This document discusses the Lindsay Street Park project in Atlanta, Georgia. The project aims to [1] create the first park for the underserved English Avenue community, [2] use green infrastructure to provide environmental and social benefits as well as reduce stormwater flooding, and [3] offer workforce training and certifications to provide economic opportunities for residents. The park is scheduled to open in summer 2014 and has received funding and support from various local and national partners.

1. Community Driven - Site Scale Green Infrastructure
Lindsay Street Park

2. Expanding Atlanta’s Park
System
2003-2014
•22 Parks
•36 Projects
•201 acres
•$15.9 million FMV
Parcel by parcel

4. Milwaukee: Community Trip

5. Milwaukee: Community Trip

6. Philadelphia: Peer Exchange
Green Infrastructure

7. Philadelphia: Peer Exchange
Green Infrastructure

8. •40% population decline in a decade
•Highest vacancy rates in Atlanta
•40% foreclosure rate
•Highest poverty & crime rates
in the city
•Average household income $22,474
for family of four
The Proctor Creek Communities:
Vine City and English Avenue
The Economic Problems

9. Resourceful Communities
Investing in People
1991-2014
•Invested more than $2.2
million in triple-bottom-line
projects
•Trained more than 5,000
community leaders
•Helped to create more than
425 jobs.

10. Resourceful Communities

11. Triple Bottom Line
• Economic Benefits
• Social Justice Benefits
• Environmental Benefits
Social
Justice

12. Lindsay Street Properties

13. Parks with Purpose
The Community Vision
Strengthening Communities
•Create the first park for English Avenue
•Provide Triple Bottom Line benefits
•Engage community and build capacity
•Involve community in designing and
building park
•Provide environmental education
opportunities
•Provide direct economic impact and jobs
•Utilize green infrastructure for stormwater
management
Lindsay Street Park
Vision Plan
•First park for English Avenue
• Triple Bottom Line benefits
Environmental
Social
Economic

14. Parks with Purpose
Lindsay Street Park

15. Environmental Benefits
Green Infrastructure to Reduce Stormwater Flooding

16. Social Justice Benefits
Increasing Community Capacity & Access to Resources

17. Economic Benefits
Workforce Training and Certifications

18. •Elevate Triple Bottom Line
•Strengthen partnerships
Park Impacts
•Create sustainable
communities
•Build local capacity

19. Partners
Funding Partners
The Waterfall Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Park Pride
UPS (in-kind)
Community Partners
American Rivers
Atlanta Community Mapping & Research
Project
Atlanta Food & Farm
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Community Improvement Association
English Avenue Neighborhood Association
EcoAction
Greater Vine City Opportunities Program
Historic Westside Gardens
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance

20. Parks with Purpose
Lindsay Street Park – Coming Summer 2014