District 2 City Council Office Launches Facebook Page

Staff Reports

After years of pumping out information via 140 characters or less on Twitter, the staff of the Atlanta District 2 City Council office has a bit more elbow room to promote district happenings with the recent launching of the District 2 facebook page.

Councilman Kwanza Hall represents District 2, which includes a dozen neighborhoods in the heart of the city including Downtown, Georgia State University, Castleberry Hill, the Marietta Artery, Home Park, Georgia Tech, Atlantic Station, Midtown, Sweet Auburn, the Old Fourth Ward, Poncey-Highland, and Inman Park.

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On Tuesday night, the Home Park Community Improvement Association will host a community meeting at , located at 425 10th St.

The community meeting, which is held the second Tuesday every other month, is an opportunity for the community to come together in a social setting to hear and provide feedback with respect to current issues in the community.

It is set to begin at 7 p.m. and will take place in the basement meeting room (entrance adjacent to the parking lot).

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Also Tuesday, the APS Board of Education is set to vote on Superintendent Dr. Erroll Davis' at a meeting that has been to accommodate a larger audience.

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On Wednesday, the Midtown Neighbors’ Association is sponsoring Mingle In Midtown - Community Leaders Social. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Escorpion, it's a chance to meet and chat in a relaxed environment with local leaders, Midtown neighbors, as well as neighbors from surrounding communities. Escorpion will be offering a $5 margarita special as well as a few munchies.

Confirmed guests include Atlanta City Councilmen Kwanza Hall (District 2) and Alex Wan (District 6).

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This month's PARC (Park Atlanta Rescue Coalition) meeting will be on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at Peachtree Hills Park (doughnuts and coffee await will be served). All are invited to attend this networking meeting for park advocates. Representatives from the City of Atlanta Parks Department will attend to provide an update on the issues facing parks in the upcoming city budget. Attendees will leave with clear steps they can take to connect with their elected official on important issues related to promoting and preserving parks.

Each year, Park Pride supports communities in developing and realizing conceptual master plans for parks in their area through the Park Visioning Program. Led by professional landscape architects on Park Pride’s staff, a community is taken through an eight-month process of compiling community input to determine where their needs are and to design (or re-design) their neighborhood park, converting the community’s dream into a conceptual, but tangible, masterplan. The deadline for submitting applications is May 1, 2012.

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Are you satisfied with City of Atlanta services? Now you can give your input with the click of a mouse. The Atlanta City Council’s Finance/Executive Committee is inviting residents to provide input on their level of satisfaction with selected city services online on the city of Atlanta’s website at www.atlantaga.gov.

At the main webpage, click on the rotating image scroll that says “City of Atlanta Satisfaction Survey.” Online feedback will be accepted until midnight April 30. The survey data will be compiled and a report will be generated for review and analysis as part of the Atlanta City Council’s 2013 City Budget Review Process.