Piedmont Park invites community input for future designs

December 10th, 2024

Doug Widener, president and CEO of the Piedmont Park Conservancy, joined Lois Reitzes on "City Lights" to share some of the history, and possible future, of Piedmont Park. (Courtesy of Piedmont Park Conservancy)

It’s the 120^th anniversary of Piedmont Park and the 35^th anniversary of the Piedmont Park Conservancy. What the future holds for one of the city’s most important green spaces is a question the Conservancy is putting to Atlanta residents, inviting community input on designs for the park’s upcoming years.

Doug Widener, president and CEO of the Piedmont Park Conservancy, recently joined Lois Reitzes on “City Lights” to share some of the history, and possible future, of Piedmont Park.

Piedmont Park is a vital part of Atlanta’s urban ecosystem, providing hundreds of thousands of Atlantans with connections to green space, civic engagement and more.

“Access to green space and nature and open space is not just a nicety, it is a vital importance to the human species,” says Widener. “We need connections to nature. We need connections to open space.”

The park is currently garnering public input from citizens across the city about what they want to see there over its next phase of growth and development.

Widener explained that since setting up an online survey, the park has seen well over “10,000 engagements,” from Atlantans excited to share their ideas. The survey site also has an interactive map where people can “drop pins with specific ideas” as well as comment boards “where folks can share all the things they love about the park now and what their vision for the park would be in 20 years from now.”

To engage more with Piedmont Park and its future, visit piedmontpark.org.