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Brookhaven
Free tennis lessons offered at Lynwood Park
Pure Tennis will host “Try Tennis Free” days
at Lynwood Park in Brookhaven on May 19 and
May 21. The clinics will be available for ages 4 to
6 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and ages 7 to 10 from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. All equipment and mini-nets
will be provided. To register for the event, visit
www.puretennis.net/information/registration_
payment. For more information on the 10 and
Under Junior Development Tennis Program, visit
www.puretennis.net.
City to hold public meeting on bike,
pedestrian & trail plan
The city of Brookhaven has begun work on
its first bicycle, pedestrian and trail plan. This ef
fort will help develop a vision for a future bicycle,
pedestrian and trail network for residents and
visitors.
The planning is scheduled to conclude in
early 2016 and includes an initial analysis of ex
isting conditions, a determination of future needs
and an implementation plan to guide the city in
future decision making.
There will be opportunities for residents to
participate in the development of this plan, in
cluding the first public meeting to be held Tues
day, May 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lynwood
Park Community Center, 3360 Osborne Road.
This will be the first of three planned meet
ings throughout the planning effort. This initial
meeting will include the following topics: 5:30-6
p.m.—community preference exercise to deter
mine community preferences for different types
of bicycle, pedestrian, and trail improvements;
6-6:20 p.m.—a formal presentation regarding
the plan development; and 6:20-7:30 p.m.—an
interactive exercise to craft an overall vision for a
bicycle, pedestrian and trail network.
Decatur
'Family Job Fair' comes to Mt. Welcome
Missionary Baptist Church
Youth, adults and seniors looking to find
work are all welcome to participate in a job fair
on Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Mt. Welcome Missionary Baptist Church, lo
cated at 581 Parker Ave., Decatur.
Dubbed the “Family Job Fair,” the event will
allow participants to meet employers represent
ing different industries. The event is sponsored
by Commissioner Larry Johnson.
DeKalb Workforce Development has signed
on to partner with this event and secure employ
ers to participate. The “Family” Job Fair is open
to the public. Participants seeking employment
are encouraged to register online at familyjob-
fair.eventbrite.com. Businesses interested in par
ticipating should email Kendra Kelly at kkelly@
dekalb countyga. gov.
Chamblee
Nonprofit engineers group moves into new
headquarters
The Association of Energy Engineers
(AEE) has moved into its new international
headquarters building is located at 3168 Mer
cer University Drive, Atlanta. The building has
earned EPA’s ENERGY STAR for label year
2014 with a score of 85. The AEE International
Headquarters is a single-tenant office building
that serves as the international headquarters for
all of AEE’s activities worldwide.
AEE purchased its new facility in early 2014,
and, after several months of renovations, the staff
was able to move into the facility in October
2014. In preparing its new facility for occupancy,
AEE made several upgrades. All walls were
painted and all carpeting was replaced, all with
materials low in VOCs. Multiple ADA upgrades
were completed, including the installation of
an elevator. All windows are double-paned and
glazed.
AEE’s new facility uses LED lighting ex
clusively. Lighting equipment was provided by
Acuity Brands and Cooper Lighting. The interior
lighting consists of an integrated lighting controls
system with dimming and scene selection. All
interior lighting fixtures have occupancy sensors.
The majority of the interior partitions were re
used, including the glass walls, doors, and ceiling
tiles.
The Association of Energy Engineers,
founded in 1977, is an Atlanta-based nonprofit
professional society of over 17,000 members in 90
countries.
Lithonia
Church to host brain health forum
The Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center will host the “Your Brain’s Health: A
Forum on Caregiving and Aging Successfully”
May 30 at Antioch Lithonia Missionary Baptist
Church. The free educational forum is a resource
fair and memory-screening event with experts
from Emory, the Alzheimer’s Association, the
VA and the Atlanta Regional Commission. The
event is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Check- in and
memory screenings begin at 8 a.m. To make an
appointment for a memory screening visit www.
memoryatemory. eventbr ite. com
Forum sessions include breakfast and lunch.
Antioch Lithonia Missionary Baptist Church is
located at 2152 Rock Chapel Road in Lithonia. To
register for the event, visit www.antiochcaregiv-
ing.eventbrite.com or call (404) 727-3251.
Keep DeKalb beautiful hosts document
shredding, shoe collection event
Keep DeKalb Beautiful (KDB), a unit of the
DeKalb County Sanitation Division, in partner
ship with Berean Christian Church, will host a
free sensitive document shredding and shoe col
lection event on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to
noon. The event will be held at the Berean Chris
tian Church parking lot, 2201 Young Road, Stone
Mountain.
Event participation is free and open to
DeKalb County residents. Participants will have
an opportunity to dispose of sensitive documents,
such as old tax records and legal documents. All
documents will be shredded onsite, and each
participant will be limited to five standard-sized
boxes of documents for shredding purposes.
Shredding services for the event will be provided
by Shred-it North Atlanta.
Participants will also have an opportunity to
donate gently used shoes for recycling and re
purposing. All shoes, with the exception of ski or
winter boots, slippers and rubber flip-flops, will
be accepted.
For more information on this event or how to
plan a beautification project with KDB, contact
KDB at (404) 371-2654 or kdb@dekalbcountyga.
gov, or visit www.keepdekalbbeautiful.org.
Stone Mountain
Group to present beautification update
The Board of Directors of South DeKalb
Improvement Association, Inc. (SDIA) will host
a public forum May 16 at Berean Community
Center from 9:30—11:30 a.m. The featured
speaker, Keep DeKalb Beautiful Director Gordon
Burkette, will address attendees on Keep DeKalb
Beautiful: A Call to Action. Burkette will speak
on KDB’s existing programs and initiatives, in
cluding Adopt-A-Road, Adopt-A-MARTA Bus
Stop, Litter Busters, Recycling in DeKalb Schools,
and Sick of Signs/Robocall. He will also provide
updates on gateway projects, new initiatives to
address curb appeal concerns, how the transition
to weekly trash pick-up frees county workers for
other activities, upcoming events, and more. A
Q&A session will follow the presentation. Ber
ean Community Center is located at 2440 Young
Road in Stone Mountain. For more information,
contact Peggy Hobdy at SDIA@gmail.com.
Countywide
Free pet adoptions available in May
LifeLine Animal Project is offering free
pet adoptions in May with the extension of its
“Spring into Adoption” promotion. Any pet
weighing 25 pounds or more may be adopted
from DeKalb County Animal Services (DCAS),
located at 845 Camp Road in Decatur. Every pet
will be spayed or neutered and receive all vac
cines and a microchip at no cost to its new pet
parent. Adoption counselors will be on-hand to
answer questions and ensure animals are placed
in good homes. To see pictures of available ani
mals, and for adoption hours, visit www.dekalb-
animalservices.com.