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- ↑ "List of Parks, alphabetical". City of Atlanta, GA. City of Atlanta, Office of Parks. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ Eloy, Michelle (2016-03-16). "East Atlanta Kids Club Offers More Than After-School Care". wabe.org. Retrieved 17 December 2017.