REMINDER !! Briarwood Park clean-up day tomorrow morning (Saturday) beginning at 9:00 AM . We have Dekalb County joining in to provide equipment and personnel. It’s going to be a beautiful day so come on out and join the fun and get a first hand look at the new playground areas. See you there !!
The Friends of Briarwood Park is holding its monthly meeting Tuesday night, April 2nd at the Rec Center from 6:30-7:30. We meet the first Tuesday of every month.
Saturday we are holding our biggest work day ever. Flyers are posted all over Brookhaven. Please bring loppers, leaf bags, blowers, snippers, wheel barrows, weed eaters, rakes, etc. Dress comfortably to battle ivy, privet and vines. Gloves and long pants a must. We’ll meet at the Rec Center at 9 am to sign release waivers and review work opportunities. Dekalb County has mentioned a Bobcat and personnel for the day.
The focus of Saturday is creating a walking trail along Briarwood Way up to the new playground and revitalizing the old growth forest. Thanks to all involved to date. Briarwood Park looks better and better every time we work. There should be some city as well as county representatives available if you have questions about Briarwood Park going forward, Summer pool opening and Rec Center hours. Some maintenance work has begun on the Pool area. The chairs and tables with umbrellas have returned and some pressure washing of the deck surrounding the pool has taken place.
Come to work, say hello or just hang out and enjoy Briarwood Park and Rec Center. Please forward this to your neighborhood groups for their involvement. (click the photos to view full size)
B-Park Flier (Click Link to view flier in English) Flyer – Spanish – Rev-1 (Click Link to view flier in Spanish)
Friends of Briarwood Park President, Chad Boles has created fliers for our next clean-up days at Briarwood Park. They are being distributed around the Community in both English and Spanish versions and have been placed at locations such as Brito, El Progresso, Pueblo Mercado, El Potro, and United Auto Sales. They are to also be handed out at McDonald’s Saturday morning and door to door throughout the Community.
Dekalb County is joining in on the April 6th clean-up day providing equipment and workers to help with cleaning up and creating new hiking trails throughout the Park.
As the play ground installation nears completion, we invite everyone to come out and join us April 6th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM for our clean-up day and get a first hand look at the new Play Ground areas.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/new-hire-draws-ire-in-dekalb/nWtXM/
Chad Boles, President of the Friends of Briarwood Park comments in this AJC article about Dekalb County funding a brand new position for Public Affairs at a six figure salary with money from the Parks Dept. The City of Brookhaven is close to an agreement on an IGA for Dekalb County to continue to run City Parks for 11 months for $400,000.00.
From the Brookhaven Reporter………………By Melissa Weinman
“Brookhaven is close to inking agreements with DeKalb County for temporary police and parks services.
At a Brookhaven City Council work session March 12, City Manager Marie Garrett told council members that DeKalb County has agreed to continue parks and recreation services for the city over a period of 11 months at a cost of $400,000.
Interim City Attorney Bill Riley said he negotiated with the county to provide police services for $525,000 per month.
Riley said the intergovernmental agreement calls for the county’s police coverage to end June 30. Afterward, Brookhaven’s own police department will take over jurisdiction.”
http://brookhaven.patch.com/events/briarwood-park-revitalization-day#comments
Article in the Brookhaven Patch on our upcoming April 6th clean-up day at Briarwood Park.
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 9:00 am
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Dekalb County will provide equipment and personnel to aid The Friends of Briarwood Park. We will build out the perimeter trail, continue the beautification of the old growth forest and create natural entry ways to the new playground.
Come join us in revitalizing Brookhaven’s most improved park.
| Where | Briarwood Recreation Center and Park 2235 Briarwood Way NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 |
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| Time | 9:00 am–3:00 pm |
| Website | http://briarwoodparkga.org/ |
| chad.boles@comcast.net | |
Briarwood Recreation Center offers a variety of enrichment and community programs for adults and children. Enveloped by a wooded setting, the center is equipped with a pool and park and picnic area that the entire family can enjoy
While out on errands today, we looped through Briarwood Park and found the woods on fire down in the gully between Briarwood Way and the Rec. center. A Postal worker was in the parking lot taking a break and saw teenage kids down in the woods. He said they disappeared and several minutes later the fire and smoke started billowing. The Fire Dept. was called and they were able to knock down the flames in short order. As most of you are aware by now, the Friends of Briarwood Park sponsor periodic clean up days at the Park where we are concentrating on the removal of underbrush in the wooded areas that provide cover for vandals. Our next clean up day is April 6th, so we invite everyone to come out and help with clean-up efforts at the Park to discourage future acts of vandalism at our Park. If not for the alertness of the Postal worker and one of the Park attendants this could have turned into a real disaster……………
Thanks to all who came out and joined us today for our Briarwood Park Clean-up day !! We had a record turn out this time with nearly 20 hard working people. The hiking trails were all cleared of debris and are currently easily walkable so visit the Park and enjoy a hike in the woods. We also cleared the little playground area of leaves and removed a huge amount of underbrush and clutter from the wooded area on both sides of the gulch nearest the Rec. Center…………..
Work has also finally started on the new playground area on the corner lot !! Grading crews were out Friday preparing the site for the equipment and new pavilion.
There is another clean-up day scheduled at Briarwood Park for Saturday Feb. 2nd from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Planned activities are for additional cleanup of underbrush around the perimeter of the new play ground area going in……….So, bring your pruners, hand saws, gloves, etc and come on out for a fun day at the Park and make some new friends while joining in to make our Park better for all !!………………
All, Friends of Briarwood Park is meeting tonight Jan. 8th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll move back to the first Tuesday of every month in February. Revonda Moody from Dekalb Co will be giving us an update on the playground equipment. I’ll give a couple of updates from conversations I’ve had with Dynamo Pool Management. Maybe we schedule another work day in February. Please forward to our friends in Drew Valley, Brookhaven Heights and Ashford Park. Thanks. Chad Boles, CFP® President Friends of Briarwood Park www.briarwoodparkGA.org <http://www.briarwoodparkGA.org> http://www.facebook.com/BriarwoodParkRevitalizationProject Contact Evelyn Ellington at Briarwood Park 404-679-5911 Park Open: Mon-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-2 /Bring your toddler playgroups - basketball, volleyball, tennis and swim teams - Domino and Bridge Tournaments - neighborhood assocation meetings/ // *Go Briarwood Bulldogs!*
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