THE Inman Park Advocator Atlanta’s Small Town Downtown News • Newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association May 2015 [email protected] • inmanpark.org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 43 • Issue 5 Bass Ackwards 2015 Festival Thank You Festival 2015 BY CHRISTEL SUNDIN & ROB CRAIG • [email protected] th BY DENNIS MOBLEY With the 44 Festival behind us, we want to thank all of you who [email protected] volunteered, the homeowners who kindly opened their homes for the Tour of Homes, and the most amazing Festival Committee who made our I’ve been an active participant and job easy! We would also like to extend our gratitude to our willing and astute observer of our beloved generous sponsors. Inman Park Festival and Tour of Homes since 1998. Sometime We try to make incremental improvements to Festival every year and the during the past decade or so I 2015 Festival was no different. We replaced additional Port-a-Potties with President’s Message believe a pattern began to emerge: trailer restrooms, we added nicer hand-wash and potable water stations, Festival Saturday garnered the and we added another craft beer truck. Additionally, we reinstituted the biggest crowds, drawn by the ever-zany parade and the tradition of a pre-festival neighborhood cleanup. The City of Atlanta and opening of vendor booths, beer trucks, soundstages, and Councilman Kwanza Hall readily stepped up and volunteered equipment, the excellent people-watching opportunities Festival affords. Festival Sunday was more mellow, with smaller personnel, and resources to supplement neighborhood volunteers in order but still robust crowds, and for those of us in the thick of to give the neighborhood a thorough polishing for it to look its best. it, an opportunity to actually take a breath and enjoy the We are very grateful to everyone who was a part of making Festival experience. Granted, every few years there was some rain 2015 a success, and invite you to join us again next year for number and even some thunder to disrupt this pattern, but generally 45! Remember, as we’ve said before, Festival doesn’t just happen – Inman it held. Park neighbors make it happen, and we need you! As more and more This year, the weeklong gloomy weather forecasts and the new neighbors move into the neighborhood, we continue to recruit new rain on Saturday morning held down attendance that day, and volunteers to partake in the fun. Preparations start in October with various to many of us it felt more like a typical Festival Sunday. And amounts and types of work done over the next several months, culminating then along came a picture-perfect Sunday, and (I believe) the in an exceptional experience each April. There is much fellowship, fun, and most massive Sunday crowds we’ve ever seen. How would festivities to be had at the monthly meetings – it actually spreads out the I know? We do not have accurate means of counting heads, Festival fun over six months for those who choose to accept the mission! but given my being immersed (literally and fi guratively) in the volume of trash and recycling hitting our half-dozen This was our second year chairing Festival after many years of doing dumpsters, I can tell when we’ve had unusually large other jobs, and we are excited to turn over the reigns to Jacques and attendance. Another indicator is, ahem, word yesterday from Karin Mebius as the 2016 Festival Co-chairs. For Inman Park Festival to the porta-potty vendors that “volume was up” (sorry for that continue to be the biggest and best neighborhood festival, new people will visual). Lastly, when you hear beer trucks on the radio mid- have to step up and help. And with several committee chairs transitioning afternoon saying “we are sold out of Sweetwater Blue” or to other responsibilities or retiring after many years of service, there is no what-not, one knows it’s been a huge day. That was the scene better time to become a part of the Festival Committee. We look forward to on Festival Sunday this year. seeing new faces in a few months when we kick off the 45th installment of continued on page 9 this terrifi c event, and hope you will be there to share it with us! What’s 44th Annual Trolley Barn Happening Festival Recap update See upcoming Check out the Find out the latest on activities in and around photos from the the plan to purchase Inman Park in the neighborhood the Trolley Barn! weeks ahead. festival! Page 5 Pages 14-21 Page 22 Intown Atlanta’s only true cageless daycare and boarding facility, featuring 24/7 on-site staff, small play groups and streaming webcams. 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[email protected] ● 404-663-5151 678-612-3286 [email protected] Graffi ti: Chuck [email protected] ● 404-668-2620 Hospitality: Patsy Fisher ........................ [email protected] ● 404-550-0790 VP • Planning, Michaela Kendall 404-808-7757 Inman Park Tree Watch and Arboretum: [email protected] Oreon Mann ......................................... [email protected] ● 404-402-6486 Jim Abbot .................................................abbot.jim@gmail.com ● 404-281-0638 VP • Zoning, Tonya Marlatt Lifelong Inman Park: 404-518-8787 Cathie Berger [email protected] ● 404 584-6309 [email protected] NPU-N Representative: VP • Historic Preservation, Molly McLamb Rick Bizot ................................................npu.n@inmanpark.org ● 404-954-2490 404-695-4689 Social: [email protected] July Fourth: Carol Mitchell ................ [email protected] ● 404-659-2579 VP • Public Safety, Tony Neu Holiday Party: Alex & Andy Coffman ...... [email protected] ● 404-993-7577 404-218-0402 Porch Parties: Pat & Richard Westrick [email protected] ● 404-523-4801 [email protected] Special Events: Karen Goeckel [email protected] ● 678-612-1776 VP • Communications, Yvonne Merkel Springvale Park: 404-285-8283 Stephanie & Cameron McCaa .............. [email protected] ● 404-414-2496 [email protected] Amy Higgins (Master Plan) ........... [email protected] ● 404-593-8253 Eric Goldberg (Playground) [email protected] ● 678-467-2096 Treasurer, Barbara Leach Transportation: 404-521-2672 Danny Feig-Sandoval ................... [email protected] ● 404-791-8497 [email protected] Secretary, Janet Berry To advertise in the Advocator, please contact 404-217-2022 KDA Communications at (678) 905-4842 or [email protected] [email protected]. the Advocator is a publication of KDA Communications. Subject matter published is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily refl ect the opinion of the publisher of this newsletter. 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