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BPCA Park Committee Introductions History of BPCA One goal of the LCI is to create a heart to Brookhaven at the Marta station and a park at the center. Currently there is a 17 acre green space on the corner of Peachtree Road and Osborne Road. Five to six acres is now being used by DeKalb County as a training center and helps children with disabilities. Jack Honderd and Caroline Fierman met with Marvin Billups, the assistant director of Dekalb County Parks. Dekalb County requires the park to be designed as a passive park with walking trails, playground, and picnic areas. Marvin said it might be possible for the training center to be moved. Harriet Groves met with three different landscape firms. They estimated a budget of one millions dollar to renovate the park by adding new landscape, parking, entrance, etc. A million dollar budget might seem overwhelming; however, Piedmont Park has a yearly maintenance budget of one million dollars that is all privately funded. We need to look into the businesses that would be will to donate. Funding 1st Step: Design—must meet Dekalb County standards 2nd Step: Implementing—must follow purchasing order of Dekalb County Kathy Ganner, commissioner at large, promised that Dekalb County will match the money we raise. Jack Honderd - We would like hold a Public “Visioining” Session to raise awareness, create public enthusiasm and support and to gather ideas for the park. The primary focus will not be to re-design the park or poll residents to establish design priorities Joel Putterman spoke about the visioning process
Public Relations Program—What steps do we need to take to get the Brookhaven community involved in improving the park? Three Community Meetings Fundraising -Who will give? Develop a history of the park Develop a “friends of” organization Publicity Newsletter- Brookhaven Buzz BFCA, BHNA, BCNC, Lynwood Park Post Announcements throughout the neighborhood Official Consistent Message Website- BPCAOLINE.INFO Invite Business to the visioning process
Timetable and Committees Public Relations Committee
Caroline Fierman, Jack Honderd, Rebecca King Funding Committee Bill Simpson, Diane Beck, Jan Cumming Contacting Dekalb County Parks Larry Danese
The next meeting will be on Monday, June 30th at 7:00PM at the Dekalb Training Center.
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