Swing, located in Fairburn, is a Black-owned and operated miniature golf course and food truck experience. 

Swing officially opened June 2023 and became the only Black-owned outdoor mini golf course and food truck experience in Georgia. Swing features an 18-hole mini golf course with a natural-rock waterfall and stream as well as a fun outdoor eating area.

There are four owners of Swing; Nekeidra Taylor, her husband Richard Taylor, Jonathan Phillips, and Masika George. The ownership team are neighbors, and brainstormed the idea together one afternoon.

“We live in Princeton Lakes and during Covid, the guys were working out together. They would ask each other about different ideas and one day it was kind of like, ‘let’s do a food truck park’,” Nekeidra Taylor said.  

The idea behind Swing was originally only a food truck park, however, Taylor said the conversation turned into wanting to add something to help sustain the business.  

“When food trucks go away, we still want to be able to have something. In 2021, we started looking for places and came upon this place and we liked it,” she said.  

Taylor also said the reason, at least for her and her husband, for wanting to open Swing was because they have younger kids and there’s not a lot for them to do as a family. 

“Our business partners have older children, and our kids are 8, 10, and 12,” she said. “One of the things that’s unfortunate is there’s not a lot of things for us to do and we always would have to drive to the north side, to Buckhead or…