Park Pride’s Small Change Grant Program provides support to communities just beginning their park improvement efforts, enabling them to leverage support from neighbors and local businesses.
The Georgia Conservancy's Common Ground Summit will bring together communities large and small interested in sustainable economic futures through conservation and outdoor recreation. Funding mechanisms, land acquisitions, historic preservation, collaborations, partnerships, marketing - each community or initiative has a unique story to tell. The Common Ground Summit will feature morning and lunchtime keynote addresses, eight panel discussions and … Continue Reading →
Join the Little Creek Farm Conservancy (LCFC) for a creek cleaning event on August 4th that benefits the entire community! Volunteers will meet from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the picnic area / kiosk at the Little Creek Horse Farm. LCFC, Keep DeKalb Beautiful, and Park Pride will provide gators, gloves, supplies, tools, and … Continue Reading →
Join Park Pride on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30am as community leaders and park advocates from throughout Atlanta and DeKalb come together for education, networking and strategy for advancing the parks movement.
Join the Friends of Murphey Candler Park to conduct periodic maintenance of the park, including: trail / pavilion clean-up, causeway clean-up, invasive removal, clean-up of lake trash via canoe, and other special projects! Volunteers should meet at the County Corner Field on West Nancy Creek Dr. and Candler Lake East. Thanks for coming out for … Continue Reading →
You are cordially invited to join us for the groundbreaking of Boone Park West in the English Avenue neighborhood! English Avenue, situated within the Proctor Creek Watershed, has long suffered from damaging combined sewer overflows related to stormwater runoff, economic disinvestment, social and educational challenges, and lack of greenspace. Since 2009, Park Pride and The … Continue Reading →
Do you live near or regularly visit Grant Park? If so, we need to hear your voice! Park Pride and the Grant Park Conservancy invite you to participate, share your thoughts, and help develop concepts for the park through Park Pride’s Park Visioning process. Your opinion is critical to the success of this much-loved and valued greenspace. Join … Continue Reading →
Do you live near or regularly visit Grant Park? If so, we need to hear your voice! Park Pride and the Grant Park Conservancy invite you to participate, share your thoughts, and help develop concepts for the park through Park Pride’s Park Visioning process. Your opinion is critical to the success of this much-loved and valued greenspace. Join … Continue Reading →
We need your input! The Department of City Planning is undertaking a study (called the Urban Ecology Framework) to determine how Atlanta's natural resources should be protected, restored, and enhanced. This meeting will review the needs assessment analysis and discuss potential future scenarios. Be prepared to discuss identified areas to preserve, areas that need additional … Continue Reading →
Escape the office and join the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System for a FREE Dragon-Con Pre-Party at Woodruff Park on Thursday, August 30th from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.! There will be: Virtual reality gaming drone racing photo booths button making 3D art creation! Come on out and join the fun!