Skateboarders Damage Charlie Loudermilk Park

The executive director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District (CID) may look to install surveillance cameras in a newly-renovated park to help police crack down on skateboarders damaging the property.

Jim Durrett brought up the possibility of parnering with the Atlanta Police Foundation to better monitor Charle Loudermilk Park during a board meeting held on Tuesday, BuckheadView reports. Durrett did not expand on what property had been damaged by the skateboarders, but said the park could soon be sporting two new Operation Shield cameras.

The park, which re-opened to the public in April, had been closed for almost a year while a $2.5 million renovation was completed.

The park now features greenspace, patio seating, a waterfall feature, new walkways, lighting, trees and flowers, and a statue in honor of local philanthropist and Aaron’s founder Charlie Loudermilk. A 50-foot-tall clock tower has also been installed in the park.

Pavers bought by donors to the park renovation project will installed soon, BuckheadView reports. The pavers had originally been installed on the clock tower, but were removed after they did not fit the aesthetic of the park. Donors were going to be refunded their money until former Buckhead Alliance head Robin Loudermilk approached Jim Durrett and landscape architect Robert Hughes and explained that the bricks had been intended to be used as paving stones.