Where is this?

After being trapped in the house for a week, I think many of us are just chock-full of suggestions for how to better prepare for the next snow/ice storm.  Bob writes in with a request…

I would like a dedicated thread for suggestions to the City of Decatur…on what they might do to prepare for the next snow storm. I think more could be done without costing an arm and a leg.

I’m always up for a constructive exercise that aims at bettering ourselves and the community.  (Lord, that sounded a bit sappy.  Even for me.)  But I’d like to expand it beyond just suggestions for the city, and also open up the virtual floor to suggestions for neighborhood groups and each other.  For example, how can we encourage more residents to shovel sidewalks after a storm?  Perhaps we could create shovel-exchange centers in neighborhoods and folks could leave their ID and take a shovel for an hour or two?

I dunno.  Just thinking out-loud.

See?

And if we ever start getting mail again, you might get a chance to hold this refreshened, new Focus between your dried out, chapped fingers!

Image courtesy of the Decatur Minute

From the City of Decatur’s website…

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – You might have associated this quote with the U.S. Postal Service. This year, it is the creed of Decatur’s 9th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project. The volunteer planning committee has been busily working all week to prepare for this weekend. We are looking forward to hundreds of volunteers showing up to do home repairs and yard work to help our seniors live safely, comfortably and affordably in their own homes. There is a warming trend this weekend.

It will still be a bit cold on Saturday morning, so those interested in doing yard work might want to consider signing up for another shift. We will still be doing some yard work on Saturday morning. Home repairs will continue all weekend as planned. We would especially love more volunteers who can do home repairs or are fairly proficient with carpentry. We also still could use some additional volunteers with trucks who could pick up additional supplies at the Edgewood Lowes and deliver them to the homes in Oakhurst, especially on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and all day on Monday. There are other opportunities to help with checking out and checking in tools. If you are familiar with yard work, please consider joining us as a Yard Work Captain.

Please help us be environmentally friendly and bring your own reusable water bottle. Please be sure to dress for the weather. Sign up for one or more of the following shifts:

Saturday, January 15, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 16, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday, January 17, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

To sign up or for further information, please contact Lee Ann Harvey, Volunteer! Decatur, at or 678-553-6548 or 770-652-8593.

Let’s hope that this is the last one of these posts we’ll need for a long time!

If you’re just visiting this site for the first time, this post is here for neighbors to help each other out and report on Decatur-area road conditions.