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One of the great pleasures of urban living are the little gems of garbage stashed around the neighborhood. And among the more frequent and troublesome items are junk tires. Sometimes they’re obvious, sometimes you have to look hard, but trash tires are strewn around intown neighborhoods like some kind of bizarre Easter Egg hunt.

Add to that the old tires being kept at people’s houses (don’t they know just to go dump them somewhere?) and rounding up junk tires makes for a good Earth Day activity in East Atlanta.

Earth Day is April 26, but Buzzers got a jump on things with a pre-Earth-Day roundup this past weekend; grabbing the real hard-to-get tire treasures. But don’t worry; there will be plenty more tires to round up and haul off on the 26th if you’d like to pitch in - or let your tire-hoarding neighbors know somebody will come take them off their hands that day if they leave them out by the curb. Check the Buzz post below for details on what’s going down on the 26th.

Part of the haul from last weekend (proudly overseen by Buzzer MRice:

Buzzer Wanker, who happens to own Holy Taco and is fast-becoming EAV’s most in-touch business owner, sent his crew out on Sunday and rounded up another 76 tires for the first-round collection. Good stuff - and not even on Earth Day!

The East Atlanta Community Association will also be hosting a number of events on Earth Day, so check out what’s happening when we give EAV over to the hippies completely.

On EAV Buzz: Round up those tires and Earth Day - East Atlanta Activities

The neighborhood is gearing up for what’s become a huge annual event for EAV - the East Atlanta Beer Festival. Moved this year to May 31, the Beer Fest offers both a sampling of 120 craft beers and a tour of the grounds of The John B. Gordon School, the fabulous Inman Park Properties loft project set to open in 1999 2002 2005 2007 the future.

Those buying tickets before April 10 can save $5; those who are broke but energetic can wait a couple of days and volunteer to work the festival. Working it gets your free admission.

On EAV Buzz: Beer Fest tickets on sale tomorrow

Buzzers have a soft spot for animals, and Buzzer localres has ramped up the Critter Crawl benefit started last year to be a multiple-neighborhood, multiple-weekend event.

Here in East Atlanta, the crawl is set for April 5. Hurry if you want tickets.

On EAVBuzz: Sweetwater Critter Crawl