A Long Time Coming…..
Did you know that in the City of Atlanta in the year 2009, there were still unpaved roads in residential neighborhoods? That saga came to an end in the Venetian Hills neighborhood on Sunday October 25, 2009, when the Paths Foundation in partnership with the Councilman Caesar Mitchell, the Westridge Sandtown Community, Community Activists, and the Family of Crystal Sykes turned the one unpaved block of Cahaba Drive into a walking/biking trail.
You see, in 1997, the unpaved Cahaba Drive caused the fatal injury to Crystal Sykes, an 11 year old community resident. Her younger brother and she were riding their bikes along the road when Crystal hit a “pot hole” and was thrown from her bike and in the process injured by the bike’s handlebars. Along the now paved and landscaped paths you’ll find the sitting stones and beautiful trees. At the beginning of the path, a stone memorial with a bronze plaque commemorates Crystal’s short but happy life.
It’s a start – you see, with the coming of the new development on the Ft. Mac property, our friends and neighbors want to see more walking and biking trails for our children as well as for older community members. The future belongs to the youngest generation: we’re just borrowing it for now – let’s give it back to our children in much better shape than we found it.
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