Community Rallies to Buy Our Parks Now!

By Laurie Searle | Oct 7, 2008

With a major donation in the 11th hour by Carl Bouckaert, the community exceeded the goal of the Buy Our Parks Now! (BOP) campaign by raising $228,000 for the purchase, maintenance, support, and improvements of Chattahoochee Hills Parklands.

Pictured left to right: Dave McMurrain, Chattahoochee Hills Civic Association parks chair; Carl Bouckaert, Buy Our Parks Now benefactor; and Alan Merrill, Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy board chair present the check to Mayor Don Hayes on behalf of the 300 residents and friends of Chat Hills who contributed.

The campaign to Buy Our Parks Now! will remain open through the Oct. 19, with a final presentation scheduled at the Brubeck Brothers Concert at Hutcheson Ferry Park.