Hello from SAYEG, A Youth Enviiron Group, Straight Out of SW ATL.

Hello Neighbors and Friends of Southwest Atlanta,

Several neighbors of SW ATL, whom consist of environmentalists, scientists, lawyer/ educator, corporate trainer, community leaders, a documentarian and an industrial instructional writer helped to create and form the SAYEG organization. Our thought was if we could show our children how fortunate we are to live in such a green, lush and easily accessible community, that they too, will come to appreciate, protect and preserve our beloved communities. SAYEG offers youths 8 through 13 years of age an environmental educational program that will teach environ techniques for preserving and sustaining their communities and waterways through discussions with city planners, scientists and community leaders and helping to create environmental projects here in Southwest Atl. 

Our partners from the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, WAWA who are scientists and serve as our consultants and trainers and they are also our neighbors and live here in Southwest Atlanta, plan SAYEG's calendar. Then we invite mentors from city government, environmentalists, community leaders and business owners to mentor about historical and social points of reference of to our communities past and present.
Then we go out and make the changes with a sustainable plan that will preserve our neighborhoods and communities for years to come.

It is important that our children know Atlanta is their city and hopefully one day they will want to work here and run it. This program will help our children to learn, embrace and protect our city and help them see how they can have a future in planning and protecting cities, forests and vulnerable communities here and around the world. 

SAYEG is a committed program that meets twice a month, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 10AM till 2PM. SAYEG is located at the Adams Park Recreation Center 1620 DeLowe Dr. Atlanta, 30311. SAYEG is accepting applications at Adams Park Recreation Center on June 9th and on our blog, here's the link, https://sites.google.com/view/sayeg/homelink.

Come by visit and volunteer with the Southwest Atlanta Young Environmentalist Group!

https://sites.google.com/view/sayeg/home
https://www.facebook.com/SWAYEGroup

ALL THINGS ADAMS PARK!: The Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival is this Sund...

ALL THINGS ADAMS PARK!: The Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival is this Sund...

The Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival is this Sunday October 15th from 12PM to 8PM. Join Us for A Great Day in Adams Park!

Meet Brionte' McCorkle....

Hello Neighbors,
I wear many hats in our community as director of the Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival, community engagement leader for Cascade Heights Business Consortium and as community maven. I love connecting people; especially in my community as we are so brilliant, clever and beautiful. 

I want to introduce you to Brionte’ McCorkle.
Brionte’ McCorkle, is a candidate for District 11, Atlanta City Council, seat Keisha Lance- Bottoms, presently holds. Brionte’ spoke to my Environmental Justice Academy class last year which was sponsored by the EPA. I was impressed with her speech on community building and liked her activism, youth and intelligence about people, community and its green spaces. Brionte’ has had a good career with the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Clubs as executive director. I personally cannot help but to believe that she will respect and preserve the lovely, green and lush communities of District 11 and that she will work hard to protect them and us.

I have been asked to serve as the campaign manager for Brionte’s run to represent Southwest Atlanta. As Brionte’s campaign manager it will be my duty and pleasure to introduce her to some of the finest people I have ever met, the residents, business owners and stakeholders of District 11. I trust Brionte’ to take great consideration and care of my beloved community. Please look forward to Brionte’ stopping by to introduce herself and via phone call. We also definitely need your financial support and volunteerism to make a successful run for city council on November 7th.

Contact and Support Brionte'

www.brionte.com

brionte4atl
www.facebook.com/brionte4atl
www.twitter.com/mbrionte

Join Brionte' for her Campaign "Kick Off" at Spice House on 4/21!

Planning for The Adams Park Cultural Arts Festival, APCAFEST 2017 takes place Saturday April 22nd at 11AM in Adams Park near the lake in old ball field. 

We need help with programmers, event managers, set up /tear down crews, greeters, clean up, social media, hosts, and signage managers for the many events planned for the day. We need 2 Special People to recruit and schedule our incredible VOLUNTEERS, whom we treat like Rock Stars! 

                            "Save The Date"
 Saturday September 23rd for APCAFEST 2017!!
That gives us five months of planning and execution.

   Looking forward to “A Great Day in Adams Park”!

Meet Atlanta's New Chief of Police...

Important community meetings taking place in our neighborhoods this week.

 And......

    Attending these meetings stating our concerns, demanding responses, inclusive follow-up and resolution is how we become the change we want to see. Remember the mayor, city council members, police chief and anybody else that we elect to run the city for us are our employees and these meetings are designed as a check in for general consensus. This is where we check in on our employees and tell them what we want as their Boss... Not attending could mean that they do as they choose... and what employer would allow that???
I hope to see you there!

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!