A big ol’ hattip to Amelia for this one.

I really want to call this event “Get Soused With Walter”, but I’ll refrain…except for that one time.

From the Decatur Business Association newsletter…

Join Decatur Preservation Alliance for Woodlands, Walter and Wine featuring Georgia’s Favorite Gardener Walter Reeves on Great Garden Disasters!

Sunday, September 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Woodlands Garden, 920 Scott Blvd., Decatur 30030

Wine tasting and light hors d’oeuvres, $45/per person ($30 tax-deductible)

Purchase event and raffle tickets by September 15 online, by mail, with check payable to Decatur Preservation Alliance (designate “WG Event”), P. O. Box 1764, Decatur, GA 30031 and pay at the door with advance reservation required, call 404-371-4444.

Parking is available at “The Brownstones at Decatur” town homes across from Woodlands on Scott Blvd.

Purchase a chance to win a consultation with Walter at your metro-Atlanta home garden, a hands-on plant propagation class for you and a few friends at Woodlands with “plant whisperer” George de Man, and gift bags with Woodlands t-shirts and note cards plus a bottle of wine.

Raffle tickets are $5 (no limit) and you do not have to be present to win. Sponsored by Decatur Package Store and The Cook’s Warehouse and Sherlock’s Wine Merchant.

Tickets are available online HERE.

Jennifer writes in…

Emory is looking for more kids between the ages of 6 and 36 months for participation in the Swine Flu Vaccine Study. If interested more information can be obtained by calling 404-727-4044.

The study began back in late August, but I guess few parents are enthused about putting their kids, especially infants and toddlers, under the needle for a flu shot trial.

I’m not sure I’d ever be comfortable with volunteering my child (if I had one!) to participate in something like this, even if the risk was low.  Would you ever be willing to enroll your infant in a flu trial?  How bad how the outbreak have to be for you to consider it?

Here’s the video!  [h/t: Next Stop...Decatur]

Looking for some early morning TV exposure?  Warren at Relics & Rarities writes in…

Wanted to let you know FOX 5 will be shooting live from Relics on September 11 starting at 630 am. I’m inviting all Decatur to stop by. It should be fun.

Scott sends in this pic of a fence that’s been erected around Allen Wilson Terrace. 

It’s the first sign that the long planned demolition and redevelopment of this site as a blend of subsidized and market-rate housing is underway. To the right, I’ve included a couple pics from the architect’s website of what the finished project will look like. (Click to enlarge)  From what I’ve heard about this project in the past, the larger building facing Trinity will be mixed-use and include first floor retail.

Obviously whenever public housing is redeveloped there are concerns about what will happen to current residents.  In the case of Allen Wilson, the city has long planned for this moment and has been intentionally leaving units vacant for several months after residents had left voluntarily.  This gives the city the flexibility to move residents around while construction moves forward in phases.  And while being moved from building to building may be inconvenient, none of the current residents are being displaced.