Kerstin writes in…

Small, tan and white dog found on Mimosa Drive in the Winnona Park neighborhood wearing a gray Thundervest. Recently groomed and very approachable. Approximately 12 pounds. Call Wally & Trudy at if this is your dog or you might know who he belongs to.

Remember those unsightly garbage cans along the wall outside of Starbucks in downtown Decatur?  They are no more.  Or seen no more, at least!

The Decatur Downtown Development Authority recently funded a public art project to screen the trash bins – which serve many small businesses in the area, not just Starbucks – from the street.  The new screens are now in place – which you can see above.

Asst. City Manager Lyn Menne tells DM that the screen was created by Jason Smith of Smith Iron Works.

The Parkwood Annexation Report is now available on the city of Decatur’s website.

All of the city associated revenue (taxes) to costs (police/fire, streetlights, sewer, etc) come out easily net positive for the city ($152k vs. $22k in Year 2).  However, the school system seems to be a bit of a different story.  Though the projection of revenue to the cost of students is net positive the first 5 years (shown below), it’s hard to ignore that the gap between the two shrinks from around $100k in Year 2 to just $27k in Year 5, as the number of students increases from 19 to 31 in the annexed area.

Decaturish (who gets the hattip on this post) reports that the city commission is scheduled to vote on the Parkwood annexation in late April.

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Photo courtesy of Atlanta Beltline via Flickr