Among those

he introduced as dignitaries in the audience were state Sen. Donzella

James; Emory McClinton, chairman of the Georgia Department of Transportation's

board of directors; Boyd Pettit, 7th District representation on the transportation

department's board; Dr. Catherine Ross, executive director of the Georgia

Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA); Jim Croy, who was formerly with

GRTA and who will be heading the State Tollway Authority; East Point Mayor

Patsy Jo Hilliard; Barbara Hill, area superintendent for the Fulton County

Board of Education; and Stacy Patton, Chattahoochee River project manager

for The Nature Conservancy.

Developer Stephen

H. Macauley, who heads up The Macauley Companies, said that Walden Park

is intended to be Atlanta1s example for model community growth.

"The Macauley

Companies focus only on quality growth," he said, and noted that

"early sales figures put us in the Top 1, 2 or 3 in Atlanta."

Macauley said

that Fulton County has been an "incredible partner" in the development

of Walden Park, and from the crowd he recognized Fulton County Commissioner

Bill Edwards, County Manager Tom Andrews, Michelle Hartmann and Beth McMillan

from Comprehensive Planning, and Bob Simmons from Economic Development.

County Commissioner

Edwards told the large crowd attending the grand opening that "something

fantastic has happened in south Fulton it it is called Walden Park. South

Fulton's first TownPark community is a first-class product."

Commissioner

Edwards, describing the community as based on the neighborhoods of yesterday

with an emphasis on its natural surroundings, called Walden Park a "testimony

to the live, work and play concept."

He concluded,

"Steve Macauley, you are a pioneer because Walden Park has blazed

a new trail for south Fulton, creating a standard of living for our residents

that embodies the best use of greenspace while providing the ultimate

in TownPark living."

Tavia McCuean,

vice president and state director of The Nature Conservancy, said that

"we in The Nature Conservancy want to thank Steve Macauley for doing

this project. It's wonderful to work with people like him who have the

inspiration and the drive to be able to bring something like this to reality.

This area could have been wall-to-wall houses, and he chose to protect

the area and give people a place where they could recreate."

Over three

years ago, The Nature Conservancy's Georgia chapter partnered with Macauley

to develop a plan to build a residential community that embraces the importance

of greenspace.

Saying that

Stacy Patton from The Nature Conservancy worked with Macauley to establish

the conservation easement, she added, "Today, you see that plan realized

with the Grand Opening of Walden Park. This is a unique project for The

Nature Conservancy because it has given us a chance to work in an urban

setting with a developer who embraces the connection between quality of

life and the environment."

Located on

West Stubbs Road between Butner Road and Cascade Palmetto Highway, Walden

Park is a mixed use development which can also be described as environmentally

friendly, pedestrian friendly and children friendly.

Homes in the

community are priced from the $160,000s to the $600,000s.

The 59 one-acre

development is the first master planned community in south Fulton County

and is one of the Macauley organization's trademark TownPark planned developments.

The land plan

for the community includes a wide variety of housing choices, police and

fire facilities, the TownMarket area with a retail complex within walking

distance of the residential neighborhoods, and the Walden Park Family

Club with its extensive recreational facilities.

The amenities

area consists of the Walden Park Grand Clubhouse, which has a social room

with a fireplace; open-air pavilion; and patios overlooking the swimming

pool in the aquatic center.

Also in the

Family Club area are the Jubilee Amphitheater, a children's play center,

a basketball court, a volleyball court, a tennis center, and a village

green.

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