Atlanta City Studio is coming to Cascade Heights!

Leslie Canaan, of the Atlanta City Studio joined us for dinner and discussed the future of our business corridor and community. The Atlanta City Studio was created by the Department of Planning and Community Development as a pop-up office that is both a work and public space where neighbors can get involved in the preservation and sustainability of our beautiful neighborhoods and green spaces. 


Leslie E. Canaan
Community Engagement Manager
City of Atlanta | Office of Design
2311 Cascade Rd.| Atlanta, GA 30311
lcanaan@atlantaga.gov www.atlantaga.gov


Most Metropolitan Atlanta neighborhoods do not have these types of vistas and green spaces due to over development. As residents we will need to work together to make sure that Southwest Atlanta stays beautiful, green and lush and does not become over developed. I always say when African Americans moved to Southwest Atlanta the city, state and government put us on an economic development diet.... and thank goodness! Buckhead, is a concrete jungle and they are trying to create a green space over 400, as I type! Let's work to restore the commercial properties we have already and keep our lovely green spaces intact and maintained so that we can play in our parks, gaze at our vistas, hike in our preserves and most of all spend our money in our community!

FYI....Adams Park has a creek, a lake with fountain with boardwalk, a swimming pool with splash pad, 4 tennis courts (4th highest used in the city) 3 baseball fields, a recreation center with conference rooms and full kitchen, an 18 hole golf course, Tup Holmes with Clubhouse, 3 pavilions with stone grills and an amphitheater with stage (Adams Park and Chastain are sister parks designed by landscape architect William Monroe through the WPA program of the 1940's).
We Live in a Country Club Community.... Residents and neighbors, Please Love, Participate and Preserve our Community because if we do not, someone else will.  


This is what Adams Park looks like in the fall, Enjoy!!!

   
Waterfall near Venetian Dr.

   
Entrance to Master Grill and Amphitheater,          
looking towards Venetian Dr. from Lagoon Lane.


  
Adams Park Lake and Fountain....

All this in your backyard!