Online Resources:​​

• Jane Jacobs' Biography

• Decatur Legacy Park​ Overview:

  • Legacy Decatur (non-profit managing park)​

  • Legacy Park Master Plan (from City of Decatur - 2018)

  • Trees Atlanta Forest Restoration Project, see also a Oct. 2025 Update

• Decatur and Park History:

  • Creek/ Muscogee people (from Emory)

    • Overview of Native history in Decatur area from North Decatur Presbyterian Church​

  • Decatur People's History by Beacon Hill Black Alliance

  • African-American History in Decatur (from Laurel Wilson)​​

  • Winnona Park Neighborhood History (from NPS)

  • United Methodist Children's Home History (visit the exhibit at the DeKalb History Center)

    • 1910 Photograh in New Georgia Encyclopedia​

  • Reverend Jesse Boring (founded the Decatur Children's Home)

  • Decaturish profile on Dorsey Nobles (former children's home resident and now facilities manager)

  • Dr. Jane Goodall visits Legacy Park in Oct. 2023

• Non-profits currently located at the park: 

  • Amphibian Foundation

  • Compassionate Atlanta

  • Decatur Arts Alliance

  • Decatur Book Festival

  • Decatur Community Habitat

  • Decatur Education Foundation

  • Decatur Land Trust

  • DeKalb Symphony Orchestra

  • Frank Hamilton School of Folk Music

  • Friends of L’Arche Atlanta

  • Georgia Arborist Association

  • Global Growers Network

  • Grief House

  • Paint Love

  • Refugee Women’s Network

  • Tai Chi 4 LIFE Cooperative

  • Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance

  • Wild Nest

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Check Out These Atlanta-related Books at an Indie Bookstore or Library:​​

• Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

• The March by E.L. Doctorow

• Hiking Atlanta's Intown Forests by Jonah McDonald and Zara Pouncy

• Andrew Young and the Making of Modern Atlanta by Andrew Young, Harvey Newman & Andrea Young

• Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge

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Follow my writing:

• Essays, poetry and fiction on the interconnectedness of our common life: www.jrgoodall.com 

• A Walk in the Creek, an online nature journal about my backyard creek: josephrgoodall.substack.com​

• What the Bird Sees in Flight, an historical fiction novel-in-stories: bookshop.org

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Follow the Museum of Design Atlanta:

Programming, exhibits and resources at: https://www.museumofdesign.org/