Benefiting the Midway Woods Community
The Midway Woods Book Club is currently reading the book My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manual. and will be gathering to discuss it on Thursday, September 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The nature of the meeting (whether it will be virtual or in-person) will be […]
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE MIDWAY WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 Thanks to all of the neighbors who joined us at Dearborn Park on Sunday, August 8 for our neighborhood picnic. We had a great turnout and enjoyed getting to meet new neighbors. Thanks to board members Jennifer Beaver, Katie Adcock and […]
Passing along this message from Dekalb County commissioner for Super District 6 Ted Terry’s office: All neighbors are invited to fill out the Unified Development Plan Survey. Commissioner Terry is especially looking for input on the transportation feedback map: https://engagekh.com/dekalbup#/ Ted points out that “This planning process is the guiding document for the next decade of […]
The Midway Woods Association would like to invite all neighborhood residents to join us at Dearborn Park on Sunday, August 8 for a neighborhood picnic! It has been a long time since we’ve been able to safely get together in person, and we’d like to invite everyone to come out and meet some new neighbors […]
Dekalb County commissioner for Super District 6 Ted Terry is wanting to work with neighbors interested in being involved in the Unified Development Plan (more information on that plan is included in our recap of the neighborhood’s recent call with Commissioner Terry) and is hoping to set up a planning call with those neighbors interested […]
The Midway Woods Book Club has picked Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason by Gina Frangello as the next book to read and discuss, and will be gathering to discuss it on Wednesday, July 14. If you’d like to participate in the discussion of this book, just send an […]
Recently elected Dekalb County commissioner for Super District 6, Edward “Ted” Terry joined the residents of Midway Woods via Zoom for a “getting to know you” session at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12. Here’s an overview of how that conversation went. OVERVIEW OF HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH TED TERRY […]
The Midway Woods Book Club is currently reading the book Less the 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Andrew Sean Greer and will be gathering (online) to discuss it on Monday, May 17 at 7 p.m. If you’d like to participate in the discussion of this book, just send an email to midwaywoodscommunications@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to […]
On April 22nd, 2021 (Earth Day 2021) residents of Midway Woods and representatives of local environmental organizations gathered (via Zoom) to discuss efforts to maintain and restore Dearborn Park and Shoal Creek in Midway Woods. Here’s a quick recap of that meeting, along with some links that may help you get even […]
Here’s a list of Georgia native plant species and invasives that have been spotted and identified in the park: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/dearborn-park?tab=species. This is not an inclusive list by any means, just the ones that have been flagged and identified in the park through the inaturalist app. The Seek app — https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app — can be downloaded […]