Initial Funding (2017)

  • Renew Atlanta Funding: $458,000

  • Park Pride Grant: $100,000

  • Little Five Alive & Don Bender: Raised $72,000 through brick sales for plaza

  • TOTAL: $630,000

City of Atlanta Bidding & Project Management

  • Jan 2019: Initial estimate from Renew Atlanta is $659,967.53.

  • Oct 2019: Renew Atlanta estimate rises to $880,000.

  • Dec 2019: Findley Plaza grouped with another Inman Park project to improve bidding process.

  • Feb 2020: Plaza grouped with a third project to reduce costs.

  • Apr 2020: Findley Plaza advertised with incomplete documents.

  • July 2020: Findley Plaza readvertised.

  • Oct 2020: Bids received in the amount of $1,171,046.70 and $1,033,425.98. Cost overruns in grading complete, mobilization, and traffic control add between $300k and $400k – all administrative costs that vendors add in for City bids.

Adjustments & New City Procurement Process

  • Oct 2020: City recommends open bidding process for more competitive bids.

  • Nov 2020: Pond works with the City of Atlanta to adjust bid documents.

  • Dec 2021: CIDs work with ADOT to create new CID Procurement Process.

CID Project
Management

 

  • Aug 2022: L5P CID enters into a Cooperative Agreement with the City.

  • March 2023: Park Pride takes back 2017 grant.

  • Jan 2024: L5P CID successfully manages Davis Plaza project as CID-P.

  • Feb 2024: L5P Alliance applies again and receives $100,000 Park Pride grant.

  • May 2024: L5P CID hires Pond & Co to manage the bidding and construction process.

  • Oct 2024: Pond prepares final bid package for City review.

  • Feb 2025: City approves bid package for posting.

  • Feb 2025: Pond & L5P Alliance post bid package online.

  • Mar 2025: Final bids received.

  • Apr 2025: Lichty Commercial Construction w/Russell Landscaping chosen as contractors.

  • May 2025: City Council creates new ordinance around tree recompense that triggers new process for permit approval through the Office of Buildings and City Arborist.

  • May 29: City signs off on permit and marks trees for removal.