April 2019 TM News for Candler Park • Your In Town Hometown • www.CandlerPark.org Reigning Cats and Dogs See pages 11 - 13 "Brave" Dumpster Jack Clementine Leela Nibbles INSIDE THIS MONTH’S MESSENGER Movie Night Mulberry Fields Mary Lin POOCH is Set Stories Goes Green KICKS PAGE 7 PAGE 9 PAGE 11 PAGE 15 Ready to reimagine your home with a renovation or addition? COLAY WHITE, O.D. Contact us through our MICHAEL G. STAMBOLY. O.D. website in March and April for a complimentary 484-D MORELAND AVE NE on-site consultation. Limited to first five responses. 404-523-3937 Complete Vision Care in Little 5 Points Serve. Solve. Delight. | www.annearchitecture.com Spring Into Summer Safety The mission of the Candler Park By Dana Fowle, [email protected] Neighborhood Organization is to promote the common good and general welfare in the neighborhood known as Candler Park in the city of Atlanta. BOARD of DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Dana Fowle [email protected] MEMBERSHIP OFFICER Jennifer Wilds [email protected] TREASURER Rohini Kukreja [email protected] SECRETARY Bonnie Palter [email protected] 404-525-6744 ZONING OFFICER Bill Morris [email protected] PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER Lexa King [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Roger Bakeman [email protected] FUNDRAISING OFFICER Chris Fitzgerald [email protected] EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER Matt Kirk [email protected] Find a complete list of CPNO committee chairs, representatives and other contacts at www.candlerpark.org. Each month a Zone 6 Atlanta Police officer MEETINGS comes to the Candler Park Neighborhood Presidential Briefing CPNO Members Meetings are held Organization membership meeting to update us Yes, when the weather warms, it’s not unusual every third Monday at First Existentialist on community safety concerns. Last month we Congregation, 470 Candler Park Drive. to see more reports of crime. But there are were told that Zone 6 is expanding to include always things we can do to make our cars and Committee meetings take place at The Cheshire Bridge. Neighborhood Church, 1561 McLendon Ave., homes less interesting to bad guys. unless otherwise announced (enter from the Generally, we hear that crime in our street level door and ring the bell if you're First and most important, don’t keep goodies neighborhood is down, and what we do have, late). in the open. Your car is not the place for your they tell us, is generally limited to car break-ins laptop. The porch is not where you keep a bike All are welcome. Only registered members and stolen bikes. are eligible to vote at monthly meetings. unlocked. With warmer weather we’ll be out Membership applications must be received But anybody who has dropped into the online by Membership Officer by the first day of the walking more. If you are uncomfortable with month of meeting. community bulletin board NextDoor knows, a car coming up slowly behind you, walk right there’s been an uptick of crimes reported there. up to your neighbor’s door and ring. They’ll Find specific meeting information on page And the concerns are about more than broken 6 and a complete list of CPNO meetings at understand. And if you do find yourself face-to- www.candlerpark.org. vehicle windows. Just recently there was a car face with a robber, don’t fight. Just hand your stolen from the front of the house while the wallet or purse over. owners slept. 3 MORE WAYS TO DETER CRIMINALS MEMBERSHIP More frightening, though, was a Candler 1. Trim bushes to avoid hiding places. CPNO membership is free to Candler Park Park Drive neighbor who posted a 2 a.m. video residents, property owners and businesses. showing a young man coming from the back 2. Create barriers like deadbolts, alarm Membership must be renewed annually. of his home with what looks like a gun in his signs, and reinforced doors. Sign up at www.candlerpark.org or mail right hand while his left hand made an obscene name, address, and email to 3. Invest in outdoor cameras. gesture toward the outdoor camera. It was truly CPNO membership, unsettling as the video shows him casually walk But if something does happen, please report PO Box 5418, Atlanta, GA 31107 to a waiting vehicle. this to APD so that we can keep a close eye on the numbers. Candler Park Messenger 3 April 2019 Neighbor Hey! I have a few home improvement projects I need to do. Do you have any N suggestions of who to call? Yes! Just use the advertisers in our neighborhood newsletter and directory. I’ve called several and they’ve been great. Wow! Really? I didn’t know N that. I’ll check them out. 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No representations are made as to information presented, the quality of the goods or services advertised, or the veracity of the statements relating to the goods and services. The printing of opinions, information or advertisements does not constitute an endorsement by the neighborhood of such opinions, information, goods or services. Candler Park Messenger 5 April 2019 Dates To Remember APRIL 1-5 APS Spring break CPNO Board 8 Meeting, 7 pm, The Neighborhood Church Easter Egg Hunt, 14 2 pm, Candler Park Deadline to submit 15 content for May Messenger! Candler Park Movie 20 Night featuring Incredibles 2 (PG) CPNO Members 22 Meeting, 7 pm, 1st Existentialist Church MAY CPNO Board Did You Know X Marks the Park? 13 Meeting, 7 pm, The Neighborhood By Boyd Baker, Owner of the Wondershop and Lake Claire resident Church Take a drone up into the air and hover over the Virginia Highland, and Candler Park would have Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum all looked completely different from today… were Deadline to submit from about 1000 feet. What do you see? it not for Citizen Activism and organization. 15 content for June That’s the story we’re planning on telling in the You’ll see a big green X of Freedom Park with Messenger! documentary film X Marks the Park. an overlay in sections of the John Lewis Freedom Parkway road. That X may be one of the most It’s a story of how communities came together Candler Park Movie fought over pieces of land in the U.S. From the to advocate for what's best for their neighborhoods 18 Night featuring Mary Civil War until the 1996 Olympics, that stretch of and Atlanta. Lake Claire and Candler Park Poppins Returns (PG) land determined the fate of Southern souls and the neighbors Sam Collier, Boyd Baker, Ben Martin, future of Atlanta. Nigel Rowe, and Melissa Pressman are doing the research, collecting stories, and hoping to give a You see, General Sherman used Copenhill, where CPNO Members truly complete and comprehensive view of this the library and Carter Center now reside, as his 20 Meeting, 7 pm, 1st astounding time in Atlanta. headquarters during the Battle of Atlanta. We know Existentialist Church how that battle turned out.