Parks and Open Space Master Plan

The Parks and Open Space master planning process began following the June 2010 acquisitions of six park properties from DeKalb County. Master planning is a process by which the community works with the City to create a vision and guiding plan for the City’s future investment in its current parks and potential acquisition of additional parkland and open space. The City Council will be discussing the Master Plan over the coming weeks during regularly scheduled Council meetings.

The Master Plan includes an overview of current facilities and recreation opportunities, operations analysis, budget review, funding strategy discussion, as well as individual park and facility assessments and recommendations.

One notable omission from the Parks and Open Space Master Plan is a previously discussed greenway multi-use trail along the Georgia Power transmission line easement, which forms a continuous east-west corridor across Dunwoody. The City received passionate feedback to the proposal. After carefully considering the feedback, the City determined that particular greenway corridor is not viable and has been removed from the Master Plan.