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Petition: Protect the Atlanta Prison Farm Property
In opposition to development of Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility on the Prison Farm property.
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BACKGROUND: The historic, former Atlanta Prison Farm, also known as the Honor Farm, was an institution where low-risk inmates worked the land starting in the 1920s through the mid 1960s. The property is 340 acres, mostly forested. It is owned by the City of Atlanta but outside the city limits in unincorporated DeKalb County. People who live around this property are not city of Atlanta residents and have no representation in city government. It was identified as a key tract in the City of Atlanta’s planning and design study titled Atlanta City Design: Aspiring to the Beloved Community, which called for parks and protected land to be expanded, improved (stormwater filtration), and protected from new development in the South River watershed. The Atlanta City Design was approved by City Council and adopted into the city charter in 2017. It is the single most important publicly owned tract in the broader vision to establish a 3500-acre regional park in SE Atlanta and SW DeKalb County – called the South River Forest.

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TNC's description of the South River Forest vision: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/georgia/stories-in-georgia/south-river-atlanta-urban-conservation/
More about the Prison Farm: www.SaveTheOldAtlantaPrisonFarm.org
I believe the Prison Farm should be part of Atlanta’s Next Regional Park and not a Public Safety Training Facility. *
I oppose the development of an Atlanta Police Public Safety Training Facility at the historic Atlanta Prison/Honor Farm. *
I request that City of Atlanta and DeKalb County engage all residents, especially in surrounding communities, for meaningful input regarding use of this public land. *
I support the South River Forest plan, of which the historic Prison Farm property is linchpin, to create an emerald necklace of protected greenspaces in SE Atlanta and SW DeKalb. The SRF plan was presented via the Atlanta City Design plan (Aspiring to the Beloved Community), which called for the expansion of parkland and public greenspace to protect the South River watershed and its communities from high impact development. The Atlanta City Design was approved by City Council and adopted into the city charter in 2017. Learn more at: www.SouthRiverForest.org *
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Please visit www.SouthRiverForest.org to subscribe to email updates from the South River Forest Coalition and learn more about the South River Forest vision to create an emerald necklace of protected greenspaces – including the historic Prison Farm property.
Thank you.
On behalf of the South River Forest Coalition.
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