DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The owners of a local movie studio bought some land in DeKalb County and discovered someone had dumped about 4,000 tires there illegally.
The tires were found on the property on Boudlercrest Road.
The new owners removed about half of the tires Monday, but a lot more still have to be removed.
The owners have a plan for the tires that is geared toward helping the community, and they are calling the project “Turning Tires into Treasure.”
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Blackhall Studios bought the property about two years ago, and that was when the owners discovered it had been an illegal dumping ground for tires for quite some time.
The company built a fence to prevent any more illegal dumping and then came up with a plan for the tires.
The tires will be recycled and broken down into crumbs that will be repurposed as a playground surface for a new park the company plans to build on the site.
"What you’re looking at is going to be park space and movie studios very soon," Emory Morsberger with the Metro South Community Improvement District, said.
The company is in the process of donating the land to the county.
“We have neighborhoods working together, we’ve got property owners working together, we have the county on board – and everything is moving forward to turn this into a beautiful place,” Morsberger said.
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