The City of Auburn has a full calendar for the month of April, with some of the highlights being a community-wide egg hunt and Spring Festival, a large community yardsale, the Great American Clean-Up event, a community garden expo, a fifth-grade City Council take-over, a farmers market, Library happenings and closing out the month with the celebration of Cities Week, April 26-May 2.

The Spring festival is Saturday and will include an array of activities for children and adults alike, including an egg hunt with 10,000 possible finds from 2p.m.-4p.m., crafts, food vendors and more. The festival will be at James Shackelford Memorial Park. Don’t forget to bring your camera to have a photo made with the Easter Bunny.

The first of many community-wide yardsales will begin on April 11 and will continue, the second Saturday of every month. Set-up begins in Burel Park at 7a.m. and begins at 8a.m.-2p.m. To reserve a spot the cost is $10. For more information contact Charlotte Ewing at (770) 963-4002 ext. 223.

The Great American Clean-Up will be held April 17-18, the Garden Expo will be on April 25 and kick-off the Farmers Market events and the Auburn Public Library, as always, has many activities planned. Story Time continues on Tuesdays, crafts are planned for April 27-May 1 in honor of Cities Week, with crafts revolved around community helpers such as firefighters, cooks and others. Kids Club meets every Tuesday night and the month of April will focus on Easter baskets, butterflies, Blue Birds and Mother’s Day. Other events include gardening and art classes. For more information visit http://www.cityofauburn-ga.org/auburn_library_page.html or call (770) 513-2925.

Auburn Elementary School fifth graders will experience first hand how to run a city. A final date has not yet been scheduled for the fifth-grade takeover of City Hall, but students will learn everything from budgeting, citizen comments, Court practices to business meetings.

Cities Week events will also be announced in coming weeks.