August 5, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Myrtle Street between 5th & 7th Street
National Night Out, which is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by Midtown Neighbors’ Association, involves over 16,500 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world. In all, over 38.5 million people will participate in ‘America’s Night Out Against Crime’.
MNA National Night Out is designed to:
- heighten crime prevention awareness and educate the community about drug addiction and mental health resources;
- generate support for, and participation in, local public safety efforts like the MNA Safety Patrol Program and Midtown Blue;
- expand knowledge of and engagement with outreach programs like Intown Cares, MAC, Our House, and PAD for sustainable support solutions;
- strengthen neighborhood spirit and civil servant-community partnerships;
- provide educational materials on home and personal safety measures; and
- send a message to criminals letting them know Midtown is organized, aware, and taking steps to maintain the safety of our neighborhood.
A FREE BLOCK PARTY FOR OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORS
Join us for an evening outside with neighbors, public safety partners, community outreach volunteers, and Midtown’s civic leaders. Our first responders give each and every day to our community to keep us out of harm’s way and to be there to assist in those emergency moments when we need them. During National Night Out, we connect you directly to these brave and dedicated individuals in our community. You can ask questions, explore a truck, sign up to support an outreach program during the year, get more involved with MNA, and share your thoughts on how to create a safe and welcoming community. We also give thanks to our first responders for showing up each and every day for us.
Public safety is a team effort and requires more than just our first response teams to provide for our community. Each year, Midtown invites outreach organizations to join our event and share their work and opportunities for you to support them.
Come enjoy a bite to eat, a cool drink, great conversation. Shake the hands of those that serve our neighborhood. Chat with decision makers all in one place that are shaping our city’s approach to public safety.
2024 ORGANIZATIONS, GUESTS AND PLAYFUL ACTIVITIES
This year, our National Night Out event includes many of things you love about our annual block party and some new ones! Check out our participants for 2024 and make plans to stop join us.
APD Zone 5 and Zone 6 Teams
Majors Schiffbauer and Webster will arrive with their teams to mingle with our neighborhood, discuss how we – the community – can help deter crime, and what their departments do every single day to address criminals and protect residents in our community. They can discuss the new public training facility, recruitment and retention, and current crime trends in Midtown.
Atlanta Fire and Rescue
Midtown’s Engine 15 located on 10th Street always arrives with a giant red truck for kids to climb on and some of our local AFD heroes ready to chat about CO2 and smoke monitors, how to safely exit a house fire, closing your doors at night and car seats. Who knows…you might be inspired to join their ranks!
APD Mounted Patrol
Kids and adults can enjoy meeting some of APD’s finest. Did you know that each horse is a sworn officer of the APD? Where do they wear their badge?
Midtown City Council Members
We are fortunate to have engaged and accessible City Council Members in Midtown. Council Members Farokhi (D2), Wan (D6), Amos (D3) and Westmoreland (Post 2) will all be with us, answering your questions and sharing some insight into what City Council can do to keep Atlanta welcoming and safe.
E-911 Call Center
Have been on hold with 911? Did you call and wonder why the response was slow? Have read about understaffing? Join our event to chat with the Director of Atlanta’s new E911 Call Center and learn about recent salary increases, how supervisors monitor calls and manage hold times, and how you can text 911!
Community Outreach Programs
We are excited to have Policing Alternatives and Diversion (PAD), Intown Collaborative Ministries, HOPE Atlanta, Red Cross, ATL311, Court Watch, Connect Atlanta and more with us this year to share their outreach work in the community. They will share actions you can take as a volunteer to solve blood supply shortages, help those with mental health, provide resources for homeless families, and report non-violent offenses to ATL311.
WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP MIDTOWN SAFE
MNA has been working to keep Midtown safe for 54 years. We first brought National Night Out to Midtown in 2003 and we have hosted it annually every year following. We understand how complex crime prevention can be and we support our community’s efforts to be both welcoming and safe for all. We help decipher the layered elements to the public safety continuum and we create a clear path to answers for our fellow Midtown residents.
Learn more about MNA’s Safety Patrol and collaboration with APD and Midtown Blue.
Our Safety Team works closely with an invaluable resource – APD Lt. Jason Sokloski. Lt Sokloski oversees our Garden District safety patrol and is a reliable guide for how to approach safety strategies throughout Midtown. As a former Zone 5 officer, he is intimately aware of the daily changes in our neighborhood and keeps our MNA Safety Team updated so we can proactively work to address resident concerns. We are proud to work with “Lt Ski” and thank him for his partnership in Midtown. Be sure to stop by the MNA Patrol truck and get to know him.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Our wonderful sponsors make this event fun and free! Would you like to be a sponsor? Email Paul Luppino, Safety Chairperson and Event Director. We will be lining up financial contributions, food, beverages, and activity sponsors for 2025. This is a great opportunity to highlight your support for Midtown and our first responders to hundreds of local residents. Benefits include signage, website acknowledgement, social media thank you, and / or your logo on flyers to Midtown residents.
THANK YOU OUR 2024 SPONSORS!
PARTNERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY
We work with our partners throughout the year to create a safe community. Click below to learn more about these organizations.
