PARC


2009 Act to Save Atlanta's Parks (ASAP)!

Thanks to the following candidates for endorsing the ASAP!

Lisa Borders (Mayor)
Mary Norwood (Mayor)
Kasim Reed (Mayor)

Ceasar Mitchell (Council President)
Clair Muller (Council President)

De'borah Evangelist Williams (District 4)
Cleta Winslow (District 4)
LaShawn Hoffman (District 4)
Bahareh Azizi (District 6)
Steve Brodie (District 6)
Tad Christian (District 6)
Liz Coyle (District 6)
Miguell Gallegos (District 6)
Alex Wan (District 6)
Yolanda Adrean (District 8)
Keisha Waites (District 12)

Dwanda Farmer (At-Large 1)
Amir Farokhi (At-Large 2)
Weslee Knapp (At-Large 2)
Aaron Watson (At-Large 2)
Shelitha Robertson (At-Large 3)
H. Lamar Willis (At-Large 3)

We look forward to more endorsements in the weeks to come!

Since 1993, the City of Atlanta has cut the number of parks and recreation employees in half.
Among the 25 largest cities, none has a smaller percent of its land dedicated to parks.
Too many residents do not feel safe in too many of our parks.

The Parks Atlanta Rescue Coalition (PARC), a coalition of community leaders, park advocates and environmental organizations, has rallied around the 2009 Act to Save Atlanta's Parks (ASAP)!

Three simple steps
    * 1 MIL OF EXISTING PROPERTY TAX FORPARK MAINTENANCE by 2012
    * DEDICATED FUNDING FOR NEW PARKS & PARK AMENITIES by 2013
    * CONCRETE STEPS TO ASSURE PARK SAFETY

Three Proven Results
    * MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    * SAFER COMMUNITIES
    * HEALTHIER CITIZENS

Endorse the PARC 2009 ASAP! campaign --
  Personally    OR    For your organization

The 2009 PARC Act to Save Atlanta’s Parks (ASAP)! has been endorsed by the following organizations:

 Park Pride


 

Adams Park Foundation

Astra Group

Arborguard Tree Specialists

Atlanta Bicycle Campaign

Atlanta Kick

Atlanta Task Force on Play

BeltLine Partnership

The BeltLine Network

BrockBuilt Homes

Candler Park Neighborhood Organization

Capacity Builders, Inc

Chastain Park Conservancy

Cherokee Garden Club

The Conservation Fund

East Atlanta Community Association

East Lake Community Neighborhood Assn

Eastside Parks Network

ECOS Environmental Design

Ed Castro Landscape Design

Freedom Park Conservancy

Friends of Adamsville Recreation Center

Friends of Brownwood Park

Friends of Candler Park

Friends of Cleopas Johnson Park

Friends of Collier Heights Park

Friends of Grant Park Pool

Friends of Herbert Greene Nature Preserve

Friends of Iverson Park

Friends of Little Nancy Creek Park

Friends of Orme Park

Friends of Peachtree Hills Park

Friends of Peoplestown Parks

Friends of Spink Collins Park

Friends of Washington Park

Friends of West Manor Park

Friends of Wolf Creek Park

The Georgia Conservancy

Georgia Land Trust

Ga. No Child Left Inside Coalition

Gilliam Park CARE

Grant Park Conservancy

Grant Park Neighborhood Ass’n

Historic 4th Ward Park Conservancy

Historic Oakland Foundation

Intown Restaurant Group

Kirkwood Neighbors Organization

L.F. Saussy, Landscape Archs., LLC

Million Mile Greenway

Morningside Lenox Park Association

Morningside Parks Commission<

Mt. Paran Garden Club

The Nature Conservancy of Georgia

NPU A

NPU B

NPU C

NPU D

NPU E

NPU F

NPU H

NPU I

NPU L

NPU M

NPU O

NPU P

NPU S

NPU T

NPU W

Olmsted Linear Park Alliance (OLPA)

Operation Bootcamp

PATH Foundation

Peachtree Garden Club

Peachtree Hills Community Garden

Piedmont Park Conservancy

Public Policy Advocacy Committee
of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta

Riverside Neighborhood Association

Saving Places for Atlanta’s
Community Environments (SPACE)

Silverman Construction Program Management

Smith Dalia

South Fork Conservancy

Stokes Landscape Design

Sustainable Solutions Georgia

Sylvan Hills Neighborhood Assn.

Trees Atlanta

The Trust for Public Land

Tunnell, Spangler, Walsh

Tuxedo Park Civic Association

West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA)

Zoo Atlanta


P.A.R.C.

Park Atlanta Rescue Coalition

Partnerships are the foundation for all that Park Pride does, and our advocacy and education efforts are no exception. PARC is a coalition of groups that advocate for Atlanta-area parks. On the second Thursday of every month at 7:30am, Park Pride brings together community leaders and park advocates from throughout Atlanta for education, networking and strategy. Representatives from dozens of Friends of the Park Groups, Park Conservancies and the parks department visit a different park to learn more about the community efforts in that park, discuss current park and greenspace issues and support each other in efforts to improve our parks and our park system.

Please join us on the second Thursday of the month for our next PARC meeting.
See the full Park Pride calendar with PARC meeting dates and locations