Editing Demorest, Georgia (section)

==Notable landmarks==
[[Image:Demorest Footbridge.JPG|thumb|The new pedestrian footbridge has a ramp on one side and an elevator and stairs on the other.]]
[[File:Demorest Woman's Club.JPG|thumb|left|The Demorest Women's Club in downtown next to the pedestrian footbridge]]
Notable landmarks in the city include Demorest Springs Park, the Old Demorest Train Depot, Demorest Women's Club and the former Lake Demorest.

One of Demorest's most popular landmarks is the Johnny Mize Athletic Center and Museum.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://web.georgia.org/net/org/info.aspx?s=22475.0.27.3011&partnerid=22475 |title=Johnny Mize Athletic Center and Museum |date=2007-09-24 |work=Georgia Tourism |publisher=Web.Georgia.Org |access-date=2009-03-18 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The museum is owned by [[Piedmont University]] and is named for [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]r [[Johnny Mize]]. Mize was born in Demorest, and played baseball at Piedmont.<ref name="mize1">{{cite news | url = http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2008/02/11/Features/Johnny.Mize.Collection-3202076.shtml | title = Johnny Mize Collection | last = Phelps | first = Myron | work = The Navigator | date = 2008-02-11 | access-date = 2008-06-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216075043/http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2008/02/11/Features/Johnny.Mize.Collection-3202076.shtml | archive-date = 2012-02-16 }}</ref><ref name="mize2">{{cite news | url = http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2008/01/28/Features/Living.At.The.mont-3172172.shtml | title = History of Sports | last = Suda | first = Tim | work = The Navigator | date = 2008-01-28 | access-date = 2008-06-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216075114/http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2008/01/28/Features/Living.At.The.mont-3172172.shtml | archive-date = 2012-02-16 }}</ref> The museum houses Mize [[memorabilia]] from his time at Piedmont as well as from his professional baseball career with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[New York City|New York]] [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] and the [[New York Yankees]]. In addition to the museum, Mize's childhood home is a Georgia Historical site with a private owner.

The most recent landmark is the new addition of the pedestrian bridge over a span of [[Special routes of U.S. Route 441#Baldwin–Hollywood business route|Historic U.S. 441]] in front of the Piedmont University campus.<ref name="bridge1">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Rob |title=Pedestrian Bridge Installation Rescheduled |work=The Northeast Georgian |publisher=Community Newspapers, Inc. |date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2008-08-08 |url=http://www.thenortheastgeorgian.com/articles/2008/08/04/news/breaking_news/08breakingnews.txt }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The new bridge was assembled off-site and lowered into place by crane.<ref name="bridge2">{{cite news |work=Access North Georgia |title=Demorest Bridge Installation Delayed |publisher=Jacobs Media |date=2008-07-30 |access-date=2008-08-08 |url=http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=211932&c=1}}</ref> The bridge was modeled after the [[Vanderbilt University]] 21st Avenue Pedestrian Bridge. The installation of the bridge was a joint project of the Georgia Department of Transportation, Piedmont College and the city of Demorest.
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