Corner of Shadowmoor and Inman Drive, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Winnona Park Stud)

This is a pretty cool idea!  From the Decatur Arts Festival website…

New this year is a free bike valet service. A valet attendant remains on duty to park and monitor bikes during the event.

Park your bike and enjoy the festival knowing that it will remain secure. Look for signs to direct you to the bike valet area.

The Decatur Arts Festival worked with the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition to provide this service. We hope to reduce the event’s impact on traffic congestion and carbon emissions by supporting the bicycle transportation alternative. The bike valet service is sponsored by Atlanta Bicycle Coalition and Bicycle South.

Both the Decatur Arts Alliance and Bicycle South are DM sponsors.  However the h/t for this bit of info goes to Next Stop…Decatur.

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Included on the agenda for tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting is a change order in the amount of $119,000 for additional work at Fire Station #1, which is currently under extensive renovation (page 25 of meeting materials).  According to Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon, the change order was due to “concealed or actual site and building conditions”, and “owner and architect requirements”.

At the conclusion of the letter, Mr. Saxon states, “The work generally is complete and the Fire Department will be staffing the facility later this month.  Decatur Fire Station No. 1 is on track to receive LEED Gold or Platinum Certification for the U.S. Green Building Council.”

Now admittedly I haven’t been keeping the closest eye on FS1′s construction progress over the last few months, but since many of the renovation has occurred on the interior, its been difficult for the casual construction voyeur to get a sense of progress.

Mr. Saxon’s comments indicates that FS1 will be the first of the three big city renovations to be completed.  The Rec Center addition is still underway, while another letter from Mr. Saxon in tonight’s meeting materials regarding a 16-month lease on 2716 East Ponce to store maintenance vehicles and materials, indicates that the Public Works building will soon also begin its extensive renovation to accommodate both the city and schools public works departments, along with the city planning department.