Dunwoody 2010 Lemonade Days

The busty gypsy

 

DPT Volunteer Al Tiede puts finishing touch on banner as spectators marvel at his skills

Dunwoody Lemonade Days Moves to Brook Run

 In 2002 discussions started with negotiations between DeKalb Commissioner Elaine Boyer and the Dunwoody Preservation Trust. 

Brook Run Lemonade Days 2003

Brook Run Theater Hosted Lemonade Days Concerts

 Brook Run Park once had a 34,000 square foot theater (16 other buildings were demolished before the theater).   A brick building with a stage, seating for hundreds, and many other attributes.  A few years after becoming a city, the Dunwoody City Council decided to demolish the building. Where are the stained glass windows today?

Home Tour 2000

Dunwoody Lemonade Days - The Early Years

 It all started with a tornado - a tornado that roared through Dunwoody April 09, 1998.  Shortly after the tornado destroyed as many as 100,000 trees locally, the Replant the Forest project begun.  Fundraising for Replant the Forest involved many smaller projects.  Corporate donations, residents donating, 5K races, auctions, fashion shows, art fairs, home tours, theatrical productions, and the first Lemonade Days. Within two years of the storm, approximately 20,000+ trees were purchased and planted here in Dunwoody.

Lemonade Days did not start at Brook Run.  It wasn't until 2002 that events were held at Brook Run.  Brook Run was very different in 2002 compared to today.  No turf sports fields, no amphitheater, no dog park, no playground.  There was a nice theater that our city council  demolished. The early Lemonade Days had a 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run and a kids carnival.  The first type carnival was held on the lawn at the Farmhouse (Mt Vernon and Cham Dunwoody Rd, also known as the Historic Dunwoody Town Hall.