It is a virtual Who’s Who of participants that brought Georgia’s newest state park, Chattahoochee Bend State Park into existence. The first phase of the 3,000-acre park located along the river in extreme west Coweta County is expected to be completed in summer 2010. Pictured in the 1st row (from left) are David Friedman, Chief Engineer, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR); Rep. Lynn Smith; Becky Kelley, State Parks Division director; Coweta Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) board members Nancy Roy Patricia Palmer, Pam Mayer and Smith Pass. Pictured in the 2nd row (from left) are Wayne Kennedy, Coweta County Development and Engineering; county commission Chairman Tim Higgins; DNR Facilities & Properties Manager Steve Saunders; DNR board member Warren Budd; DNR Commissioner Noel Holcomb; Angela White, former CVB Director Angela White; former county commissioner Greg Tarbutton; CVB Chairman Dean Jackson; CVB Director Tray Baggarly; and Coweta County Administrator Theron Gay. Photo/Ben Nelms.