Police start voluntary private camera registry

The Hapeville Police Department has announced the start of a new program, Residents Assisting Police, a voluntary registration of surveillance cameras on private property. Hapeville residents and/ or business owners with private surveillance can register.

The voluntary registration advises police of residents and business owners who are willing to share footage of incidents that could be helpful in solving crimes. Officers and detectives would be able to contact the owners to request the footage.

Hapeville police said the surveillance camera information will be kept in a secure database. Information: www.hapeville.org To register: www.hapeville. org/forms.aspx?FID=119

UPCOMING

Cooking With Heart. 1-2 p.m. Thursday. Free. Fayette Senior Services, The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail, Peachtree City. Emily Peterson, dietician with the Diabetes Association of Atlanta, will share heart-healthy cooking tips during this cooking demonstration. Learn about the risk factors of heart disease and prevention as well healthy choices to improve heart health through cooking. Register: 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title). Fayss.org.

A Little Help from Some Friends. 1:45-2:30 p.m. Friday. Free. Fayette Senior Services, The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive, Fayetteville. Join FSS Care Manager Marie Doyle and FSS Transportation Coordinator Michelle Williamson to learn more about programs offered such as care management, in-home services, congregate program, transportation services, Meals on Wheels and more. Register: 770-461-0813 or email register@fayss.org (include name, phone number and event title). Fayss.org.

Food Talk Fridays: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education. 4-6 p.m. Friday and Feb. 10. Free. Morrow Branch, 6225 Maddox Road, Morrow. Classes focus on planning healthy meals on a budget with cooking demonstrations, tasting sessions and free gifts. Rachel Briggs at 770-3470170 or Rachel.Briggs@Clayton CountyGa.gov.

“Reconstruction in Georgia: African-Americans in Research and Records” by the Georgia Archives and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Free but bring donation for pizza lunch or bring your own lunch. Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow. 678-364-3731, Georgia Archives.org, aahgsatl.org.

Developer applies for mixed-use project

Alliance Realty Services recently applied to DeKalb’s Planning Commission for a proposed mixed-use project at East Ponce de Leon Avenue and North Arcadia Avenue, which first drew attention last November.

Plans appear slightly different from those unveiled back then. They include 270 residential units, 55 inside Decatur and the rest in unincorporated DeKalb. There’s also a 45,600 square foot grocery, probably a Publix though nothing’s been officially announced.

The new application doesn’t include the aging strip mall with the methadone clinic on Ponce and North Arcadia, whose owner reportedly doesn’t want to sell. The land is currently zoned light industrial and totals nines acre, with one of those in northeast Decatur.

Attorney Den Webb who represents Alliance met with several Decatur neighborhood groups last week where he emphasized that any groundbreaking is at least two years out.

“It is still conceptual and we are still considering all the alternatives,” he said. “This project will change, or it could go away. We will know more about what direction it’s going in the next 30 days.”

The next steps include the application’s hearing by the District 4 Community Council on Feb. 21, the DeKalb Planning Commission on March 7 and the county’s Board of Commissioners March 28.