George sends along this announcement from the Downtown Decatur Neighborhood Association…

Downtown Decatur residents are invited to help create a neighborhood association working on the myriad issues that surging development is bringing to our community. Since 1996, the number of housing units in Downtown Decatur increased from 1050 to 1678. It will take one year – not twenty – to add the next 600 new residences. And more are coming.

Growth is great, so long as it preserves or improves the quality of life of the people currently living downtown. The City of Decatur has done a good job working to make sure this happens, but the sheer quantity of growth on the horizon will challenge these efforts. A Downtown Neighborhood Association will help preserve what drew us to downtown by working on traffic, public spaces, sidewalks and the other quality-of-life issues that we live with every day.

Join us on November 12 and help make a difference.