In August 1995, interested citizens and non-profit organizations joined forces to plan for the stabilization and rehabilitation of the Olmsted Linear Park. Led by the Olmsted Parks Society of Atlanta, Park Pride, the Druid Hills Garden Club and the Druid Hills Civic Association, the planning process incorporated the interests of residents, garden clubs, park advocates and preservationists. The Olmsted Linear Park Master Plan was developed with counsel from public officials and from local and national consultants, including historian Charles Beveridge, editor of the Olmsted Papers.

Atlanta, DeKalb County and Fernbank, the major stakeholders in the park, adopted the Master Plan in 1997, and the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance was created to rehabilitate the park and provide for ongoing maintenance.

The OLPA board of directors includes representatives from the Druid Hills community, the Neighborhood Planning Unit and the Olmsted Parks Society of Atlanta along with ex officio representatives from the city of Atlanta, DeKalb County and Fernbank. A non-profit organization, OLPA has undertaken the fundraising, restoration and maintenance activities recommended by the Master Plan.

Four of the six park segments have been rehabilitated, work that has included the addition of nearly 6,000 linear feet of paths and the installation of 2,600 new trees and shrubs. The most expensive aspect of the restoration was the burial of utility lines. Approximately 11 miles of conduit and cable lie beneath the period lampposts that ring the park.

Cutting the ribbon at the 2003 dedication ceremony were Anne Fauver, Atlanta City Council member; Emory McClinton, Georgia Department of Transportation board member; Tally Sweat, OLPA president; Harold Linnenkohl, Georgia Department of Transportation commissioner; Dianne Harnell Cohen, Atlanta Parks commissioner; Vernon Jones, DeKalb County CEO; and Gale Walldorff and Judy Yates, DeKalb County commissioners.