Decatur Metro Wins "Best of Atlanta" Award
November 24, 2008 | 1:36 pmIn case you haven’t seen the latest issue of Atlanta Magazine, Decatur Metro and InDecatur have been awarded Atlanta Magazine’s 2008 “Best of Atlanta” award for “best neighborhood news”!
Along with Catherine and Lauren’s AsianCajuns, which won “best local style blog”, Decatur is very well-represented in the online section of the awards this year.
I had been holding onto this story until I could get my hands on a hard copy of the mag, but Catherine spilled the beans over at The Decatur Minute earlier today, so I thought I better just get it out there!
Oh, and make sure to click over to The Minute to check out all the brick-and-mortar Decatur winners!
Congrats all!
UPDATE: Here’s the blurb…
“InDecatur and Decatur Metro’s prespectives on this DeKalb berg may differ slightly – “The town you’d get if you bred Berkeley with Mayberry” and “An independent voice in an independent city,” respectively – but what these two blogs offer does not: copious posts on anything and everything Decatur. Want to know what type of restaurant is opening on East Ponce? InDecatur will provide an annotated photo of the space, along with the inside scoop gathered by intrepid sources (aka fellow Decaturites). Want an update on development issues, such as with the citywide Wi-Fi will be in effect? Decatur Metro will contact the city manager.”
Actually I’d contact Andrea. 
It’s wonderful that so many local venues are being recognized. Congrats!
Hi Nick, congrats on making best of! I’m so glad that you and InDecatur are finally getting some recognition. Sorry, to beat you to the punch. I picked up a copy this weekend so I can show it to my parents when I fly home for Thanksgiving
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Thanks guys!
No problem Catherine. I’ve been looking for a copy but have yet to find it…maybe I need to look a little harder! Congrats to you and Lauren too!!
Congrats! Well-deserved.
Congrats Nick,
Jeff at Whit’s End.
Hi Nick!
I will be happy to send you copies; feel free to e-mail me at abrown@atlantamag.emmis.com with your address, and I’ll send them right along!
Congrats! I’ve been telling everyone around town to check out your blog. It’s become one of my faves!
Nice work! I’m told the Georgia Podcast Network is mentioned, but I have yet to see the issue.
Congrats Nick!
You deserve it! We have such a wonderful city and you do an excellent job keeping us all up to date with the latest information! Outstanding job! Mindy
Thanks for such a great blogsite and kudos for the well-deserved award!
Congratulations!! The honor is well-deserved.
DM rocks !
Congrats to you Nick, keep up the good work.
Aww shucks…thanks everybody! I really appreciate it! I’ve added the actual blurb from the issue to the post above.
And Rusty, you are correct. Georgia Podcast Network is in there…and so is your name!
Congratulations, Nick, and a toast to Decatur blogs and merchants! I still haven’t seen the magazine, and until you mentioned it a while back, I didn’t know you’d also been named. Carry on!
It is a well-deserved honor for both blogs – you both do a great job and offer an excellent service to our community. Keep on posting!
Awesome… you need to put a warning on your blog though that it is highly addictive and can lead to physical dependency and the need for a blogectomy.
Thanks Dave, Linda and MrFixIt!
And MrFixIt…you’re telling me! Maybe that should be the new tagline instead of “An Independent Voice in an Independent City”
“Warning: May Lead to Physical Dependency” I like it!
That’s great… Congratulations!