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Sweep the Hooch is a volunteer, community driven activity that aims to cleans the Chattahoochee River at various locations along the river. In it's 8th year, Sweep the Hooch has so far cleared 57 tons of trash utilizing help from 3,500 volunteers! Back for 2018 Sweep the Hooch are currently looking for volunteers to assist with the big clean-up on April 7th 2018 in a number of locations. There are 40 clean-up locations along 100 miles of the river and tributaries - the nearest location for Northcrest is the 'North Fork Peachtree Creek Spaghetti Junction' location. Please see this PDF for...

Help Your Street to be on the Winning Team & Win a Pizza Party The Northcrest Civic Association (NCA) is inviting all Northcrest residents to take the Membership Madness Tournament Challenge and sign-up or renew your NCA membership – with the winning team receiving a block party for their players! Here’s how the tournament challenge will work: Every existing NCA member who renews their membership for 2018 makes a “free throw” and scores one point for their team. Every team who signs up a new NCA member makes a “field goal” and scores two points for their team. Finally, any...

There were about 30 people in attendance at the Zoning Meeting on Tuesday in support of our request to have the developer of the Presidential Tower property include a pathway along the creek by the property, which could become a part of the Peachtree Creek Greenway and eventually help connect Northcrest to the project. About 10 of these folks were from Northcrest. It was great to see the public support for this project from our neighbors. The SLUP was approved for the property without any language about the Greenway or the creek. However, this is what we expected to happen....

Call to Action  What: DeKalb County Commissioner’s Rezoning Meeting When: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 6:30 PM Where: Manuel Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030 Why: The first item on the agenda for this meeting is the request for a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) for the property known as the Presidential Tower.  This property is located just ITP from our neighborhood on Presidential Parkway (also accessible via Buckeye Road from Chamblee Tucker Road).  The developer, Dean Peacock, is asking for permission to convert this property into a senior living center.  Redevelopment of this property and the hopes of...

NCA will be launching a membership drive starting on January 1st!! The neighborhood has been divided into 4 teams of about 150 households each and we will be doing this 2018 Membership Madness style with the team garnering the best percentage of members declared the winner. The membership drive will be running through mid March, to coincide with March Madness. More details will be forthcoming soon. But, we need to identify at least 4 team captains for each team. I have already reached out to some folks and gotten a few yes's and some no's. If you would be interested...