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Perkerson Park is nestled in the Capitol View neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta. Between the disc golf course, new playground, ballfields, old growth trees, tennis courts, and the nearby Metropolitan Library – it’s a hidden gem not too far down the BeltLine.
It even has a splash pad for kids and a new master plan coming up.
We went hiking at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, GA. It’s about a 20 minute drive due West of Downtown Atlanta.
As one of the 3 State Parks near Downtown Atlanta, it was pretty crowded on a nice Sunday afternoon.
The main hiking trail (Red) goes down to the creek and towards the ruins of an old textile mill.
It was torched by Union troops on their way to Atlanta in 1864. but remains in strikingly good condition (for a ruin).
The creek provides a beautiful backdrop and there are plenty of trails and forest to explore. Well worth the short drive.
Just up the street from my house there’s a music venue called “Grocery on Home” – and they have the coolest vintage ad for Coca-Cola on their building. It’s art.
It’s kind of crazy to think how a soft drink built so much of Atlanta, but it did. For all its faults, the Coca-Cola brand is *it* around Atlanta. Our art museum even celebrated 100 Years of the Coke Bottle in an art exhibition. Oh – we also have an entire museum dedicated to Coca-Cola.
Sometimes I’m not sure whether to be proud or weirded out. I guess sometimes you have to sell out.
This photo is from walk on the north end of Grant Park. It’s Atlanta’s original city park and home to Zoo Atlanta.
Even though the park has lost a lot of tree cover over the years, it’s still incredibly beautiful to walk through.
The Eastside phase of the Atlanta BeltLine was the first major section paved and open for business. The New York Times might call it a Glorified Sidewalk, but it’s a really huge deal for Atlanta. What a lot of people miss are the unseen components of the project.
Underneath the Trail, there are new stormwater and utility infrastructure that has dramatically improved living in the Old Fourth Ward. There is a zoning overlay that rewards and encourages high density living with commercial establishments – so there are actually people and things to do and see all along the trail.
In this picture, I’m actually using the trail to go via bike from my job in Midtown to my barber to my home in Grant Park. It will eventually extend all the way to my home via the Southeast Trail Extension.
Today is my last day working for Nebo Agency. I’ve been with Nebo for over 2 years. It’s by far and away been the most intense period of professional growth in my entire career.
I came to Nebo in 2013 after running my own freelance consulting business for 2 years prior. At the time, I wanted to join an elite team at an elite agency to specialize in a single field of digital marketing. At that point in my career, I knew enough to be dangerous. I knew I could bring a lot to a team, and that I could grow 10x as part of a team. Thankfully Nebo thought the same thing and gave me a shot.
And for me in hindsight, that certainly turned out to be true. I’ve been able to work with, learn from, and build relationships with my teammates. I also got to be challenged by interesting & diverse clients. I got to be exposed to all the intangibles of working around ambitious, talented people in a diverse, growing city. [Read more…] about On Leaving Nebo Agency & Going Full-Time with a Growing Business
