Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Group to tackle flooding issues, increase usage of greenspace.
SUMMERHILL — The neighborhood's signature greenspace, Phoenix Park, is getting a community boost. The neighborhood has formed the Friends of Phoenix Parks to advocate for and to work for improvements at the 11.3-acre site. The Organized Neighbors of Summerhill has partnered with Park Pride to form the "Friends of" group, joining other neighborhoods such as Candler Park, East Atlanta and Old Fourth Ward which have formed their own associations around their park spaces. ONS leaders discussed the initiative Monday at the neighborhood's monthly meeting. Phoenix Park is broken into two parcels with 7.3 acres — Phoenix Park II — bounded by Georgia Avenue and Martin, Little and Connally streets. The remaining 4 acres — Phoenix Park III — are …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Several items on the agenda.
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Monday, January 7
by Patch Staff The Organized Neighbors of Summerhill has scheduled its January meeting for tonight at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center, 250 Georgia Ave. SE. On the agenda:
Friday, December 28, 2012
Zachary Kahn faces four felony and six misdemeanor charges.
Atlanta police said Friday they arrested a man they say is responsible for a string of graffiti taggings along Georgia Avenue in Summerhill. Zachary Kahn, 21, was arrested Dec. 27 on four felony and six misdemeanor arrests. Kahn, who, according to the police, tags under the name "ptosis," is responsible for more than 100 instances of vandalism in Fulton and DeKalb counties. Brad Etterle, the Atlanta Police Department’s graffiti abatement officer, arrested Kahn after tying him to several acts of vandalism. That investigation linked Kahn to the tag "ptosis," a Greek word referring to the drooping or falling of the eyelid. The Summerhill taggings were all on Georgia Avenue and Reed Street: All of the Summerhill properties are owned by the …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Changes made to open up funds to more neighborhood development and improvement projects.
The SMP Community Inc. fund, which was created to mitigate the impact of the 1996 Oylmpic Games on the Summerhill, Peoplestown and Mechanicsville communities, is changing how it allocates money to those neighborhoods. The non-profit fund, which is administered by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority, gets its revenue via an eight-percent cut of the parking fees collected at the Turner Field lots. Up until now, the funds have been dispersed 50-50, with the neighborhoods' three community development groups — the Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corp., the SUMMECH Community Development Corp. and the Peoplestown Revitalization Corp. — getting half of the monies generated in a year for economic improvements. The other half goes to …
Among the issues to tackle: creating a development master plan for the neighborhood.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The Organized Neighbors of Summerhill elected on Monday night its slate of officers for the 2013 calendar year. The elected leaders included: The neighborhood plans to tackle a lot in the upcoming year, namely creating a masterplan for the community. East Atlanta Patch caught up with Mitchell, who will be taking over and building upon what outgoing president Josh Murtha did this year. (Murtha, who, along with his wife, just had baby, did not run again.) A longtime Sumerhill resident and community activist, we asked Mitchell what issues are shaping up to be top priorities for the upcoming year. Please click on the video to hear our interview.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Also on the agenda: the SMP fund.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
by Patch Staff The Organized Neighbors of Summerhill is scheduled to meet Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center, 250 Georgia Ave. SE in Grant Park. On the agenda:
Monday, November 5, 2012
Celine McGill had been missing since Nov. 5, but was found safe and is back home.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
UPDATED Nov. 6, 2:17 p.m.: APD says Celine McGill has returned home and is doing fine. ORIGINAL POST: The Atlanta Police Department has issued the following Mattie's Call alert: The family of 32-year-old Celine McGill has reported her as missing. She was last seen in the 200 block of Ormond Street SE around 10 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2012. McGill reportedly has a diminished mental capacity and some difficulty walking and talking. A Mattie’s Call has been issued for her. She was last seen wearing a light blue shirt, blue pants and red and white shoes. Anyone with information on McGill's whereabouts is asked to call 911 or call the Atlanta Police Missing Persons Unit at 404.546.4235.
Among agenda items: board nominations.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
by Patch Staff The Organized Neighbors of Summerhill will meet Nov. 5 at the Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center, 250 Georgia Ave. SE. On the agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting:
Monday, April 30, 2012
But board fails to take action on Custer/McDonough/Guice, which remains the only neighborhood split-zoned to two grammar schools.
The Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education — following more than an hour of discussion from the public and board members — voted Monday to rezone Summerhill to Parkside Elementary in Grant Park. The decision — Nancy Meister, who represents Buckhead Patch schools, was the lone dissenting vote — avoids a lawsuit Summerhill residents threatened to file against APS. Meister, a real estate agent, did not directly explain her no vote. But in an e-mail to East Atlanta Patch, she said she does support D.H. Stanton Elementary, the school Summerhill was slated to attend. "I believe that with support from the system and community D.H. Stanton will be a great school for all children. The residents of the Peoplestown community are dedicated to …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Communities should have the same goal: creating an educational foundation for success in all children.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
by Micah A. Rowland Greetings to all our neighbors: As we approach the final hour and come closer to finalization for our Atlanta Public Schools redistricting maps, I would hope that we could come to solidarity as a unified community in reaching our victory. We will all find that living together in a community builds strong relationships and friendships that I hope will last and live with us for an entire lifetime. Now that the time is upon us, it is time to lay down our different viewpoints and work together to bring our dreams to fruition. Let this be our time, our opportunity to find common ground and take the first step in building a lasting relationship across community boundaries. It’s important as we move forward through APS for a …
Chris Murphy
9:29 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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