conversion of an existing building to an eat / drink establishment (pending lot approval from the Office of Planning).

Read it here. Nice job, Katrell!

 SATURDAY, MARCH 30

1:00 TO 11:00 p.m.

Support your local land trust

Live Music All Day

Food - Drink - Local Artists Vending - Raffle Prizes - Bake Sale

We’ll be introducing our deluxe 2013 tie-dyed Land Trust T-shirt.

Bring your own washable plate, cup and utensils, and get a free raffle ticket!
 

SPRING PEACE & LOVE FEST OFFICIAL MUSIC LINE-UP

1:00-2:00   Tony Levitas and Friends

2:30-3:30   Local Kid Bands

3:45-5:00   Women of Rock (Caroline Aiken, Diane Durrett & Donna Hopkins)

5:15-6:15   My Homework Ate my Dog

6:30-7:30   Deja Bluegrass Band

7:30-7:45   Jonathan Moore and Friends

7:45-9:00   The Rainmen featuring our own Merry Leigh Giarratano singing

9:00-9:15   Jonathan again

9:15-11:00   The Squirrelheads



All proceeds will benefit the Lake Claire Community Land Trust. Past years’ fundraisers have gone largely to paying the property taxes, which are considerable and have increased over time as we have acquired more land. At the end of last year the majority of the Land Trust was put into a conservation easement, which will greatly lower our taxes – in the future.

Often any leftover money goes toward special projects and improvements (after general maintenance, etc). This past year it was used to improve the electrical infrastructure, but as often happens, this ended up costing a lot more than anyone projected. Hopefully this spring’s fundraiser will help offset our recent financial challenges. Thank you, thank you, thank you neighbors, and namaste! The Land Trust could not exist without your support!



Yes, of course, you're planning to attend tomorrow's Kickoff Forum for the Candler Park Master Plan at the Frazer Center from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., featuring free childcare, exciting maps and charts, scintillating discussion, and the first ever free reunion concert of the Beatles. Who'd want to miss that?

But lemme ask you this: Have you reminded your neighbors about the Kickoff Forum? Have you invited even those folks who may have a different vision of the neighborhood from yours? For that matter, have you ventured up to that guy down the street who sits on his porch all day with a shotgun across his lap and yells for the squirrels "GET OFF OF MY LAWN"?

Because that, my friends, would be a true test of character.

OK, maybe you shouldn't go up to that guy.

But seriously: Most Candler Park residents aren't in the habit of attending CPNO meetings or, for that matter, of reading the neighborhood blog. And yet it's crucial that we engage as many residents as possible in the planning process that kicks off tomorrow.

From CrossroadsNews.com

House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams will talk about the political climate in the community on March 30 at Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Abrams represents House District 89, which includes the communities of Candler Park, Columbia, Druid Hills, East Lake, Highland Park, Kelley Lake, Kirkwood, Lake Claire, Oakhurst, South DeKalb, Toney Valley, Tilson and East Atlanta in DeKalb.

Abrams, who received a JFK public service award in 2012, is the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly.

The 10 a.m.-to-noon town hall meeting is co-hosted by the Grove’s CDC and the Social Action Commission. It takes place in the Montez Jones Dining Hall.

The church is at 1879 Glenwood Ave. S.E.

For more information, visit www.pineygrovebapt.org or call 404-377-0561.