Tag: Grant Park
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The Summer Shade Festival Is Back
By Grant Park Conservancy Staff The Grant Park Conservancy had announced the return of the Summer Shade Festival to the park on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28. This year will be the 20th anniversary of the festival, so the community is invited to bring the whole family and spend the last weekend of summer in Grant Park. Each […]
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Grant Park Children’s Business Fair
Grant Park resident Lucy Emanuel, age 4 1/2, along with assistants at her booth for “Lucy’s Play-Doh.” The event was organized by Grant Park parents Ty and Kristen Abernethy, Eileen Lee, and Roman Ptakowski in support of a potential Wythe/Acton Academy (private/non-traditional) initiative in the area.
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Grant Park Baseball
By Lidizio Renzulli Saturdays in Grant Park are filled with the sounds of bats pinging and fans cheering. Grant Park Baseball is a volunteer-led youth baseball league serving children from the Porch Press neighborhoods and beyond. The T-ball league is for ages 4-6 and two divisions of the Coach Pitch league are for older kids […]
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Lime Celebrates Gen4 E-Bike Launch in Grant Park
By Jacob Tugendrajch Lime celebrated its new Gen4 e-bikes launching in Atlanta with a demonstration in Grant Park, raising awareness of micromobility options as gas prices rise. Lime launched the first of its new fleet last week and is scaling up to 400 of the new e-bikes, which provide a smoother and safer ride, marking […]
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New Construction at Maynard Jackson High
By Lewis Cartee According to information obtained from Atlanta Public Schools (APS), as part of a district initiative to construct field houses at eight APS high schools, Maynard Jackson High School (MJHS) will have a new field house built on campus. Other schools included in this initiative are Carver, S. Atlanta, Douglass, BEST / CSK, […]
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GPNA Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Call to Order–7:30 p.m. President’s Introduction: Confirmation of Lauren Watt as Secretary. Presentation of GPNA 2022 Steering Goals: Fundraising. Design Regulations, Website Refresh, Sign Toppers, Community Participation. 2022 GPNA Community Gatherings: March 1: Six Feet Under; May 14: Picnic in the park; July 26: Elsewhere Brewing; October 1: Picnic in the […]
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Local Authors Honor a Tree in Grant Park
By Grant Park Conservancy Staff Friends of the Grant Park Conservancy John and Tina DeCotis have written a book, The Tree That Loved to Be Climbed, about a special tree in Grant Park that kids love to climb. The book is dedicated to the authors’ grandchildren as well as the City of Atlanta and the Grant […]
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MJHS Hairspray Huge Success
By Stella Steely For Maynard Jackson High School’s (MJHS) latest musical, the theater department took on Hairspray and presented a fabulous show. This was the school’s big show of the year, and is being nominated for the Shuler Awards, considered the Tonys for Georgia high schools. Hairspray follows a teenage girl, Tracy Turnblad, portrayed by […]
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Dance Classes Come to Grant Park
By Rene Esler Challenge Aerial, Atlanta’s only intown aerial studio, has expanded. In addition to individual and class instruction in aerial silks, trapeze, lyra (hoop), sling (hammock), and rope, Challenge has added ballroom dancing, Latin dancing (including salsa, bachata and tango), TechnoBallet, aerial yoga, Pilates, aerial fitness, stretch, and traditional mat-based yoga classes. You can bring […]