Long inaccessible 26-acre forest could become southwest Atlanta's newest park

For years, Renette Scott warned her students at Therrell High School in southwest Atlanta not to venture into the woods outside the school. She didn't know then that the land was owned by the city of Atlanta."This is a jewel that we don't know exists," Scott said.The land is known as Falling Water Park. The city bought the 26-acre forest in 2004 and classified it as a park-in-holding, meaning the greenspace was protected and closed to the public. Scott partnered with community members, the nonpr