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Atlanta buys land for new park

In this 2012 file photo, a couple walks along the Atlanta BeltLine, a network of trails and parks that utilizes an old 22-mile railroad corridor that rings the city's in-town neighborhoods. A similar project has been proposed that would connect Chattanooga to north Hamilton County using active and inactive rail corridors. In this 2012 file photo, a couple walks along the Atlanta BeltLine, a network of trails and parks that utilizes an old 22-mile railroad corridor that rings the city's in-town neighborhoods. A similar project has been proposed that would connect Chattanooga to north Hamilton County using active and inactive rail corridors.

By Associated Press October 29, 2019 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta officials are moving forward with plans for some new parks in the city.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that the City Council last week approved the purchase of land from The Conservation Fund for a park in the Home Park neighborhood.

The city will buy the land for a little more than $200,000.

City officials also approved funding to purchase two properties for the $40 million Rodney Cook Sr. Park currently under construction in the Vine City neighborhood.

The AJC says the park will feature 18 sculptures memorializing civil rights heroes, including Martin Luther King Jr.