Piedmont Park invites community input for future designs

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 120th anniversary of Piedmont Park and the 35th 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.