Play. Party. Purpose.

Thank you to all of our supporters, partners, and sponsors!  We have a great turnout and activated the yard to show our vision of sports, fitness, arts, and education!  Here is a video from the day!

 

Sat­ur­day, Sept. 26th 11:00 AM — 6:00 PM — Pull­man Train Yard, 225 Rogers St. Kirk­wood, 30317 free shut­tle from Edgewood/CP MARTA station

Dress Code: Sneak­ers

Sports. Fit­ness. Dance. Art. Fash­ion — Walk, Run, Skate, Ride, Bike to Pull­man Yard to enter a raf­fle for great prizes!

Click here for your free tickets

 

Pull­man Yard is ready to be reborn. Come peep the prop­er­ty.  Get your work­out on.  Enjoy the per­for­mances.  See cool train Art.  Learn about a dynam­ic plan to enrich the sur­round­ing communities!

Atlanta Con­tact­Point, in part­ner­ship with the Savvy Foun­da­tion, is pro­duc­ing a dynam­ic event in Sep­tem­ber to demon­strate its vision for the trans­for­ma­tion of Pull­man Yard.

Come meet our his­toric preser­va­tion expert; envi­ron­men­tal and struc­tur­al engi­neers; envi­ron­men­tal law firm; reps from MARTA, PATH, and Atlanta Belt­Line to high­light the alter­na­tive means of trans­porta­tion plat­form; ener­gy solu­tion and water con­ser­va­tion experts; train donor; and many more peo­ple engaged in cre­at­ing a gem for the city and state.

Fea­ture Activ­i­ties include:

• The Pushup Throw­down by the FitWit Foun­da­tion (how many pushups can you do in 90 sec­onds?)  Get fit and raise mon­ey for 2 great orga­ni­za­tions! Join the Con­tact­Point team for pushup entry or donate to ACP Team
• Rise: An Ath­let­ic Fash­ion Show with a spe­cial T. Lang Dance Performance
• Live music with Guru­Fish and Eliot Bronson
• Notch 8 Gallery presents Steel Wheels art exhib­it and Pull­man Yard Pho­tog­ra­phy by Jeff Hagerman
• Dance per­for­mances by Project SLIDE, Mov­ing in the Spir­it, Caló Gitano
• Cir­cus Art per­for­mances by Cir­cus Camp and Cir­cus Arts Institute
• Inter­ac­tive Jug­gling, Hula Hoops, Tight Rope, and Aerial
• Uni­cy­cles
• Drag­on Goal Soccer
• Stratos­phere Skate­board­ing area and demo
• Expres­sive Arts with the Re-Gen­er­a­tion Ini­tia­tive: “Being Real: A Vision for Community”
• Music edu­ca­tion with Savvy Foundation
• Yoga, Sal­sa, and Boot­camp demos
• Dou­ble Dutch Aerobics
• Bas­ket­ball drills with South­west War­riors, Sil­ver Lin­ing Sports Acad­e­my, and Top of the Key
• Table ten­nis
• Inter­ac­tive Art with PaintLove
• Face Paint­ing
• Spike Ball with Fusion Sports Leagues
• YOU CAN FLY ATLANTA /F3EXPO   Drone/FPV/UAV education

SCHEDULE:

His­toric Building

A new day is dawning at Pullman Yard. Come join us as we plant the seed! This is a family friendly event!

Partners include:

• Savvy Foun­da­tion
• Elk Events
• Dante Stephensen
• FitWit Foun­da­tion
• Kil­patrick Townsend
• Free­space Architecture
• Atlanta Region­al Commission
• Ener­gy Con­ser­va­tion Solutions
• Ecovie
• Dick­’s Sport­ing Goods
• Sports Dekalb
• Decide Dekalb Devel­op­ment Authority
• Res­olute Environmental
• Frank Bur­dette
• Atlanta Belt­Line Partnership
• Re-Gen­er­a­tion Initiative
• Steel Wheel
• Notch 8
• Drag­on Goal
• Sons of Pitches
• Coor­di­na­tion Camp
• Chen Tai­ji
• Cir­cus Camp
• Cir­cus Arts Institute
• Soc­cer in the Streets
• Dekalb Aquat­ics
• Pro­Grass
• Youth VIBE
• Stratop­shere
• Atlanta Rol­ler­Girls
• Atlanta Junior Roller Der­by League
• Sil­ver Lin­ing Sports Academy
• Project SLIDE
• T. Lang Dance
• Cross­Fit Kids and Teen Camp
• Mov­ing in the Spirit
• Atlanta Youth Rugby
• Sal­sAt­lanta
• Chil­dren’s Health­care of Atlanta
• South­west War­riors Basketball
• Dou­ble Dutch Aerobics
• Young At Heart Wellness
• Wom­an’s Mar­tial Law
• Top of the Key
• Soul­shine
• King of Pops
• White­ford Inc.
• Chuice
• Lee and Dar­lene, Your Intown Neigh­bor­hood Realtors
• Jen­nifer Chan­ler and Co.
• Moun­tain High Outfitters
• Petite Marche
• Point3 Bas­ket­ball
• Wom­an’s Mar­tial Law
• Young at Heart Wellness
• A Pop­u­lar Dance
• Fusion Sports Leagues
• E37 Pho­tog­ra­phy
• Play­Out
• Pink Sky Boutique
• Rag­ing Burrito
• NMS Den­tistry
• Suja Juice
• Ter­mi­nus Legion
• Join­Up App
• Caló Gitano Dance Com­pa­ny and Academy
• Tough Love Yoga
• North­side Tool Rental
• D‑Smith Cre­ative
• Paint Love
• Sam Flax
• Mean Street Promotions
• Great Clips Edgewood
• Fontis Water

RISE: An Ath­let­ic Fash­ion Partners

• Jen­nifer Chan­ler and Co.
• Moun­tain High Outfitters
• Pink Sky Boutique
• Ath­le­ta
• Podi­um Mul­ti Sports
• Point3 Bas­ket­ball
• Pur Min­er­als

Some poet­ry.…

Giant steel beams frame vin­tage met­al sheds.

Sun pours thru bro­ken roofs and shat­tered panes to spot­light art.

Kel­ly-green grass sprouts over puz­zled rails that once fueled industry. 

 

For decades she has sat idle… 

her song muf­fled from neglect, her soul hid­den from view. 

A mys­te­ri­ous shell used only for the occa­sion­al film back­drop or graf­fi­ti canvas.

 

“What is that place?” They ask dri­ving by on Dekalb.

“I won­der what’s inside”, they say walk­ing by along the path.

 

Lit­tle do they know she is yearn­ing to pull the curtain.

Wait­ing to be re-pur­posed. Wish­ing to be seen. Ready to be reborn. 

 

And now des­tiny calls. 

The winds of the Phoenix are align­ing to birth new life at Pull­man Yard.

 

On the hori­zon, a fresh vision ascends. A dynam­ic plan charts transformation…

 

His­toric preservation. 

Sports and fitness. 

Arts, games and performances. 

Healthy foods and nutrition. 

Fun by design. Col­lab­o­ra­tive by default. Com­mu­ni­ty hub for play and wellness.

 

A gem for the city. In Kirkwood’s front yard. 

 

If you stand just so, at her core  …and look and lis­ten deeply, you can see the grand aes­thet­ics tak­ing shape. You can hear the thrills of tomorrow. 

 

But today she awaits the opportunity. 

 

Fences line the prop­er­ty, but they can’t con­tain its promise.

Grime cov­ers her relics, but it can’t mask her beauty.

Hun­gry vines grow thru twist­ed met­al and splin­tered brick prov­ing life unde­terred, …fore­shad­ow­ing triumph. 

 

And so she will.

 

A new day is dawn­ing at Pull­man Yard. Come join us as we plant the seed!