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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

'Awesome Community Event' at Tucker Nature Preserve

Monday was a busy day for volunteers all over town.

Volunteers came out in force to plant trees and shrubs at the Tucker Nature Preserve on Martin Luther King's Day of Service on Monday. It was one of five different work-day events held around town.  "It was fantastic. A huge success," said Pam McNall, an organizer and occassional Patch contributor. "We had a total of about 105 people helping at the Preserve, and I heard from others that the "meet and greet" at Tucker High School at 9 a.m. had about 130 people, before they all divided up and worked at the various work locations." McNall said a lot of tree and shrub saplings were planted and the whole place was cleaned up. "It's going to be a whole new looking Nature Preserve once these saplings start sprouting up!" The event was sponsored …

Jane Patla Tanner

3:40 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013

The 5th MLK Day of Service in Tucker was the best yet! Thank you to all the coordinators and all the volunteers - it was wonderful to see so many organizations participating this year.   more ›

Friday, June 1, 2012

Sign Up Now for Rivers Alive 2012

New partnerships have been formed to improve the creeks and greenspaces in town.

The kickoff for the 5th Annual Rivers Alive cleanup, hosted by Tucker Civic Association, will be held Tuesday, June 19 at 7 p.m. This year's event brings new partnerships with Friends of Tucker Parks and Trees Atlanta, and plans to plant 350 native hardwood tree saplings in and around Tucker's green space. Two locations are among the top contenders for the project – the Tucker Nature Preserve and Twin Brothers Lakes at Johns Homestead. Suggestions of other locations and opinions of what to do are welcomed at the meeting. “These two pieces of property,” said Parks and Greenspace committee co-chair Pam McNall, “before we got our hands on them, were barely used by the public and the county. They are two of the most gorgeous pieces of land in …

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