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Help Revitalize Brookhaven Park
Now every resident of Brookhaven has a chance to help make our community a beautiful place to relax and play.
One of the least known but true gems of the community is Brookhaven Park. Located at 4158 Peachtree Road on the corner of Osborne Road, its historic site once held the old Veteran’s “48” Hospital which was constructed after WW II. Today the location includes the DeKalb Training Center, a daytime facility that assists challenged residents of the county. The 9-acre park includes a multi-use field, basketball court, playground, picnic shelter and walking trails.
Led by the volunteer group, Friends of the Park, Brookhaven residents are shaping the future of the park. In the summer of 2008 Friends of the Park, a volunteer group supported by BPCA, held three “visioning” sessions at the park to increase awareness, build support and gather ideas for a redesigned park of the future. Neighbors divided into groups and developed a set of ideas to guide future planning.
“From this base, we hope to proceed in the raising of funds to hire a landscape architect to produce a master plan for the park,” said Jack Honderd, architect and member of the Brookhaven Peachtree Community Alliance (BPCA). Friends of the Park, BPCA and other volunteers will work with DeKalb to develop a master Plan for the park enhancements.
A key objective of the Brookhaven LCD study is to develop a well-designed heart for Brookhaven, a centerpiece accessible by all members of the community. According to Honderd “we see this as occurring around the Marta Station - and a true public greenspace, a re-envisioned and redeveloped 17-acre Brookhaven Park behind the DeKalb Training Center.
Dr. Paul Hudson, historian at Georgia Perimeter College and Oglethorpe University, will produce a series of columns to keep Brookhaven Buzz readers informed of changes in Brookhaven Park. All interested residents of Brookhaven are invited to join in and help plan and create a better Brookhaven Park for everyone. For further information contact Carol Haley, 404-262-1607, chaley@bellsouth.net
Friends of the Park Shine At The
Brookhaven Arts Festival
The BPCA and Friends of Brookhaven Park (FoBP) were present with a tent and table in a prime location at the Brookhaven Arts Festival on October 11th and 12th, courtesy of Arts Festival organizers Gretchen and Bill Roberts.
The weather was warm and windy, and some four thousand Arts Festival attenders walked by our table over the two days, with several hundred stopping to browse the display boards and ask questions. Some 70 Brookhaven-ites signed up for LCI and park email updates and ongoing involvement with FoBP.
Common questions were:
Where IS Brookhaven Park?
Who will pay for this?
Will the LCI plan for the MARTA station really happen? When?
What will happen to existing businesses?
Bill Roberts, Jenny Troutman, Larry Danese, Rebecca King and Jack Honderd all took turns representing FoBP and BPCA at the table. Mike Elliott and Jenny Troutman did a terrific job pulling together display boards and handouts.
And according to Rebecca, the sno-cones were delicious!
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