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September 2017 Neighbor Joyce Page 6 Cabbagetown Neighborhood Improvement Association Volume Twenty-six • Issue Number Nine • September 2017 Neighbor “I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with country until I ride off into the sunset." ~ Darius Rucker Neighborhood Meeting The Calm The next neighborhood meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12th, 7p at the Cabbagetown Community Center. Before the Chomp By Kyle F. Bidlack 6:45p: Welcome and snacks 7:00p: Meeting begins In less than sixty-five days, twenty-five Welcome & Announcements thousand friends Review and approval of Aug. minutes. will ascend upon Valencia Hudson – City of Atlanta Cabbagetown for Atlanta Police Department our fifteenth annual Financial Report – Dan Thompson Chomp and Stomp. Committee Reports Until then, there's a NPU – John Dirga lot of work to do, and Historic Preservation and Land Use Co-Chairs Whitney Committee – Nicole Seekely and Nathan Bolster Liquor License for 701 Memorial – are more than up to Grindhouse - Alex Brounstein the task. Liquor License for Petit Chou Before things get really – Ron Fisher revved up, Whitney Public Safety/Neighborhood Watch took a moment to Committee – Peyton Stinson enjoy a Cabbagetown Hospitality – Laura Bellinger sunset from her th New Neighbor Party! September 29 window. Good for you Volunteering – Chelsea Arkin Whit. We hope Nathan Cabbagetown Initiative served you a glass (or – Chris McCain two) of wine. Transportation Committee Whitney and Nathan – Shaun Houlihan will need your help. Property Tax/Affordable Housing Be sure to lend a few Committee – Kendall Rawls hours of your time Old Business ... when the call goes out. New Business … In the meantime, 8:05p: Adjourn enjoy the last vestiges Final August minutes will be of summer. Be like adopted at the September meeting. Whitney and eat the The Community Center is located sun like a peach. at 177 Estoria Street. Autumn Arrives on Tax nd Appeals Friday, September 22 Whitney Bolster, Chomp and Stomp Co-Chair, takes a moment to enjoy the calm. See Page 8 Page 2 • Cabbagetown Neighbor September 2017 City of Atlanta Service Numbers Missed Trash Pick-ups 404.330.6333 Bureau of Parks Work Order Office 404.817.6813 Illegal Dumping 404.330.6333 Bulk Rubbish 404.330.6333 Cabbagetown Neighbor is a monthly newspaper produced by the Potholes 404.546.0311 Cabbagetown Neighborhood Improvement Association (CNIA), a Traffic Concerns 404.330.6501 non-profit organization. This publication is supported by advertisers. Zoning Enforcement 404.330.6175 Please submit news articles, announcements, and ads to: newsletter@ Housing Code Compliance 404.330.6190 cabbagetown.com. Previously published issues are available for Atlanta Job Hotline 404.658.9675 download under the CNIA tab at www.cabbagetown.com. Drinking Water Call Center 404.658.6500 Sewer Operations Call Center 404.624.0753 CNIA Officers and Chairpersons Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services 404.330.6023 President Atlanta Police Department 404.614.6544 Katie Butler Atlanta Fire Department 404.853.7000 Vice President Community Cyber Centers 404.880.7220 Kristy Joseph Treasurer KEEP UP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD Dan Thompson Join the Cabbagetown online community at Secretary groups.yahoo.com/group/CNIA Karyn Corell and cabbagetown.nextdoor.com Historic Preservation & Land Use Planning Chair And the parents’ network of Cabbagetown kids at Nicole Seekely groups.yahoo.com/group/cabbagekids NPU Representative John Dirga ADVERTISE WITH US Public Safety Chair Advertising with the Cabbagetown Neighbor is an inexpensive Peyton Stinson way to reach over 650 homes in the Cabbagetown neighborhood Public Safety & Neighborhood Watch including the residences of The Stacks Lofts. It is also a great way Mitch Watkins to support the CNIA and the publication of this newspaper. Visit Hospitality Chair the CNIA website at www.cabbagetown.com or write the editors Karen Russian at [email protected] for more info. Communications Chair & Website Administrator Justin Von Hanna ADVERTISING RATES Members-At-Large Ad Size One Month Three Mos Six Mos One Year Katherine Moore-Smith (Social Media), Lisa Myers (Random Acts of Kindness), and Rebecca Kenton 1/8 Page $25 $70 $135 $255 Newspaper Editors 3.75” x 2.25” Abbie Tillman Farr, Leila Grace Farr, and Kyle F. Bidlack 1/4 Page $50 $140 $270 $510 Newspaper Delivery Team 3.75” x 4.875” Director: David Chatmon. Delivery: Missy Bowen, Melissa Braver, Celine Bufkin, Cyndi Carpenteri, Karyn Corell, Joe Farr, Lisa Myers, Annmarie & 1/2 Page Horz. $100 $280 $540 $1,020 Cosette Dechant, Leita Henson, Barry Hestermann, Holly Hollinger, Dian 7.5” x 4.875” Huff, Bill Johnson, Suzanne Mason, Susan McCracken, Kelbi Morris, John Paulos, Sandra Strojny, Debbie Weeks, Stephanie Zell and Kyle F. Bidlack 1/2 Page Vert. $100 $280 $540 $1,020 Newspaper Contributors 3.75” x 9.875” Katie Butler, Karyn Corell, Lacee Aderhold, John Dirga, Debbie Weeks, Nicole Seekely, Rebecca Wallace, Barb Keeney-Harper, Dexter Chambers, Full Page $160 $450 $870 $1,680 Laura Bellinger, James "Slim Chance" Kelly, Brandon Sutton, Tiffanie N. 7.75” x 9.875” Reker, Kacey Cloues, Nathan Bolster, Shaun Houlihan and Kyle F. Bidlack ¢ Newspaper Distribution Classified ads are 25 a word for non-residents. Classified ads of 25 words or less and announcements The Cabbagetown Neighbor is distributed the weekend before the are free of charge to Cabbagetown residents. CNIA meeting (the second Tuesday) each month to the residents of Cabbagetown. If you have any delivery problems let us know at: Cabbagetown Neighbor ©2017. Permission to use material from this newspaper is granted as long as the [email protected] use is not-for-profit. All material must be reprinted as written with proper and full accreditation given. Page 3 • Cabbagetown Neighbor • September 2017 President's Letter Ryan Rose, Artist You know what? I felt fall today. It was By Barb Keeney-Harper slight, and I’m not holding my breath Meet Ryan Rose, a long-time artist residing right here in Atlanta. for biking weather quite yet, but it was Throughout the past four years, Ryan has been making amazing and slightly cooler, and there was a breeze. provocative Remember what that’s like? artwork with Even better, we all know what the coming characters of fall means in Cabbagetown: Chomp created by and Stomp! Last year was downright Ryan himself. dreamy, wasn’t it? Sunny, cool, amazing KATIE His characters BUTLER music, beer a-plenty and some darn good chili. Did you know that Chomp live in a and Stomp is one of the last community-run festivals in Atlanta? land called Most fests pay a company to take care of the details, but here Toonland in ol' Cabbagetown, we like to do things the hard way...and the and thrive homemade way. I’ve never run the festival, but several of your through his art neighbors have taken on this task with fantastic success. Easy for and clothing. me to say, having never run the thing, but I think that what makes Toonland has Chomp special is precisely that home-made feeling. This year, the been gaining crack team of Whitney and Nathan Bolster are at the helm again, notoriety and that is great news for the people of Atlanta. through art Ryan Rose shows across It takes over 450 people to get this homemade feeling. I’m serious! out our fair city. Milltown Arms Tavern proudly announces a new art I wrangled the volunteers for a couple of years. The Cabbagetown show featuring the work of Ryan Rose on September 9th from 7 to Initiative (fundraising arm for the neighborhood) sets up a Chomp 9p. Learn more about Ryan at thedashmo.com committee, and those folks do ALL of the planning. They recruit over 400 volunteers to help us pour drinks, sell spoons, coordinate artists & restaurants, organize the chili mayhem, and keep the race organized. Through all of this effort, we have a ton of fun, but we also earn enough money to keep taking care of our parks, pay the CNIA Sept. Calendar community center bills, and contribute funds to Forward Warrior!. Monday, 9/11/17, 7p Public meeting where you can Wanna be part of all of this? You know you do. I made some of Cabbagetown Initiative Board join your neighbors to help solve the best friends I have by volunteering to help on the Chomp Meeting. Public meeting where all of our parking, driving, biking committee. YOU are what allows us to keep this festival feeling your 11 CI board members meet and walking woes.177 Estoria homemade and special. Write to [email protected] if to ensure we maintain our parks, Thursday, 9/28/17, 7p you’d like to help out! talk Chomp and Stomp, & bask in Neighborhood Planning Unit-N each other’s company. 177 Estoria. Meanwhile, this month’s CNIA neighborhood meeting will be on Meeting. Public meeting where th Tuesday, September 12 , 7 p, 177 Estoria. We have a light agenda Tuesday, 9/12/17, 6:45p Cabbagetown, Candler Park, this month, but you will hear about our plans for improving CNIA Meeting. There is FREE Druid Hills, Inman Park, Lake transportation, get an update on our property tax and affordable PIZZA!!! YOU CAN’T WAIT!!! But Claire, and Little 5 Points talk housing committee, get some FREE PIZZA, and have the golden you’ll have to. 177 Estoria about development in our area. opportunity to interact with your friendly neighbors! Come on out! Little 5 Points Center for Arts and Monday, 9/18/17, 7p You know how much I love this bar hours thing? Lots. At the last Community. 1086 Austin Avenue Historic Preservation and Land one, a neighbor helped to get CNIA back on track vis-a-vis the Use Committee Meeting.
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