Hi, everyone! It’s me, Cherryl Young/ MamaNyeMatters, your host of the Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch newsletter — back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what’s happening locally. Today’s issue includes updates on:
- Photographer Dean Hesse named a finalist in the Atlanta Press Club Awards.
- The Decatur Waterworks trails.
- Flash flood warning.
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Now, today’s weather: Humid with a t-storm or two. High: 75 Low: 62.
Here are the top stories today in Decatur-Avondale Estates:
- DeKalb County government and local church organizations have come together to distribute 5,000 boxes of fruits, vegetables, eggs, chicken, and other foods and beverages. Ninety-nine percent of the food is grown in Georgia. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 24 at 9 a.m. at Shy Temple CME Church, 2030 Wesley Chapel Road, and the Big Miller Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 3800 Big Miller Grove Way, both in Decatur. For additional sites in other communities, you may click the link. (On Common Ground News)
- The Decatur Waterworks has been a historic site since 2006. Two years later, construction on the trail began. The funding for the trail has come from the PATH Foundation and has now reached its completion. There are accessible trails and bridges that connect to various sites to be seen and explored, at the public’s discretion. (Atlas Obscura)
- Dean Hesse, a photographer for Decaturish, which covers much of Decatur, has been named a finalist in the Atlanta Press Club Awards. This is Hesse’s second year to be honored…
Read the full article here