Happy Halloween

The City of Decatur residents did not disappoint with the Halloween decorations this year! If you haven’t had a chance to walk or drive around, you have to get out there and see what people have been up to! The 2011 Decorate Decatur Halloween winners are listed below (in no specific order)   And the grand prize, [...]

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Electronic Recycling This Saturday

Saturday, Oct. 29 • 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Decatur High School parking lot N. McDonough Street at Howard Avenue Recycle TVs for $10 cash only with exact change Styrofoam not accepted this year Do you have an old VCR in the attic, or a computer that’s collecting dust? Don’t throw it away! Save it and recycle it [...]

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Halloween is a week away!

How have we already come to the end of October?! Halloween is one week away, and to me, that means the holidays are upon us. But let’s not put the cart before the horse…go out and enjoy all of the Halloween festivities that Decatur has to offer and we can start talking about the holidays [...]

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This Weekend in Decatur

> Turn DecatuRED this Saturday! 39 Decatur business are participating. Check out the list and map of participating businesses and watch the DecatuRED videos like the Worthmore one above. > Join HomeGrown this evening from 7-10 p.m. for its Atlanta Celebrates Photography show. Click here to see the participating photographers. > In addition to taking part in [...]

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New Six Word Story Videos

Check out the three new Six Word Story videos that we just uploaded: Learn about Decatur’s six word stories and see the other videos here.

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Beer Week Continues in Decatur

Everybody is getting in on the Atlanta Beer Week action here in Decatur ! Don’t believe me? Then head on over to Little Shop of Stories on Saturday for the 1st annual Root Beer Festival. Just because you aren’t of age (or don’t actually like beer), doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all [...]

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Commercial Energy Rebate is Back… for 3 weeks!

The City of Decatur is excited to announce the second phase of the DecaturWISE Commercial Rebate Program. Businesses and organizations will have another opportunity to apply for rebates for energy efficient upgrades to buildings located within the city. Funded through an Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant administered through the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), [...]

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Vote for Decatur!

Decatur has been nominated in Atlanta Intown’s Best of the Holidays as one of the “Best Places to See Lights and Decorations.” And not to brag or anything, but I do think Decatur does a bang-up job with holiday lights. In the past few years we’ve added more lights around the square and on the [...]

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Decatur loves Atlanta Beer Week

Join Atlanta Beer Week on an eight-day neighborhood-by-neighborhood tour to celebrate the culmination of Atlanta’s finest craft beer offerings as we explore establishments across the city that are steadily growing and evolving Atlanta’s thriving craft beer community. Don’t miss out on customized beer dinners, exclusive casks and tap lists, specialty beer flights, meet-the-brewer events, pub-crawls, [...]

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Civil Wars Concerts Canceled

The two Eddie & Agnes Civil War concerts that were scheduled for this evening and Monday have been canceled. In an email, Daren Wang writes that due to a case of laryngitis, the concert has been canceled and they’re looking into replacement dates in December. If you’ve purchased a ticket, you can call Ticket Alternative [...]

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