Play Group, Committees
We appreciate as many volunteers and diverse voices as possible in order to come up with solutions that are beneficial to the entire neighborhood. If you’d like to get involved with any UHNA Committee, please send an email to the relevant Chair or uhadmin@underwoodhills.org.
Play Group
Play Group is one of the many things that makes our neighborhood wonderful. Play Group brings parents and children together for fun, friendship and seasonal celebrations. Play Group has created countless friendships among parents and children.
Email play@underwoodhills.org with queries, read below, or visit the Underwood Hills Nextdoor page.
What Does Underwood Hills Play Group Do?
- During school term, we meet at Underwood Hills Park on Fridays from 4:00–6:00pm. All ages are welcome.
- Refreshments including snacks and soft-drinks are provided gratis
- There is a charcoal BBQ stand beside the gazebo for use
- Underwood Hills family experiences a challenge, Play Group rallies to support that family with food and good wishes.
How Can I Get Involved with Play Group?
Join us! During the school year, meet us at the Park.
If you’d like to host a day or bring drinks or snacks, use the link below or the Volunteer button above.
Please forward the link to anyone who may be interested.
Families can contribute toward costs. Use the Donate button above. Reimbursement for refreshments is available for Hosts.
How Did Underwood Hills Play Group Start?
Underwood Hills Play Group began in 1996 when Liz Jacobs and a few other new mothers began meeting informally. Back then, there were not many children in the neighborhood, and Play Group was small. Today, there are over 100 families who participate. When we first began, we met at the home of a different member each week. Our numbers outgrew a single house, so we now meet at Underwood Park where the children can use the play equipment and enjoy fresh air.
Email play@underwoodhills.org with any queries.
Baby Welcome Committee
Safety Committee
Safety Committee was formed to help address general community safety issues.
The committee coordinates with Fire Station 23 to provide Home Fire Safety Drills and a free fire blanket to UHNA members that complete a drill.
It also organizes the UNDERWOOD HILLS EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATION (UHERO) which you can learn about in our Resources section.
Traffic Committee
Traffic Committee was formed to help address various traffic issues affecting our neighborhood. The committee, which consists of neighborhood volunteers, works with other neighborhood groups, our City Council Member’s office, the Office of Transportation and the Department of Public Works, among others, to try to improve conditions for both motorists and pedestrians in our area.
Planning Committee
Planning Committee meets as needed, when there is business to review. The Planning Committee hears issues that come before the NPU within the Underwood Hills boundaries and makes a recommendation to the UHNA membership, as appropriate. Our Planning Committee is chaired by Ben Hudgins. The NPU representative for Underwood Hills is Eva Cary Nason. If you have a zoning or license matter within Underwood Hills that will require you to go before the NPU, please email us to schedule your appearance before the Planning Committee at our next general meeting and send all applicable documents and plans.
The Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) system was instituted during Mayor Maynard Jackson’s administration. At that time, Underwood Hills (which then included the area which later became Berkeley Park) was grouped together to become NPU-D with communities primarily to the west, including Riverside, Whittier Mill, Bolton, Hills Park and Blandtown. The meeting date for NPU-D is always the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The meeting place is the Agape Center at 2210 Marietta Blvd.
Atlanta’s 230 neighborhoods are grouped into 24 neighborhood planning units. In NPU-D each neighborhood has a representative and an alternate chosen in caucus by that neighborhood’s attendees at the NPU’s designated yearly election meeting. One of the major items of business for an NPU is to consider and vote on zoning issues that come to the neighborhoods comprising the NPU. The city requires that such issues be handled by the NPU before they come to the city’s Public Hearing Boards. The NPUs review and respond to proposals about all kinds of city functions: transportation, parks, recreation, economic development, public safety, human services and environmental protection. The NPU process gives the city a sounding board for citizen reaction. It also allows citizens to initiate ideas and assist the city in developing plans that best meet the needs of their communities.