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Box 13, Folder 11, Document 76
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as September 19, 1967
Mr. Kiliaen V. R. Townsend, President
Atlanta Motor Lodges, Inc.
120 North Avenue, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
Dear Mr, Townsend:
Thank you very much for your letter of September 8, 1967
regarding playlots in the Washington Street area of our City.
I apologize for this belated reply but have just returned
from a vacation trip.
Mrs. Pat Royalty has been quite interested in the possibility
of the City's losing the use of the Crew and Haygood Playlot. At
the present time we have had notindication that the owner intends
to take the property back although we only hold a lease for one
year which is cancellable upon thirty days notice. I understand
that the property will be up for a zoning hearing on September 21,
1967, and I have been further advised that Mr. Herbert Johnson,
Attorney for the owner, is under the impression that even if the
zoning application is successful, that the owner is not planning
to do anything with the land for two or three years.
Our Federal funds for the development and staffing of the
some thirty-five playlots located in the hard-corps slum areas
of our City expires September 30. Already, since school is back
in session, we have curtailed our operation to after-school hours
and on the week-end. We have hopes of collecting certain vital
locations and continue the operation of playlots in these areas
through the end of the year.
Under the Federal Grant, we hed funds available to construct
and operate a total of twenty-one playlots. However, as mentioned
above, some thirty-five were actually staffed and several more
were created and operated without personnel. Due to simple budget
limitations, we have had to be highly selective in the construction
of any additional playlots and we presently have on our list of
requests a dozen or more locations in areas of the City which have
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Mr. Townsend
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September 19, 1967
not yet received any facilities. In the Washington-Ormond Street
area and that portion generally considered to be Mechanicsville
and Summerhill, a number of locations have been created and frankly
there has been criticism from neighborhoods which have been over-
looked as to the number of lots created in the southern portion
of the City.
You are most generous in your offer of various properties
and I would like to take the liberty to keep your letter in our
current file on playlots so that in the event that we do lose
the Crew and Haygood location we can quickly turn to one of
your properties.
In conclusion, it is businessmen like your that make it
possible for the playlot program to function and I thank you
ever so much for offering to us without charge such valuable
real estate.
Sincerely,
Jack C, Delius
General Manager of
Parks and Recreation
JCDilg ie
CC: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mrs. Robert M, Royalty
Mr. Kiliaen V. R. Townsend, President
Atlanta Motor Lodges, Inc.
120 North Avenue, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
Dear Mr, Townsend:
Thank you very much for your letter of September 8, 1967
regarding playlots in the Washington Street area of our City.
I apologize for this belated reply but have just returned
from a vacation trip.
Mrs. Pat Royalty has been quite interested in the possibility
of the City's losing the use of the Crew and Haygood Playlot. At
the present time we have had notindication that the owner intends
to take the property back although we only hold a lease for one
year which is cancellable upon thirty days notice. I understand
that the property will be up for a zoning hearing on September 21,
1967, and I have been further advised that Mr. Herbert Johnson,
Attorney for the owner, is under the impression that even if the
zoning application is successful, that the owner is not planning
to do anything with the land for two or three years.
Our Federal funds for the development and staffing of the
some thirty-five playlots located in the hard-corps slum areas
of our City expires September 30. Already, since school is back
in session, we have curtailed our operation to after-school hours
and on the week-end. We have hopes of collecting certain vital
locations and continue the operation of playlots in these areas
through the end of the year.
Under the Federal Grant, we hed funds available to construct
and operate a total of twenty-one playlots. However, as mentioned
above, some thirty-five were actually staffed and several more
were created and operated without personnel. Due to simple budget
limitations, we have had to be highly selective in the construction
of any additional playlots and we presently have on our list of
requests a dozen or more locations in areas of the City which have
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Mr. Townsend
Page Two
September 19, 1967
not yet received any facilities. In the Washington-Ormond Street
area and that portion generally considered to be Mechanicsville
and Summerhill, a number of locations have been created and frankly
there has been criticism from neighborhoods which have been over-
looked as to the number of lots created in the southern portion
of the City.
You are most generous in your offer of various properties
and I would like to take the liberty to keep your letter in our
current file on playlots so that in the event that we do lose
the Crew and Haygood location we can quickly turn to one of
your properties.
In conclusion, it is businessmen like your that make it
possible for the playlot program to function and I thank you
ever so much for offering to us without charge such valuable
real estate.
Sincerely,
Jack C, Delius
General Manager of
Parks and Recreation
JCDilg ie
CC: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mrs. Robert M, Royalty
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