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COMMUNITY
TOM ODER
Front row, Bobbi Sedam and Barbara Pryor, with, back row, left to
right, Mary Sladky, Kevin Corcoran, Carey Coghill, Peggy Thompson,
John Fleckenstein, Jeff Coghill, Jay Pryor, John Sladky and Norb Leahy,
formed Friends of Brook Run Park to address citizens’ concerns.
Group intends to protect,
preserve Brook Run Park
BY TOM ODER
A coalition of citizens upset by what
they believe is abuse and neglect of
Brook Run Park has organized a new
group intended to protect and preserve
the park’s natural environment.
Meeting at the home of Dunwoody
Sustainability Commission member
Bobbi Sedam on Jan. 26, Dunwoody
residents formed Friends of Brook Run
Park.
“The city has spent money on the
childrens playground and the skate
park, but other than that the whole park
is a dump,” said John Fleckenstein, who
has lived in Dunwoody for 37 years.
“From the time when the county owned
the park and until now under city own
ership, I don’t believe any government
entity has cared about the park.”
The catalyst for forming the group is
the city’s plan to build a multi-use con
crete trail through the park, which will
result in the removal of 337 trees in
Phase 1 of the two-phase construction.
But residents attending the Jan. 26
meeting voiced frustration with oth
er concerns about the condition of the
park.
They said those concerns are:
• Asphalt and creosote timbers
have been dumped into a storm drain
age area that flows into West Nancy
Creek.
• The park is being used as a city
maintenance facility that has resulted in
increased truck traffic in the park.
• A 292-page tree study by Ar-
borguard stating that significant tree loss
will occur in the dog park area due to
problems with water erosion and com
pacted soil.
• Some bridges are dilapidated
and unsafe.
• Some sidewalks are broken and
hazardous.
• The theater building needs re
pair.
Nine of the 14 people attending the
Jan. 26 meeting joined the group, which
they decided would be independent of
several other citizen groups, including
the Brook Run Conservancy and Save
Dunwoody.
The newly formed Friends of Brook
Run Park took several immediate ac
tions at the meeting to address their
concerns.
The first was to draft a petition to
Mayor Mike Davis and City Council
members requesting that the city return
to its original plans for an 8-foot trail
rather than the current plan for a trail
12-feet wide.
Jeff Coghill created a Friends of
Brook Run Park Dunwoody Facebook
page (https://www.facebook.com/#!/
groups/361039270670116/) after the
meeting.
The residents at Sedam’s house also
decided that Friends of Brook Run
Park would have annual membership
dues of $10 to cover nominal expens
es. The group elected officers to serve
a three-month term. The officers are:
Bobbi Sedam, president emeritus; Kevin
Corcoran, president; Jay Pryor, treasur
er; John and Mary Sladky, secretary; Jeff
and Carey Coghill, communications.
Membership is open. For more infor
mation: jpryor@uga.edu.
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