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  July 2, 2009
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  Next Tour of Homes Meeting Thursday, July 9th, 7 PM Please join us for our next Tour of Homes meeting on Thursday July 9th, 7 pm, at 346 Augusta Avenue.

 
  Free Movies in Grant Park - Spiderman next Wednesday, July 8th Grant Park is hosting a free movie series starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings. The venue will be above the pond near the Berne St. entrance.

 
 
36th Annual Grant Park Tour of Homes

The Grant Park Neighborhood Association presents the 36th Annual Grant Park Tour of Homes on Saturday, September 26 from 10 AM to 6 AM and Sunday, September 27 from noon to 6 PM.

The Tour will showcase unique homes throughout our historical communi

 
  Grant Park Summer Shade Volunteers - Join our Facebook Group Please come and join the volunteers for the 7th Annual Grant Park Summer Shade Festival. It will be held August 29th and 30th, 2009. There is something for everyone to do at this great event. Check out http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.summershade.org for all the details.

 
  Adams Realtors Run for the Park - August 22, 2009 Join in the 5K run in Grant Park on Saturday August 22, 2009. Or bring your strollers, children for the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk.

 
  Special Fernbank Museum of Natural History Discount for Grant Park Fernbank Museum of Natural History wants to bring out the kid in you this summer! In conjunction with 90 Days of Dinosaurs—a summer-long series of events, activities and more—we invite our Grant Park neighbors to enjoy a special offer when you visit Fernbank! Whether you are 8 or 88, everyone pays kids’ price for Value Pass tickets, which means you get Museum and IMAX admission for only $19 through August 22, 2009.

 
  Grant Park is NOT a dog park Read more about what you (and your dog) can do to make Grant Park a safer and cleaner park.

 
  Jump Into the Grant Park Pool! www.grantparkpool.org

 
  The Grant Park Welcome Wagon is Here! The GPNA Welcoming Committee is actively meeting our new neighbors, but we need your help.

 
  St. Nicholas Orthodox Academy Openings for high school available at St. Nicholas Orthodox Academy for 2009-2010. Call Pamela Showalter at 404-468-6212 and visit www.stnicholasacademy.org/ for more information.

 
  FREE Preview Workout for Fitness Camps Benefiting Jackson High School FitWit is excited to announce new fitness camps running June 1 - July 10. For people interested in the program, FitWit is hosting a free preview workout on May 7 (6 am, 7 am, 9:30 am, or 6 p.m.) at Jackson High School in Grant Park. The FitWit fitness camp concept combines total fitness instruction with a unique focus on the community. As part of the focus on community, FitWit is partnering with Jackson High School to provide free fitness programs to select students.

 
  Grant Park Office Space for Rent Neighborhood office space above Dakota Blue in Grant Park. Perfect for start up small business or professional services firm. About 900 sf with 2 private offices, a storage closet and reception area. Refinished pine floors, high ceilings and oversized windows. Call Bill Adams for more information 404-688-1222.

 
  Terri's Lend-a-Hand Is your "to-do" list a mile long, but free time non-existent? Please know I am here to lend a hand!

 
  Fitness camp to benefit Jackson High School FitWit is redefining fitness for people of all levels. Our six week fitness camps offer a new challenge everyday as campers push, pull, lunge, crawl, jump, run, sweat and laugh themselves into the best shape of their lives, and in the process, they meet their new best friends.

 
  Glenwood Park Weekend Farmers Market - July 11 & 12 Market are Saturdays from 10am-2pm, and Sundays noon to 4pm - find us in the Square or 890 Bill Kennedy Way if it's rainy.

 
 
Grant Park Business Networking Group PowerCore is a close-contact networking association with a Grant Park location that can lead to remarkable results for your business. Our meetings are every Thursday from 7-9:30am at 750 Glenwood Ave. Residents from outside our neighborhood are welcome too.

 
  Carver Family YMCA The "Partner with Youth - I Love My Y Campaign" - Learn More & Give.

 
  Grant Park Resident Doug Blackmon Awarded Pulitzer Prize for His Book "Slavery By Another Name" Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude. www.slaverybyanothername.com

 
  Neighborhood Fund Donations - John Henderson and Families Impacted by Fires The Grant Park Neighborhood Association is collecting donations for victims of local fires. In addition we are collecting donations for the family of John Henderson who died early Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

 
  Glenwood Park Pool Open for Summer! Kid’s swim classes, year-round fitness center, wireless internet and more. Pool membership is a great investment – you can sell your membership after years of enjoyment.

 
  SEABA Business Meeting Please come to the SouthEast Atlanta Business Association's (SEABA) business meeting to learn about current happenings in the city of Atlanta from our guests who are well connected to the functioning of the city's business. SEABA is a community of unique and dynamic businesses of SouthEast Atlanta, Georgia. Check in at our website, www.SEABAga.org.

 
  GPNA Monthly General Membership Meeting The GPNA General Membership meeting occurs every third Tuesday of the month and begins promptly at 7:30 p.m. Our temporary location until further notice is Zoo Atlanta in the ARC Building-Ford Conference Room.

 
  Let's Go Green and Support GPCP! Support the Grant Park Cooperative Preschool by ordering products from "Let's Go Green" - all items are eco-friendly and designed to either help save resources, money, or both. Visit www.LetsGoGreen.biz, choose your items, and specify GPCP at checkout. GPCP earns 25% of every dollar! Please visit the site again and again - no deadline ever.

 
  Land Use and Zoning Committee Monthly Meeting The Grant Park Neighborhood Association Land Use and Zoning Committee takes up questions of appropriate land use, rezoning, and working with the City of Atlanta to create new Zonings when needed and monitoring our conditions on a rezoned property once it

 
  GPCP Grant Writer Needed Are you a grant writer? If so, the Grant Park Cooperative Preschool Board of Directors wants to talk to you! We’re looking for someone to research and write grants on behalf of the preschool.

 
 

Upcoming Events
Summer Safari Day Camp
Weekdays 9 AM - 4 PM until Aug 7, 2009 
Land Use and Zoning Committee Monthly Meeting
1st Thursday of Month 7 PM - 8:30 PM from Jul 2, 2009 
Parks & Rec Committee Meeting
1st Tuesday of Month 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM from Jul 7, 2009 until Dec 1, 2009 
Free Movies in Grant Park - Spiderman next Wednesday, July 8th
Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009 8 PM to 11 PM
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 8 PM to 11 PM
Glenwood Park Weekend Farmers Market - July 11 & 12
Saturday, Jul 11, 2009
Sunday, Jul 12, 2009
Saturday, Jul 25, 2009
Sunday, Jul 26, 2009
Saturday, Aug 8, 2009
Sunday, Aug 9, 2009
Saturday, Aug 22, 2009
Sunday, Aug 23, 2009
Saturday, Sep 19, 2009
Sunday, Sep 20, 2009
NPU-W Transportation 7:00PM
4th Thursday of Month Jul 16, 2009 
SEABA Networking Meeting
3rd Thursday of Month 5:30 PM - 7:15 PM on July 16, 2009 
Discovery Talk Series at Zoo Atlanta - CARNIVORES
Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 6 PM to 9 PM
History Committee Meeting
3rd Monday of Month 7 PM from Jul 20, 2009 
GPNA Monthly General Membership Meeting
3rd Tuesday of Month 7:30 PM - 9 PM from Jul 21, 2009 until Feb 16, 2010 
7:30 PM - GPNA Transportation Meeting
4th Tuesday of Month 7:30 PM - 9 PM from Jul 28, 2009 until Jan 26, 2010 
GPNA Economic Development Committee Monthly Meeting
5th Tuesday of Month 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM from Jul 28, 2009 until Dec 22, 2009 
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Discovery Talk Series at Zoo Atlanta - BIRDS
Thursday, Aug 13, 2009 6 PM to 9 PM
SEABA Business Meeting
3rd Thursday of Month 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM from Aug 20, 2009 
Adams Realtors Run for the Park - August 22, 2009
Saturday, Aug 29, 2009
36th Annual Grant Park Tour of Homes
Saturday & Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM from Sep 26, 2009 until Sep 27, 2009 
About the Grant Park Neighborhood Association
GPNA brings together residents of Grant Park who are interested in promoting, protecting and strengthening the neighborhood. The Association sponsors annually the Grant Park Tour of Homes and the Moth Ball, which are both in late September.

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