Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Revitalization of Briarwood Park- We need your help!


A group of community leaders in the surrounding Brookhaven neighborhoods have gotten together to create a "Briarwood Park Revitalization Project." Their goal is to renew interest in revitalizing the entire park. As we have previously blogged, the park is in need of some updating and refreshing. 

There is a very important meeting community meeting this Saturday (5/5 at 3pm) at the Briarwood Rec Center to discuss the options for this park. Our Dekalb County CEO, Burrell Ellis, will be in attendance, and the purpose of the meeting is to discuss the immediate and future plans for the Briarwood Park, which includes the pool, the two tennis courts, the rec center and playground.

With a meaningful commitment and support from the community, they fully expect the results will include a renovation of the pool, concession stands and bathrooms in addition to adding a gated entrance, privacy fencing and landscape buffer. Many of you may not know that there is already a new sprayground (children's water featured playground) opening this summer in place of the kiddie pool. The park has a lot of potential, and our community needs to come together so that the county sees how serious we are about utilizing it.

If you are available, please try to be at the Briarwood Recreation Center at 3pm this Saturday, May 5th. Everyone's attendance at the meeting will really help to support the effort to clean the park up and make it a safe, enjoyable place for residents to spend time. Come hear what the plan is for Dekalb County, and what the county has in terms of clear vision with allocated funding and specific improvements planned and available for review.

This outreach effort is being sponsored by the following community leaders:
  • Rob Turner (Drew Valley)
  • Ron Heller (Drew Valley)
  • Jared Levitt (Brookhaven Fields)
  • Jeff Beck (Ashford Park)
Hope to see you at the event!

1 comment:

  1. Brookhaven Review - thank you for the assistance in "getting the word out!" Here is the link to the Facebook page that has been created for revitalizing Briarwood Park:

    https://www.facebook.com/BriarwoodParkRevitalizationProject

    The page includes several renderings of proposed improvements Briarwood's pool facilities and a conceptual master plan for the park.

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