I guess this is what is meant by LATE breaking news.  Get your Decatur City Commission news four days later!  It’s like a cellared craft beer, it improves with age.  :-/

At Monday’s City Commission meeting, the commissioners accepted a conservation easement in order to build a trail between Ansley and Olympic Place.  The item on the agenda reads as such…

The purpose of this memo is to recommend that the City Commission authorize the Mayor to execute all documents necessary to accept a conservation easement for the  purposes of building a trail on the properties at 535 Ansley Street and 238 Olympic Place.  The City Commission authorized funding to obtain surveys, legal services and trail designs  for up to three trails on Olympic Place. The owners of the property at the end of Olympic  Place, Fisher and Karen Paty, have donated a 10 foot wide conservation easement on their  property to connect Ansley Street and Olympic Place. This easement area will be used for a trail that the City will construct and maintain.

Reagan sends along this announcement…

Once again the sights, sounds, and smells of the Decatur BBQ Blues & Bluegrass Festival will invade Harmony Park in Oakhurst Saturday, August 17th from 4pm – 10pm. This year’s event promises to be one of the best with a terrific line up of live musical acts, first class BBQ from Fox Bros, Black Tie, Williamson Bros., and Miss P’s Kitchen, an enhanced kid’s area and much more.

Harmony Park in the Oakhurst section of Decatur will play host to this 13th annual event. Along with BBQ, Music, and a variety of cold craft beer provided by New Belgium, there will be fun and activities for the the entire family including a kids area complete with entertainment, face painting and arts and crafts.

As one of the neighborhoods largest fundraisers the nominal $10 advance entry fee ($15 at the gate) will once again go to support the Decatur community through local grants and community based programming throughout the year.

So don’t wait until festival day purchase your tickets online by logging onto www.decaturbbqfestival.com.

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