A park in every NPU: West Cascade Park gets green space, playground

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (center) and City Councilmember Marci Collier Overstreet (right, in green) during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at West Cascade Park Friday, December 15, 2023. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (seated, right) was also in attendance. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens took his place behind a podium under a red, white, green, and gold balloon trellis inside the new West Cascade Park Friday afternoon. The mayor was there to officially cut the ribbon to the park and as he thanked the people in attendance he paused. Children were already playing on the park’s small playground by the time the ceremony started. “I love that in the background you hear children laughing and playing,” Dickens said. “That’s what we have this here for.” Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (above) has lived in Cascade for decades and helped get the West Cascade Park project started during her time as mayor. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice The last of the city’s neighborhood planning units (NPU) to get a park was officially scratched off the list this afternoon. West Cascade Park, one of the most historic and affluent mostly-Black neighborhoods in the city, now has...