Taylor-Brawner Park to open in Smyrna

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Photos: The campus of the old Brawner psychiatric hospital in Smyrna will reopen as Taylor-Brawner park in February.

Taylor-Brawner Park, Smyrna's first new park in a decade, opens in February on the campus of a former psychiatric hospital. Workers are still landscaping the park.

Beyond a swinging bench in Taylor-Brawner Park is the historic Brawner Hospital building.

The 12-acre park, a half-mile south of downtown Smyrna, will have walking trails around a large lawn, a gazebo, a playground and a picnic area.

The city also renovated the 100-year-old Brawner Hospital building for city offices, a reception and classroom.

The Cobb/Douglas Community Service Board had bought the property in 2000 to use for psychiatric and drug- and alcohol-treatment programs, a year after Brawner Hospital closed. After residents in neighboring subdivisions complained about the plan, Smyrna bought the property a year later for $2.8 million.

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Taylor-Brawner Park, Smyrna's first new park in a decade, opens in February on the campus of a former psychiatric hospital. Workers are still landscaping the park.

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