The Piedmont Park expansion efforts are fully underway. Over the last 15 years, the Park focused much of their efforts on revitalizing historic areas of the park, such as Lake Clara Meer, the 10th Street Meadow and Oak Hill. With that work successfully completed, the Piedmont Park Conservancy focused their efforts on a huge grassroots campaign to raise private funds for the expansion. After over 20 years of fundraising, the Conservancy began an expansion of 53 acres...increasing the park space by 40 percent!The land area exists north of the Park Drive Bridge and extends all the way to Ansley Mall.
This map details the location of the the expansion areas.
This is such a phenomenal addition to the City of Atlanta, as well as to the homeowners of Atlanta. There are many condos, houses and townhomes located adjacent to the park, as well as many condos and homes for sale in Atlanta that are located a short distance away. With the addition of the Park amenties, these homeowners have full access to everything the neighborhood has to offer, all within walking distance!
This will prove to be extremely advantageous, especially to dog owners, who spend so much time walking and playing with their pets at Piedmont Park.
The plans also includes a complete overhaul of the dog park. The existing dog park will close March 16, 2008 and will re-open in a temporary location on March 20th. The dog park is such a beloved place for so many pet owners because while City of Atlanta ordinances require all dogs in public places to be leashed, Piedmont Dog Park is one of the few places dogs can run free!
The renovated Dog Park will re-open in 2010. There will be an enhanced Dog Park that will a part of the 53 acre expansion.
