Hi Neighbors!
We’ll have our Underwoods Hills Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday March 26 at Underwood Hills Park at 4pm.  Everyone is welcome.
Please drop off a dozen eggs filled with age appropriate goodies on the front walkway of my home, 1805 Ridgeway Avenue by noon March 26. 
Please mark your bag of eggs based on each child’s age group (0-2, 3-6, 7 and up).
Please arrive for the Hunt at 4pm or earlier. We could always use help hiding eggs and once the event starts, the eggs are picked up pretty fast.
Please sign up to volunteer:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4DA8AC2DA5FD0-underwood2
I hope to see you with your basket.
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Underwood Hills Easter Bunny 

Our special Work Day at the Park this past Saturday was a great success, thanks to a good group of neighborhood and teen volunteers.  In just 2 short hours, and using guidance from Trees Atlanta, we made progress on our goal of erosion control by surrounding the base of many newly planted trees and bushes with plastic barriers and wire screens.  This will help protect the plants from city mowers and allow them to get established and provide a stronger foundation for the surrounding soil.  The team also added many loads of wood chips to certain areas that have been worn bare by use and over-mowing.

We’re looking for volunteers to join us this Saturday, March 18, from 10am-12pm as we continue our erosion control efforts by laying hay bales, planting live elderberry stakes and adding some “No Mow” signs to certain areas. 
For refreshments RSVP to beauty@underwoodhills.org
Teen Volunteers can sign up for Community Service Hours on myvoluntier.com​

This to help organize Teen Committee so it can get going on community service projects and counts towards Community Service Hours.
Teens Sign up here; https://myvoluntier.com/organization/editEvent/1518 
Please provide an alternative email address to uhadmin@underwoodhills.org as there's no way for UHNA to contact volunteers via the APS student email address on myvoluntier.com
Properly documented and verified time spent planning, organizing and implementing UHNA Teen Committee projects will count towards Community Service Hours.
Zoom link for meeting;
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87029574582?pw

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About 26 residents of Underwood Hills attended a lively meeting last Monday at a new venue, Round Trip Brewing, which opened especially for our meeting. With an additional 12 online, this marks a complete reversal of recent trends, which saw many more logged in via Zoom than in person.
The UHNA President Steven Lindsay outlined the goals for the year: expanding our community outreach with a focus on segments underrepresented in current membership, in particular renters and apartment dwellers, and engaging Teens more, primarily via community service projects.
The 2023 UHNA budget was approved unanimously after some brief explanation.
Our guest from Meals on Wheels Atlanta (MOWA) could not attend, so Communication Chair Eugen provided an outline of what we learned from meeting with them and some possibilities for partnering with them in Underwood Hills.
An informal discussion on the Howell Mill Walmart was held. Unfortunately, in the absence of Council Member Dustin Hillis, the only input from official sources was an email from the leasing agent, who stated that they (and the property owner!) were blindsided by Walmart's decision to close permanently and hadn't even had their questions answered and were unable to provide anything further but would keep in touch.
Some of the results from the discussion:
Around nine attendees would like Walmart to reopen, and ten voted by hand for something different.
Many were concerned about Crime, Security, and Homelessness, both now with the site closed and for any future use; what will happen with the property? Is there a security plan, considering Walmart’s long history of security issues while open?
One attendee reported that security staff is currently present, redirecting foot and vehicle traffic from the closed store.
Another concern was the supply of groceries, particularly for low-income folks, although Kroger is nearby and is attempting to address that- but is struggling.
Suggestions for alternative uses included a Hardware or home goods store, an Urban Costco, an Indoor entertainment venue (i.e., air time, bowling, pickleball, tennis, etc.), Gym, Antique Mall/ Indoor Market, a Farmers Market (similar to Dekalb Farmers Market or Sweet Auburn Market), Trader Joe's, Aldi, or Lidl.
UHNA will pass this information on to our Council Member and the leasing agent and host further discussions if needed. Facilitating focus groups with residents was a suggestion from the audience to keep the dialogue going.