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Parks update: festivals, trail coordination and tunnel groundbreaking announced
Summary
Parks staff reported recent events—Johns Creek Art Festival (18,000), truck-or-treat (5,500), Diwali spread approach—and construction updates including lighting deliveries Dec. 16 and the pedestrian tunnel groundbreaking behind City Hall.
Parks staff gave a brief update on programming, events and construction at the Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee meeting on Nov. 20.
Matt Pate, capital projects manager for the recreation and parks department, said Park Place Senior Center programming and a range of fall events kept staff busy and thanked interdepartmental partners. He highlighted recent large events: the Johns Creek Art Festival (about 18,000 attendees) and a truck-or-treat event with roughly 5,500 attendees, and he described Diwali as successful after the city spread activities across multiple days to avoid crowding and strain on public safety.
On capital projects, Pate said the department is coordinating with the National Park Service on the Chattahoochee Greenway connection, Newtown Tennis Court renovation is ahead of schedule, playful passages was installed at Morton Road Park, and Musco Lighting will deliver LED replacements for OC Park on Dec. 16. He noted the pedestrian tunnel to the park behind City Hall has had a recent groundbreaking and estimated construction impacts for local traffic.
Pate said the Cawley Creek Makerspace bids came in over budget; staff worked with the selected contractor on value-engineering options and will bring a recommendation back to council at the Dec. 9 work session. Bids for the Cawley Creek overflow parking will open on Nov. 25.
Next steps: staff will return with formal recommendations on makerspace value-engineering and bid results for parking; construction timelines will be coordinated to minimize traffic impacts.
