Decatur sponsors ‘community work day’
The Decatur High School garden plots will be turned into a parking lotas part of the redesign and construction of the new school. Officials are seeking funding to eventually bring back the greenspace as a roof garden. In the meantime, volunteers are needed to clear the land to be paved over.
Where: Sugar Creek Garden, 415 East Lake Drive, Decatur
When: 9 a.m. to noon today
Contact: Diane Loupe at dloupe@mindspring.com or 404-374-3990
Clean & Green team
Volunteers needed for:
• general landscape maintenance projects
• lake edge maintenance
• maintenance of playgrounds, public facilities, and athletic areas
• dark park landscape projects
• watering trees, shrubs, & flowers park-wide
When: 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays through Fridays
Who: Piedmont Park Conservancy
Where: 1342 Worchester Dr. NE, Atlanta,
Contact: Coordinator of Volunteer Services, Michael Paul, at volunteer@piedmontpark.org or 404-875-7275 extension 247.
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