Atlanta to Present Final Plan for Restoration Memorial and Preserve on Nov. 16

What should a public park on Atlanta’s former Prison Farm property look like? And how should it tell the story of the land it sits on?

On November 16, we’re supposed to get a clearer picture. That’s when the city is scheduled to present its final master plan for the Restoration Memorial and Preserve. The proposal covers about 138 acres along Intrenchment Creek, near the Public Safety Training Center in DeKalb County. The idea is to give people a place to spend time outdoors and learn about the history of the ground they’re walking on.

After years of discussion, we’ll get to see what the city has in mind. There’s still no confirmed opening date, and one of the big questions is how the city will pay to build it.

What I’m most interested in seeing on November 16 is how the plan brings those two things together. If you go there one day for a walk along the creek, what will you learn about the people who were incarcerated there? And what will it take to make that walk possible?