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The “Mailbox” at the Park is not for outgoing U.S. mail.

Our Patrol officers have told us that they routinely find outgoing mail in the Patrol mailbox on Brook Forest next to  the park.  The Patrol has been taking the mail to a US Post office as a courtesy, but they are

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Fall Festival Wrap-Up

  The 2015 LaVista Park Fall Festival was held last Saturday, October 17 and was, by all accounts, a great success and a fun afternoon.  We were once again blessed with a beautiful fall afternoon and a strong turnout.  Nearly 150

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2015 Fall Festival Photos

Check out some of the photos from our Fall Festival.  

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LaVista Park Deforestation

The following article was written and submitted by LVPCA member Roman Szlam.  The statistics presented are his and have not been verified by LVPCA.  Note that Mr. Szlam not only describes an ongoing event (tree loss) that is alarming to him as well as to other

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LVPCA Elections October 15

The next quarterly meeting of the LaVista Park Civic Association will be on Thursday, October 15 at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 7pm. The October meeting is considered our “annual” meeting, and it is the meeting where new board members are

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Cityhood / Annexation Updates – March 1, 2015

By:  Steve Richards, President LVPCA Disclaimer:  To follow is a brief synopsis of what I am hearing from various sources and contacts as I represent LVPCA in meetings and conversations, both formal and informal, as well as what I am reading

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Help Pick the Kittredge Park Playground Design

The playground designs are in and you can help pick from the three finalists.  Click here to vote via Survey Monkey. So far, the Friends of Kittredge Park have collected about half the $8,500 they need for the matching funds

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Help Build a Playground at Kittredge Park

Friends of Kittredge Park (FKP), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that has been developing the 33-acre Kittredge Park (located behind Adams Stadium, across from Target on North Druid Hills Road) for the past 6 years, has been selected for an $85,000

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Contact elected officials using this list

The Georgia Assembly is back in session. To see a complete list of elected officials to contact with your opinion about annexation or cityhood, click Legislators-Email-Addresses. As a reminder, the best way for LVP to remain unincorporated (at least for the

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DeKalb School Superintendent and the Druid Hills Charter Cluster

At last week’s quarterly meeting of the LaVista Park Civic Association, a number of members expressed an interest in contacting DeKalb County’s School Superintendent, Michael Thurmond.  For those opposed to the annexation into Atlanta, the purpose of contacting Mr. Thurmond would be

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