SAND NEIGHBORHOODS
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South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development (SAND) is an umbrella organization that was formed in 1979 to serve the residents and businesses of the South East Atlanta neighborhoods situated between Grant Park and East Atlanta. A Brief History of the area that makes up the neighborhoods of SAND was the territory of the Creek Indian Nation until approximately 1825 when the Treaty of Indian Springs, signed under Governor George Troup, began the forced removal of the Creek. By 1827, they were all gone and any white settler could enter a land lottery. 160 or 200 acre parcels were awarded at a cost of four dollars. The majority of the land was used as working farms until the the late 1800s. POST CIVIL WAR: In 1892, some of the farms began to be subdivided into building lots of approximately 2 acres in size and a Civil War soldiers home was constructed on what is now the area occupied by the complex of State buildings on East Confederate Avenue. In 1898, construction began on the United States Penitentiary, located at the south west corner of SAND, on McDonough Blvd at Boulevard Avenue. The penitentiary consists of 328 acres of land, and is one of the oldest facilities in the Penitentiary system at more than 102 years old. |
MEETINGS ARE HELD:
2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Beulah Heights University, 892 Berne St SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Beulah Heights University, 892 Berne St SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
Leadership
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THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF S.A.N.D.
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s.a.n.d. meeting agendas and minutes |