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400 Park Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
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Piedmont Park is the premier green space and central gathering place of Atlanta with postcard views of the Midtown Atlanta skyline. The picturesque park features a walking/jogging paths, picnic facilities, playgrounds, tennis courts, public swimming pool, two ponds and dog park. Piedmont Park is home to many of Atlanta�s largest annual events including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Gay Pride Festival, and Screen on the Green. Adjacent to Piedmont Park is the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Bring along a picnic or dine next to the park at Park Tavern and Willy�s Mexicana Grill. A number of pubs, cafes and restaurants can also be found within a very short walk along its bordering corridors of Piedmont Ave, 10th Street and Monroe Drive.
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HISTORY: During the late 1970s and into the 1980s, many great parks around the country were in despair because cities had neither the capacity nor resources needed to maintain them adequately. The same was true for Piedmont Park, where large-scale concerts and years of overuse nearly ran the Park into the ground. Then in 1989, a group of key citizens, along with members of the business and leadership communities from around the city formed Piedmont Park Conservancy, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the Park. In 1992, the Conservancy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Atlanta, establishing a public/private partnership similar to that of the Central Park Conservancy in New York City. The Conservancy has since raised more than $23 million in private funds for several completed renovations in the historic portion of the Park, including the restoration of the Active Oval, Lake Clara Meer and Oak Hill. Piedmont Park Conservancy this year announced plans to expand the Park by 53-acres. The first phase of the $72.5 million expansion, scheduled to begin later this fall with the renovation of the historic Bathhouse and pools, will net a 40 percent increase in useable green space, woodland trails, playgrounds and athletic fields.
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