UGA Center for Community Design and Preservation

CEDers: Make Mon Jan 19 a Day ON by volunteering in our community! There are lots of opportunities for which CED folks are well suited, such as trail clearing, tree planting, historic home repair, cemetery beautification, school gardens, healing gardens, and farm work. Spots fill up fast, so find your favorite at uga.givepulse.com/group/118913 (link in Bio) and follow

What a beautiful Fall day for students from Prof. Jose Buitrago's LAND 3030-S courses to explore the Greenway! 

This semester, their planting design studio will blend service and learning as they develop reuse concepts for the historic Sandy Creek Pump Station. Designed by Athens City Engineer J. W. Barnett, this handsome Colonial Revival building was a marvel of its time - pulling a remarkable 1 million gallons of water a day in 1916. Sadly, decades of neglect spurred it to be placed on Historic Athens' Places in Peril list in 2020 (bit.ly/athensplaces).

Fourth-generation Athenian Daniel Epting has tirelessly advocated for its potential reuse. As Daniel notes, this site sits “at the crux of nature and industrialization” — making it a perfect opportunity for creative reimagining as both an educational resource and a comfort station.

We can’t wait to share our students’ design ideas later this semester!

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