In 2020, the City of Atlanta purchased one acre of land in the South River Gardens community at the corner of Hutchens Road SE & King Smith Road SE for use as a public park. Through neighborhood meetings, surveys, and engagement, Park Pride’s professional park designers worked closely with the South River Gardens residents and community association over the summer of 2021 to produce a conceptual plan for this new greenspace!
City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner John Dargle says, “It’s a great day to be in a park!” That was certainly the case on September 29, 2021 … Continue Reading →
Park Pride believes that everyone deserves access not just to a park, but a quality park. Fulfilling this vision cannot occur in isolation from other city priorities that impact people’s health, happiness, and quality of life. Affordable housing, regionalism, and active transportation, are three front and center issues within which parks need to find their place. Read more in Park Pride’s monthly contribution to Saporta Report’s People, Places, and Parks.
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Park Pride and our greenspace partners have been hard at work through the better part of this year attempting to develop a rapport with the next Mayor of the City of Atlanta. The challenge, at this particular point in time, is that we don’t know who that person will be. As of the August 20th filing, there were 14 candidates who claimed to be up to the job. However, at the race’s conclusion there can be only one.
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Thirteen organizations have emerged as a “Green Cabinet” available to help the next administration develop policies that improve Atlanta’s green spaces and parks.
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At this Park Pride Virtual Roundtable, Charlie McCabe, parks and placemaking expert, shared the findings from a recent study (commissioned by The Trust for Public Land and funded by The Arthur M. Blank Foundation) of Atlanta’s park system. He also discussed recommendations to making great parks accessible to all Atlantans. City of Atlanta Mayoral candidates (or representatives from their campaign) were also on hand to provide their responses to the study’s findings.
At Park Pride’s virtual Roundtable, Charlie McCabe, parks and placemaking, discussed the results of a study commissioned by The Trust for Public Land that outlined a number of funding opportunities for Atlanta’s parks and recreation, followed by comments from four candidates for Atlanta mayor or their representatives.
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In 2020, Park Pride awarded the Friends of Lang-Carson Park a Legacy Grant to help fund the renovation of the Manigault Street Playlot with a new ADA-accessible path and a … Continue Reading →
Park Pride’s team is growing! Please help us welcome Torey Garrett and Camila Sanchez! Torey Garrett Torey is a Program Associate on our Community Building team and will provide support … Continue Reading →
Atlanta did not fare too well in the Trust for Public Land’s 2021 ParkScore ranking. Of the 100 major U.S. cities, Atlanta ranked 49th compared to 40th last year. Part of the reason can be attributed to equity. For the first time, TPL added measures of park equity in its ParkScore rankings.
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