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Meet the 2026 cohort of the Park Stewardship Academy! Sherry Bellille (Rodney Cook, Sr. Park), David Garcia (Shoal Creek II), Rick Johnson (DeFoor’s Ferry Park and Warren Road Park), Caitlin King (White Oak Park), Khalifa Lee (Klaus Park and Preserve, Herbert Greene Nature Preserve, Tatum Lakes & Adamsville Triangle), Carla “Annie” Moore (Lindsay Street Park), Darci Parken (Springbrook Park), Rebecca Reese (Red’s Farm Preserve), Dave Siegler (Blackburn Park), Erica Smith (Piedmont Park),...

Park Pride is proud to award over $20,000 in funding to nine park projects across the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County through its Small Change Grants Program. The Small Change Grants are awarded annually, and the program is supported by an anonymous donor.

Park Pride is excited to welcome Mindy Kao as our new Strategic Partnership Manager! Mindy most recently served as a project manager for the Mayor’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative at the City of Atlanta, where she worked across City departments to advance neighborhood-based redevelopment, infrastructure improvements, policy, and other projects in Atlanta’s Westside. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her dogs, eating ice cream, running, and making pottery.

(L to R) Prashanti Pathak (Visioning), Sonya Parmer (Community Building), Shreya Panthangi (Visioning), and Angelise Rivera (Community Building). This article was originally published on SaportaReport. By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride’s Marketing & Communications Manager At Park Pride, we strive to inspire the next generation to get involved with parks and pursue careers in the greenspace sector.

Park Pride is thrilled to welcome Tiffany Madison to its team as the Project Manager on the Grantmaking & Implementation team! She most recently served as Grants & Program Manager with The Corps Network, where she scoped and supported more than 50 conservation, preservation, and infrastructure improvement projects on public lands. Tiffany loves fishing and traveling to National Parks, and has visited all 50 states. She describes herself as a real country girl who loves the outdoors.

Park Pride’s Visioning team worked with Ormewood Park residents to create an updated design for Red’s Farm Preserve after recently becoming a public park. This article was originally published on SaportaReport. What does it take to create a public park? The City of Atlanta has bolstered its parks inventory in recent years with acquisitions like Red’s Farm Preserve, Tatum Lakes and the Lucinda Bunnen property.

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This article was originally published on SaportaReport. This is a great time to be an Atlantan! Our city has come alive on the center stage for the World Cup. During this month-long party, our parks have welcomed visitors from near and far, the Atlanta Stadium, temporarily renamed from Mercedes-Benz, is bursting with fans (with the NYTimes ranking it among the best hosting stadiums), and MARTA is feeling the love.

Park Pride, the only nonprofit organization working with communities across Atlanta to improve their neighborhood parks, is thrilled to announce that the Bezos Earth Fund recently awarded the organization $9.4M to lead a transformational park redesign project at Four Corners Park in the Peoplestown neighborhood.

Park Pride, an Atlanta-based parks nonprofit, is pleased to announce that Stephen Causby has been promoted to his new role as Director of Community Building. Stephen will be leading the Community Building team and supporting a powerful network of citizen park advocates across Park Pride’s service area through the Friends of the Park and Volunteer programs. This position sits at the heart of the nonprofit’s mission — engaging communities to activate the power of parks.