By Georgia Conservancy Vice President of Programs and Sustainable Growth Director Katherine Moore, and Georgia Conservancy Urban Design Lead Johanna McCrehan For 23 years, in more than 52 communities, Blueprints for Successful Communities has addressed the topic of housing options across the state of Georgia. The Sustainable Growth Program of the Georgia Conservancy offers this […]
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From Snow Piles to Worm Rescues: A Child’s Connection to Nature
by Rachel Maher, Park Pride’s Marketing + Communications Manager Recently, Tina Arnold, Park Pride’s Director of Community Building, asked a gathering of board and staff what “made you ‘go green’?” She wanted us to share the moment that we discovered our connection to nature. Growing up in Buffalo, New York, I have an incredibly distinct […]
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Atlanta Audubon aims to help remove invasive species, attract birds to DeKalb County park
The Native Plant and Wildlife Walk at a DeKalb County park is soon to be a bit more native. The Atlanta Audubon Society has awarded a grant that’s to help provide for the removal of invasive species, after which bird friendly species of plants are to be installed.
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Brookhaven’s new $40 million parks bond earns top credit rating; city already spending proceeds
Brookhaven hasn’t wasted a minute in ramping up projects with the $40 million bond for parks and facilities voters approved in November 2018. Just four days after Moody’s Investors Service awarded the bonds its highest rating, the Brookhaven City Council approved two contracts related to parks improvements.
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New Westside greenspace shows potential for expanded Atlanta Waterworks Park
In a wonderful beginning, Atlanta welcomed its newest green space on Sunday – a 4.5 acre site that offers dramatic views of the city’s skyline.
The new greenspace is a result of the persistent hard work by a grassroots community group – Friends of Atlanta Westside Park and the Upper Westside Improvement District – to clear the overgrown land from brush, weeds and dead trees and create a park-like setting at 17th Street and Northside Drive.
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#YesOnOne: Vote YES for the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment
Michael Halicki, Executive Director of Park Pride Tuesday November 6th is Election Day, and the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment (GOSA) is the first amendment on the ballot. I am writing to encourage you, one final time, to vote YES on Amendment 1. By voting yes, you will be saying yes to protecting Georgia’s waters […]
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Photo Pick: Old Man by the Fountain at Woodruff Park by Michael Halicki
Last Wednesday, October 10th, was National Walk to a Park day! Michael Halicki, Executive Director of Park Pride, shares this photo from Woodruff Park where staff from Park Pride and Trust for Public Land met up to mark the occasion.
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A 10-minute walk to a park? Advocates say it should happen in Atlanta
It might be a stretch goal in a spread-out city like Atlanta, but parks advocates say that everyone should live within a 10-minutes walk of some nice green space.
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On November 6, You Can Bring Georgia Together
Photo above: Vote Yes on 1 to protect Georgia’s lands and waters for future generations. Photo © Georgia Department of Economic Development By Deron Davis, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia In our increasingly complex world, too often divided by partisan politics, it is rare to find an issue that brings people together no […]
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Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park to honor shooting victim of Atlanta police
Kathryn Johnston is to be memorialized by a park named in her honor. The future park is located a few blocks from the home where Atlanta police officers shot and killed the 92-year-old matron in her living room after bursting into her home in 2006.
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Atlanta’s ParkScore jumps seven spots, still has lots of room to improve
The City of Atlanta jumped from 50 to 43 in the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore survey of the nation’s 100 largest cities.
The improved ranking shows how Atlanta has gained traction when it comes to acquiring and maintaining parks and green space in the city limits. TPL also including a few other factors in its ranking – such as including private support for parks – that helped boost Atlanta’s standing.
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Trail to the Chattahoochee leads through Atlanta City Council, public, and planners
“Just because we don’t have a river running through downtown like Chattanooga or Nashville or wherever else, that doesn’t mean we can’t take full advantage of” the Chattahoochee.
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Atlanta City Council OKs $20.4 million for part of Piedmont Park expansion
Atlanta City Council voted to spend some $20.4 million on about three acres of Midtown land that’s part of a planned expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Atlanta City Council panel balks at $20.5 million for three acres of Piedmont Park expansion
A tough cross-examination looks likely at Atlanta City Council for a plan to spend up to $20.5 million for about three acres of a proposed expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Imagining the Future of the Chattahoochee River
By Walt Ray, Chattahoochee Program Director, The Trust for Public Land in Georgia I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny River serves as the backdrop for daily life. It is ever-present, ever-flowing. Everyone talks about the river. How high is the water level? What did you catch on your last fishing trip? How […]
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The Importance of Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 By Michael Halicki, Park Pride’s Executive Director People often think of nonprofits as mission driven organizations. While mission is vital to defining what an organization does, it is the vision that defines what you aim to achieve. In these uncertain times, it is vision, not mission, […]
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Mayor takes action toward public/private Piedmont, botanical garden expansion
Philanthropies and the city of Atlanta are planning a $100 million spend on an expansion of Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, part of which will extend green space to the corner of Piedmont and Monroe, Mayor Kasim Reed announced on Friday.
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Final construction funding earmarked for PATH400; construction to begin in January
The last bit of money needed to complete PATH400 has been earmarked in city and federal funding, which is a significant win for Livable Buckhead, the non-profit entity overseeing development of the linear park.
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Buckhead CID’s executive director refutes parts of story about Ga. 400 park project
Jim Durrett, executive director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, strongly refuted Tuesday the notion that plans are afoot to tax condo owners in Buckhead to raise money for a planned park above Ga. 400, as reported in SaportaReport. Durrett also said the park’s financial model has been made public.
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Taxing condo owners in Buckhead to pay for a planned park to be built above Ga. 400?
As preparations advance for a park that’s to be built over Ga. 400 in Buckhead, indications are emerging that backers may ask the Georgia Legislature to authorize a new property tax on condo owners in Buckhead to help pay for the project – priced at $250 million and mounting.
