College Park, Georgia

College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 20,382 (Fulton: 18,810; Clayton: 1,572). College Park is a predominantly African American city adjacent to the busy Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Just west of the Atlanta Airport is the Georgia International Convention Center (opened April 2003), which is Georgia's second largest convetion center-- second only to the Georgia World Congress Center. The GICC is owned and operated by the City of College Park.

Recreation

The City of College Park is serviced by two recreation centers-- the Wayman & Bessie Brady Recreation Center and the Hugh C. Conley Recreation Center. Both centers were opened in 1956 and named in honor of three prominent city residents. When they were opened, they were segregated-- the whites utilized the Conley Center, while the blacks used the Brady Center. Both were equipped with basketball gymnasiums; after segregation, Conley was used for gymnastics and Brady was used for basketball. The Brady Center has one of the top-notch programs in the State of Georgia.

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The city is also serviced by four parks: Barrett Park, which is located along affluent Rugby Avenue; Brenningham Park, which surrounds the Brady Center; Jamestown Park and Richard D. Zupp Park, which was named in honor of a well-respected College Park resident.

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College Park is also home to the College Park Municipal Golf Course, which was established in 1929. The course is nine holes and is built on very hilly terrain. There have been talks to expand the course to eighteen holes; as of now, however, that idea is in limbo.

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