Dear Neighbor,
Happy
Holidays! The following are just a few of the things that I’ve heard
about and wanted to pass along. Please check
hendersonroad.com
often for more news and updates. Email alerts will be sent
as needed.
Kind regards,
Jenni,
Website Coordinator
I.
Celebrate
the Holidays in Tucker
II.
Proposed
"Quality of Life" Ordinance
III.
Crime Prevention
News, Etc.
I. Celebrate the Holidays in Tucker
Holiday
Spirit Along Henderson Road In Tucker
What are some of your family's favorite holiday
traditions? During
Christmas, Paul, my in-laws, and I enjoy driving through Tucker and metro
Atlanta neighborhoods and "ooh" and "aah" at the holiday
decorations and lights. Reindeer, miniature trains, candy canes, and
shrubs wrapped in twinkling lights add that special touch. There's
always one Tucker home on our tour. From Henderson Road, you've seen
the brightly colored lights on the rooftop. Turning down Lake Road
towards the home's driveway, there are even more surprises.
Interested in how their holiday tradition began, we asked Sharon and her
husband if they could tell us more:
“Thanks for asking about Mickey's Christmas lights. He
spends hours putting them up and taking them down each year. Honestly
we lose track because it is so many hours of work. He also has no idea
how many thousands of lights he puts out each year, but I can tell you
that his favorite decoration is the train with the turning wheels in the
front yard. His tradition of decorating started 20 years ago when our
oldest daughter was 2. We started with a small Nativity scene that
included Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Every year we added to the Nativity
and then when that was complete he started acquiring other decorations.
Although Mickey threatens yearly to quit decorating because it is so
much work and our children are older, he is thrilled when people enjoy
the lights. One year a young girl with her grandmother's help wrote him
a letter about how much the lights meant to her. Our hope is that
people will drive or walk down the drive way so they can get a really
good view.”
** Health and weather permitting, Sharon and Mickey
plan to have all the lights and decorations ready by December 10th.
**
One evening, Paul and I plan to make the short walk down to
Lake Road and tour Sharon and Mickey’s Christmas lights. Maybe we’ll see
some of our Henderson Road neighbors there!
By Sharon,
Lake Road
Homeowner
By Jenni,
Website Coordinator
7th Annual Holiday
Festival - Main Street in Tucker
Bring the
family for the annual Christmas tree lighting and arrival of Santa Claus
on Tuesday, December 6th, 7-9pm. Santa arrives at 7pm and lights the
Christmas tree. Festivities include a bonfire, caroling, luminaries
lining the decorated streets of Tucker, children’s activities, and live
music. Several of the shops on Main Street will be open. The festival
is hosted by the Main Street Tucker Alliance (MTA).
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II.
Proposed "Quality of Life" Ordinance – Commissioners
Vote 12/15
There’s a lot
of discussion and news coverage on the topic of “infill” in DeKalb
County. In the November 21st DeKalb County Board of
Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners deferred the decision to vote on
a proposal by DeKalb’s Infill Task Force. Learn more about the “Quality
of Life” ordinance by reviewing some of the online documentation
available:
DeKalb Infill Task Force
TruthAboutInfill.com
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III. Crime Prevention
News, Etc.
Neighborhood News
I’ve received
no reports of any crime/safety issues occurring in the neighborhoods along
Henderson Road. (Jenni)
Holiday
Reminder
“Just a
reminder to be more vigilant than you normally are this holiday season,
and as always, please report any suspicious activity by calling 911.” For
example, the Winding Woods Neighborhood Watch sent the following notice:
“A 9ft. lighted white string Christmas tree and 3 light-up Christmas
package decorations were stolen over the weekend (Nov. 26th-27th) from
Wender Drive (Winding Woods). Parents, please check with your teenagers
to see if they may know where these decorations can be found. Hopefully,
this is not the beginning of a trend.”
Watch Your Car Program
Update
In the
November issue of the hendersonroad.com News Updates, the following
information was included:
The DeKalb
Police Department (DPKD) Auto Theft Unit wants to stop thieves in their
tracks. In an effort to ensure citizens are informed and protected, two
proactive programs have been implemented.
WATCH YOUR CAR PROGRAM
(read more)
VEHICLE VIN ETCHING
(read more)
Sergeant
Slade with the DKPD’s Auto Theft Unit will be sending more information
on the programs. I’ll forward this information to the
hendersonroad.com
distribution list for determining community interest. (Jenni)
Update:
Detective Jacquie Armistead started up the Watch Your Car program here in
DeKalb and shared additional details about the Program. "The easiest
way for people to sign up would be if there was some type of homeowner's
meeting. I would be more than happy to attend and bring all the
paperwork with me. People could bring their proof of ownership and
ID, fill out the forms and get the stickers all at one time. Doing
them at one time at a central location would be the easiest for everyone."
Homeowner Associations, Neighborhood Watch groups, or
other homeowner groups: If interested in arranging a time and
location, please contact Detective Armistead at 404-294-2560 or
jmarmist@co.dekalb.ga.us
Handbills
Have you ever
received restaurant menus and miscellaneous business cards taped or wedged
behind the mailbox flag? “Some information is sought after, while other
types bombard us whether we want it or not. One type of information
distribution residents often find aggravating is the proliferation of
flyers, business cards, leaflets or circulars placed on their doorsteps,
tossed onto driveways or stuck to the mailboxes. Different from the
flyers, or junk mail, for which postage is paid and have been delivered
from your mail carrier, these pieces of paper have been delivered outside
of the postal system and therefore often end up on lawns or curbs,
doorknobs and porches, or collected on mailbox lids. Additionally, too
many of these accumulating can signal that the property is unoccupied,
which is a safety risk.”
It wasn’t
until a recent conversation with a business placing a flyer on our mailbox
that I learned the name for this paper is a “handbill”. The Tucker Post
Office confirmed that it is permissible for businesses to place these
handbills on the outside of mailboxes. The mail carrier will contact the
business if the handbill has been placed inside the mailbox without
properly going through post office process. In DeKalb County, the
DeKalb Police Code Enforcement
confirmed there is no ordinance to regulate or prevent handbills. This is
an ordinance that citizens can propose if interested.
For example,
see Roswell’s
Handbill Distribution Ordinance.
(Some of the background for the Ordinance has been referenced above.)
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Summary of website links
DeKalb Infill Task Force
TruthAboutInfill.com
Watch Your Car Program
Vehicle VIN Etching
DKPD Code Enforcement
Roswell’s Handbill Distribution Ordinance
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Jenni,
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