Community Workshop: Pedestrian Safety Improvements

January 11, 2012 by Leave a comment

At Clairemont, Church Street and Commerce Intersections and Church Street Bicycle Lanes

 A community worshop to discuss alternative plans for pedestrian safety improvements at Clairemont, Church Street and Commerce intersections and Church Street bicycle lanes will be held on Thursday, January 12 from 6pm-8pm in the City Commission meeting roo of Decatur City Hall, 509 North McDonough Street, in downtown Decatur.  As part of the City’s capital improvements program, the purpose of the work is to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists and others using these facilities.

The City has retaine the firm of Development Planning and Engineering to help plan the project, which will be partially funded through grants from the Georgia Department of Transportation.  An initial workshop to outline project goals was held in September.

The project is based on Decatur’s 2008 Community Transportation Plan and is a project in the 2010 Strategic Plan.  A major goal of the Community Transportation Plan is to encourage healthy lifestyles and active living in Decatur.

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Congratulations to Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Champions!

January 10, 2012 by 1 Comment

Congratulations to the 32 Team Decatur members who completed the 2011 Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge. Team Decatur was formed in 2010 to compete in the Kaiser Permanente Corporate 5k held each September in downtown Atlanta. In 2011, Decatur Active Living  issued the Grand Slam Fitness Challenge which encouraged team members to compete in three of six designated local races and the annual KP 5K.

This year’s Grand Slammers are Bill Adams, Bill Ainslee, Liam Ainslee, Kylie Ainslee, Kathy Allen, Nick Anziano, Jason Bellamy, Jerry Brown, Sally Brozek, Clara Farley, Gary Garrett, Michael Harbin, Joanna Harbin, Coleman Hayes, Don Hooten, Leigh Hooten, Jeanne Johnson, Michael Kavanaugh, Tom Lauth, Elaine Lauth, Diane Loupe, Mamie Mabery, Mike Matics, Kelly McMichael, Kathy Morelock, Al Natanagara, Lucia Pawloski, Kayla Pruett, Pamela Pryor, Karen Scarborough, Carolyn Train and Nolan Vickers.

The Grand Slam Fitness Champions were presented with a Team Decatur jacket and an award certificate at this past weekend’s Run With the Dogs. Thanks to sponsors DeKalb Medical Center, Eye Physicians and Surgeons and Phidippides Running Store who made the awards possible.

If you are interested in joining Team Decatur, visit www.decaturga.com/teamdecatur or contact Cheryl Burnette at 678-553-6541.

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Run For Justice This Saturday

November 8, 2011 by Leave a comment

The Run for Justice will be held this Saturday, November 12 in Oakhurst. The 5K run/walk is the last in the series to qualify for the Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge.  Runners and walkers who ran or walked in three of the qualifying races and the KP Corporate Run/Walk will receive a special award in January. So far, 10 participants have completed the challenge, and we expect more after this weekend’s race. If you complete the challenge, click here for the “official” form.

For more information and to register, click here.

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Top Ten Team Decatur Runners

September 19, 2011 by Leave a comment

Congratulations to the Top Ten Runners on Team Decatur. They win a  Free One Month Membership to COREBODY in Decatur!! Thanks to Jason and Mark at CORE for this great prize. 

Nick Anziano, Team Decatur's Top Runner!

And the winners are:

Nick Anziano
Kenneth Mincey   
Michael Kavanaugh
Kylie Ainsley
Liam Ainsley
Kayla Pruett 
Candice Stewart
Danny Cortese 
Clara Farley
Joel Guerra

Congratulations to everyone who participated!

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Team Decatur Wins Most Fit City!

September 9, 2011 by 2 Comments

Go Team Decatur! Team Decatur took home the “Most Fit City” award for the second year in a row at the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk 5K. We had 256 members ranging in ages from 10 to 81 who enjoyed the cool evening event.  Thanks to everyone who came out and participated. 

 A special thanks goes to Active Living Board Member Michael Harbin who did a fabulous job rallying the Decatur community and businesses.

Commissioner Patti Garrett accepted the award from Olympian Jeff Galloway.

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Team Decatur 239 Strong!!

August 31, 2011 by 1 Comment

This Could Be You Next Thursday!

Only a week left until the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk and Team Decatur is almost at our goal of 250 members. I know there are 11 of you out there that meant to sign up! It is not too late- you can register to participate in the annual 5K by visiting www.kpcorporaterunwalk.com before 2pm on Wednesday, September 7th. Be sure to select Team Decatur from the drop down menu at the start of the registration process.

All Team Decatur members will receive a special t-shirt to wear during the race and are invited to join us at the Team Tent before and after the race. We will have some goodies from U Joint, Oakhurst Market and Nectar, as well as an opportunity to mingle and make new friends. For more information click here.

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Team Decatur Hits the 220 Mark!!

August 23, 2011 by Leave a comment

Wow- what a great, active community we have….. 220 people have already registed to walk in the KP Corporate Run/Walk 5K with Team Decatur. We are going to be a large field of green shirts, showing the metro area that we are the “Most Fit City” again this year! (In case you didn’t know, the City of Decatur was awarded “Most Fit City” at the 2010 KP Corporate Run/Walk).

It is not too late to register to be a part of this great event. Simply go to www.kpcorporaterunwalk.com to register; be sure to select Team Decatur from the pull down list.

Come walk with us! Active Living Staff is offering free training walks on  Monday nights at 6pm- meet in front of the Decatur Library; or Wednesday mornings at 8am – meet at the back door of Beacon Hill Center (behind the police station). I will be leading the walk tomorrow morning, so join me- we will make it fun!

Thanks to DeKalb Medical Center, our presenting sponsor, for making it possible for us to provide Brooks Dri-fit shirts to all team members! Additional sponsors include Dynamo, Kaiser Permanente Run/Walk & Fitness Program, Eye Physicians and Surgeons and Decatur Business Association.

Go Team!!

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Sign Up For Team Decatur By August 8th

August 3, 2011 by 2 Comments

A Big "Thumbs Up" For Team Decatur!

We wanted to remind everyone to sign up for Team Decatur to compete in the KP Corporate Run/Walk to be held on Thursday, September 8th in downtown Atlanta. We have already surpassed last years numbers, and have a goal of 250 team members for 2011. Why sign up by August 8th? The registration fee is $24 through that date, then goes to $30.

We will be ordering our Team Decatur performance t-shirts next week, so sign up today to insure you receive one.

We had a lot of fun getting fit together last year and want you to have fun with us. For more information on Team Decatur, click here.

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Doc Broc Joins the Fun

July 29, 2011 by 3 Comments

Jeff Galloway, Patti Garrett, Mayor Bill Floyd and Doc Broc!

Last  night’s Team Decatur and KP Get Active! Atlanta Kickoff was a lot of fun, and I was especially happy that Doc Broc made an appearance! Doc Broc is Kaiser’s mascot that encourages us to eat healthy; seeing his big grin just makes me want to smile.

 
Last year we had 140 people sign up for Team Decatur and as of today, we have passed that number. So come on, join the fun, get fit, and help us reach our goal of 250 members. For information on Team Decatur, the KP Corporate Run/Walk, and how to register, click here.

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Ten Reasons to Join Team Decatur

July 20, 2011 by 2 Comments

There are may reasons to join Team Decatur for the Kaiser Permanente Run/Walk, and here are just 10 of them:

10. Free eight week training program
9.    Discounts from Kaiser Permanente including Braves tickets
8.    Free workouts at LA Fitness
7.    Team Decatur “performance” t-shirts
6.     Top Ten finishers of TD will get a free one-month membership to COREbody
5.     Party before and after the race at the Team Decatur tent
4.     Meet Olympian Jeff Galloway
3.     Make new friends
2.     Get fit(ter)
and the #1 reason to join Team Decatur…….

It’s fun!!

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