Politics & Government
City To Purchase 'PVC Pipe Farm' Property For New Park Space
City will acquire property for $5 million
The city of Dunwoody has finished negotiations to buy a 16.18-acre property at 4000 Dunwoody Park for a price tag of $5 million.
The property, known as the ‘Pipe Farm,’ will be used for a city park.
It had been zoned and planned for a high-density, multi-family development for 280 residents. The site still has remnants of that project, with paved streets and aqua blue PVC utility pipes sticking out of the ground throughout the property.
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The location is bordered by Chamblee Dunwoody Road on the West and North Shallowford Road on the east.
According to a press release from City Manager Warren Hutmacher, the city hopes to use the land for a new neighborhood park.
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The city, which is short on parkland according to national guidelines for park acres per resident, currently has 3.23 acres per 1,000 residents compared with the national standard of 6.25 acres, according to Hutmacher.
The city council will vote on authorizing the purchase from Wells Fargo at Monday’s city council meeting.
“The addition of 16 acres of park land is a watershed moment for Dunwoody and a generational game changer for the Georgetown/North Shallowford community,” said Mayor Ken Wright, in a cit press release. “The City Council and I are thrilled to jump start the revitalization of the Georgetown/North Shallowford area of Dunwoody and are relieved that this purchase will head off the inevitable development of the land for more apartments as well as help us move forward in our effort to eliminate our monumental deficit of green space.”
The funding for the purchase will be made with existing city reserves, according to the city’s press release. The city currently has more than $8 million reserves.
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