Park Pride

What makes a park entrance great? Our Friends of the Park groups have some ideas! Through our Park Design Workshop, seven FoP groups were paired with landscape architect volunteers to redesign their park entrances. The drafted plans include adding signage, creating pedestrian and cyclist pathways, building plazas, removing invasive plants and more to make these park entryways more visible, accessible and welcoming. Now, these FoP groups can apply to Park Pride's Grantmaking Program to help bring these plans to fruition. A BIG thank you to the landscape architects who helped make this possible! MKSK, Breedlove Land Planning Inc, Cooper Carry, DAVID RUBIN Land Collective, Square Feet Studio and Gresham Smith

Love Piedmont Park and want to help make it the best it can be? Piedmont Park Conservancy invites you to join in informing, shaping and realizing the future of Atlanta's beloved park through an updated Comprehensive Plan! Click here to share your input: https://ow.ly/8Kta50T82Au

We love Atlanta’s parks and its people. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that all of Atlanta’s parks are quality parks, particularly those in disinvested communities. When we say Parks for All, we mean all. Through our Impact Report, you’ll join us on a journey through some of our transformational projects, meet key park champions and learn more about our highly impactful Parks for All campaign. Click here to explore the report: https://ow.ly/EwP550SYEbv

Help us find this year's group of Cox Conserves Heroes! Cox Enterprises is looking for volunteer sustainability superstars who take action to create a healthier planet. Know someone or a nonprofit organization who is building a greener future? Submit their name by Aug. 29 for their chance to receive up to $30,000 to be donated to the environmental nonprofit of their choice. Click here to nominate today: https://ow.ly/wLNg50SNlJl

The MARTA bus has allowed Eli Dickerson, Park Pride's Director of Education, to unlock a new relationship with commuting. "As a park person, I’ve been thinking about the relationship between public transit and our parks," he said. "They offer similar benefits — both allow you to interact with your city in different ways, provide a space for people from different walks of life to come together and, if done right, can foster a sense of pride about where you live." Click to read more about why transit and parks go hand-in-hand in our latest on SaportaReport:

Braving the heat for a good cause! 💪 Last month, over 20 volunteers with Cox Enterprises joined us for a volunteer project at Brownwood Park. Brownwood is a 12-acre neighborhood park near the heart of the East Atlanta Village that features the East Atlanta Kids Club, tennis and basketball courts, a playground and a small network of wooded walking trails. Our volunteers focused on trail maintenance, including clearing the walkways, laying down mulch and removing invasive plants. Thank you to our fantastic volunteers for making this space more welcoming and accessible! Corporate volunteer days are a great way to support better parks and stronger communities. Reach out to [email protected] today to begin planning your team's volunteer day!

Help us plan for City of Atlanta’s future trail network! It only takes 3-minutes to make a difference! Urbanize Atlanta PATH Foundation Park Pride YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta

Let's beat the heat at Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve! ☀️🌳 This morning, we joined the Friends group for our one-hour Second Friday Walk in the Park. With no shortage of shade, we took a leisurely walk through the expansive nature preserve that is largely comprised of mature forest. The preserve is a combination of two tracts — one named after the previous landowner, jazz musician Lionel Hampton, and the other shares the name of the nearby Beecher Hills school. During the Civil War, the area was used by Union troops during the Battles of Ezra Church and Utoy Creek. About half of this beautiful nature preserve wouldn't exist without residents advocating for the greenspace, which was slated for development with 100 homes but was instead sold to the City. That's the power of grassroots advocacy! We hope to see you at our next Second Friday Walk in the Park! We'll be at Flat Shoals Park on Friday, September 13 at 9 a.m. No registration, no fee — just show up!

Raise your Park IQ with Park Pride! Join us THIS FRIDAY at 9 a.m. for a one-hour walk at Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve! We’ll explore parts of this 100+ acre nature preserve, which is largely mature forest. Come explore with us! Bring your coffee and your walking shoes. Click here for more information: https://ow.ly/86hE50SShwV

Park Pride is excited to welcome the incoming group of park champions who are joining its Board of Directors! The board also elected Omari J. Henderson as the next Board Chair. “I’m excited to chair the Park Pride Board because of the organization’s focus on equity in parks within Atlanta,” Henderson said. “This initiative is crucial for fostering inclusive and vibrant communities.” He continued: “Together, we will champion equitable development, contribute to public health by promoting outdoor activity, and enhance community cohesion through shared public spaces.” Click here to get to know the nine park champions joining Park Pride's board: https://ow.ly/caEe50SRwKX