
Parks & Recreation Coalition of Brookhaven (PARC)
- provides a cooperative forum as an umbrella for all Brookhaven park groups to discuss various issues of common concern, share experiences, encourage volunteerism and find common ground.
- supported by Brookhaven P&R, Brookhaven Stormwater and CoB Arborist, and assisted by Park Pride to develop and improve our parks and natural areas
Upcoming Events
Mondays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Monday Rides from Savi on Dresden Dr
Wednesdays Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Wednesday Rides from Big Peach in Town Brookhaven
October Biketober – fun competition to encourage metro Atlantans to enjoy bike riding
Love to Ride registration site - https://www.lovetoride.net/atlanta/login?locale=en-US
Oct 14 - Stewardship Work Event - Tom Reilly Greenspace -
Sign-up Genius - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAAAF23AAFA7-stewardship
Oct 20 - Duck Duck Goose Food Trucks @ MCP Loop Rd
Volunteers - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAAAF23AAFA7-2019#/
Oct 21 - Duck Duck Goose 5K Race and 1-mile Fun Run @ MCP County Corner
Runner Sign-up - https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Brookhaven/DDGoose5K
Oct 24 - GA Audubon Bird Walk / Field Trip @ MCP
Nov 11 - MCPC Quarterly Volunteer Day - Sign-up Genius TBD
Nov 26 - Stewardship Work Event - Osborne Park - Sign-up Genius TBD
Nov / Dec PARC Daffodil Plantings – partner w Park Pride & The Daffodil Project
* Daffodil plantings at Blackburn and Brookhaven Parks
Dec 1 - GA Audubon Bird Walk / Field Trip @ MCP
Dec 2 - Stewardship Work Event - North Druid Hills Greenspace - Sign-up Genius TBD
2024 Events are being planned - quarterly workdays, Arbor Day plantings, Earth Day & more
Need more info: email stevebp@bellsouth.net
Ashford Forest Preserve - www.northdekalbgreenspace.org
Briarwood Park Conservancy - www.briarwoodparkga.org
Brookhaven Park Conservancy - http://brookhavenparkconservancy.org/
Friends of Blackburn Park - https://friendsofblackburnpark.org/
Brookhaven Bike Alliance - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrookhavenBikeAlliance/
Brookhaven Tree Conservancy - Facebook Group page
https://www.facebook.com/BrookhavenTreeConservancy/
Peachtree Creek Greenway - www.peachtreecreekgreenway.org
City of Brookhaven P&R - www.brookhavenga.gov/parksrec
Park Pride - www.parkpride.org

Georgia Audubon Society Field Trips: Murphey Candler Park
Look for monthly walks - Online REGISTRATION thru GA Audubon required
Upcoming Dates: Tues, October 24, 2023 - 8am
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly
Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Mix of habitats (lake, creek, wetlands, mixed woods, and ball fields) provide good species diversity. We will look for early migrants and resident spe cies. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 10 years of age. Please do not bring your dog. This site can be especially good for beginning birders. The path can be muddy and slippery in places, so wear appropriate footwear. Restrooms are available near the parking lot.
Directions and parking: From I-285 on the north side of Atlanta, take Exit 29. Go south on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. about 0.95 mile, then turn left onto W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE. Drive to parking lot at the intersection of Nancy Creek Dr. NE and Candler Lake West NE.
This walk is co-sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy.
**Meet at Spillway/SW Parking Lot
website: https://www.georgiaaudubon.org/field-trips.html
Google Maps address -
1636 West Nancy Creek Dr, Brookhaven 30319
Look for monthly walks - Online REGISTRATION thru GA Audubon required
Upcoming Dates: Tues, October 24, 2023 - 8am
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly
Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Mix of habitats (lake, creek, wetlands, mixed woods, and ball fields) provide good species diversity. We will look for early migrants and resident spe cies. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 10 years of age. Please do not bring your dog. This site can be especially good for beginning birders. The path can be muddy and slippery in places, so wear appropriate footwear. Restrooms are available near the parking lot.
Directions and parking: From I-285 on the north side of Atlanta, take Exit 29. Go south on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. about 0.95 mile, then turn left onto W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE. Drive to parking lot at the intersection of Nancy Creek Dr. NE and Candler Lake West NE.
This walk is co-sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy.
**Meet at Spillway/SW Parking Lot
website: https://www.georgiaaudubon.org/field-trips.html
Google Maps address -
1636 West Nancy Creek Dr, Brookhaven 30319
MCP Volunteer Day
Saturday, November 11, 2023 1:00PM – 4:00PM
- Meet @ County Corner – 1690 West Nancy Creek Dr
Sign-up Genius - TBD - projects will be defined and distributed
Park Clean-up – Invasive Species Removal – Trail Mulching
We will build work- teams & provide tools, gloves, and water. Dress appropriately. Push for Scouts/Students/Groups needing service hours and invite family/friends/neighbors.
Great work and fun, while we care for the focal point of our community.
Questions: call/text/email Steve Peters / 404-313-4348 / stevebp@bellsouth.net
Saturday, November 11, 2023 1:00PM – 4:00PM
- Meet @ County Corner – 1690 West Nancy Creek Dr
Sign-up Genius - TBD - projects will be defined and distributed
Park Clean-up – Invasive Species Removal – Trail Mulching
We will build work- teams & provide tools, gloves, and water. Dress appropriately. Push for Scouts/Students/Groups needing service hours and invite family/friends/neighbors.
Great work and fun, while we care for the focal point of our community.
Questions: call/text/email Steve Peters / 404-313-4348 / stevebp@bellsouth.net
RIVERS ALIVE CLEAN-UP
Saturday, October 21, 2023 - locations on North Fork Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Creek Greenway, Inc, City of Chamblee, Keep Chamblee Beautiful and Rivers Alive are co-sponsoring this event
Rivers Alive is back! Volunteers will work on the stream along the proposed extension of the Peachtree Creek Greenway. Join KCB as we help Chamblee in this effort to protect fresh drinking water, recreational opportunities like canoeing and fishing, and the general health of 70,150 miles of state streams and rivers.
Look for two watershed clean-ups every year:
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers - Sweep the Hooch in Brookhaven - MCP & PCG each Spring
Rivers Alive in Chamblee- Nancy Creek & North Fork Peachtree Creek each Fall
Saturday, October 21, 2023 - locations on North Fork Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Creek Greenway, Inc, City of Chamblee, Keep Chamblee Beautiful and Rivers Alive are co-sponsoring this event
Rivers Alive is back! Volunteers will work on the stream along the proposed extension of the Peachtree Creek Greenway. Join KCB as we help Chamblee in this effort to protect fresh drinking water, recreational opportunities like canoeing and fishing, and the general health of 70,150 miles of state streams and rivers.
Look for two watershed clean-ups every year:
Chattahoochee Riverkeepers - Sweep the Hooch in Brookhaven - MCP & PCG each Spring
Rivers Alive in Chamblee- Nancy Creek & North Fork Peachtree Creek each Fall