Boone Park West

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

he proposed Boone Park West will convert

vacant and distressed properties in the
English Avenue neighborhood into a vibrant
park node. This
project was prioritized
PROCTOR
in Park Prides Proctor
North Avenue Study
as a significant
opportunity to
capture, infiltrate,
and clean stormwater
from residential
areas before it enters
Proctor Creek.

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educational center, known as the Atlanta

Urban Ecology Resource Center (AUERC).
AUERC is a collaborative effort to develop
an environmental
education center
STREET
and job training
center for local
residents as well
as an ecotourism
POND
destination for
PLAYvisitors to the metro
G R O U N D
Atlanta area all
situated in a public
WETLAND
park. The Proctor
Creek watershed
URBAN ECOLOGY CTR
Boone Park West is
presents an ideal and
Phase I of a larger
symbolic opportunity
effort to restore historic
for siting this center
drainage patterns
by virtue of its origins
LAWN
in the upper part of
on the edge of
the Proctor Creek
downtown and its
Watershed by knitting
outsized impact
together a series of
on water quality
BOONE BOULEVARD
green infrastructure
and environmental
interventions that
habitat well beyond
Boone Park West combines green infrastructure with
recreational opportunites
restore natural
its geographic scope.
ecological function
The Conservation Fund and Park Pride, together
to the neighborhood. This linear greenspace,
with a number of community partners, are
known as Boone to Beltline, will improve
working to build on our successful model
neighborhood connectivity and convert
that leverages partnerships, funding, and
blighted properties into community assets,
community assets and expertise to create a
providing flood relief and recreational
greenspace that provides direct environmental,
opportunities.
social, and economic benefits to neighborhood
The site is also being strongly considered as the
residents where the parks are built.
home of a new cultural and environmental

The Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, WI is a model for

how a similar center will work in Atlanta

TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE BENEFITS

Improved water quality

Workforce training and economic

development opportunities for area
residents

Enhanced connectivity to the Atlanta

Beltline

Recreation and transportation alternatives

for local residents

Public education about green infrastructure

and urban ecology

Restoration of ecological function of lowlying areas of upper watershed

Training and employment for young

adults from the community during
park construction, expanding skills and
increasing employment opportunities

Remaining Parcels Acquired

Consolidation

Lot Consolidation Complete

Site Preparation Complete

Site
Preparation

Environmental Due Diligence

Park Visioning Complete

(park vision that has support
of the community)

Design &
Permitting

(all parcels titled to City of

Atlanta and consolidated under
one address)

Park Visioning

Construction
Documents
Complete

DD & CDs

Permits Acquired
CoA Permits

Hire Design Firm

(Design
Development
& Construction
Documents/Specs)

Construction

Break Ground

Put Project Out for Bid

Negotiations

Park Construction

Major Construction Complete

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Boone Park West