West

Park

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

how a similar center will work in Atlanta

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The site is also being strongly considered as the

home of a new cultural and environmental
educational center, known as the Atlanta Urban
Ecology Resource Center (AUERC). AUERC is a
collaborative effort, led by Community Improvement
Association and in partnership with Georgia Build
Up, The Conservation Fund, ECO-Action, Park Pride,
Proctor Creek Stewardship Council and West Atlanta
Watershed Alliance, to develop an environmental
education center
Proctor Street
and job training
center for local
residents as well
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as an ecotourism
destination for visitors
Playto the metro Atlanta
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area all situated
in a public park.
Wetland
The Proctor Creek
watershed presents
Boone Park West is
an ideal and
Phase I of a larger
symbolic opportunity
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effort to restore
for siting this center
historic drainage
by virtue of its origins
patterns in the upper
on the edge of
part of the Proctor
downtown and its
Joseph E Boone Blvd
Creek Watershed by
outsized impact
knitting together a series Boone Park West combines green infrastructure
on water quality
of green infrastructure
and environmental
with recreational opportunites
interventions that restore
habitat well beyond
natural ecological
its geographic scope.
function to the neighborhood. This
linear greenspace, known as Boone
The Conservation Fund and Park Pride, together
to Beltline, will improve neighborhood
with a number of community partners, are working
connectivity and convert blighted
to build on our successful model that leverages
properties into community assets,
partnerships, funding, and community assets and
providing flood relief and recreational
expertise to create a greenspace that provides
opportunities.
direct environmental, social, and economic benefits
to neighborhood residents where the parks are built.

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 low-lying

areas of upper watershed

Training and employment for young adults

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

Mayors Office of
Sustainability