Groundwork Atlanta

Sorry you missed this great community learning and advocacy event from AWLN today on “Breaking the Cycle of Environmental Injustice.” We’ve heard from AWLN alumni, Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley and the indomnable Able Mable Thomas to inspire us to keep pushing for environmental justice in our communities.

At it again this week with PARTNERS. This time with partners fo a better watershed at the July Proctor Creek Stewardship Council meeting. If you’re in the watershed, join us for the next Council meeting on September 5.

TOMORROW! Join the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council for their July meeting at the Washington Park Library, 1116 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314.

Register in advance:

July Proctor Creek Stewardship Council Meeting Come join us for the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council Meeting on July 18 @ 1:00pm!

Different day, same talk for Groundwork ATL: partnerships! This time it’s all about building a coalition and developing the collaborations necessary to restore Peachtree Creek.

Love the Chattahoochee River and the CRNRA? Have some time to devote to supporting and stewarding its future? Want to serve your ideals, interests, or community? Consider Board service!

Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy is looking for a new cohort of bold, thoughtful, and passionate leaders to join our Board of Directors!

This is your chance to:

🌳 Help shape the strategic direction of Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy
🌳 Champion the natural beauty and multitude of social, health, and economic benefits of the Chattahoochee River and its surrounding areas
🌳 Make a lasting impact on the landscapes and communities along the Chattahoochee River and Metro Atlanta

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those with fresh ideas and a love for the outdoors.

Know someone perfect for this? Tag them or share!
Apply or learn more at chattahoocheeparks.org/board

Questions or nominations? Reach out to Daniel Student at Potrero Group: [email protected]

We were talking all about partnerships and how they delivered a mighty fine with funding partner Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Georgia DNR this morning. Funding from their Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program brought it all together.

Were your ears ringing Upper Westside ATL, PATH Foundation and Trees Atlanta?

The City of Atlanta will be launching a public process to envision the future of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company site as a park and memorial in the coming months. The Department of City Planning is offering an opportunity to learn more about the site's history this Saturday.

African American History Initiative
Seminar V: Memory into Action:
Rethinking the Historical Importance of the Former Chattahoochee Brick Company Site

Date: June 21, 2025
Time: 1p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Site: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

Description: Acquired by the City of Atlanta in August 2022, the site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company embodies a legacy of civil and human rights abuses against Black women, men, and youth. During the post-Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) and into the first decade of the twentieth century, laws passed in Southern states to restrict the freedom of African Americans (Black Codes), ensnared numerous Black people in extrajudicial cases that often led to their arrest and incarceration. Subsequently, many found themselves essentially re-enslaved in a system of convict leasing. This event will consider how the site of the former brick company, and the efforts underway to preserve and memorialize it, might be in line with the work of the International Sites of Conscience and their members around the world.

GUEST SPEAKER
Ereshnee Naidu, Ph.D., Executive Director, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

For Details visit: https://www.atlfutureplaces.com/historic-preservation-and-black-atlanta-series

TOMORROW! PATH Foundation is hosting a meeting to provide an update and continue gathering information on the design of the next phase of the Proctor Creek Greenway Trail. This phase will extend the existing trail to Lillian Cooper Shepherd Park. Come and learn more about the project and provide your community knowledge, insight, concerns, and preferences at 6 p.m.

Join us next Friday to celebrate the completion of the Woodall Rail Trail!

We’re thrilled to invite you to the Grand Opening of the Woodall Rail Trail — our newest addition to the Upper Westside trail network! 🌿🚲

🗓️ Friday, May 9th, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM
📍 1510 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW (Ceremony behind the building)

Come celebrate with us as we open up a beautiful new way to walk, ride, and connect in the district.
Big thanks to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and our amazing partners for making this project possible!