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LIFESTYLE LETTER

APRIL 2021 PUBLISHER

Jim Newman | jnewman@lifestylepubs.com EDITOR

Sue Collins | scollins@lifestylepubs.com

Happy Spring,

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APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS, MY MOM WOULD PROMISE AS SHE

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HELD UP MY GALOSHES AND RAINCOAT. Of course, growing up in Michigan, those showers might be frozen, one last snowfall to trudge through.

Here in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs we wait for the tulips, azaleas, lily of the valley, and crocus to pop up to reward us after months of bare branches and cooler temperatures. SPRING is here! A season of promise, reminding us to get outdoors, tidy our yards, take stock of all we are blessed with.

On Easter Sunday, April 4, families will gather, and maybe your worship will take place outdoors, socially distanced, but ever full of thanks. I'll be standing on the steps of my church where we just started worshiping outdoors again, pausing to share our gratitude and promising to pass it along.

Perhaps this month on Earth Day, April 22, you'll make a pledge. Check out the ideas at EarthDay.org.

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paving program, which will cover 41 streets and almost

community forestry management in cities and towns

20 lane miles. Blount Construction received a contract

nationwide that meet certain requirements, including

extension for $2,960,709. Most of the funding comes

the establishment of a tree board or department, a

from DeKalb County’s Special Purpose Local Option

community tree ordinance, specific spending levels

Sales Tax (SPLOST). The Georgia Department of

for urban forestry and planned Arbor Day celebra-

Transportation will also provide $401,000 through Local

tions. Since 2013, the City of Dunwoody has worked

Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) funds.

with Trees Atlanta and community volunteers to

“The city will be able to add 12 additional neighborhood

plant almost 2,000 trees in Dunwoody, including 150

street into this year’s paving plan based on the com-

during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in

petitive pricing submitted by Blount,” said Dunwoody

January. Last year, the City of Dunwoody joined the

Public Works Director Michael Smith. “We look for-

One Million Trees Initiative, which brings together 10

ward to getting started with paving as soon as warmer

metro Atlanta cities with 10 local nonprofits to plant

weather arrives.” When Dunwoody became a city in

and save one million trees in the metro area over the

December 2008, city leaders began building a plan for

next 10 years. The tree count will include trees planted

a 20-year paving cycle. The plan prioritizes paving the

on city land and public projects, preserved in forested

roads with the greatest maintenance needs first based

areas, and installed on private property. Trees Atlanta

on a pavement assessment report, which is updated

will lead the effort.

for all city streets every 5 years. Dunwoody has paved 195 lane miles since incorporation.

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to core standards of sound urban forestry manage-

The Dunwoody City Council approved the 2021

CALDER-PICASSO AT THE HIGH THIS SUMMER Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso are two of the

For the ninth year in a row, the City of Dunwoody is

foremost figures in the history of 20th-century art. The

being recognized as a “Tree City USA” for its commitment

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which debuted at the Musée national Picasso-Paris and comes to the High Museum of Art this summer (June 26-Sept. 19), reveals the radical innovations and enduring influence of these two artists through more than 100 paintings, sculptures and works on paper spanning their careers.

Conceived by

the artists’ grandsons, Bernard RuizPicasso and Alexander S. C. Rower, and organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the exhibition focuses on the two artists’ exploration of the void, or the absence of space, which both artists defined from the figure through to abstraction. Calder and Picasso wanted to present or represent non-space, whether by giving definition to a subtraction of mass, as in Calder’s sculptures or by expressing contortions of time, as in Picasso’s portraits. Calder’s early wire figures (“drawings in space”), paintings, drawings, and revolutionary nonobjective mobiles, stabiles and standing

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mobiles are integrated throughout the exhibition with profoundly inventive works by Picasso in every media.

VIRTUAL WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL MAY 15 Experience diverse stories of nature and the people working to protect it at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted

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Attendees will enjoy award-winning family-friendly films about nature, activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy, climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture and more. “This film

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and can be purchased at Chattahoochee. org/wildscenic. Funds raised will sustain CRK’s Clean Lanier Equation, an initiative focused on pollution, education, and resilience in the Lake Lanier watershed.

GOLF FOR GOOD North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) will return on Monday, April 26 with their 12th Annual “Swing Into Action Golf Tournament” presented by Convergence Acceleration Solutions (CAS) Group at the Country Club of the South in Johns Creek. The annual event raises funds for NFCC to support their mission to build

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Project Learning Garden provides numerous lesson activities or "Explorations" (organiz ed thematically in "Collections") for every grade level - Kindergarten through 8th Grade - organiz ed by grade band.

ART SIMON IS THE GREENHOUSE MANAGER OF THE DUNWOODY COMMUNITY GARDEN AT BROOK RUN PARK AND ORGANIZES THE ANNUAL PLANT SALE THERE. He is also one of the growers who has worked to tend and harvest produce for Project Giving Gardens, school gardens funded through the Captain Planet Foundation based in Atlanta.

This job as a caretaker farmer of school gardens that have been lovingly planted and tended by young students was elevated during the pandemic.

When the Foundation approached him this time last year, they quickly formed a partnership that helped the Foundation distribute 2,000 plants grown by the Dunwoody Community Garden farmers into metro Giving Gardens, plants that might have otherwise have gone into a compost pile because the garden couldn’t hold its popular annual plant sale due to COVID. Leesa Carter-Jones is the CEO for Captain Planet Foundation and explains how Project Giving Gardens - a new program started in 2020 as an extension of the Foundation’s school Learning Gardens – are planted and funded as a response to the pandemic. “The need for fresh foods at local food pantries is strong, and now from March – September, we will have 10 urban growers, 200 school garden sites and 22 community gardens growing food for Atlantans experiencing food scarcity.”

She said the precious school Learning Gardens benefit children who learn not only where their food comes from, but maybe even how good vegetables actually are!

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WHEN GARDENING DOES GOOD (CONTINUED) With 550 Learning Gardens nationwide and 325 here in Atlanta, this hometown program has deep roots here. “In 2011, the idea came to fruition and since the demand from schools has increased,” says Leesa. For an initial investment of $3,000, schools get a raised bed garden, lesson plans, garden supplies, and information on training and how to manage the land during the summer when the small farmers are not on the property. “A cooking cart is also included so students can reap then eat what they sow, learning so much along the way.”

Gardens can be used to create context and for teaching/ applying concepts and skills across all subjects. Project Learning Garden provides numerous lesson activities or “Explorations” (organized thematically in “Collections”) for every grade level – Kindergarten through 8th Grade - organized by grade band. These Explorations can be easily integrated into your scope and sequence and are aligned to support Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.

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ARTIST’S PALETTE

SPACE to

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ARTIST’S PALETTE (CONTINUED)

PULLING INTO OUR HOME FOR THE WEEKEND, MOUNTAIN DWELLER, JUST EAST OF BLUE RIDGE, WE WERE GREETED BY THE SMILING FACES (BEHIND MASKS) OF THE LOCAL TEAM FROM VACASA, THE VACATION HOME MANAGEMENT COMPANY. Traveling during a pandemic had left us edgy, but seeing the caring humans behind Vacasa’s “Premium Clean Program” put us at ease immediately.

Their expanded housekeeping measures meet or exceed CDC recommendations and align with guidance from hospitality industry experts and for us, that meant everything. The place was spotless (and I’m a harsh critic).

Mountain Dweller, a five-bedroom, four-bathroom log cabin-style home includes a separate 1-bedroom in-law cabin and a small wooded yard. The stand-out is the wrap-around porch, screened at one end to house a mammoth stone fireplace complete with a nearby huge woodpile and a substantial poker made from a golf club shaft. It’s touches like this (not overly kitschy and downright handy) that made this house special. A long picnic table and plenty of bentwood seating on the second story porch gave us room to spread out, eat outside and watch the horseshoe competition below. A basement level family room (handy for early morning toddler tv time) opened to a patio with the hot tub and access to the yard.

The photos on Vacasa.com provided an excellent walk-through, but the wonder of that wrap-around porch can’t be captured in images, only in memories.

Booking with Vacasa gave us confidence before heading up for the weekend, knowing that the owner cared enough about the property to put it in the hands of professionals. For vacation property owners, the company offers 24/7 guest support (no more midnight texts), premium cleaning, dedicated local teams and, of course, marketing and paperwork. The company manages thousands of cabins, lake houses, monthly vacation deals, ski in/out rentals and oceanfront homes coast to coast.

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Grocery sourcing and easy pick-up

HALTED, THE LAKE AND CLUB COMMUNITY OF REYNOLDS

became an initial priority as local grocery

LAKE OCONEE DIDN’T PAUSE FOR LONG.

store shelves emptied and members were

With around 3,000 members, many of whom would make their

hesitant to spend much time in potentially

Reynolds vacation home their primary residence in the coming

crowded public spaces. Through the club’s

months, the club’s leadership assessed the sudden pandemic-in-

relationship with restaurant supply company

duced need to cease most in-person gatherings without sacrificing

Sysco, Reynolds was able to keep members’

the connectedness of the club culture.

pantries and refrigerators stocked. Members

“How are we going to continue to provide the sense of community

loved this option so much, it has remained,

and lifestyle our members enjoyed up until today? How do we do

with more than 34,000 items sold since

that now?” says Reynolds COO Tim Hong about those first few days

last spring. Hong says this is one of several

assessing the new normal.

services the club will continue to offer as a

As with most clubs, Reynolds member benefits lean heavily

membership benefit moving forward.

on social activities – 10 dining options on site, dozens of work out

Another major shift was moving public

classes, concerts, food and wine events – in addition to golf, water

events to a virtual format via the launch of

sports, biking, tennis and numerous other outdoor activities. With

MyReynolds.TV – a member-only channel

the elimination of many of those, Reynolds had no choice but to get

that allowed them to keep up with their

creative in order to keep membership engaged.

favorite club activities. Cooking and cock-

Simultaneously, the community’s leadership was equally as con-

tail demos from the restaurant staff, fitness

cerned with the need to keep members and employees safe and

classes, golf assessments, and concerts

healthy. With all of those factors in mind, the #ReynoldsTogether

available on screen all became wildly pop-

initiative was launched to keep the community connected safely and

ular with members missing their usual way

virtually. Now, a year later, many of the tactics have led to permanent

of life. Meal kits from executive chef Derin

changes in club offerings.

Moore with an instructional video became a

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way for residents to still enjoy his culinary direction in the safety of their own homes.

Holiday events and gatherings were also reworked as virtual celebrations to provide a sense of normalcy – virtual Easter egg hunt, Mother’s Day bouquets and floral kits, and a virtual Fourth of July race.

Hong says the success of this effort has propelled the club into looking for additional ways to engage members who don’t live at the club full time but still want to remain connected or benefit from the amenities. Streaming fitness classes and the like are in consideration.

Aside from the Reynolds Together effort, the community’s location and natural environment made it the ideal escape for many members and their extended families looking for refuge from their primary residences in larger cities across the country and Atlanta.

The outdoor elements and amenities provided members a necessary outlet away from the constant stress of working from home and e-learning.

Hong says a young family he recently spoke to found themselves scrambling last spring when school went from in-person to online while the parents were both working, but the ability to access tennis, pickleball, basketball courts, virtual tennis tips, and virtual fitness classes in the early days of the pandemic gave them, physically, the engagement they needed as a family.

Another member had waited until his children were grown to take up golf but still hadn’t until the pandemic hit. Finding himself with more time, he took a golf lesson. A lesson has turned into multiple lessons and playing nine holes in the afternoon. Having access to a safe, outdoor sport encouraged his wife to ride along. She then took lessons, and now the couple connects with multiple neighbors/couples for afternoon golf outings. Now, that’s Reynolds Togetherness.

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER WELCOMES NEW LEADERSHIP

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HORT ON S TE P S U P THE

BOARD

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DIRECTORS

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THE

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER (CAC) IS PLEASED TO SHARE THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANCIS HORTON AS ITS NEW CEO, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TAMARA CARRERA UPON HER RETIREMENT. Horton comes to CAC with extensive leadership experience with international nonprofits in the realm of lifting people out of poverty. He is excited to join CAC where he can apply his life-long experiences to helping neighbors in his own backyard.

Horton was selected after a comprehensive search process led by long-time CAC volunteer and board member Cece Webster, and a CAC board committee, with guidance from NPL Impact Consulting.

“Francis exemplifies servant leadership with his extensive background in nonprofits both domestically and in developing countries in the field of community development. He understands both the circumstances and conditions leading to poverty, and more importantly, has years of frontline experience designing and implementing models to help people recover from natural disasters, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and poor access to education and sustainable jobs. We are thrilled he is joining CAC,” said Webster.

Horton has a proven track of building, training, managing and inspiring large teams over many years in top professional positions in Africa, Asia, Pakistan with International Mission Board, Samaritan’s Purse and others. Such teams have included hundreds of volunteers across countries diverse in race, religion and ethnicity.

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“When I first found CAC on the internet I thought it looked like an organization doing things well. Now, to have an opportunity to be part of that, building on the foundation laid by Tamara, is incredible. I look forward to working with the CAC team to effectively and efficiently get help to neighbors in need,” he says.

He and his wife Angie have volunteered at the CAC food pantry and thrift shop, and he is determined to continue

Helping clients who are facing financial difficulties get a fresh start.

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Horton was trained early in his career as an attorney with his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi State. He and Angie have four children and eight grandchildren, and they look forward to being a strong part of the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody

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