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19

Dec2022
ATLANTA - Mayor Andre Dickens will join DWM Commissioner Mikita Browning to host a ceremony to rename the Water Supply Program at the former Bellwood Quarry in honor of Atlanta’s 58th mayor, Shirley Franklin. Read More...

17

May2021
ATLANTA - The Department of Watershed Management has completed the $320 million Water Supply Program, increasing Atlanta’s reserve water supply from three days to up to 90 days. The former Bellwood Quarry was transformed into a 2.4 billion-gallon water reservoir, and also serves as the ... Read More

09

Oct2018
DWM — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will join City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management Commissioner Kishia L. Powell to announce a major milestone for the Water Supply Program.   Read More...

10

Sep2018
Atlanta Loop — Last week Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms along with other city officials broke ground on the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry. At nearly double the size of Piedmont Park, Bellwood will become Atlanta’s premiere green space when construction is complete.   Read More...

07

Sep2018
Metro Atlanta CEO — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined other City officials to break ground on what will become the largest park in the City of Atlanta, the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry.   Read More...

06

Sep2018
WABE — Construction is now officially underway at what is intended to eventually be Atlanta’s biggest park. City officials gathered Thursday at the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry. At a couple hundred acres, it will be larger than Piedmont Park.   Read More...

06

Sep2018
FOX 5 — Construction on the new Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry is now underway.   Read More...

06

Sep2018
News 95.5 AM 750 WSB — It’s a lush forest five miles northwest of City Hall and in many ways, it’s a world away from the concrete jungle of downtown Atlanta.   Read More...

06

Sep2018
What Now Atlanta — Slated to open in 2019, the new green space is 100 acres larger than Midtown's Piedmont Park.   Read More...

21

Sep2016
ATLANTA (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Killer Mike always wanted to see his name on a street sign, but a tunnel-boring machine will have to suffice for now.   Read More...