Related to the Geans' 2023 Family Reunion

Atlanta, GA Family Reunion Brochure

Related to the Geans’ 2023

Living Our Best Lives

Welcome To Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital of the U.S. state of Georgia. It played an important part in both the Civil War and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Atlanta History Center chronicles the city’s past, and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site is dedicated to the African-American leader’s life and times. Downtown, Centennial Olympic Park, built for the 1996 Olympics, encompasses the massive Georgia Aquarium.

Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the end of the Western & Atlantic railroad line (it was first named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor’s daughter, nicknamed Terminus for its rail location, and then changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic -- as in the railroad). Today the fast-growing city remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest in daily passenger flights.

In the past two decades, Atlanta has experienced unprecedented growth -- the official city population remains steady, at about 420,000, but the metro population has grown in the past decade by nearly 40 percent, from 2.9 million to 4.1 million people. A good measure of this growth is the ever-changing downtown skyline, along with skyscrapers constructed in the Midtown, Buckhead, and outer perimeter (fringing I-285) business districts. tlanta keeps visitors active and inspired with its dynamic personality and engaging attractions. With a hit-list itinerary and a hotel that feels like home but better, your visit can become an epic tale. Accommodation options are plenty and varied, from high-end hideaways to the perfect business base. Plan your Atlanta itinerary with a multitude of attractions and activities that can soothe the soul or push the envelope on adventure — it’s all yours for the taking.

Websites to visit:

CityPass: https://www.citypass.com/atlanta

Atlanta Tours: https://www.viator.com/Atlanta/d784-ttd

Georgia Aquarium: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/

World of Coke: https://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/

Paschals: https://www.paschalsatlanta.com/

Golfing: https://bobbyjonesgc.com/

Hall of Fame: https://www.cfbhall.com/

Shopping: https://atlanticstation.com/

Fox Theatre: www.foxtheatre.org

https://discoveratlanta.com/explore/visitor-guides/

MLK Site: www.nps.gov

Atlanta Botanical: www.atlantabg.org

Civil & Hum Rights Mus: https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/

Piedmont Park: www.piedmontpark.org

Activities

Thursday, May 25th

7pm - Hang out and meet your family, enjoying light appetizers

Spend time relaxing, getting to know your family, and adding your family members to the family tree (we have over 900 members in an extensive family tree, but less than half are from the Geans branch, let’s start updating)

Friday, May 26th

Relax and enjoy Atlanta on your own, such as, golfing, Skyview Atlanta, visit the college football hall of fame, or visit Atlantic Station. Or, enjoy our optional tours listed below

Optional Tours: (please send an email to geansfamily3gmail.com, if you want to attend)

3hr Walking History, Food Tour, and Art History along the Atlanta Beltline, 5 tastings, 4 restaurants - 11am - $99 This tour has a couple miles of walking with appetizer food portions at each stop. The locations are determined by the tour guide, some involve sitting indoors at the restaurant for a tasting and some involve standing outside the restaurant. Be prepared for an interesting conversation, historical information, and good food.

4hr Stone Mountain 5 stop tour of all the highlights - 9:30am - $85

Explore all you can imagine you’d learn about Stone Mountain

Family Reunion Activities

5-10pm - Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Business Owner corner (come and sell your wares, concepts, and/or services). Does this apply to you? Send us (by April 1st) your name, business name/skill/service/product, telephone number, and email. We’ll get you set up to display!!!

6-10pm - Family fun and game night (spades, bid whist, checkers, connect 4, jenga, trivia, caricatures, and time to review the Business Owner corner, etc.

Saturday, May 27th

9am-5pm - Family tour and lunch (includes travel time)

Highlights (see our tenative activities): World of Coca Cola (1hr), Civil and Human Rights Museum (2hrs), lunch at Paschals (1.5hrs, pay for your own meals), drive by tour of local HBCUs (30mins), and the MLK National Park (1hr)

6pm - Family dinner, in memoriam tribute to our recently passed family members (1min each), learning your history and your Geans connection with the Civil Rights Movement. We will include a small presentation about our family, review where you are on the family tree and discuss our connections, and watch a short film on our connection to MLK and CT Vivian.

Sunday, May 28th

7-8:30am - Breakfast on your own

9am - (Optional) Church service at Ebenezer Baptist Church - only fully vaccinated allowed and be prepared to show your ID and vaccination card (church rule)

Meet Your Family