Westside Park is a proposed park in the City of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 to be located on the site of the former Bellwood Quarry

Bellwood Quarry

Bellwood Quarry is a former quarry located in Atlanta, Georgia between Johnson Rd. and Donald Lee Hollowell Highway, and between Bankhead and Midtown West. It is slated to be turned into a lake for the future Westside Park...

. The land, which had been owned by Fulton County

Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital since 1868 and the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area...

, is currently in a long term lease to Vulcan Materials

Vulcan Materials Company

Vulcan Materials Company , based in Birmingham, Alabama is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 9,700 people at over 356...

. On
December 10, 2005, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin

Shirley Franklin

Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010...

 announced a plan to acquire the lease and the land in order to create a 351 acres (1.4 km²) park with a 45 acres (182,108.7 m²) lake which would also serve as a drinking water reservoir. The plan is a portion of the extensive Belt Line project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit surrounding the core of Atlanta. The proposed Westside Park is nearly twice the size of Atlanta's current largest city park, Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park is a urban park in Atlanta, Georgia, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentleman's farm and residence...

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