About two dozen people turned out Monday for groundbreaking at one of four new passive parks planned in Forsyth County.

The ceremony, held at the 63-acre Harrison Property Park, 2755 Caney Road, is the start of two weeks of activities observing the addition of nearly 300 acres of public greenspace. Land acquisition comes through a $100 million bond approved by voters in 2008.

Other groundbreakings will be at: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Echols Road Property Park, 2205 Echols Road; 2 p.m. Monday at Old Atlanta Park, 810 Nichols Road; and 2 p.m. Oct. 19 at McClure Property Park off Old Atlanta Road.

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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