As soon as the Emory Village roundabout is completed, the Alliance to Improve Emory Village hopes to build the above “pocket park” at the corner of North Oxford Road and North Decatur Road, which currently plays the part of an unfortunate and needless extension of the defunct Chevron gas station’s concrete pad.

As you can tell from a quick glance at the image above is so much more than a concrete street corner.  It will include a creek-esque “water feature”, trees, shrubs, and stone seat wall, and green space.   According to Emory’s release, “Benches and seating spaces to accommodate 40 people will be installed. Eight of the more than 50 new trees that will be planted in the Village will be in the park.”

The Alliance says it still needs to raise $40,000 by June to build the $300,000 park.

If you’d like to study this park “concept plan” more closely, check out this PDF.

h/t: Fresh Loaf