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A New

Vision

for Atlanta

How Atlanta's Department of Parks and Recreation and community
partners are transforming the city, one park at a time
By Vitisia Paynich

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series
of articles about parks transforming cities,
towns and communities that will appear in
future issues.

T

he city of Atlanta, Georgia,
with a population of more than
472,000 people, will be breaking
ground on approximately 20 projects
throughout the city in 2018 and beyond.
With a combination of public and private funding, Atlanta's Department of
Parks and Recreation (DPR) aims to
illustrate how these entities can work together to create parks and develop public
lands that can, ultimately, transform Atlanta and the lives of its citizens.
The impetus behind these multiple
projects throughout Atlanta stems from
its own mission statement:

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We are committed to building strong
communities and a vibrant economy by providing safe and exceptional parks, facilities
and programs through effective leadership,
collaboration and innovative thinking.
What's more, DPR along with its community stakeholders pledge to transform
Atlanta's green spaces into a world-class
parks system, emphasizing social equity
and conservation best practices in the
city's master plan design.
Community Partnerships
Before any projects can move forward,
however, the city relies on the support
of multiple entities - including nonprofits, advocacy groups, park volunteers, conservancies and the community at large - to provide input and
financial backing. For example, Park

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Pride, a nonprofit with an operating
budget of $1.4 million has a matching
grant program that provides about $1
million to communities for park improvement projects within its current
service areas. " We work from a
bottom-up approach, " says Michael
Halicki, executive director.
Through Park Pride's Park Visioning
program, " we go into the communities
and listen to what it is they would like
to see in terms of their parks, and then
help to give ideas and provide choices to
those communities on how they might
meet those needs, " Halicki explains. In
addition, the nonprofit helps to bridge
potential communication gaps.
" Our advocacy efforts are more on the
broader macro level - things like park
maintenance and park access, " Halicki



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