Anyone know if Music Midtown damaged Piedmont Park? (Atlanta: cost, rated)

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by bhammaster

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All this whining about a large city park being used for events that help drive the culture and bring in tax dollars to the city (making it desirable) is silly. Whoever negotiated with the promoter should have included the FULL cost of repairs and that shouldn't mean the park doesn't get be used ever again.

Whining? Do you contribute your time, money and sweat to helping the park?

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Well, I lived in the city of Atlanta for over 7 years, so I feel like I've paid at least some taxes toward the park.

Anyway, this isn't expertise. It's common sense. When you write a contract for a promoter to use a park, a volunteer organization shouldn't be left picking up the pieces and paying for repairs.

If that didn't happen, whoever contracts events for the park should be fired and replaced.

You would have to fire Atlanta's mayor.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Well, I lived in the city of Atlanta for over 7 years, so I feel like I've paid at least some taxes toward the park.

Ansley would know the answer but I'd be surprised if very many of your tax dollars made it to Piedmont Park.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Ansley would know the answer but I'd be surprised if very many of your tax dollars made it to Piedmont Park.

Very few do make it to the park. The city mows a few times a season and provides one security patrol. That's really about it. Private donations do the rest.

[ATLTJL]

That doesn't sound like any way to run a park. I live in Gwinnett county now and the county does everything for the parks and indoor swim centers. I've never heard of a privately funded nonprofit stepping up, its not needed. Maybe the tax happy Atlantans should vote in a SPLOST to take care of parks like we did.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

That doesn't sound like any way to run a park. I live in Gwinnett county now and the county does everything for the parks and indoor swim centers. I've never heard of a privately funded nonprofit stepping up, its not needed. Maybe the tax happy Atlantans should vote in a SPLOST to take care of parks like we did.

The city of Atlanta doesn't have money to go around developing or maintaining parks on the north side of town. The folks up there have plenty of money to take care of stuff like that themselves.

[JoeTarheel]

We all must stop manbearpig. I'm cereal!

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

We all must stop manbearpig. I'm cereal!

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[arjay57]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

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An imaginary and/or fabricated threat.

In other words, your concerns about the park are just a figment of your imagination.

[brownhornet]

I'm kinda puzzled on how damaging a park went 21 pages