Buckhead Heritage

 

Atlanta Memorial Park went from being a long overlooked city park with fading facilities and constant flooding to one of the most popular in Atlanta in just a few years.

 

Learn how it happened, what’s happening now and what the future holds for Buckhead’s oldest park from the individuals who led the turnaround.  

 

We’ll be joined by Marty Elgison, the President and Founder of the Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation, Catherine Spillman, the Executive Director of the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy, and Pete Pellegrini, the Senior Project Manager with the PATH Foundation. The distinguished panel will discuss how the legacy of one of the most influential figures in golf, a historic flood and the BeltLine converged to transform the 200-acre park.

 

 

 

Host Committee            $500.00

 

 

 

Patron                           $750.00

Member ticket price - $150 per person

Non-Member ticket price - $175 per person

 

Back by popular demand, Jonah McDonald will talk about his book Secret Atlanta: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Beyond standard Atlanta tourist attractions, visitors and natives alike will find a city full of secrets - in history, art, culture, nature, and places that are just plain weird. Tour the most hidden spots in the metro, or see the famous sites through a new lens.

 

Steve Steinman is celebrating 50 years as one of the city’s most prolific artists. Hear him speak on how he has integrated a range of mediums, from sculpture to photography, creating some of the city’s most enduring pieces, including the colorful repeating sculpture patterns viewed by millions who pass through the Buckhead Marta station, as well as the Monument to Slain Police Officers in Woodruff Park.