Google’s April Fools Day joke this year is great. Play PacMan to your heart’s content on the streets of your city in Google Maps!
That of course includes Decatur.
Click this link to head on over and start playing Pac Man around Decatur Square right now! (The loop around the Old Courthouse makes the whole game extra tricky.)
If you want to play another area, you can leave the PacMan overlay, adjust your location and then click the Pac Man icon in the lower-left corner.
Happy chomping!
The Decatur Planning Commission has a packed agenda in April.
Another item of note on the agenda – the commission will again take up an application by Weaver Capital to subdivide the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta property at 450 East Lake Drive, creating two residential lots.
The proposal requests that the parcel be subdivided and two R-60 residential lots be created on the hilly western side of the lot. The eastern lawn area – leased by the City of Decatur from the Boys & Girls Club for $1 a year – would remain part of the Oakhurst Dog Park.
The item was tabled by the Planning Commission late last year to allow the neighborhood and the Boys & Girls Club an opportunity to come to an agreement. (WABE summarized the issues at hand back in February March.) The application was withdrawn from the Planning Commission’s February meeting agenda by the applicants and has since been resubmitted for their April 14th meeting.
Map courtesy of Planning Commission Meeting Materials
UPDATE: I initially missed that TNT linked to a Redstone lease plan that showed the three new retailers and their location in the building. From the plan, it looks like Highland Bakery will buildout in the western most retail location (also show in the pic above), Orangetheory would build out the center space and Taziki’s would take the eastern spot.
They are also listed on Redstone’s website.
Tomorrow’s News Today reports that Highland Bakery is one of three new tenants opening in the first floor retail space of “The Place on Ponce” building at 315 West Ponce de Leon Ave. Decatur would be Highland Bakery’s third sixth Atlanta location.
The site also reports that Orangetheory Fitness and Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe will take the remaining two spots in the building’s retail space.
Additionally, TNT reports that “I Love Juice Bar” is the juice bar looking to open a drive-thru location in the 315 West Ponce office building. As we reported yesterday, that plan is scheduled to go before the Decatur Planning Commission this month.
We’ve reached out to the 315 folks for confirmation on this report.
Photo courtesy of The Place on Ponce Facebook page
Sorry for the late notice! Summary courtesy of the Decatur Minute…
Come out to the Decatur Recreation Center on March 31st from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. to find out what’s in store for FY2015-2016. The purpose of the expo is to engage people of all ages in the city’s budgeting process in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
The expo will feature music, food and prizes. The popular budget bingo game returns this year, appropriate for ages 5 to 105. Public safety and public works vehicles will be parked in front of the Recreation Center for children and adults to see up close. Expo attendees will also be able to visit the Visitors’ Center tent and sign up as special events volunteers.
For more information about this event or the city’s annual budget, visit www.decaturga.com/budget
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With Decatur and DeKalb schools on Spring Break next week, many families are heading to the coast or the mountains for some R&R (not necessarily “rest & relaxation”, but “running & restlessness”).
However, others will stick around Atlanta and do something resembling a “staycation” in the city. As such, it seems like a pretty good time to revisit this question – what are your favorite sights around Atlanta? With or without kids.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
The clothing boutique, Naty’s Closet, in the 335 West Ponce building, is announcing – via a sign in its window – that the store will be closing soon.
The shop opened two years ago in early April.
Photo courtesy of Google Streetview
Decatur Police just sent out this update…
On 3/26/15, Sgt. Jackson was conducting a location check at the Decatur Library due to several motor vehicle thefts in the area and observed three young males loitering in the area. Sgt. Jackson observed one of the males looking at vehicles in the parking deck while the other two stood near the entrance/exit. Upon seeing Sgt. Jackson’s vehicle the three males quickly walked from their positions and entered the rear door of the Decatur Library.
Officers located the three males inside of the library. One of the males had active warrants for armed robbery and criminal attempt to commit theft of a motor vehicle for the 3/4/15 incident that occurred in the parking lot at Commerce Drive and Church Street in Decatur. One of the males had an active juvenile runaway petition out of Clayton County. Further investigation revealed the three males came to the library with the intention of stealing a vehicle.
[An] 18-year-old [from] DeKalb County, was arrested and charged with loitering or prowling in addition to being served with the active warrants for armed robbery and criminal attempt to commit theft of a motor vehicle. [A] 17-year-old [from] DeKalb County, was arrested and charged with loitering or prowling and possession of tools for the commission of a crime. The 15-year-old juvenile was charged with loitering or prowling.
