Oakhurst Neighborhood Association
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Oakhurst
Watch, Local Safety (OWLS)
The City of
Decatur is proud to say that crime is the lowest it’s been in 30 years. The
City of Decatur Police department attributes this lower crime rate to not
only the officers’ proactive approach to policing but also to the help of
the residents, in part through Neighborhood Watches. Oakhurst Watch, Local
Safety (OWLS) is your local Neighborhood Watch, and is a subcommittee of the
Oakhurst Neighborhood Association (ONA). Formed with the approval and
assistance of your local police department, the city and the ONA, OWLS aids
residents in providing each other mutual support in an effort to maintain a
safe and healthy neighborhood.
If you would
like to learn more about OWLS, or to get more involved, contact your
Block Captain or the current chair of OWLS, Michael Gaertner, via the below.
Click
HERE for the OWLS brochure in
PDF format.
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Oakhurst Neighborhood Parent Coalition
Under
the direction of the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association, the Oakhurst
Neighborhood Parent Coalition (ONPC) was founded in 2002. The
Coalition’s goals are threefold. First, it serves as a vehicle to
connect parents of pre-school age children in the area with other
parents. Since many residents send their kids to various daycares or
stay at home with their kids, many parents with similar-aged kids
don’t know each other. The Coalition seeks to connect these same-age
kids and parents before they even enter elementary school. Secondly,
it serves as a bridge between the City Schools of Decatur and the
Oakhurst community by keeping residents accurately informed and
up-to-date on school issues and activities. And thirdly, the
Coalition seeks to identify and recruit Oakhurst residents who don’t
have school-aged children in order to get them involved in our
schools. The ultimate goal is to make our neighborhood schools the
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Beautification Committee
Our #1 goal
this year is to beautify our neighborhood by fighting litter! Two major
ways our committee has committed to combating the litter problem is by:
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Organizing
the bi-annual Oakhurst Litter Clean-up Day (one in the Spring and in the
Fall) Volunteers perform a mass litter clean up of our streets on a
Saturday morning.
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Implementing
the Oakhurst Adopt-a-Street program Once a month, Oakhurst volunteers keep
our neighborhood beautiful by picking up litter on the street(s) they've
adopted.
Other ideas
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Anti-litter
education at schools and clubs
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Education on
importance of using Pay As You Throw (PAYT) trash bags so that litter does
not end up on our streets.
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Our second
goal is to beautify the Oakhurst business district since this is the heart
of our neighborhood that residents and non-residents share. If you have
any beautification ideas you would like to share or are interested in
becoming a member of the Beautification Committee or in our Adopt-a-Street
program, please contact Amelia Wright below:
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Marketing
Committee
The Marketing
Committee promotes Oakhurst to the greater Atlanta area as a positive
place to live and visit. The committee plans and executes events that
attract attention to the benefits of our community.
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Welcome
Committee
The committee
goal is to identify and greet new homeowners either in person or with a
packet containing information about the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association,
local businesses, and the City of Decatur. Please contact the committee if
you are a new neighbor or know of someone new to the Oakhurst
Neighborhood. New members our always welcome to this committee, please
call Vandy if you are interested.
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Community
Outreach Committee
The ONA
Outreach committee strives to reach out to our "neighbors" in every sense
of the word. We want to be more connected to the "neighbors" who live
within Oakhurst as well as our "neighbors" who live in Oakhurst's
bordering neighborhoods. The committee also strives to be a bridge between
the ONA and various organizations such as the Decatur City Commission, the
City Schools of Decatur and the Decatur Business Association. New members
are always welcome, so if you'd like to become an ONA "ambassador," please
contact Julie Rhame if you are interested.
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Social
Committee
... coming
soon ...
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History
Committee
Oakhurst is filled with interesting people, and it's
seen some interesting times. Do you have a story to tell? Do you have a
neighbor who might be one of the unsung heroes of our community? We'd like
to hear about it and let others know. The History Committee is dedicated
to telling the story of Oakhurst, through articles in the Oakhurst Leaflet
and this web site and through walking tours and other events.
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