Tag: Grant Park Conservancy
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GPC Canopy Soirée ReturnsBy Sam Moore The Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) will be hosting its second annual Canopy Soirée on March 11 from 8:00pm to 11:00pm at Zoo Atlanta overlooking the African Savanna exhibit in Savanna Hall. This fundraising event benefitting the GPC will be a night to remember! Funds raised will be used to enhance historic Grant […]
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Worldwide Daffodil Project Garden in Grant Park
By Alisa Chambers and Sam Moore In partnership with Congregation Bet Haverim, the Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) is pleased to announce the planting of a Worldwide Daffodil Project garden in the Erskine Fountain beds at historic Grant Park on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Over 75 people from Congregation Bet Haverim joined the GPC to plant […]
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Grant Park Conservancy Continuing with Plans to Care for Greenspace
By Michelle Blackmon What another wild year 2021 turned out to be! Like you, your friends at the Grant Park Conservancy experienced a year of constant change and uncertainty in every aspect of our lives. But one thing has stayed the same — our commitment to care for Atlanta’s most beautiful and historic greenspace, Grant […]
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Cocktails for the Park
By Georgia Conservancy Staff Join us for an open-air event on September 10–a fun and relaxed evening at Zoo Atlanta’s newest outdoor event space, the African Savanna! Enjoy tasty appetizers, refreshing cocktails, and a view of the elephant exhibit while watching the sun set and supporting the Grant Park Conservancy. The event begins at 7:00pm. […]
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Events Returning to City Parks
By the Grant Park Conservancy Staff The City of Atlanta has approved events for under 2,000 attendees and will be issuing permits for events as soon as May 15. The Grant Park Conservancy’s role is to make the park a pleasant and welcoming place for all visitors. We do this through our work restoring the […]
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Cherokee Avenue Bike Lane Update
By the Grant Park Conservancy Staff As part of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Safer Streets, the Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) is announcing plans to install an interim bike lane on Cherokee Avenue. Starting as soon as May 14, ATLDOT will begin installing Bike Lane/No Parking signs and concrete barricades along Cherokee Avenue on […]
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Grant Park Conservancy Spring Membership Campaign: Join the GPC or Purchase an Engraved Playground Brick!
By Alisa Chambers We know how much you’ve been enjoying Grant Park over this past year—we see you out there all the time! Become a member of the Grant Park Conservancy today, and help us continue to restore, maintain, and beautify your favorite park. You’ve probably seen the structural tree pruning work we’ve been doing […]
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Wife Honors Late Husband with Gift to the Grant Park Conservancy
By Shannon McCaffrey Lawyer and community activist Richard “Dick” S. Perles was a tireless champion of Grant Park. If you look at the park’s lush canopy, it’s likely you are seeing some of the trees Perles helped to plant and nurture. Now a generous gift in his honor will help continue that work. Janice C. […]
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Fall Is Preservation Season
By Grant Park Conservancy Staff Every season is preservation season, but this fall the Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) kicked off one of our biggest projects of the year, so we feel like we can claim this! Restoration of the historic Lion Bridge, one of the Grant Park’s (and Atlanta’s) oldest historic features, began in September […]