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Community Notebook: Forest Park: “Tratamos a Los extraños como amigos”

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Community Notebook: March 2, 2025

Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.

Forest Park’s balancing act

Here’s how the city hopes to address blight—without harming legacy residents

Angela wants to learn English. But in Forest Park, she has limited options.

Georgia is one of only two states that bans undocumented residents from attending state-funded ESL classes—making future job prospects out of reach.

Birria tacos in Forest Park hit home

Birria on Jonesboro Road showcase increasingly visible diversity south of Atlanta

A vendor’s loves and laments about the Atlanta State Farmers Market

Five ways residents want Forest Park to grow—and how the city is actually spending their money

How Forest Park residents want their taxpayer dollars spent

Five ways residents want Forest Park to grow—and how the city is actually spending their money

Letters from Forest Park: Ann Pellegrine

Five ways residents want Forest Park to grow—and how the city is actually spending their money

¿A quién atiende verdaderamente el mercado estatal de agricultores en Atlanta?

La situación de aislamiento del terminal de los productos agrícolas en la que se encuentra la ciudad más grande del condado de Clayton.

Un estado de fluctuación

¿Forest Park mantendrá a sus residentes hispanos? Eso puede depender de la policía

Phía Nam

Cộng đồng người Việt Nam phát triển mạnh mẽ tại Quận Clayton

Back to school in Forest Park

Forest Park’s students, parents, and administrators grapple with the past and future of their school system

Who does the Atlanta State Farmers Market really serve?

How Clayton County’s largest city finds itself alienated from the produce terminal

Waiting for the train

Does Forest Park need MARTA to make Main Street relevant again?

Editors’ Note: Welcome to Forest Park

Our Forest Park Issue editors, Beth McKibben and Floyd Hall, welcome readers to the community.

State of Flux

Can Forest Park keep its Hispanic residents? That may depend on police.