Last week Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, joined by other city and local leaders, attended the groundbreaking for the city’s first bike park at Shirley C. Franklin Park, formerly Westside Park. The community-driven project got a boost from a generous $8 million donation from The Chestnut Family Foundation, and will include a world-class asphalt pump track facility, a bicycle playground and a skills course, all meant to get kids and adults alike into the sport of mountain biking. Franklin Park, perhaps best-known for being the former site of Bellwood Quarry (now a reservoir for the city), is one of the anchors of the Westside Beltline, and its new bike park will serve not only residents of the nearby Grove Park, Westview and Bankhead neighborhoods, but riders from all across the city. See pictures of the groundbreaking and renderings of the park, scheduled to open its first phase this fall, HERE.
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