Graffiti News

At the urging of our NPU “F” assistant chair, Gerry Neumark, I applied for and received a graffiti eradication grant. I have now ordered and we will soon have a LOT of supplies for this process. I will now be contacting all of our sister NPU neighborhoods, as well as close-by communities, asking for a point person to head up a graffiti team for that neighborhood. Thanks to the diligence of our VaHi graffiti czar, Laura Voisinet, we are pretty clear, and on top of this vandalism, and I hope that we can help our close-by areas rid themselves of this blight also. Now – I need to find a location to store these supplies that can be available for neighborhood folks as they need them for eradication. Is there a business, church or non-profit in our general area that has a closet-sized area that can be used as a storage site? Please let me know, as these supplies will be coming here in the next week.

The city-wide anti-graffiti effort that was started with Officer Ari Bleifeld at the helm made huge steps in curbing this vandalism will have a new man in charge now as Bleifeld has gotten a promotion and is moving on. We welcome Officer Brad Etterle into this position and wish him luck in continuing Bleifeld’s successful work. The story at http://eastatlanta.patch.com/articles/apd-names-new-graffiti-abatement-officer