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Ruby Harper Skatepark sign is a handcrafted wood sign.

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Southside residents celebrate the grassroots effort that built Atlanta’s newest skatepark

Residents and city leaders recently celebrated the grand opening of Ruby Harper Skatepark, which, for many in the neighborhood, represents the power of working together and investing in the community.

January 23, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
New York City is spectacular at sunrise.  From the wildest corners of Central Park, the city is framed by forests, the sound of traffic and sirens softened by the murmur of mountain streams and geese lifting off from lakes.

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Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City

New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.

December 01, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Since its inception in 2000, Trees Columbus’ goal has been to protect and restore Columbus’ tree canopy, which has declined over time. Kala Hunter/Ledger-Enquirer

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  • Environment

Columbus nonprofit gets $900K to plant 500 trees in city’s under-served parks

Since its inception in 2000, Trees Columbus’ goal has been to protect and restore Columbus’ tree canopy, which has declined over time. But with little resources and funding, the nonprofit hasn’t been able to make the desired sizable shifts in the urban forest.

September 09, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter
The fountain features a sculpture representing Flora, the goddess of flowers and flowering plants.

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‘Savannah's beauty is our duty’: New fountain honors influential gardener in Georgia's oldest city

‘The Garden Keeper’ is the Ardsley Park neighborhood's first public fountain.

June 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
The New Manchester Mill Ruins in Sweetwater Creek State Park, which can be seen in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” (Photo courtesy Pineapple Public Relations). Credit: Photo courtesy Pineapple Public Relations

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  • Movies

Nature in Cinema: a movie tour through Georgia’s parks

The film industry in Georgia has grown exponentially over the past few decades, and so much of the state’s beautiful scenery can be found in some of Hollywood’s biggest films and television shows. Keep scrolling for a Georgia movie tour through some of the projects that have put the state’s natural beauty on the big screen.

June 07, 2024
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  • Sammie Purcell
Piedmont Park

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Atlanta ranks 25th in Trust for Public Land’s newly released index

Trust for Public Land released its 2024 ParkScore index ranking with Atlanta advancing to 25th among the largest 100 U.S. cities nationwide. Atlanta climbed three spots over last year’s 28th ranking and achieved its highest finish in ParkScore history.

May 24, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley and
  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Construction crew begin work on extending PATH 400 a trail connecting Buckhead to Sandy Springs thanks to funding from the City of Atlanta in November 2023.

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Atlanta seeks community input on expanding its trail network

The Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation is looking for public input on how to expand the city’s trail network. Leaders with Trails ATL explained how residents can participate.

April 15, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
RiverLands rendering courtesy of Trust for Public Land.

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Above the Waterline: RiverLands offers new Chattahoochee access

Today, the Chattahoochee River between the city of Atlanta and West Point Lake — a 70-mile stretch with forested riverbanks, rocky shoals, rural communities, and cultural sites — is no longer regularly polluted with the city’s waste. Once considered off-limits for recreation due to chronic sewage overflows and polluted storm runoff, this previously blighted section is on the cusp of becoming a major destination for outdoor experiences.

February 08, 2024
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  • Sally Bethea
A rendering of the Lenox Boardwalk as it passes Lenox Square.

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Construction of Atlanta's Lenox Boardwalk to begin in November

The project will enhance pedestrian infrastructure, traffic flow and overall appearance of the intersection at Peachtree Road and Phipps Boulevard.

August 14, 2023
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
A year ago, the schoolyard at the Add B. Anderson School in West Philadelphia was nothing but bare concrete. Now, it's a revamped green space that serves the whole community.

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These kids revamped their schoolyard. It could be a model to make cities healthier

Living near parks can boost health and well being. But low-income communities and those of color often have less access than wealthier, white ones. Revamping schoolyards could be a game changer.

June 17, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy
Map of South River Forest

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Atlanta to buy 46 acres in South River Forest for future parks, trails

The city is moving forward to buy 46 acres in the South River Forest for the creation of parks and trails in Southeast Atlanta.

May 23, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
The Midtown Connector Project is a vision to build 15 acres of greenspace over highway 85 connecting Atlanta's East and West Midtown .

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New Midtown Atlanta park plan receives federal funding

The city of Atlanta will receive more than $3 million as part of a recent congressional spending bill. The money will go towards a plan that would connect Midtown's east and west sides.

February 10, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Mattie Freeland Park, a brand new park in the English Avenue community, was developed with funding through Park Pride’s Grantmaking Program.

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Atlanta nonprofit grants $2.5 million for park upgrades across the city

Neighborhoods across Atlanta were awarded grants by a local nonprofit to improve their parks and greenspaces.

January 12, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
The Etowah Mounds site in Bartow County.

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  • History

Muscogee Nation and Georgia officials will cooperate on restoring the sacred to the tribe

Hundreds of indigenous people disinterred by archaeologists at the historic Etowah Mounds in Northwest Georgia will be returned to their descendants with the cooperation of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

January 06, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Conceptual map of Wetlands Preserve Park in Savannah's Canal District

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  • Environment

Savannah to build new interpretive nature trail as part of proposed Wetlands Preserve Park

The park is meant in part to mitigate flooding in the city's low-lying Canal District, home of the new Enmarket Arena.

June 10, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
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