Decatur keeps chipping away at its parks list. At the May 18 City Commission meeting, commissioners approved a $2.4 million construction contract with Diversified Construction of Georgia for the Ebster teen activity area project, according to Decaturish. The commission also signed off on a separate contract with Ascension Program Management to act as the city's owner's representative, the outfit that watches the budget and timeline so the city does not have to referee every detail itself.
Ebster sits just off downtown Decatur near the Ebster Recreation Center, and a dedicated teen space has been part of the longer-range vision for the site. Getting a construction contract and an owner's rep approved on the same night is the unglamorous but real signal that a project is actually happening rather than circling in study committees.
For a city Decatur's size, $2.4 million on one park feature is a serious commitment. It is the kind of small-bore civic spending that does not make statewide headlines but shapes whether teenagers in the area have somewhere to be that was built with them in mind.
