We had a very productive work session on February 20th. Students from North Atlanta High School: Kan’Niya Beard, Kiara Burke, Abel Z Getachew, Talena Lewis, Tony Lewis, and Victor Quinn. Students from other schools: Isaac Robinson, Italo Jenkins, Malik Norman, and Rahsaan Norman.
Adults: Elise Bennett, Michael Drake, Pauline Drake, Jim Gantner, Bryan Jenkins, Tracy Johnson, Joseph Mitchell, Ben Jamin Norman, Millicent Norman, Ricky Saxton, Kymberli Warner, and Soni Williams.
2015 was a busy and very productive year for Jennie Drake Park. Our Park Entrance was finally completed, bricks were set and benches in place. In October, the Bennett Thrasher Volunteers completed a large part of our vision by building a bridge across the creek and a path on the other side. We now have walking trails throughout the Park, benches to sit on and, in the spring, lots of new plants to see.
None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for:
January- Entrance to Jennie Drake Park is completed!
February- T-shirts go on sale. Water main break in the Park.
April- Tire Roundup
May- Dedication of the Jennie Drake Park Entrance
June- Department of Corrections builds a path to Oldknow Drive
Looking up the path to Oldknow
July- Grant received from NPU-I for plants and planting materials
August- National Night Out. Jennie Drake Parks brings the King of Pops!
September- Cookout for the volunteers
October- Bennett Thrasher Work Day
November- North Atlanta High School volunteers
Students from North Atlanta High School came by to help us with this month’s work session:
On October 29th, volunteers from the Bennett Thrasher accounting firm spent the day at Jennie Drake Park. Volunteers built bridges, walking paths, removed debris, and planted native plants. Thanks to Park Pride for organizing the event, all of the volunteers from Bennett Thrasher who participated in the work day, and Jeff Killingsworth from Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm . Special thanks to Atlanta City Council Member Felicia Moore who connected Bennett Thrasher with Jennie Drake Park.
On a very cool Saturday morning, we planted Pansies, red and yellow Mums and Rhododendrons. The plants were part of a Grant from the City of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit I. Volunteers also mulched and cleaned up the Park
Come and join us for the October work session at Jennie Drake Park!
The work session is this Saturday, October 17th, from 9am until noon. We will be planting fall flowers in the beds and spreading our remaining mulch along Waterford Rd.
There will be a cookout at the end of the work session!
Following the September work session, the Jennie Drake Park Steering Committee held a cookout for the Park’s volunteer workers. Thanks to Ben Norman who manned the grill and Miriam Miller who provided the baked beans.
For the second year in a row, Jennie Drake Park provided King of Pops (www.kingofpops.net) icy treats to the Collier Heights National Night Out celebration. National Night Out helps to create a relationship between neighborhoods and law enforcement under positive conditions. Everyone had a great time!
Photos from the Jennie Drake Park work session on July 18th.
Jennie Drake Park has received at $500 grant from the City of Atlanta NPU-I. The grant is being used to buy plants and planting supplies for the Park. Jennie Drake Park Treasurer, Jim Gantner, stated “this grant allows us to purchase needed tools like rakes, gloves and a wheelbarrow, as well as supplies for our planting beds. We will be also adding several varieties of annuals to areas of the Park.”