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MEDIA ADVISORY


Mayor Shirley Franklin, Councilmembers Jim Maddox and Mary Norwood and Community Leaders Celebrate Greenspace Acquisition

WHO:

Mayor Shirley Franklin, Councilmembers Jim Maddox and Mary Norwood, Watershed Management Commissioner Jack Ravan and Community Leaders

WHAT:

Program to celebrate the acquisition of City's newest and most significant greenspace tracts, the Lionel Hampton and Beecher Hills properties

WHEN:

Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 9:30 am

WHERE:

Beecher Hills Elementary School, 2257 Bollingbrook Dr., SW Atlanta, GA 30311

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES will include tours and a discussion of the natural history of Utoy Creek, tours of historic Union Army fortifications, a mountain biking demonstration and environmental education activities for children.

Additional Media Contact: Janet Ward, Department of Watershed Management,

404-330-6620 office, 404-787-4812 cell, email: jward@atlantaga.gov

Directions to Beecher Hills Elementary School:

From downtown Atlanta:

I-20 West to Langhorn Street/ Cascade (Exit 54). Turn left onto Langhorn Street. Turn right onto Ralph D. Abernathy Boulevard which turns into Cascade Avenue. Pass Kroger and Amoco; turn right at the next light onto Beecher Street. After one mile, veer right onto Beecher Circle. Take the first right onto Bollingbrook Drive.

From I-285 (Westside):

Exit Cascade Road (Exit 7) and turn east. After approximately two miles, turn left onto Beecher Road. Veer left onto Beecher Circle. Turn left onto Bollingbrook Drive.

The school is at the end of Bollingbrook on the right. Parking is available in the school parking lot or on the street.