THE Inman Park Advocator Atlanta’s Small Town Downtown News • Newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association March 2013 [email protected] • inmanpark.org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 41 • Issue 3

President’s Report By Andy CoffmAn, President The center of gravity for urban living is never The City has been a part of these positive located in the heart of the O4W Neighborhood. far from Inman Park. For many reasons, changes. Councilmember, Kwanza Hall, This potential renovation would produce our connection to Old Fourth Ward is more declared 2012 as the “Year of Boulevard,” immediate positive changes to surrounding important now than ever. From business making the main thoroughfare through O4W properties and infrastructure. development, to quality of life, and to a focus of much needed community activism improving our educational opportunities, the and law enforcement cooperation. There are As the full potential of the residential and O4W is part of our past and our future. residual benefits to a stronger and more vibrant commercial development in the O4W is link among all of the in-town neighborhoods. realized, our quality of life will be equally One cannot overstate the significance of the improved. It will be improved through retail and housing developments sprouting up The commercial development on opposite greater choices, more destinations, and direct on the west side of Inman Park. Our larger sides of The BeltLine is bringing life to many pedestrian and bicycle transportation routes to neighbor is becoming an important destination previously unnoticed warehouses and loading downtown and midtown. for new urban pioneers and trendy businesses. docks. It improves security for us all by Growth like this spurs many positive changes. increasing foot traffic, lighting, and access. For all of these reasons, our connection to This commercial development will translate O4W will soon be as strong and as important as The most significant factor in the renaissance into increased population by people and our alliances with other in-town neighbors, like coming to our border is The BeltLine and families longing for an in-town experience that Candler Park, Virginia-Highlands and Poncey- the investment it represents. It is better than offers it all, without an hour-long commute. Highlands. Over the next few years, we can anyone imagined. It brings visitors who expect our communities to become even more would seldom venture to this part of town In the most recent reconfiguration of the intertwined, especially as the former industrial because south of Ponce was --until now-- far, attendance zones for Atlanta Public Schools, sites along the old rail corridor are eliminated far away. It’s a people-watcher’s paradise. the O4W was included in our school cluster, and repurposed. The benefits to Inman Park of Whereas the train tracks served to separate our the Grady Cluster. One of the potential a strong and secure O4W are obvious. neighborhoods, The BeltLine is bringing us sites to increase capacity and ease student together in many ways. overcrowding is the David T. Howard School,

A Note from the Editors By susAnnA CAPelouto & stePhAnie toBBen, Co-editors

This spring will be like no other in Inman Park. A year ago, we did not have the new Springvale Park Playground to amuse our smallest residents. We also didn’t have the finished BeltLine, which now entertains bikers, skaters, walkers and runners. We’re an active bunch, no doubt. Just watch Inman Parkers go into high gear this month for Festival. Yards are cleaned, houses are prepped for Tour of Homes and Festival posters are going up. This issue of the Advocator is full of forms and articles to give you all the pertinent information you need to participate in the largest volunteer run festival in the South. Be active, be helpful and most of all, be proud to call Inman Park home!

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Inman Park Advocator 3 March 2013 Minutes of the February IPNA Meeting By Jaclyn McDougal, Secretary Newcomers Elected Officials’ Report David Chandley from Inman Lane Nan Orrock wanted to let everyone aware of three bills currently Rebecca and Morgan from Inman Motorworks being discussed. Republicans are trying to redraw maps to give themselves more Fulton County votes in the Senate and House. Jordy from The Icebox This also changes the county commission district which leaves Announcements unbalances to the county. Oreon Mann, book club will be February 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Cathy Jamison, 805-B Edgewood Avenue. The book is House Bill 170 changes homestead exemption, which sounds Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. Please bring a good but kills the Fulton County budget. All money for arts and covered dish to share. other services will be gone.

Pat Westrick, porch party is February 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the home There’s also a bill to do away civil service due process/pension of Melissa Miller and Thom Abelew, 211 Hurt Street. Please after 2014. Nan urges people to ask legislature to stop this or we bring a dish to share and your favorite beverage. will not be able to recruit or keep our civil servants.

Paul Cornwell from Atlanta Camp (Coalition for the Abolition Jay Tribby for Kwanza Hall sends his congratulations on the of Marijuana Prohibition) updated the neighborhood on Festival. completion of the Springvale Park Playground. It is a very nice They will be filing a lawsuit in federal court for active use of the playground. park at Poplar Circle. He is requesting neighborhood support. Kwanza is looking into updating the special event permits that Please contact him if you would like any more information, deal with marathons (and other road races) and festivals in Inman [email protected] or 404-462-7959. Park for road closures.

Melissa Miller reminded everyone that the the 2013 Inman There is still discussion on the new stadium plans and will update Park Festival is coming up in April. Please ask friends, family, when available. etc coming to the Festival from other areas to walk, bike or take MARTA because parking will be a challenge. The Advocator will Edgewood Avenue Bridge closing is still on for March. Please contain a map and list of road closings. There is an IPNA Festival plan accordingly as it will impact traffic flow on that side of Volunteer Meeting on March 14 at 7:30 p.m., 211 Hurt Street. Inman Park. Please go online to sign up to volunteer. IPNA Officers’ Report Leslie Grant from Grant Park announced she is running for the Andy Coffman, President Atlanta Public School Board to represent this district. She has met IPNA is now accepting nominations for board members. Please with some members of the IP education committee. email [email protected] to nominate yourself or Cathy Bradshaw announced the Inman Park Theater Night is someone else. The nomination committee is comprised of Dennis Saturday April 27 at 7:30 p.m. under the tent on Elizabeth Street. Mobley, Matt Nelson and Megan Holder. Tables are still available for purchase and support the theaters in Alan Travis, V.P. Zoning & Erin Kane, V.P. Historic Inman Park. Please visit inmanparktheatrenight.com for more Preservation information. 135 Krog Street (The Icebox)- Special Exception for Parking; Police Officers’ Report Variance to reduce transitional yard; Type III. Icebox is expanding Lt. Schierbaum noted that the neighborhood has been quiet, but the building to set up a print shop which will include parking. please stay aware and report anything suspicious. Please do not Need special parking exception because they will never need the hesitate to call 911- that’s what it is there for. Once the police required number of parking spaces. Immediate neighbors voted have been called, also call Inman Park Security Patrol. to support 6-0. A motion was made to support, seconded and carried. Officer Bandy will have to have another surgery so will be on desk duty for a few more months, but please continue to send well Neel Gupta, V.P. Planning wishes. Traffic update- information from meetings is on the IPNA website. Please check it out. The robbery on Monday in L5P was unique because of timing and it was brazen. If you take cash to the bank regularly please change Moreland Avenue corridor study is happening and an off lane is the time and days you do so around and do not do it alone. being considered in L5P. More information to come.

There has been a problem with catalytic convertors from Honda CRV’s being stolen. This is a city wide problem. If you see anyone hanging around a car, especially at night, please call 911.

Inman Park Advocator 4 March 2013 Minutes of the February IPNA Meeting • Continued

Eric Goldberg, Treasurer Public Safety $13,323.26 Springvale Park Visioning/Master Planning $5,655.00 On the Calendar Beautification $840.00 Misc $121.09 Inman Park Festival Historic Fourth Ward Conservancy $500.00 Mar Volunteer Meeting Administrative $37.23 211 Hurt Street Total $20,471.58 14 7:30 p.m. Greg Scott, V.P. Public Safety Membership drive will be through April 30, but you can join anytime. Working on a new IPNA Meeting shopping cart for signing up for security patrol online so hopefully will not have to deal Mar The Marianna, located above with PayPal this year. Memberships range from $200-$300 per year and are well worth it. Wrecking Bar Brewpub More info to come. 20 7:30 p.m. Leigh Hays, V.P. Communications Nothing to report. Book Club Mar hosted by Sarah Kirk Jaclyn McDougal, Secretary see page 10 Nothing to report. 27 for details Committee Reports Porch Party No committee reports. Mar hosted by Diane & Bill Jordan Old business No old business. see page 17 29 for details New Business No new business. BaconFest Mar Dad’s Garage The next IPNA meeting is March 20 at 7:30 pm. Andy Coffman adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 8:20 p.m. advance tickets 30 required

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Inman Park Advocator 5 March 2013 Springvale Park Playground By eric golDBerg • [email protected] Through several neighborhood fundraisers, a $47,000 grant Make your donation one of the following ways: from Park Pride, a gift from the City of Atlanta, the IPNA and generous contributions from Inman Park residents, we’ve raised 1) Write your $1,000 check made payable to Friends of Inman $111,000 to date in completing phase one of Springvale Park Park with “Springvale Park Playground” in the memo line and improvements, a one of a kind playground. mail to: Helping us reach our goal were 20 Inman Park families, five Eric Goldberg local businesses, the City of Atlanta and two non-profits (Park 385 Sinclair Ave. Pride and the IPNA). Each family and/or business donated Atlanta, GA 30307 at least $1,000 to become members of the Caterpillar Club, a 2) Go to the Springvale Park Playground website, www. group of Inman Park residents and businesses who believe in springvaleparkplayground.org, follow the prompts and pay via the vision of the playground, the larger park improvements on Paypal. the way, and the group committed to building it. The Caterpillar Club members are: The Wrecking Bar Brewpub, The King-Keith Your donation is tax deductible as Friends of Inman Park is House, Willy’s Mexicana Grill, Bobbi and Andre de Winter a 501 (c)3. You’ll receive a tax receipt from the Springvale (Euclid Avenue), Jane and Bradley Smith (Sinclair Avenue), Park Playground Committee. The Springvale Park Playground Regina Brewer and Joe Castellano (Sinclair Avenue), Amy Committee (Eric Goldberg, Amy Higgins, Jane Smith, Patty Higgins and Mike Simpson (Inman Mews Drive), Cathy and Bo Murphy, Kristina Murphy and Katherine Standish) thanks you Bradshaw (Hurt Street), Ann and Jeff Cramer (Austin Avenue), for your continued support! Katie and Eric Goldberg (Sinclair Avenue), Leigh and Justin Wilde (Waverly Way), Michelle Nunn and Ron Martin (Elizabeth Avenue), Megan and Dan Kurzius (Sinclair Avenue), Lindsay and Phil Hill (Elizabeth Avenue), Aimee and Nick Franz (Waverly Way), Julie Noble and Eric Anderson (Alta Avenue), Stephanie and Cam McCaa (Waverly Way), Patty and Mike Murphy (Inman Mews Drive), Chris and Kristina Murphy (Dixie Avenue), Alyssa and Joel Beck (Battery Place), Alison and Michael Doerfler (Lake Avenue), Rebecca and Randy Hartley (Austin Avenue), Heather and Merritt Lancaster (Waverly Way), The Intown Dental Center at Edgewood Retail, Small Carpenters at Large, The IPNA, City of Atlanta, and Park Pride. It’s not too late to become members of the Caterpillar Club. We plan on using the momentum and excitement generated from the building of the new playground to enter into a new phase of Springvale Park rehabilitation, which we hope to complete by the spring of 2014. The park could benefit from new walkways to replace the existing crumbling ones, hardscaping in and around the pond and playground, and a second, smaller playground build phase which would increase the existing playground’s footprint. Furthermore, connecting the north and south ends of the park is a longer term goal. All of the above projects hinge on us successfully executing the playground build, which has happened. We ask for your support as we enter this exciting chapter in breathing life into our sleepy neighborhood centerpiece, Springvale Park. We appreciate all the donations we’ve received and are extraordinarily grateful for however much folks are willing to contribute. Photos courtesy of Sandra & Greg Scott, Picture This! Photography.

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Inman Park Advocator 7 March 2013 Gnomes Gnever Give Up– Festival is Only a Month Away! They Gneed Your Help! By MeliSSa Miller anD tHoM aBelew, 2013 FeStival cHairS By Karen HeiM, FeStival ParaDe organizer While there is still [email protected] much to do, the planning phase of Please join the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons at the Inman Park the 42nd Inman Park Festival Parade on Sat., April 27th for their annual attempt at the Festival and Tour of Gnome March World Record. Homes is coming to The Gnomes began marching in the Festival Parade in 2007 a close. Festival this to bring attention to important Gnome issues: gnomophobia, year will be April dandelion genocide, legalizing weeds, etc. In 2010, the 26th-29th, and are we Krewe and the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club attempted a World excited about all we have to offer! We have a wonderful tour of Record of the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Garden homes, musicians, artists, food vendors, beer, and, of course, a Gnomes (a/k/a Gnome March). Signatures of 108 Gnomes fun and always funky parade on Saturday the 27th. Home Tour were earnestly verified by Julia Stedman and Amy Carter. tickets should be available at the March IPNA meeting The Guinness Book of World Records denied the Gnomes’ Remember--our Festival is planned and run entirely by claim, stating that the Gnome March was not an “established volunteers--and we need your help! We call on all of our competition.” They then turned around and awarded it to a neighbors and friends to help us make this Festival the best Canadian effort affiliated with the film, “Gnomio and Juliet!” yet. There are volunteer slots available in house sitting, beer First war birds, then this--curses! The Krewe’s Gnome March pouring, trash duty, final clean up and many more. This is did give the Canadians a run for their money in 2011 with 239 a great opportunity to get involved, spend time with your Gnomes but fell 40 Gnomes short. Now, the confounded Brits neighbors, and show our visitors what makes our neighborhood hold the record with 478 Gnomes. Is the Krewe giving up? so great. Despite the work involved, it is always a fun and Never! They’re not taking this gnominally! fulfilling experience, and there is FREE BEER for volunteers! So do your Gnamerican duty--bring two friends and help break Please visit our volunteer website at www.inmanparkfestival. the World Record! All you need is a pointy red hat, gardening org/volunteer, sign up for a few shifts, and do your part to make clothes and a sign promoting/protesting your pet Gnome issue. this year’s Festival happen. The Parade is Sat., April 27. Line up at 1 pm at Edgewood and See you at the Festival!! Waddell. Step off at 2 pm, then immediately after the Parade, all Gnomes gather at Freedom Park between Euclid and Austin Ave. for the requisite World Record-clinching group photo. Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall will be the sanctioned Mary Lin Student wins Gnome Offiant. District Spelling Bee Look for details on a hat-making party at the Yacht Club and By BoyD Baker • [email protected] at www.gratefulgluttons.com and http://www.facebook.com/ KreweOfTheGratefulGluttons. For general Parade details, On February 7, the Atlanta Public Schools District Spelling Bee check out inmanparkfestival.org/events/parade. was hosted at Gideons Elementary School. Contestants from 25 elementary schools competed for the top spot. The APS Spelling Bee is sponsored annually by the Atlanta Association of Educators (AAE), with Ramon Reeves as President and Martha Henderson as the Spelling Bee Coordinator. Theo Weimar, from Mary Lin Elementary, will advance to the Georgia Association of Educator District Spelling Bee! The winners of the 2013 APS Spelling Bee: • 1st Place- Theo Weimar, Mary Lin Elementary • 2nd Place – Sydney Ragland, Young Middle • 3rd Place – Wen Lu, Beecher Hills Elementary • 3rd Place – Amanda Stevens, Sutton Middle WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS! Nicky, Nathan & Pellerin DeLuke Hale Street

Inman Park Advocator 8 March 2013 Cinco de Belugas! By alexanDra coFFMan • [email protected] Inman Park’s own Beluga Swim Team is ready for its fifth swim and dive season. This unique, rowdy, and fun-loving group lives up to IPNA’s reputation among our intown neighbors. It’s hard to believe that our Swim Team --“The Belugas”-- is five years old! Registration starts this month and you can download the registration form at www.inmanparkpool.com. Your child must be 6 years of age and able to swim the length of the pool to be on the team. Our coaches offer swim clinics (outside of practice) that are very popular. Everyone is welcomed and we have kids from Mary Lin, SPARK, NCS, Fernbank, Inman Middle, Children’s School, Drew Charter, Paideia School, Grady, Woodward, and others. This is a truly collaborative team of many neighborhoods and schools. You do not have to be a member of the Inman Park Pool Association to participate. Practice and conditioning starts Monday, May 13 starting at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Starting Tuesday, May 28, practice begins at 7:00 a.m. and ends by 9:00 a.m. (we have two morning sessions). We will not have practice on Memorial Day or on the last day of school. Meets will be June 6, 13 and 20 starting at 5 p.m. at the Inman Park Pool. The Inman Park Pool closes at 4:00 p.m. on those days to accommodate the swim meets. Thank you IPPA! Our team competes within our ranks and we have one practice meet against the Lake Claire Wahoo’s in May. With a team of 75 plus swimmers our meets have gotten quite competitive and fun! Our end of season party will be on Saturday, June 22. Medals and ribbons will be awarded that morning. New this year: Meet the Team coffee on May 11 at the Inman Park Pool at 10-11 a.m. Mark your calendar and come for some coffee and reconnect with swim friends. We love our Sponsors! Please consider being a sponsor of the Beluga Team. It will guarantee you great swimming & neighborhood karma. The levels of sponsorship are as follows: Gold: $250+ (company name on tee-shirt, team emails and website and Facebook advertising); Silver: $150+ (team emails and website & Facebook advertising); and Bronze: $1-$149 (team emails and love) If you are interested in being a sponsor – please email Krista Baldwin at [email protected]. Visit our website site at www.inmanparkbelugas.com. Check out our profile on Facebook to see photos from last year. We are the Inman Park Swim Team – The Belugas.

Inman Park Advocator 9 March 2013 March Public Safety News/ Inman Park February Crime Report Security Patrol By greg Scott, v.P. PuBlic SaFety February 2013 Activity [email protected] Directed Patrol: ...... 458 Festival is only two months away which also means it is time Drop Ins/Park and Walks: ...... 307 to start thinking about renewing your commitment to the Inman Association Member Contacts: ...... 8 Park Security Patrol (IPSP) and updating your membership in the Inman Park Neighborhood Association (IPNA). We are busily Incidents working to upgrade our new shopping cart on the website, which Suspicious Person: ...... 19 will include new features such as recurring payment/billing (no Residential Alarm: ...... 11 more wondering, am I paid up?), a password protected online Theft: ...... 7 membership directory and new streamlined online credit card Disturbance: ...... 5 payments. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, it will be Parking Complaint: ...... 3 already online and ready to go, but in the event it isn’t our current Open Door: ...... 2 system is still in place. If you need any information regarding the Armed Robbery: ...... 1 IPSP, feel free to contact me at [email protected] or Automobile Accident: ...... 1 check out www.inmanpark.org. Remember that the IPSP cannot Illegal Drugs: ...... 1 function without your generous support, so please remember to Criminal Trespass: ...... 1 renew, continue the commitment of your home’s former resident Mental Health Emergency: ...... 1 if you are a new neighbor, or consider signing up if you are a long Wires Down: ...... 1 time resident who has not supported the Inman Park Security Patrol Gunfire: ...... 1 Abandoned Auto: ...... 1 in the past. It’s never too late to make a difference! Suicidal Person: ...... 1 Now last month’s crime: Street / Sidewalk Obstruction: ...... 1 Gambling: ...... 1 NOTE: APD’s reporting system is running a few weeks behind Arrests: ...... 2 so I have added recent incidents of note that are not yet on their (1 – Possession of Marijuana / 1- Urinating In Public) website. Vehicle Impound: ...... 1

Auto Theft: None reported

Burglary: None reported

Robbery: On February 3, a convenience store was robbed at gunpoint by a lone black male on Moreland Avenue. Earlier on the Book Club Calendar same evening, a woman was carjacked while visiting the ATM on The Book Club meets on the 4th Wednesday of every the Candler Park side of Moreland Avenue. On February 4, a 13 month unless otherwise noted. All meetings are at 7:00 p.m. year old was robbed at knifepoint by three young males, one of Please bring a covered dish to share. whom the victim recognized as a classmate at his school.

Theft from Vehicle: Car break-ins were reported on Elizabeth No meetings in April – Volunteer for Festival Avenue, Dixie Avenue and North Highland Avenue. A catalytic or November - Enjoy Thanksgiving! converter was stolen from a vehicle on Elizabeth Avenue. This For more information, contact Jan Keith, 404.688.7330 trend continues to be a problem citywide, so if you own a Honda or visit www.inmanpark.org/park-social/book-club CRV or similar vehicle, please be aware and take precautions to guard against this type of theft.

If you are interested in more detailed reports concerning the dates and locations of criminal activity in Inman Park, the APD web site Mar In the Garden of Beasts has a very easy to use crime mapping tool at http://www.atlantapd. by Erik Larson org/zone6.aspx. hosted by Sarah Kirk 61 Waddell Street Until next month, be safe! 27

May State of Wonder by Ann Patchett hosted by Oreon Mann 22 877 Edgewood Avenue

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Inman Park Advocator 11 March 2013 Atlanta Urban Design Commission (AUDC) Update By erin Kane, v.P. HiStoric PreServation • [email protected] Please note: If you wish to perform any construction work Applications scheduled for AUDC: (beyond routine maintenance) on the exterior of a site, home, or February 27 building in the Inman Park Historic District, you must contact the AUDC to begin their review/approval process. Please contact me 1. 135 Krog Street – Application for a Review and Comment at the email address above as early in the project as possible to (RC-13-027) for a variance (V-13-001) to reduce the rear schedule meetings and be placed on the monthly IPNA meeting yard setback from 20’ to 10’ to allow for the installation of agenda, or for any questions related to the historic regulations or additional parking and a special exception (V-13-004) to reduce approval process. on-site parking from 40 spaces (required) to an undetermined number (possibly 14). Property is zoned C-2/ Beltline/ Inman Application Deadline AUDC Hearing Date Park Historic (Subarea 3). March 19 April 10 2. 37 Waverly Way – Applications for Type III Certificates Upcoming of Appropriateness (CA3-12-260) for variances to allow an Application April 2 April 24 increase in the half depth front yard from 10’(required) to 12’ Deadlines April 16 May 8 (proposed); an increase in the left side yard setback from 3’ (required) to 24’ (proposed); an increase in the house width Recent AUDC actions on applications for Certificates of from 34’ (required) to 48’ (proposed) and an increase in the Appropriateness: house height from 15’ (required) to 25’9” (proposed); to February 13 use another block face as a point of comparison under the compatibility rule; and (CA3-12-259) for construction of a new 1. 841 Virgil Street – Applications for Type III Certificates of residential. Property is zoned R-5/Inman Park Historic District Appropriateness (CA3-13-004) for a variance to allow the (Subarea 1). Deferred on November 28, 2012, deferred on construction of a new porch stair that is not parallel to the December 12, deferred on January 9, deferred on January street; and (CA3-13-003) for an addition and other renovations. 23, deferred on February 13. Property is zoned R-5/Inman Park Historic District (Subarea 1. Staff Recommendation: CA3-13-004 (Approve) CA3-13-003 Please see the agenda on the back cover for applications (Approve with conditions). Commission Voted: CA3-13-004 scheduled for this month’s IPNA meeting. (Approved) CA3-13-003 (Approved with conditions). AUDC Contact Information: 2. 135 Krog Street – Application for a Type III Certificate of Appropriateness (CA3-13-015). Property is zoned C-2/ Website: http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/urbandesign.aspx Beltline/ Inman Park Historic District (Subarea 3). Staff Address: 55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 3350 Recommendation: Approve with conditions. Commission Atlanta GA 30335-0331 Voted: Approved with conditions. Phone: (404) 330-330-6145 Fax: (404) 658-6734 3. 37 Waverly Way – Applications for Type III Certificates of Appropriateness (CA3-12-260) for variances to allow an increase in the half depth front yard from 10’(required) to 12’ (proposed); an increase in the left side yard setback from 3’ (required) to 24’ (proposed); an increase in the house width from 34’ (required) to 48’ (proposed) and an increase in the house height from 15’ (required) to 25’9” (proposed); to use another block face as a point of comparison under the compatibility rule; and (CA3-12-259) for construction of a Congratulations new residential duplex at Property is zoned R-5/Inman Park Historic District (Subarea 1). Deferred on November 28, 2012 Deferred on December 12, 2012 Deferred on January 9, Karen & Lisa Padron 2013 Deferred on January 23, 2012. Staff Recommendation: on the birth of their son, Asher Anthony Padron CA3-12-260 and CA3-12-259 (Defer). Commission Voted: Haralson Avenue Deferred to the meeting of February 27, 2013. Annie MacKay & Blanton Cook on the birth of their daughter, Lucy Cook Colquitt Avenue

Inman Park Advocator 12 March 2013 Tour of Homes Tour of Homes TheThe 2013 2013 Tour Tour of Homes of Homes Celebrates Celebrates its 42 itsnd 42 Yearnd Year with with Several Several Homes, Homes, Gardens Gardens and andPoints Points of Interestof Interest on Tour. on Tour.

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TicketsTickets purchased purchased online online may bemay picked be picked up at upthe at main the mainsales booth,sales booth, located located at the intersectionat the intersection of Euclid of Euclid Avenue Avenue and Elizabeth and Elizabeth Street. Street. The The main sales booth will be open Friday 12:00 Ð 4:00 p.m., and during Festival hours Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday and Sunday mainyou sales can booth also will pick be up open your Friday tickets 12:00 at the – sales 4:00 bp.m.,ooth andnear during the MARTA Festival Station. hours SaturdayPlease bring and yourSunday. printed On Saturdaypurchase andconfirmation Sunday you and can a also pickphoto up ID your to pick tickets up yourat the ti ckets.sales booth Tickets near for the the MARTA Tour of Homes Station. are Please non -bringrefundable. your printed purchase confirmation and a photo ID to pick up your tickets. Tickets for the Tour of Homes are non-refundable.

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540 Seminole Avenue 540 Seminole Avenue 484 Sinclair Avenue 484 Sinclair Avenue 469 Sinclair Avenue 469 Sinclair Avenue 434 Sinclair Avenue 434 Sinclair Avenue 413 Sinclair Avenue 413 Sinclair Avenue 292 Moreland Avenue NE (Wrecking Bar Brewpub)* 292 Moreland Avenue NE (Wrecking Bar Brewpub)* 1107 Austin Avenue 1107 Austin Avenue

970 Waverly970 Waverly Way Way

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768 Lake768 Lake Avenue Avenue Jeanne LaSala && Jim Jim Abbot Abbot residence residence is isone one of ofmany many homes homes 828 Virgil828 Virgil Street Street (garden (garden only) only) featured onon thethe 20132013 Tour Tour of of Homes Homes (946 (946 Waverly Waverly Way). Way). 845 Ashland845 Ashland Avenue Avenue (garden (garden only) only)

760 Edgewood760 Edgewood Avenue Avenue (Inman (Inman Park ParkCooperative Cooperative Preschool; Preschool; not on not Tour on onTour Friday, on Friday, April April26) 26)

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The Spirit of Inman Park: Clean Up, Clean Up, Spring Clean Up Everybody Clean Up!

By Pat weStricK • [email protected] ellie M. MorriS • [email protected] The six or so weeks leading up to Festival were a busy time for Have you ever wondered how our beautiful neighborhood Inman Park residents in the late 70s and early 80s. Our main returns to its pre-Festival cleanliness once the festivities end? objective was to spiff up the neighborhood before all our visitors With the dedication and tireless efforts of a small group of folks, arrived on the last weekend in April. that’s how! And this year, we aim to complete those “final clean up” activities more quickly than ever! How will we do it, you Regular maintenance on most of our homes prior to our ask? With YOUR help! purchase of them had been – shall we say – somewhat spotty. Many of our houses had been divided up into apartments. This year, when you go to the Festival volunteer website, you’ll And because of all those apartments, there were walls in see several opportunities to help out. First, we’ve divided the inappropriate places, extra toilets, bug-infested refrigerators Festival footprint up into four areas – if you have a desire to & gas stoves…well, you get the picture, and all that detritus clean up a particular part of the neighborhood, here’s your needed to be disposed of – certainly before we could open our chance! You can choose from the Euclid Ave/Tent Area, Poplar houses for tour! Circle, Delta Park, or Edgewood. We’re also looking for “captains” for each area to help lead the team. The cleanliness I think it was the late Holly Mull who talked someone at the of whatever area you choose will be your team’s mission. city into scheduling a special Inman Park trash pickup week. Please email me at [email protected] if you’re interested Residents were encouraged to drag all that stuff out to the street in being a cleanup captain. Or, if you have a ladder and a friend – plaster, sheetrock, sinks, toilets, stoves, rotted 2x4s, nasty (a pick-up truck helps, too), we’d love your help taking down plywood, random stuff that tenants had abandoned, roofing all the patriotic American flags from the telephone poles. We material, odd windows and doors – it was all in huge piles in also need a couple trucks and a few riders/loaders to haul away front of the houses on streets all over the neighborhood. It must the main tent stage, load up the tables and chairs from Poplar have been a great success, because it was a regular event by the Circle and Delta Park and bring them back to the main tent, and time we moved to IP in 1975. take other miscellaneous items to the warehouse at Highland Bakery. And finally, we need a couple people to go around the There were informal competitions to see who had the biggest neighborhood and pick up Festival signs and return them to the pile or who had the cleverest diorama composed of the stuff warehouse. on their pile. And of course, we all shopped each other’s trash piles, just in case someone else’s discarded window or door was As I write all the tasks out, it seems like a lot, but we always just what we needed to finish a room renovation. All week long get it done. This year, with your help, I know we can get it city dump trucks with claw-like arms could be seen driving up done even faster! Oh, and don’t let me forget the best part – for and down our streets, picking up the trash we had gleaned from all of your efforts, there is a pizza and beer celebration at the our basements, attics and renovation projects. (An interesting end of the night! Yes, you heard me correctly – free pizza and observation: no matter how much trash was put out, there was free beer (with vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free choices- always that much again the next year. It was as though our -just email me)! So go ahead and head right on over to http:// basements were manufacturing the stuff all by themselves. ) I inmanparkfestival.org/volunteer-app/, click on Sunday April think I remember that whoever organized Cleanup Weekend 28, choose your Festival CleanUp/Final CleanUp job, and make was designated the Trash King or Queen, and rode on the street your neighborhood proud! sweeper in the parade that year.

On Cleanup Weekend, everyone worked all day Saturday toting discards to the street. Then we would gather in either Poplar Circle or Springvale Park for the Cleanup Picnic. It was potluck, of course, with beer and wine supplied by IPR (IPNA’s predecessor organization.) We were all dirty, scratched up and exhausted, but it was great to be together. We ate, talked and drank beer and the kids would slide down the Euclid Avenue hill into the park, laughing and giggling. (What on earth were we thinking?!)

And when Festival arrived, Inman Park would come shining through -- just like it does now, 40+ years later.

Inman Park Advocator 16 March 2013 Butterfly Ball 2013 By cooPer Pierce, ButterFly Ball cHair On Friday, April 26 from 8:00 p.m. to midnight, Butterfly Ball will kick-off our 42nd Festival, and all IPNA members are invited. The party is organized by the IPNA Festival Committee, and if your membership is current, you will receive a printed invitation. OOO-wee! Priority is given to IPNA members; therefore, there is a timeline for ordering. Member ticket sales start on Monday, April 1 (no fooling!) and ticket sales for non-members start on April 15. Porch Party Details will be posted on our website at www.inmanparkfestival. org/butterflyball. Attention procrastinators: tickets sold out in March 29 • 7:30 p.m. two weeks last year...just sayin’… The easiest way to reserve tickets is to go to www. At the home of inmanparkfestival.org/butterflyball. If you prefer not to buy Diane & Bill Jordan tickets online, there is a ticket request form in the March 766 Dixie Avenue Advocator or a printable copy on the website. Tickets MUST be pre-ordered and are given out on a first- Bring a dish to share come, first-serve basis. You can reserve individual tickets, two & your favorite beverage. (2) per individual member or maximum four (4) per member household. Remember – the Festival Committee decided not • • • to offer tables this year in order to allow more residents an Your porch wants to host a party! opportunity to attend. Call Pat or Richard Westrick to get on the schedule. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie! Bogey 404.523.4801 and the Viceroy will be here to entertain us. You may know members of this band from Kingsized. They’ll be playing a wide variety of songs sure to get your groove on. There will be two (2) cash bars, complimentary non-alcoholic drinks, and a great complimentary buffet and desserts brought to you by Bold American Catering. If you would like to help decorate the tent on Friday afternoon or clean up after the party on Saturday morning, email me at [email protected] or sign up at the Volunteer page on the website, http://inmanparkfestival.org/volunteer-app/. So get your “festive” attire ready, and let’s celebrate Festival 2013! Festive attire would be sparkly, funky, dressy, “formal with flair,” or that cool, hip, trendy-kinda-sorta-formal-but-not outfit.

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Inman Park Advocator 17 March 2013 RE:NEW LIFE at Homegrown Hollywood Inman Park Church In Inman Park

By PaStor Matt nelSon • [email protected] By Fran BurSt-terranella • [email protected] It is exciting to see and feel a renewed season with longer days When my husband Tony and I bought our home on Alta and beauty blooming all around us. Spring brings all sorts of new Avenue in the summer of 1975, I was a fresh young filmmaker- life to the barren landscape of winter and our lives. Likewise, shooting, directing and producing every type of film or TV there are new movements and experiences at Inman Park Church project I could get involved in. In 2011, after many home in which you are invited to take part. renovations and restorations, along with more than 700 film and video productions, I embarked on a new adventure: producing Spring 2013 and directing my first feature film “The 12 Lives of Sissy Carlyle.” Sissy Carlyle, an unassuming young woman struggling with tragedies from the past, fantasizes in her secret journals about When: 9:30 am the far more exciting person she may one day become. I reached Where: IPUMC front lawn out to long-time Inman Park friends who generously helped us What: Resurrection workshops, games, music, and… an egg hunt! solve one of the hardest parts of making a movie, finding great Who: Kids all ages through 5th grade locations for filming. **bring a special offering for the United Methodist Children’s Cast, crewed and filmed entirely in metro Atlanta, “Sissy Home kids** Carlyle” is what Hollywood affectionately calls a “micro budget film.” By using new digital filmmaking technologies and putting together a cast and crew who are eager to gain experience in feature-filmmaking, we’re part of the new wave of filmmakers making independent films for a small fraction of the An Easter musical & drama cost of traditional Hollywood films. 3.31.13 -- 11:00 am -- Sanctuary A very big thank you goes out to Bill and Marnie McMurry, Karen and Ken Taber and JavaVino Coffee and Wine House, Festival 2013 who graciously let us film in their homes and at JavaVino. Inman Park Church @ Festival 2013 Another heartfelt thank you goes to Bo Bradshaw for his excellent advice on good places to film, including the Inman 1. Best BBQ (ever!) – all weekend – tent on the lawn and Park Butterfly Wall, which makes a delightful cameo appearance fellowship hall in our film. And, thank you to my Inman Park friends who have 2. NEW!!! Jr. High Cocoon Ball – Thursday 7:30-9 pm - let me share my movie-making tales at countless neighborhood fellowship hall events for 37 years! 3. Naked Cupcakes – all weekend – tent on the lawn, $1 dress a cupcake for charity Please visit us on Facebook to see our movie trailer and to 4. NEW!!! Images of Inman – all weekend – Sanctuary; check our progress as we finish the film. www.facebook.com/ www.imagesofinman.com sissycarlylemovie. 5. Tours – all weekend/all welcome – tours of historic Inman Park Church Summer 2013 • All kids rising K through rising 6th grade • Registration: www.inmanparkumc.org; email:[email protected] • Sunday and Wednesday Nights, May 29 – June 30 • Music: ORFF music instruction, composition using ORFF instruments. • Arts: pottery, sewing, watercolors, carpentry, printmaking, dance

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Inman Park Advocator 19 March 2013 Anything Goes at Grady High Why I Feel Safe By lee PoPe, graDy HigH ScHool teacHer • [email protected] at Grady High School Grady High School is launching a production By J.D. caPelouto, Junior at graDy HigH ScHool of Anything Goes. This musical comedy takes place in the 1930s on board the S.S. American. A Many of you may have heard about the “gun incident” young love sick Wall Street broker stows away to at Grady High School recently. A girl brought a gun follow the love of his life and attempt to convince to school and accidentally shot herself in the leg. She her to break off her loveless engagement. Cole walked to the nurse’s office and they called 911. An Porter’s madcap classic has become part of the announcement came over the intercom saying that our American Standards repertoire, and includes such school was on lockdown. We waited patiently and then music as “Anything Goes,” “I Get A Kick Out of we heard the news about the injured student. I never You,” “You’re the Top,” and “Friendship.” Everyone is sure to have a felt scared, because we knew the situation was under wonderful time! Don’t miss the boat! Join us on this tap dancing, toe control and our principal Dr. Murray assured us over the tapping, and laugh a minute sail across the Atlantic!! intercom that we were safe. The Grady administration did a great job in keeping everyone calm and handled the March 21, 22 and 23, Grady High School Auditorium 8 p.m. Tickets are situation without much commotion. It seemed that the $10. For reservations call 404-955-3388. outside reaction from media was greater than the reaction the students had on the inside. In the days following the In order to make this a top notch production we are searching for incident, Grady amped up their security. We can tell that producers to help launch this “ship.” they are serious and really care about keeping violence out If you would like to join us as a “producer” of Grady’s production of of the school. From my perspective, this was an isolated Anything Goes at the $500 level we offer you the following: gun scare and the girl had no intention of bringing harm to Grady. If any of you are interested in following this story 1. Your business logo on our t-shirts. or any other news from Grady High, I urge you to follow 2. 2 free tickets to the production. updates from the student-run newspaper, The Southerner, 3. Your business logo on the stop and repeat in the lobby of the by going to www.thesoutherneronline.com and liking our production. This means every time a person has their photo taken Facebook page. We are currently investigating why the girl with a cast member in front of that art, your business is being brought the gun to school in the first place and whether advertised! there will be any long-term changes for Grady security. 4. A reserved table in the producer’s courtyard and/or lobby for a booth to market your business. 5. Lobby banners that advertise your business. 6. Your business name on the poster. 7. Producer status for your business in our program.

For director status ($250) you will receive: 1. 2 free tickets to the production. 2. An advertisement for your business in our program. 3. Your logo on the stop and repeat in the lobby of the production. 4. A spot for a booth set up in the outer lobby of the theatre during the weekend of the show. 5. Your name in the program.

For Angel status ($50) you will receive: 1. 2 free tickets to the production. 2. Your name in the program.

Please reach out to Lee Pope, [email protected], if you are interested in helping sponsor the Grady High School production of Anything Goes. Grady High School security measures were heightened after a gun scare. Photo Credit, Ciena Leshley, TheSouthernerOnline.com.

Inman Park Advocator 20 March 2013 Street Closings Festival 2013 It’s that time of the year again. Festival will be here on April 26, 27 and 28. The following streets will be closed 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 26 Streets that are indicated on the map as “INACCESSIBLE” until Sunday, April 28, at 11:00 p.m. This is for the convenience are limited access and only residents with ID/or proof of of the tents and food vendors: residency can enter. However, streets marked “CLOSED” (streets with with vendors) on the map will be closed to all Euclid Avenue from Elizabeth Street west to Waverly Way. traffic during all of Saturday and Sunday (until 7:00 p.m.).

Waverly Way at Poplar Circle and Euclid Avenue to the bend. If you have a car on one of the streets with tents or food Delta Place along the east side of Delta Park to Edgewood Avenue. vendors, PLEASE RELOCATE YOUR VEHICLE OFF OF THESE STREETS PRIOR TO FRIDAY AT 10:00 A.M. OR Hurt Street from Euclid Avenue to Edgewood Avenue. YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE TOWED.

Elizabeth Street from Euclid Avenue to Edgewood Avenue. If you have a car on one of the “CLOSED” streets and will need the vehicle during festival hours, please relocate your Waverly Way from Euclid Avenue to Edgewood Avenue. vehicle off of these streets prior to Saturday at 6:00 a.m. *Residents with vehicles parked on these streets will need to move Inman Park FestivalThe Festival 2012 Committee and staff are very their vehicles prior to the street closings. Failure to do so could conscious of the effort residents put forth result in the vehicle being towed. Closed - No Resident Access Inaccessible - Residentto Access accommodate by car with ID these closings and

The following streets will close Saturday, April 2, at 5:00 Closeda.m. - No Resident weAccess appreciate Saturday 12:00 your - 2:00; enduring the Inaccessible - Resident Access by car with ID until Sunday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m.: inconvenience to help make this weekend a great success. Euclid Avenue between Alta Avenue and Edgewood Avenue.

Colquitt St. Edgewood Avenue between Hurt Street and Waddell Street.

Moreland Ave. Elizabeth Street between DeKalb Avenue and Lake Avenue. Sinclair Ave.

Washita Ave. N. Highland Ave. Waverly Way between DeKalb Avenue and Euclid Avenue, past Euclid Avenue to Elizabeth Street, past Elizabeth Street and back to Euclid Avenue. Austin Ave. Austin Ave. Delta Place between DeKalb Avenue and Edgewood Avenue. Euclid Ave. Alta Ave.

Waddell Street between Edgewood Avenue and Lake Avenue.

Elizabeth St. Harralson Ave. Alta Avenue between Euclid Avenue and Moreland Avenue.

DeGress Ave. Degress Avenue between DeKalb Avenue and Alta Avenue.

Battery Pl.

Harralson Avenue between DeKalb Avenue and Alta Avenue. Hurt St. Hale St. Hale

Waverly Way Virgil St. Lake Ave. For the parade, Saturday, April 27: Elizabeth St. Ashland Ave. From 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28th, to stage the Parade, Edgewood Avenue will be closed Edgewood Ave. Dixie Ave. Euclid Ave.

at Krog Street, and Waddell Street will be closed Druid Cir. Druid

to all traffic, except for the Shuttle Bus, from St. Waddell Spruce St. Spruce Lake Avenue to Edgewood Avenue. Edgewood Ave.

DekalbInman Ave. Park Festival 2012

Krog St. Krog Delta St. Delta

Dekalb Ave. Closed - No Resident Access

Inaccessible - Resident Access by car with ID

Closed - No Resident Access Saturday 12:00 - 2:00; Inaccessible - Resident Access by car with ID

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Colquitt St.

Moreland Ave.

Sinclair Ave.

Washita Ave. N. Highland Ave.

Austin Ave. Austin Ave.

Euclid Ave.

Alta Ave.

Elizabeth St. Harralson Ave.

DeGress Ave.

Battery Pl.

Hurt St. Hale St. Hale

Waverly Way Virgil St. Lake Ave. Elizabeth St. Ashland Ave.

Edgewood Ave.

Dixie Ave. Euclid Ave.

Druid Cir. Druid

Waddell St. Waddell Spruce St. Spruce

Edgewood Ave.

Dekalb Ave.

Krog St. Krog Delta St. Delta

Dekalb Ave.

Inman Park If you prefer to pay offline, complete this form and mail it, along with payment, Neighborhood to 245 N. Highland Ave., Suite 230-401, Atlanta, GA 30307. Additional copies Association of this form are available at InmanPark.org or from the secretary at our and Inman Park monthly IPNA meetings. Security Patrol I want to join IPNA, and, Yes, print my information in the IPNA directory Membership No, do not print my information in the IPNA directory Enrollment/ PRIMARY RESIDENT NAME: ADDRESS:

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order to vote on IPNA EMERGENCY CONTACT NAME: issues at the meetings. All IPNA members and non- EMERGENCY CONTACT PHONE: member residents may vote on NPU issues at IPNA meetings. Everyone IPNA Membership Inman Park Security is invited to attend and Membership dues are $10 per Patrol Membership participate in discussions resident over 18, not per household. at IPNA monthly Yard signs available at all IPSP First year is free for new members. meetings. membership levels. Make your check payable to IPNA. IPNA meetings are held at Include a separate check made Please check one category: 7:30 pm on the third payable to IPSP. Resident: $10 per person Wednesday of each Bronze: $200 18 yrs. or older. month at The Marianna (includes yard sign) (above The Wrecking Bar Brewpub). No. of eligible residents Silver: $250 in household x $10 (adds vacation patrol)

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Inman Park Advocator 22 March 2013 NPU-N Update By ricK Bizot, nPu-n rePreSentative • [email protected] Notes from the February 28, 2013 meeting: Board of Zoning Adjustment: - 135 Krog St: Based on applicant’s failure to appear, NPU Public Reports: Board voted to defer applications for a variance to reduce the - MARTA Police spoke about their “see something, say transitional rear yard setback from 20 ft (required) to 10 ft to something” campaign. If you see suspicious or illegal activity on allow for the installation of additional parking for an existing MARTA, please call them at 404.848.4911. They have noticed millinery building, and a special exception to reduce the number problems with snatch theft of electronics (iPhones, iPads, etc) of on-site parking spaces from 40 (required) to 30 (17 paved, 13 and theft of catalytic converters from parked vehicles, especially “grass-paved”). Dodge and Honda. Special Events and Outdoor Festivals: - Police Department officers reported that car break-ins - Sweetwater 420 Fest, April 19-21, 2013, in Candler Park: represented the majority of recent crimes. They also have NPU Board voted 6-1 to approve. noticed the amount of information on neighborhood blogs and chat groups, and they encourage citizens to call the police with Old Business: information first. - Bike Racks funded by City grant: locations in Inman Park under consideration are the vicinity of Savi Market and at - Citizen’s Police Academy: The Police Department is seeking the Inman Park United Methodist Church. Please send any participants for its Citizen’s Police Academy. Classes are held additional suggestions to Rick via email, [email protected]. Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm; training includes classroom courses in crime scenes, a department overview and a zone NPU-N Executive Committee meets on the 4th Thursday of every ride-along. The next session begins April 17, 2013; application month (except November & December when the meetings are deadline is April 7th. Call 404.546.5650 for more information. specially set due to the holidays) at 7:00 p.m. in the Little Five Points Community Center. Next meeting: March 28, 2013. All - Department of Watershed Management: Clifford Ice are welcome to attend. reported that dog poop can cause problems in our creeks. Dog owners are encouraged to pick up after their dogs to helps us all love dogs.

- Sidewalk survey: Researchers at Georgia Tech are looking for volunteers to collect data for their Sidewalk Quality Research SOAPBOX RACE project. The process involves rolling a wheelchair equipped with a tablet computer along existing sidewalks to gather data on sidewalk width and quality. To volunteer, contact them at IN LAKE CLAIRE [email protected] Kids, teens, & adults sign up to race on License Review Board: Saturday, March 16. No motors or pedals - Narendar R Ranchur, Supermarket (Reddy Supermarket), allowed on your homemade racer. Awards for 2199 College Avenue (NPU-O): Not in NPU-N, no presentation was made. NPU Board voted to take no action. speed AND creativity. Limited slots so sign up NOW at www.CowabungaDude.org.

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Inman Park Advocator 23 March 2013 Our Police Mini Precinct Is Rise n’ Shine Organic Farm Better Than Ever CSA Comes to Inman Park By ricHarD B. SHaPiro, DDS • [email protected] By Katie roBertSon, tHe atlanta ScHool [email protected] There’s great news about our Community Police Mini-Precinct in Little 5 Points. Amazingly, we now have doubled the police The Inman Park United Methodist Church and The Atlanta assignment to patrol there, while lowering our costs to run the School are partnering with Rise n’ Shine Organic Farm to Mini-Precinct! provide a new drop off location for their CSA program. Members First, in addition to having Officer LaRosa (an aggressive officer of a CSA join early in the year and then receive a box of fresh, with decades of familiarity with the L5P area) assigned during seasonal produce every week or every other week once the the daytime on weekdays, we now also have Officer Stellingburg season starts in mid April. Every box gets 5 to 10 different fruits assigned on evenings, including weekends (not to mention the and veggies. added police presence provided by the other officers coming and going to this satellite police station, filing reports, taking breaks, In addition to providing access to fresh, local, healthful food, The etc.). Secondly, we have also moved the Mini-Precinct next door Atlanta School is also using this opportunity to get kids involved to a smaller space with lower rent and overhead. in the food cycle process. Our partnership will involve students visiting the farm in Calhoun, which will provide children with But we need your help to keep it open. Thus this yearly a rare opportunity to experience a first-look at where our food appeal for individual donations. really comes from. Help the local food movement spread and Now beginning its 15th year of existence, the Atlanta Police make delicious, healthy, local food easily available to our Inman Mini-Precinct in L5P is a cornerstone in our community’s Park friends and neighbors. approach to reduce crime. Since it opened, the increased presence and visibility of Atlanta Police Officers that the For more information or to sign up for the Rise n’ Shine CSA, Mini-Precinct brings to our community has made a significant please visit their website at www.risenshineorganicfarm.com difference in the conduct of those hanging out in L5P and the or contact Mitch Lawson directly at (706) 676-0825 or surrounding community. [email protected].

The Mini-Precinct is a public/private partnership between the City of Atlanta and community. The community provided the funds to renovate the space and continues to pay for rent, utilities and other operating costs—that funding comes from L5P Business Association and its members; grants from the Inman Get Well Wishes Park Neighborhood Association and the Candler Park Neighbor Neighborhood Organization; and contributions from individual Fred Fisher households in the area. The officers, equipment, supplies, Alta Avenue computers, electronic and video communication gear, etc., are funded by the Police Department.

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Inman Park Advocator 25 March 2013 Agenda March 20, 2013 Meeting IPNA Meeting • 7:30 p.m. • Babysitting Available The Mariana, 292 Moreland Ave • Above Wrecking Bar Brewpub Good to Know IPNA Membership: Open to everyone, including non-residents. Membership year is May 1-April 30 though you are welcome & encouraged to join or renew at anytime. First year is free. Membership has its rewards: allows you to vote (see bylaws online for details) and is your invitation to the Holiday Party & other events. Pay online or send a check to the address on the front page. Online applications are available.

IPNA meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at The Marianna (above Wrecking Bar Brewpub).

Inman Park Security Patrol (IPSP): The IPSP membership runs from May 1 – April 30; however you are welcome & encouraged to join or renew at anytime.

Websites InmanPark.org InmanParkFestival.org Facebook.com/InmanPark

Report All Crimes: Call 911 IP Security Patrol: 404-414-7802 L5P Mini-Precinct: 404-658-6782

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