Heritage Sandy Springs has unveiled plans for an estimated $350,000 makeover of Heritage Green park downtown with a special emphasis on highlighting the freshwater spring that gave the city its name.
“This will be a celebration of the spring,” said Lane M. Duncan of plans for a new open pavilion for the spring, 6110 Blue Stone Road.
Lane and Linda Duncan are the husband-and-wife architectural team that won a design competition for the project. Announcing the plans Wednesday, Heritage Sandy Springs officials said the work would be funded by a capital campaign and sponsorships, with no public funds anticipated. Construction is expected to begin in November and be completed by March 2018.
The spring today is several feet below ground level and hidden beneath a metal grate. The Duncans’ plan calls for a recirculating pump “so water comes up and cascades back into the spring itself, so you can see and hear the water,” Lane Duncan said.
Also, the sloping ground in front of the spring would be leveled, creating an easier site for setting up portable chairs for events, and the dirt used to create gardens featuring original, Native American and European settlement-era plantings. The wedding gazebo at Heritage Green would be unchanged.
