In Person | Azalea Fresh Market
FREE
This Jane’s Walk, taking place in South Downtown, focuses on themes of Environment and History & Culture.
What's living in the city right alongside you?
Join Jessyca Holland of the Atlanta City Studio and Jim Hackler, sustainability advocate, journalist, and community organizer for a walk through South Downtown that looks at how green spaces survive and thrive in an urban environment. The route visits pocket habitats, native plantings, and a community garden, and passes through a neighborhood in active transformation — with historic buildings being restored and annual gardens giving way to perennial native and pollinator plantings. Along the way, you'll learn how these small patches of habitat function as stepping stones for migrating insects and urban wildlife.
The walk begins at Azalea Fresh Market and ends at the Five Points Community Garden. MARTA riders can take the train to Five Points station, right around the corner from the starting point. Parking is available at the surface lot on Pryor and Wall Street.
About the Walk Leaders
Jessyca Holland is with the Atlanta City Studio, an urban design laboratory within the City of Atlanta's Department of City Planning. Learn more at atlcitystudio.org.
Jim Hackler is a longtime sustainability advocate, journalist, and community organizer whose career has bridged national green building initiatives and local gardening projects. As the former head of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes program and the Southeast’s EarthCraft House initiative, Jim helped shape how builders and homeowners think about “what it means to be green.” Today, he brings that same passion for practical sustainability to the ground level as a leader and volunteer with Atlanta’s Five Points Community Garden, where he helps coordinate growing efforts, community workshops, and neighborhood outreach. A downtown Atlanta resident for more than 20 years, Jim lives his values—navigating city life primarily by bicycle and championing walkable, connected communities. His background in journalism (CNN and Green Builder) continues to inform his storytelling approach, connecting people, policy, and place through clear and compelling communication.
The Details:
Arrive Early to check-in with your walk leader or MODA volunteer.
Distance of Route: 0.6 miles
Duration of Walk: 60 minutes
Walk Language: English
Accessibility: Terrain: Combination of paved and unpaved, with some hills and uneven sidewalks. This event IS wheelchair accessible.
What to Bring: Comfortable walking shoes, water, and sunscreen.
This walk continues in light rain. It will be canceled for high winds, lightning, or other hazardous weather conditions.
Know Before You Go: Details will be included in your confirmation email.
Registration | FREE
Jane’s Walks are free to attend, but registration is required.
Please click the link below to save your spot!
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Jane’s Walk is an annual global festival honoring the legacy of urbanist, activist, and writer Jane Jacobs with free, citizen-led walking tours through the neighborhoods that lend so much character to our cities.
The festival promotes civic engagement and encourages leaders and participants to share stories about their communities and use walking as a means of connecting with their neighbors.
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Starting Point: Azalea Fresh Market, 25 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
Ending Point: Five Points Community Garden, Across the Greyhound Bus Station, 203 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
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MODA reserves the right to cancel a program if the minimum enrollment requirements are not met. If you need to cancel your plans for any reason, we kindly request that you notify us 48 hours prior to the event start. By doing so, we can release your seat to another individual interested in joining us for this Jane’s Walk!
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Designers with different styles of learning or special needs are welcome in MODA public programs. We will be able to most effectively help everyone learn and enjoy this experience if we know about those needs in advance of the program. Please email the primary walk leader listed in your confirmation email with questions or information.
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Pictures and videos will be captured during MODA public programs and may be published on the official website, social media, and newsletters of the Museum of Design Atlanta. If you do not wish to appear on these platforms, please write to felicia@museumofdesign.org.
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Email Felicia at felicia@museumofdesign.org with any questions.