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Are You Ready to Rock? Join Us for “40 Years on the Porch” This October 24
By Robert M. Sarwark Break out the champagne! This issue of The Porch Press officially marks forty years of our existence. And by “our,” I truly mean it – if you’re reading this, you are who this newspaper is for, however you may engage with us. Thank you for being a part of our shared community. To celebrate such…
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July & August at Oakland Cemetery: Atlanta’s Liveliest Cemetery This Summer
By Kristy Gomez Like the song says, “hot fun in the summertime” is the theme for Atlanta right now and Oakland Cemetery is no different. Despite the hot temperatures, plenty of cool things are happening at Oakland Cemetery. This summer, the Cemetery is the campus and classroom for Atlanta’s youth at Oakland Summer Camp as well as…
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An Ode to Volunteers — And the Need for More
By Riki Bolster Why volunteer? Why give away your time for free? “We live in an amazing community and it only stays that way because people volunteer,” Marina Saffel, volunteer for the Ormewood Park Makers Festival said. Nicole Palmietto, co-chair of the 2026 Makers Festival, said as a new resident to SAND and a new…
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Roots on the Ground
By Christian Trevor Lisa The thinker Robert Pogue Harrison once wrote, “What is a place if not its memory of itself—a site or locale where time turns back upon itself?” Few places in Atlanta offer a better opportunity for a piece of land to “remember itself” than Ormewood Forest. At the corner of Ormewood and…
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Memorial Drive Greenway Open House
By Lyn Hillman The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) held an open house for the Memorial Drive Greenway on June 23 at the Oakland Cemetery visitor’s center. The Greenway is designed to connect the Grant Park neighborhood with downtown Atlanta via pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and bike lanes along Martin Luther King, Jr.…
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Introducing the New East Atlanta Librarian
By Paul Bolster The East Atlanta Library welcomes its new librarian, Hannah Bruce. She “grew up in libraries,” Bruce said. When she was a kid, she asked her parents to drive to the library twice a month so she could check out new books. It took a while to get back to her country home…
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Join Us for Creek Rising on September 17
By Kayla Altland Whether you are new to the South Fork Conservancy, or an old friend, we welcome you to the annual Creek Rising celebration and benefit at Zonolite Park this fall. The event is slated for Thursday, September 17, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Zonolite Park is located at 1164 Zonolite Road…
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East Atlanta Village Is Getting a Tennis League
By Austin Walker What started as a monthly Sunday meetup at Brownwood Park has grown into something bigger – and now it’s becoming official. EAV Tennis Club, founded by local Realtor Austin Walker of TX Peach Homes & Investments, is partnering with the East Atlanta Community Association to launch the neighborhood’s first community tennis league.…
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Grant Park Pool Opens for Summer 2026
By Tom Welander The Grant Park Pool is open for the 2026 summer season! Both the 50-meter pool and the zero-entry pool are in great condition thanks to last year’s resurfacing and pump upgrades. The water sparkles in the sun. Pool open days and hours are the same as in recent years: June and July…
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Pours for the Park Brings Rare Bottles and a Spirited Night Out to Grant Park
By Madelyn Sutton, Caren West PR My Friend’s Bottle Shop (MFBS) is teaming up with the Grant Park Conservancy for Pours for the Park: A MFBS Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Historic Oakland Cemetery Visitor Center. The one-night fundraiser brings together wine lovers, bourbon hunters,…
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Summer Shade Returns to Grant Park for its 24th Year
By Madelyn Sutton, Caren West PR Returning Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, 2026, the Summer Shade Festival marks its 24th year as one of Atlanta’s favorite end-of-summer weekends, once again filling Grant Park with live music, regional artists, vintage vendors, local food, and family-friendly programming spread throughout the city’s oldest park. Presented by and benefiting…
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