The Lindsay Street Park, the first park built in Atlanta’s English Avenue neighborhood, celebrated a grand opening. The park was created under the “Parks with Purpose” program in partnership with Park Pride. The new green space was inspired and built by community members wanting a safe and welcoming place for kids to play and neighbors to gather.
“Lindsay Street Park is an example of the power of public-private partnerships. For the first time in English Avenue, residents will not only have access to greenspace, but access to cleaner water and a safer, more welcoming place for kids to play and families to gather,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. “The opening of the first park in this neighborhood demonstrates what can happen when we choose cooperation over conflict and come together to invest in the renewal of Atlanta’s Westside.”
Several residents of the English Avenue neighborhood received workforce training from the Greening Youth Foundation Atlanta Youth Corps, one of the city’s partners, and were hired to help construct the park. The park includes a playground and green infrastructure which will help absorb stormwater, and help alleviate flooding of nearby homes, while improving water quality in the headwaters of Proctor Creek.
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