The original PMG website was established in 2012 to capture information generated from the Park Pride Visioning Process regarding South Fork Conservancy's proposal to build recreational connected trails through Morningside Lenox Park. There was overwhelming opposition from the members of the Morningside Lenox Park neighborhood. Much research was conducted and collected which addressed a variety of claims advanced by South Fork Conservancy and it was felt important to make that information available to the wider community.
Once the Park Pride Visioning Process was completed, the site fell into abeyance and was shut down in early 2015, though with the content archived for later use.
Just three months after the site was closed down, new requests started emerging from members of the Morningside Lenox Park community, in part based on renewed efforts by South Fork Conservancy to push the connected trails through the existing nature preserves, despite a commitment on their part in 2012 to the Morningside Lenox Park Association (MLPA) not to do so.
Based on this renewed activity, the Protect Morningside Greenspaces (PMG) is being resurrected and new content will be added in the coming months.
Much has occurred in the past three years. One of the most important has been the continuing and expanded leadership on the part of the Morningside Lenox Park Association Parks Committee to craft a clear plan for the neighborhood which bridges the conservation concerns of the neighborhood with other important goals such as safety and security, quality-of-life, traffic concerns, etc. as well as City of Atlanta objectives to drive more traffic through the existing greenspaces. This emerging plan, The Parks Portfolio Plan, incorporates an urban wildlife focus and provides guidance for a general approach that optimizes all the important goals as well as provides a methodology for making effective, evidenced-based decisions related to our scarce urban greenspaces. More to follow.
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