Sunday, February 24, 2008

What's Going On Around Here?

There is actually a lot going on in and around Memorial Park, but there's not really much communication. Yes, there's neighborhood gossip. And there are a few email groups here and there. There are a few official mailings from the Memorial Park Civic Association, and then there are the very sparsely attended biannual meetings where business is conducted.

Things are happening that affect our lifestyle, our property values, our children's futures, our peace of mind and our environment. We ought to know about them. I am going to blog here on a fairly regular basis. I will post what I know, what I find out and what you tell me via e-mail, if I can verify it.

This blog is needed because our officers haven't started a listserv or a website to entertain conversations about important issues. There is an MPCA website. Did you even know about it? Now you know. It's linked at the right.

Atlanta Memorial Park is the centerpiece of this neighborhood. It is probably the number one reason most people bought a home here. Whenever anything affects the park, such as flooding, drought, loss of trees, planting, landscaping, building, traffic increase, crime, commercial activity or anything else, we need to consider very carefully the repercussions to this community before rushing headlong into any changes.

More specifically, we must be very thoughtful about the individuals and organizations to whom we entrust our property values and our quality of life.

More to come.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Great idea, thanks for organizing it.

We received a flyer yesterday urging us to oppose the Beltway project due to it's unfair impact on neighborhoods. Does anyone know how it might affect Memorial Park?

Anonymous said...

The PATH Foundation can do good works, but we should be very careful about letting them anywhere near Atlanta Memorial Park. Their objective seems to be to link all areas of the city with standard, wide, concrete multi-use sidewalks/paths, and they know how to enlist the support of the Parks Dept. and other city officials to steamroll over any neighborhood opposition (see recent AJC articles). We have so many problems now with traffic, parking, congestion etc., that putting more "attractors" will cause additional problems. People who don't live on Wesley Drive may not realize this. Look at what has happened as a result of the new playground and Operation Boot Camp. We are saturated.

fotco said...

Unfortunately like other close by neighborhoods, we've have had very negative experiences with PATH. Collier Hills North, Ardmore Park and Friends of Tanyard Creek Park negotiated in good faith only to have them renegged on agreed terms.

Frankly I would monitor the outcome of what's happening in Dekalb in the Mason Mill area. PATH and the County have resorted to evoking eminent domain to get access rights to private property. Despite being presented by the neighborhoods with several options for alternate routes.