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SEPTEMBER 2020 ■ www.ReporterNewspapers.net
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CHASTAIN PARK GOLF COURSE
RETURNS TO GOLF-ONLY USE
A 60-day experiment in letting the public use Chastain Park Golf Course as parkland
has ended with golf-only use.
After city golf courses shuttered early in the pandemic, the public took to the fair
ways for social distancing and outdoor enjoyment. The golf courses reopened in June,
but the city began an experiment in keep the Chastain and Candler Park courses avail
able as public green space one day a week. A July online meeting got mixed feedback
about Chastain’s uses. On Aug. 18, the city returned the courses to golf-only use, citing
financial challenges, damage to the course, public use on the wrong days and legal con
cerns, according to Jim Elgar, an aide to City Councilmember J.P. Matzigkeit.
PEACHTREE ROAD RACE TO BE VIRTUAL-ONLY
The AJC Peachtree Road Race, already delayed by the pandemic from Independence
Day to Thanksgiving, now will be held as a virtual-only event with people running on
their own.
Now in its 51st running, the annual 10K race usually begins at Buckhead’s Lenox
Square mall with a route including Midtown, Piedmont Park and Centennial Olympic
Park. It draws tens of thousands of participants. This year, the race will be run anytime
on Thanksgiving Day by participants who log in remotely with results. Runners who
already registered will be automatically placed in the virtual version. For others, reg
istration will be available on a first come, first served basis that was scheduled to start
Aug. 31.
The Peachtree Junior race for children 14 and under also will be held virtually on
Thanksgiving Day. For more about the race and other programs, see atlantatraclcclub.
org.
CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY TO MOVE INTO NEW HQ
The Chastain Park Conservancy in late August was preparing to move into its new
headquarters in a former city Department of Watershed Management garage off Pow
ers Ferry Road.
The original home of the group, which helps to program the park, was a 1940s struc
tured called the Barn that was destroyed in a fire early last year. The Conservancy has
operated from a temporary office at Chastain Horse Park.
BUCKHEAD ROTARY OFFERS $75K IN
GRANTS TO LOCAL PARKS PROGRAMS
The Buckhead Rotary Club is offering $75,000 in grants over the next three years for
programming in local parks.
The charitable club will offer a total of $25,000 per year “to support programming
and community engagement activities in public and private Buckhead parks,” accord
ing to a press release. The funding is in the form of a reimbursement and requires an ap
plication process. For more information and an application, see buckheadrotary.com.
BUCKHEAD LIBRARIES OFFER CURBSIDE SERVICE
The Fulton County Library System has added Buckhead’s branches to its curbside
service and expanded pickup hours systemwide.
All library branches remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the system
is offering pickup of materials on hold and drop-off on a limited weekday schedule. In
mid-August, those services were expanded to Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
and Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Joining the branches offering those services are the Buckhead Library at 269 Buck-
head Ave. and the Northside Library at 3295 Northside Parkway. Those branches just
finished renovations. For more information, see afpls.org.
GROUPS SEEK GRANT TO STUDY EXPRESS BUS SERVICE
The Buckhead Community Improvement District and the alternative commuting
nonprofit Livable Buckhead are seeking grant funding to study possible express bus
service between Cobb County and the neighborhood’s business district.
Such service is a priority of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods in its advocacy
for reduced cut-through traffic on residential streets.
At the CID’s July 22 board meeting, Executive Director Jim Durrett said a preliminary
study suggests that the buses could run on 1-75,1-85 and Ga. 400, using the Lenox Road
exit and entrance. He said the groups recently filed a grant application with the Atlan-
ta-Region Transit Link Authority to seek funding with the ultimate goal of having such
service added to the metro region’s master transit plan.
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