"Pop-Up Park" Popping Up in Buckhead on Friday

Staff Report

Livable Buckhead, a nonprofit organization leading the effort to create more greenspace in Buckhead, is celebrating PARK(ing) Day by transforming its Food Truck Friday venue into a pop-up park.

Anyone looking for lunchtime diversion is invited to join the fun, which will include:

- Delicious lunch offerings from five of metro Atlanta’s top food trucks: Gotta Have It, Crepe Suzette, Genki, Bollywood Zing, That Pie Place, and Wheely Grilly

- A pop-up soccer field for 2 v 2 mini games

- Pet adoption with Atlanta Pet Rescue

- Lawn games

- A camping scene with tents and a fire pit

- Business card drawing for $30 gift card to Pike Nurseries

The fun begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. at the corner of Piedmont and Peachtree in front of LA Fitness and adjacent to Disco Kroger.

PARK(ing) Day is a global event where artists, activists and citizens temporarily transform parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces. Livable Buckhead is using PARK(ing) Day to highlight the many benefits of community greenspace and to raise awareness about PATH400 and the Buckhead Collection.

Livable Buckhead will transform a nondescript parking lot into a greenspace to be envied, complete with turf, potted plants and other greenery. It will provide the perfect urban escape for the lunchtime crowd in Buckhead.