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Boone Park West Vision Plan VISION PLAN 2016 Environmental Resource Center “I love parks because they are the soul of the community.” ii - Community Member ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This park vision plan would not have been of numerous partner organizations and key possible without the dedicated, conscientious, stakeholders who helped shepherd the park and steadfast support from community design toward a successful outcome. members and key stakeholders. Shannon Lee and Stacy Funderburke with The Community Steering Committee for Boone The Conservation Fund provided invaluable Park West worked resolutely toward a vision for community engagement support and land Boone Park West that would provide multiple acquisition expertise to bring the park vision benefi ts for the community. The following closer to reality. members met monthly to coordinate public outreach and advise the Park Pride team on Erik Fyfe and Juliet Cohen with Chattahoochee the design of the park and formed the core Riverkeeper provided sophisticated technical community group for the park. assistance in understanding the volumes of stormwater that the park should be designed to Mother Mamie Moore, President of the English accept. Avenue Neighborhood Association, who works tirelessly in advocating for the English Avenue Dr. Na’Taki Osborne Jelks and Darryl Haddock community. with the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Dr. Yomi Noibi with ECO-Action, the Proctor Creek Tony Torrence President of Community Stewardship Council, Julie Owens and Susan Improvement Association, who provided critical Rutherford with the City of Atlanta Department community outreach support and advocacy of Watershed Management, Amy Phuong, Alvin throughout the process. Dodson and Walt Ray with the City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation, Stephanie Kelly Brown with Box of Chocolates Media, Stuckey Benfi eld and Jennifer Carlile with who provided video footage of our Green The Mayor’s Offi ce of Sustainability, Angelou Infrastructure Tour. Ezelio and Atiba Jones with Greening Youth Foundation, and Rita Gibson with University Rosario Hernandez, Juanita Wallace, Tracy Community Development Corporation also Bates, Linda Adams, Shade Yvonne Jones, and provided technical support and assistance in Patricia Campbell who all gave of their valuable their areas of expertise. time to shepherd the process. We would also like to thank Barbara Tulipane, Park Pride would also like to take this opportunity Lori Robertson and Serda Ozbenian with the to thank Reverend Howard Beckham (New National Recreation & Parks Association. NRPA’s Jerusalem Baptist Church), Sister Precious, commitment to Boone Park West through the and Suganthi Simon (Arthur M. Blank Family Great Urban Parks Campaign (a partnership Foundation) for generously donating space to with the American Planning Association) has hold community meetings. helped to leverage additional support for Boone Park West many times over. Special thanks to Representative “Able” Mable Thomas and Tracy Bates for providing free Last but not least, thank you Councilmember tabling space for community engagement at Ivory Lee Young, Jr. for your tireless support and Burgers & Backpacks and the Festival of Lights. advocacy for your community. In addition to a great Community Steering This effort would not have been possible without Committee, Boone Park West had the support the love, kindness, support, and hard work of iii each of you. You are our heros! iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................................iii Executive Summary.......................................................................................................................1 Context...........................................................................................................................................3 Existing Conditions.........................................................................................................................5 Community Engagement..............................................................................................................7 Survey Distribution......................................................................................................7 Survey Results.............................................................................................................8 Green Infrastructure Tour........................................................................................10 Festival of Lights........................................................................................................11 Alternative Conceptual Plans................................................................................14 Final Conceptual Plan.............................................................................................19 Community Engagement Event.............................................................................19 Water Capture Potential...............................................................................................................23 Projects & Budget.........................................................................................................................27 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................................29 v vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Boone Park West is an effort to create a new runoff volumes that could be captured by park on Atlanta’s Westside. In 2010, Park Pride the park. The City of Atlanta Department of worked with the Proctor Creek headwaters Watershed Management has also been a key communities of English Avenue and Vine City partner and supporter in helping the community to publish the Proctor North Avenue Green and project partners understand the hydrology Infrastructure Vision Plan (PNA Vision). This plan of the area. proposes a series of parks and greenways throughout the Proctor Creek headwater The final concept plan presented in this report neighborhoods as a means of reducing the is the result of the park visioning process and is impacts of stormwater flooding and combined the first step toward full park implementation. It sewer overflows that are so prevalent in these combines green infrastructure with passive and communities. active recreational elements to create a park that provides a safe place for kids to play and Boone Park West will convert a collection of for families and residents to gather. abandoned and neglected lots into a positive, vibrant, and transformative public space that engages the community in green infrastructure solutions, increases public access to recreational opportunities, provides jobs and training for residents, improves environmental quality, and reduces negative impacts of stormwater runoff. The visioning process kicked off in July of 2016. During the process Park Pride, The Conservation Fund, Community Improvement Association and our community partners participated in four major community outreach events and engaged in monthly meetings to develop a conceptual plan for the park. These events included Burgers & Backpacks (an annual back- to-school event), National Night Out (a public safety event), Festival of Lights (a community festival), and an additional community outreach event/play day on the site. One of the primary purposes of Boone Park West is to control localized flooding around the park site and provide capacity relief for the overtaxed combined sewer system in this part of Atlanta. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper played a critical role related to this goal by leading community residents on a Green Infrastructure tour to educate and engage residents in Green Infrastructure solutions. They also provided in-kind technical support to determine the watershed for the park to estimate stormwater 1 Miles 0 1/2 1 2 Hartsfield Incinerator Riverside Park Whittier General 75 Shale Site Mill Park 85 The Chattahoochee River Proctor Creek Riverside Tilford Yard A Chattahoochee tlant Watershed a Atlanta d R Scott n Inman r Industrial to Elementary 20 e ol Yard B J Atlanta, GA a iv Park m R e Bolton Lincoln e Scotts e s Carver h J Homes a c Hills Crossing ) d o Lillian Cooper c e s Hills 285 o Shepherd Park k h o s op o r a P t n ( at h y P a C nw k ee w re r or C e k G y t oc Pr Peachtree Creek A Monroe Perry Blvd Pet Heaven West D Gun Club Memorial Watershed Heights Hollywood W Park Road Landfill Highlands English i N Cemetery (Closed) l o Westside l r R Atlantic i t Park i Atlanta a h v m e Station s C w r Charter r e e s P School English e t a k D rk Atlanta r T Park r Almond Gun a Waterworks i l Coretta Scott King Academy Club ( Reservoir H Park P 285 A.D. o A Rockdale l Park T ly H d Williams w (closed) ) R o Boyd n Park o so d Elementary n h Carey Park R Jo d Brookview Bellwood Quarry/ Lindsay Street Park Westside Reservoir Park W Heights e P (Proposed) s r t M o c Knight Park / a Ecology Agro Good by Shepherd Photo t r o ie r Howell Station t ta Center St C Hill r e Park e k Greenw eek ay r Cr (P to ro e H oc p ld Le Pr o Georgia Dona o s l e l d o ) Grove Tech w ction e Const ru ll Park ure P ut M kw F y Woodson Elementary e a n BEST i rie L tt Bankhead t a Academy l North Avenue Combined S Grove e t Good Shepherd Agro B Sewer Area a (Approximate) Ecology Center Park t orth Ave Proctor n N a Maddox l Elementary ( t P Park A Center Hill r y Grove Park o Park r p a o t Lindsay s u e b W d i St Park ) r T e North Ave s e t Av h English L CSO E Sandy Creek n g lis BeltLine N a Valley
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