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The magic is the people: Meet the 12 greenspace champions in Park Pride’s 2026 Park Stewardship Academy
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager “What I’ve gained is nearly immeasurable.” That’s how a 2025 graduate described her experience with Park Pride’s Park Stewardship Academy (PSA). This fall, we welcomed the fourth cohort to PSA — made up of 12 park leaders serving parks in the City of Atlanta, DeKalb…
Chattahoochee Nature Center Unveils New Branding During 50th Anniversary Events
Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and leader in environmental education, conservation and the rehabilitation of native plants and wildlife along the Chattahoochee River, metro Atlanta, and the state of Georgia, commemorated its 50th anniversary with a three-day celebration last month. The series of events honored the organization’s legacy and marked the public…
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SaportaReport is proud to present the latest in Thought Leaders from across Georgia. Designed as a general forum where experts may host discussions about their respective fields, SaportaReport Thought Leadership is sponsored by various industry leaders from the Atlanta area. Atlanta is known as the City in the Trees! Atlanta Beltline Partnership, Birds Georgia, Georgia Conservancy, Park Pride, and The Nature Conservancy contribute stories on the rich history of Atlanta’s nature scene, conservation and how we can create a better Atlanta one greenspace at a time.
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Atlanta Beltline Launches Resident Resource Guide to Connect Residents with Financial and Homebuying Resources
The Atlanta Beltline has relaunched its Resident Resources Guide, a free online resource connecting residents to organizations and programs that support financial stability, homeownership and more. The updated guide is now live at beltline.org/resourceguide. What’s New The relaunched guide is designed to make it faster and simpler to find the right resource. Users can now…
What I did this summer: Park Pride Summer Interns lean into the Power of Parks!
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager At Park Pride, we strive to inspire the next generation to get involved with parks and pursue careers in the greenspace sector. That’s why we were thrilled to welcome four summer interns to our Park Visioning and Community Building teams, including Prashanti Pathak (Visioning), Shreya…
From acquisition to opening day: What it takes to turn private land into public park
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager What does it take to create a public park? The City of Atlanta has bolstered its parks inventory in recent years with acquisitions like Red’s Farm Preserve, Tatum Lakes and the Lucinda Bunnen property. The benefits of these properties are immense — providing access to…
Walk with a Doc Returns to Cook Park with a Focus on Social Wellness and Healthy Aging
The Atlanta Beltline continues its Walk with a Doc series this month at Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Historic Vine City. The free program pairs a short talk from a healthcare professional with a neighborhood walk, supported by Piedmont Healthcare and Google. This Month: Social Wellness and Healthy Aging July’s walk takes place Saturday, July…
World Cup fever sweeps Atlanta and parks are at the center
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager This is a great time to be an Atlantan! Our city has come alive on the center stage for the World Cup. During this month-long party, our parks have welcomed visitors from near and far, the Atlanta Stadium, temporarily renamed from Mercedes-Benz, is bursting with…
Every Acre Matters: Georgia Conservancy’s New Strategic Plan
Venture anywhere across our great state and you’ll see signs of change. Whether it’s industrial warehouses, new subdivisions, or transportation projects, our landscape is changing—and fast. Atlanta is no stranger to this growth, fueled by low-intensity development. But now this change is accelerating everywhere. From Rome to Savannah, and from Athens to Valdosta, our farmlands,…
Share the Shore with Georgia’s seabirds and shorebirds this holiday weekend!
By Sarah Cantwell and Sarah Manning, Birds Georgia America’s 250th birthday isn’t the only thing being celebrated this weekend – we’re celebrating birds! Seabird and shorebird chicks are incubating, hatching, and fledging all along Georgia’s coast. We’re monitoring their success on one of Georgia’s protected bird islands, Cumberland Dividings Bird Island in Camden County. This…
Beyond greenspace: Why Atlanta’s park water features are essential — and where to find them
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager It’s hot, y’all. Summer might not officially start until June 21, but between the high temperatures and the end of the school year, it sure feels like summer. If you’re looking for a way to beat the heat over the next few months, turn to…
Atlanta Beltline Makes It Easier Than Ever to Volunteer Along the Trail
If you’ve ever wanted to give back to the Atlanta Beltline but weren’t sure where to start, it just got a lot easier. Atlanta Beltline recently launched a new volunteer portal at volunteer.beltline.org, a dedicated online platform that connects Atlanta residents with volunteer opportunities along the corridor and makes it easy to track the impact…
Everyone’s a Birder. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.
By Brooke Michael, Birds Georgia Communications Coordinator Everyone’s a birder. They just don’t know it yet. That’s a common refrain among Birds Georgia staff, because we know that once you start noticing birds, you’re hooked. And lately, it seems like more and more people are joining the flock. Bird feeder cameras have become must-have gadgets.…
Drought is a wakeup call for Atlanta’s park and tree communities
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager Atlanta is parched. At the time of writing this column, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the entire state of Georgia is under severe, extreme, or exceptional drought. While our dry spell has finally come to an end with recent rain, predictions show that the…
Introducing Georgia’s Roadmap For Marsh Conservation
A regional partnership spanning North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida released targeted plans for each state this month to conserve coastal salt marshes—grassy wetlands that fill with saltwater and drain as the tides ebb and flow. These habitats protect communities and more than a dozen at-risk military installations from floods, provide fish breeding grounds,…
Atlanta Beltline’s 404 Day of Service Unites 200+ Volunteers and 12 Colleges Across the City
On 404 Day 2026, Shirley Clarke Franklin Park was alive with the energy of more than 200 volunteers from 12 Atlanta-area colleges and universities, all showing up to give back to the city they love, and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens joined in the fun. The annual 404 Day of Service, held on Atlanta’s April 4…
Recreating Community, One Park and One Home at a Time
By John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund, and Michael Halicki, President & CEO, Park Pride Prior to 2015, English Avenue didn’t have a single park. Not one. In a neighborhood nested in the historic Westside community that was once one of the most vital centers of Black intellectual and civic life in America —…
Georgia Bird Fest Is a Celebration of Spring Migration
By Brooke Michael, Birds Georgia Communications Coordinator It’s been a long, cold winter for birders. Don’t get me wrong: winter birding can be fun. There are weird ducks, sneaky sparrows, and less foliage to contend with when trying to spot birds up in the trees. But nothing compares to spotting your first warbler of spring…
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