Just A Peak!

      A Community Blog, about the history, the residents, the beauty and the spirit of planning a community festival.  We are a newly gentrified community and very proud to be residents of Adams Park.  We have fewer homeowners than ever before and our older residents/ owners have been on the front line for this community for a long time. I believe that while the community was going through a change my neighbors stopped visiting the park, which was designed for enjoyment. It is time for the new kids on the block to take direction and spearhead, implement and accomplish goals for Adams Park to keep it thriving and a wonderful place to call home for many years to come.

          The Civil War was fought on this land.  Adams Park was developed in the late 1940's. The land was donated by Dr. Charles Adams and sits in the midst of everything in Atlanta GA.  Adams Park boosts an 18-hole golf course, a lagoon, tennis courts, swimming pool, 3 pavilions, 3 baseball fields with batting cage, a recreation center and an amphitheater. The plat work for this neighborhood has hand written restrictions that requires people of African descent to never live in Adams Park, but we took care of that back in the 70's. I have neighbors who have lived here for 35 plus years. These are some of the most incredible people I have ever met in my life. I am so glad they stayed and we are going to have a festival, yearly that pays tribute to the community.  The people who live and work here, the landscape architect who used so much of the natural surroundings, that has sustained for so many years and my neighbors who are committed to see that it remains that way, to the great businesses here and the civil war that was fought here.

          APCA FEST Blog is about community and how Adams Park and your community play apart in the dynamics of a city. Let’ s discuss the Politics of a community and who are the key players and what are they hoping to accomplish in their tenure. I want to talk about  “Neighborly Love” and how do we become a village again, our schools, city planning, abandon houses, “FOOD MARTS” that do not sell good foods. Let’s talk about grants and funding and how to find out if your community has a historical significance and how to become recognized on your city’s Historical Registry. Surely there are grants and funding that may be out there to take advantage of and use to plan a festival, concert, Art Showing or “Screen on the Green” in your neighborhood.  So let’s discuss how to apply for them and how to plan community Event’s that truly bring communities together and anything else, you would like to discuss! Keep up with us on our Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival web site at www.apcafest.org.

You can always reach me at APCAFEST.blogspot.com or Sheryl@apcafest.org .

Thanks, I look forward to blogging with you!