Park Pride has awarded more than $3 million in grants for 23 community-led park improvement projects across the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County.
“At the start of the Parks for All Campaign, we set a goal to invest 60% of our grantmaking resources to support park improvements in historically disinvested neighborhoods, and we’re proud to have continued this commitment for the fourth year,” Park Pride President and CEO Michael Halicki said in a press release.
Over the last three years of the Parks for All campaign, the nonprofit has committed to advancing park equity so that all Atlantans have access to a great park – regardless of age, race, ability, income, or zip code.
This round of park investments is supported through private and public funding, made possible through Parks for All and Atlanta City Council members.
One of the 2025 grant awardees is Four Corners Park, a nearly five-acre park nestled in Peoplestown. The grant will fund a new playground, pavilion and walking path, which were included in the comprehensive park plan that was created in collaboration with the Park Pride Visioning team, the Friends of Four Corners Park and the Peoplestown neighbors.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to see that our park, Four Corners Park, will prevail from our vision. This is real now. Our park will be enhanced, with major improvements made and an expansion of our green space to meet the needs of our neighborhood. We give a big thanks to Park Pride for making this happen in the Peoplestown neighborhood,” said Columbus Ward with the Friends of Four Corners Park and Peoplestown Revitalization.
Established in 2004, the Grantmaking Program was created with support from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and The Home Depot Foundation, with additional funders joining more recently including the City of Atlanta.
Highlights of the 2025 grant awards
• A shade structure will be installed over the basketball court at A.D. Williams Park. • Armand Park will receive new picnic tables, a drinking fountain and a seesaw on the playground.
• New bleachers will be installed by the tennis courts and the multi-use sports field at the Ben Hill/William Walker Recreation Center.
• Families will enjoy a new playground at Biffle Park.
• Center Hill Park visitors will benefit from wayfinding signage.
• Visitors at Chosewood Park will enjoy amenities near the new playground, including benches, a custom picnic table, a water fountain and trashcans.
• Cleopas R. Johnson Park will feature a new walking path, along with improvements to gathering areas and the entrance on Northside Drive.
• Visitors at Deerwood Park will enjoy inclusive play equipment.
• Emma Millican Park will benefit from trail improvements and wayfinding signage.
• Four Corners Park will feature a new playground, pavilion, and walking path.
• Visitors at Huff Linear Green will have fun with climbable play mounds and bocce ball.
• Families will enjoy a new playground at John Howell Park, which will be installed in a new location.
• Lake Claire Park will feature a new gathering space by the tennis courts.
• Kids will be thrilled to try out the new playground at Peachtree Hills Park.
• The Sarah Lowery Memorial Garden will be established at Pittman Park, along with improvements to the area surrounding the pool.
• Lower Paul Park (Riverwalk Atlanta) will feature a pavilion and community gathering space.
• Thomasville Park has received additional funds to supplement an inclusive play project.
• Additional funds have been awarded to Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill for an existing project to create a children’s play and learning space near the garden.
• New picnic tables will be installed at Walker Park.
• Zonolite Park will benefit from wayfinding signage and garden improvements.
• The Friends of Ella Mae Wade Brayboy Memorial Park, Friends of Empire Park and the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance with the Outdoor Activity Center have each received a Design Award to create a community-supported construction design.
To learn more about Park Pride grants, click here.
