The summer is a great time to enjoy our parks and to appreciate the benefits they bring to our lives. There are some hidden gems in DeKalb County. I encourage you to find them and explore! Here are a few you might not have seen and some that have had recent work by corporate and neighborhood Friends of Parks Groups.
Constitution Lakes is a beautiful 200+ acre wildlife refuge. It is located at 1305 South River Industrial Boulevard off of Moreland Ave in SW DeKalb. The Friends of Constitution Lakes have a Facebook page. There is a boardwalk to view the nesting areas and habitat of many bird species including great blue heron, geese, hawks, and kingfishers.
Another recreation siteyou may have missed is the Little Creek Horse Farm located across Lawrenceville Highway from North DeKalb Mall. You can enjoy a guided tour or a self-guided tour of the barn and facilities. Here is their Friends website.
Mason Mill Park on Clairmont Road has a beautiful new boardwalk to walk and bicycle upon. It runs along the South Fork of the Peachtree Creek and connects Mason Mill with Medlock Park. Remnants of Decatur’s first municipal water works can be seen. There is a large children’s playground and a dog park (the dog park entrance is off North Druid Hills Road from North Jamestown Road).
I want to thank all of the volunteers who came out this spring to clean-up and spruce-up their parks. They are giving back to the community and I appreciate their participation. Listed below are parks in District 6 where clean-ups were held this spring using community volunteers or corporate sponsors (that we know of), so that you can thank them if the opportunity arises.
Community Volunteers- Lynwood Park, Delano Line Park, LaVista Park, Burbanck Park, Rutledge Park, and Clyde Shepherd Park
Community and Corporate Volunteers
Brookhaven Park - Jersey Mike Subs at Cherokee Plaza, Waffle House Corporation, Kaleidoscope, Bistro & Pub, and Debbie Leonard Group of Keller Williams
Murphey Candler - Chamblee High School Honor Society
Constitution Lakes - Corporate sponsors Accenture and Turner Broadcasting System, Atlanta Audubon Society and EarthShare of Georgia
Kittredge - UPS
Mary Scott - Kabbage Kares volunteers From Kabbage Inc, a loan agency for online businesses.
Neighborhood Volunteers with Friends Of Brookhaven Park
Kabbage Kares volunteers Mary Scott Park
Chamblee High School Honor Society at Murphey Candler Park
UPS volunteers planting fruit trees at DeKalb Memorial Park
Constitution Lakes is a beautiful 200+ acre wildlife refuge. It is located at 1305 South River Industrial Boulevard off of Moreland Ave in SW DeKalb. The Friends of Constitution Lakes have a Facebook page. There is a boardwalk to view the nesting areas and habitat of many bird species including great blue heron, geese, hawks, and kingfishers.
Another recreation siteyou may have missed is the Little Creek Horse Farm located across Lawrenceville Highway from North DeKalb Mall. You can enjoy a guided tour or a self-guided tour of the barn and facilities. Here is their Friends website.Mason Mill Park on Clairmont Road has a beautiful new boardwalk to walk and bicycle upon. It runs along the South Fork of the Peachtree Creek and connects Mason Mill with Medlock Park. Remnants of Decatur’s first municipal water works can be seen. There is a large children’s playground and a dog park (the dog park entrance is off North Druid Hills Road from North Jamestown Road).
Maintaining our parks is a big job and fortunately many of you are active community volunteers that have helped to improve the parks in your neighborhood. Volunteers have removed invasive species, cut paths and generally cleaned up our neighborhood parks. The next time there is a clean-up day in your neighborhood park, I encourage you to lend a hand. You’ll find it very rewarding and it’s a good way to meet new neighbors that share your interests.
I want to thank all of the volunteers who came out this spring to clean-up and spruce-up their parks. They are giving back to the community and I appreciate their participation. Listed below are parks in District 6 where clean-ups were held this spring using community volunteers or corporate sponsors (that we know of), so that you can thank them if the opportunity arises.
Community Volunteers- Lynwood Park, Delano Line Park, LaVista Park, Burbanck Park, Rutledge Park, and Clyde Shepherd Park
Community and Corporate Volunteers
Brookhaven Park - Jersey Mike Subs at Cherokee Plaza, Waffle House Corporation, Kaleidoscope, Bistro & Pub, and Debbie Leonard Group of Keller Williams
Murphey Candler - Chamblee High School Honor Society
Constitution Lakes - Corporate sponsors Accenture and Turner Broadcasting System, Atlanta Audubon Society and EarthShare of Georgia
Kittredge - UPS
Mary Scott - Kabbage Kares volunteers From Kabbage Inc, a loan agency for online businesses.
Kabbage Kares volunteers Mary Scott Park
Chamblee High School Honor Society at Murphey Candler Park
UPS volunteers planting fruit trees at DeKalb Memorial Park