December 17, 2004 MLPA eBlast - Herbert Taylor Park

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Below is the flyer explaining the facts of the park fundraising effort. Please use it for any or all of the following:

1. PLEASE send your tax-deductible donation TODAY. We must show neighborhood support in order to receive matching funds from large donors.

2. If you know anyone with connections to family foundations or influence with corporate donors, please let us know ASAP.

3. Print copies of the flyer and take to holiday parties and events; talk up the cause and your reasons for supporting it.

4. Email the flyer to friends, family, groups, anyone interested in environmental causes.

5. Print out the flyer and distribute to neighbors, coworkers, anyone who might be willing to help.

Thanks so much for your continued support of this effort.
Barbara Baggerman
404-876-8072

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The Herbert Taylor Park Buffer Acquisition Project

The Herbert Taylor Park is City-owned greenspace in northeast
Atlanta on the border of DeKalb County, off Beech Valley Road
north of East Rock Springs Road. Rock Creek flows through the
Park to enter the South Fork of Peachtree Creek at the northern
boundary of the Park

A total of 8 lots on the southern border of the Park are slated
for development in January: 3 lots on Rock Springs Circle and 5
lots at the end of Markan Drive on the hilltop extending down to
the creek. The developer is willing to negotiate with the Rock
Creek Watershed Alliance and the neighborhood to sell 2 lots and
a portion of 1 other lot, in order to create a buffer between the
remaining new houses and the Park. The money must be raised by
January 3.

Funding Goal: $595,000
· Removes 2 houses from development.
· Creates a permanent park buffer on top of the cliff overlooking
the creek, including the quarry ravine adjacent to the creek.

Approximately $310,000 has already been raised, including
greenspace funding from the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County,
and contributions from neighborhood associations and individuals.
We must raise the remaining $285,000.

We need EITHER your pledge or your donation by December 27 in
order to present a purchase contract to the developer by Jan. 3.
Time is critical. Please consider giving the most you possibly
can. Named sponsorship, honorarium, and memorial opportunities
are available.

All donations are tax deductible. Receipts will be provided by
Park Pride. If for any reason the purchase is not completed,
donations will be refunded.

Please make donations payable to: "Park Pride – Herbert Taylor
Park".

The park name must be specified to credit the donation to the
proper account.

Please send donations to:
Park Pride, Attn: Allison Barnett
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue
8th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308

Time is of the essence! Thank you kindly for providing for the
generations to come.

For more information, please call 404-876-8072 or 404-872-6563.

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Yes, I will help preserve the Herbert Taylor Park. Here is my
tax-deductible contribution of:

____5,000 ____1,000 ____500 ____250 ____100 ____Other

Payable to: "Park Pride – Herbert Taylor Park".

Send to: Park Pride, Attn: Allison Barnett
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue
8th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308

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