A patch of grass with little more than a lonely soccer goal is about to become Roswell's newest fully loaded park. The city has set a ribbon-cutting for Liberty Square Park on Saturday, November 21 at 11 a.m., followed by a Community Day celebration at the 21.4-acre site at 1280 Mission Hills Court.
The redevelopment addresses a gap city planners flagged years ago. According to roswellconnections.com, the area was identified in the city's 2022 Parks Master Plan as significantly underserved in parkland, and the same report notes that Liberty Square Park sits within a census block group where nearly 74% of residents qualify as low-to-moderate income. Until now, the site mainly consisted of an open grassy field and a single soccer goal, per that report.
Roswell officials, as reported by Urbanize Atlanta, describe the park's location as northeast of downtown Roswell near Georgia Highway 400 and North Point Mall, in an area that lacked adequate playgrounds, curated greenspaces, and shaded recreation areas. The outlet reports the finished park will include a community pavilion, a unique playground, a passive field for varied uses, fresh landscaping, parking upgrades, restrooms and stormwater improvements.
Community Input Shaped the Redesign
The new layout did not come together in a vacuum. The station's report states the city hosted a community open house at the park on June 25, 2025, with more than 100 residents attending; those residents identified play areas, safe lighting, shaded gathering spaces, better pedestrian access and preserving the park's open green space as priorities. Urbanize Atlanta similarly notes the park changes were informed by feedback gathered during that public open house.
On the construction side, the city selected Lagniappe Development as the highest-scoring contractor following a competitive procurement process, the same outlet reports. Per roswellconnections.com, Lagniappe Development was awarded a $1,706,921 construction contract, and the city says early construction mobilization at the park had begun as of February 5, 2026.
Funding Figures Diverge Between Reports
Funding Figures Diverge Between Reports Both Appen Media and Urbanize Atlanta report a $2.2 million total project budget tied to Georgia's Improving Neighborhood Outcomes in Disproportionately Impacted Communities, or INODIC, grant.
Roswell was awarded that fully funded INODIC grant in 2023, according to roswellconnections.com, with the program itself funded through the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Per Roswell officials cited by Urbanize Atlanta, the grant program supports public infrastructure meant to improve health and community outcomes in neighborhoods disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Trees Coming Down, More Going In
Trees Coming Down, More Going In The project also includes fresh landscaping. The city anticipated substantial completion by fall 2026, with Urbanize Atlanta reporting that construction on the park began in early 2026.
With the ribbon-cutting now locked in for November 21, residents in the long-underserved neighborhood near North Point Mall will finally get to walk through a park built from their own feedback — a shift from the single soccer goal that stood there for years.
