Ribbon cuttings don’t always make the news, nor do the openings of park projects. But on Wednesday, local leaders gathered in English Avenue to celebrate the very first greenspace in that community — a sign, they say — of what’s to come amid broader efforts to revitalize Atlanta’s Westside.
The Conservation Fund and Park Pride worked three years to convert rundown property into Lindsay Street Park, a playground and park with stormwater control features. The project cost about $750,000, with the majority of funds donated by U-Haul, Invest Atlanta, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Boise Paper, the Waterfall Foundation and Park Pride.
Mayor Kasim Reed said Lindsay Street Park symbolizes what local leaders are trying to accomplish in the impoverished neighborhoods surrounding the future Atlanta Falcons stadium. Government officials, as well as nonprofits and private interests, have pledged to address blight and contamination in Proctor Creek.
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