On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, the Castleberry Hill Neighborhood Association (CHNA) will host its Annual National Night Out from 7:00 - 10:00 pm at Studio 281, 281 Peters St., Atlanta, GA 30313. National Night Out, held in conjunction with the Public Safety and Neighborhood Relations Committees, was created to instill a sense of neighborhood camaraderie and strengthen the partnership bond between the community, residents, businesses and the police department. National Night Out events, such as this help send the message that we care about our neighborhood and are watching!

National Night Out, a year-long community building campaign, is designed to: (1) heighten crime prevention awareness; (2) generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs; (3) strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and (4) send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Members of the Atlanta Police Department, City Council and others will be joining us as well as neighbors from the Marietta Street Artery Association (MSAA) and Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association (ADNA)! We will have crime prevention materials and tips and will be helping spread the word on what the CHNA and APD are doing to help Castleberry Hill be crime free! Please come help send a message to criminals that Castleberry Hill is an organized group that is prepared to fight back to keep their neighborhood free of crime!

Tell your neighbors, tell your friends and come join us for America’s Night Out Against Crime - National Night Out 2008!

About National Night Out
The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of organized, law enforcement-affiliated crime and drug prevention programs. Members include: Neighborhood, Crime, Community, Town and Block Watch Groups; law enforcement agencies; state and regional crime prevention associations; and a variety of businesses, civic groups and concerned individuals working to make their communities safer places in which to live and work. NATW`s annual "National Night Out" (NNO) program, which is held on the first Tuesday each August, has been extraordinarily successful in promoting involvement in crime and drug prevention activities, strengthening police-community relations, and encouraging neighborhood camaraderie as part of the fight for safer streets. Since 1984, "National Night Out - America`s Night Out Against Crime" has grown to involve over 34 million people from more than 10,000 communities. For more information, please visit www.nationalnightout.org.

About Historic Castleberry Hill
The Castleberry Hill Neighborhood, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is Atlanta’s eighth Landmark District, represents the most complete warehouse district still surviving in the City of Atlanta. The area, located at the southwest end of the city`s Central Business District, is in the midst of a renaissance, with these old commercial structures being turned into dramatic loft homes for the many people attracted by the prospect of living Downtown. For more information on this historic neighborhood please go to www.castleberryhill.org.

Media Contact: Erica Pines – info@castleberryhill.org