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Atlanta to use eminent domain for Beltline expansion
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved the use of eminent domain for 10 properties in Southwest Atlanta to make way for the Atlanta Beltline. The move marks the first time Atlanta officials may use the controversial practice to grow the development project which aims to transform blighted land into a ...
BeltLine trail dedicated at Beecher Hills Elementary
Atlanta leaders dedicated a one-mile spur trail — part of the 33-mile network of Atlanta BeltLine trails — near Beecher Hills Elementary School this week.Mayor Kasim Reed said the Atlanta BeltLine Southwest Connector Trail will help make the city more green, sustainable and walkable.The trail through a stretch of woods ...
Foxx visit raises hopes of transportation progress
In his first visit to Atlanta as the newly appointed Secretary of Transportation, former Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx spoke with lawmakers from across the country Monday about advancing transportation goals in an economic climate that has sapped funding to pay for them. Because of his time in North Carolina, Foxx ...
Board approves zoning change for Southeast Altanta retail site
The Atlanta Zoning Review Board voted Thursday to approve legislation that will change the zoning classification for the site of a hotly-contested retail development near the Glenwood Park and Grant Park neighborhoods.A demolition permit has already been obtained for the 19-acre site on Glenwood Avenue, which connects to the Atlanta ...
A conversation with Paul Morris, new Atlanta Beltline Inc. leader
Paul Morris is 24 days into his job as the president and CEO of Atlanta Beltline Inc., the nonprofit charged with building out the city’s most ambitious greenway and transit project to date, and he’s already found the cool in-town spots for lunch. On a recent the weekday, the AJC ...
Mayor: Beltline will be safe
Mayor Kasim Reed on Friday said he doesn’t think crime on the Beltline is out of control, but it is important that the public doesn’t view one of the city’s prime assets as dangerous. So Reed and Atlanta Police Chief George Turner formally introduced the Path Force Unit that will ...
Beltline gets its own police unit
What might be described as a fairly safe six-mile strip of land officially gets 15 of its own cops Friday. Atlanta Police Chief George Turner and Mayor Kasim Reed plan to officially introduce the Path Force Unit, which gives the much-heralded Atlanta Beltline its own police force, at a Friday ...
Beltline Inc.’s role to grow beyond greenway project
The city is expanding the role of Atlanta Beltline Inc. beyond the Beltline: The nonprofit guiding development of the greenway will now be a key player in the city’s transit future. The Atlanta City Council passed legislation this week naming the organization the city’s agent in completing the streetcar expansion ...
Environmental leaders convene at Atlanta forum on green space
It is hoped every resident of Atlanta will live within a half-mile walking distance to a public park by 2020, an Atlanta official said Thursday evening at a forum on the benefits of green space in urban environments. “It’s a great opportunity for us to get healthy in a fun ...
Atlanta plans to spend savings to add teachers
Atlanta Public Schools would be able to shrink class sizes and plug a budget hole by spending down its savings to minimal levels, according to recommendations by school board members Tuesday. The proposals call for hiring 39 new teachers at large, crowded schools at a cost of $3.2 million and ...
Beltline funding to APS in question
The Atlanta Beltline project has delayed making a payment due to Atlanta Public Schools, creating an $8 million hole in the school system’s budget. Property tax revenue for the popular urban revitalization project has fallen short of expectations, officials say. Under the Beltline’s complex funding structure, the project uses a ...
Our town: Westview Eclectic neighborhood celebrates summer
It took Ayana Gabriel almost a year before she realized a surprising fact about her new home. It turned out that her cozy bungalow was really not part of Atlanta’s West End; rather, it was located in that community’s historic neighbor, Westview. “All that time, I really thought I was ...
Piedmont Park’s newest acreage opens to public
A new section of Piedmont Park opens to the public at an 11 a.m. Thursday ceremony at the park, but on Monday some park visitors were strolling through the new acreage enjoying a sneak preview. One of those visitors was a blue heron, wading in the newly cleaned-up waters of ...
Beltline names new leader
The Atlanta Beltline named a new president Wednesday after the ouster of its previous leader over the questionable use of public dollars. Paul Morris, formerly with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and an urban planning consultant, is taking the helms of the organization and will oversee what is arguably ...
Atlanta streetcar’s wait time prompts concern
As excitement builds around Atlanta’s first modern streetcar, concern is building, too, among its biggest fans over what they call a potentially crippling flaw. Namely, why would anyone wait 15 minutes for a streetcar to carry them a distance they could probably walk — for free? Cities from here to ...
Beltline can add value to Atlanta's economy
The Beltline’s Importance to Atlanta’s Economy By Sandy Smith Imagine going from Inman Park to Piedmont Park in just a few minutes – without a car. That’s just one of many intriguing things about the Atlanta Beltline – a bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly intown trail being built on land formerly used ...
After T-SPLOST defeat, transit plans slowed, but not stopped
Despite this summer’s failure of the regional T-SPLOST referendum, there’s still one place where big new mass transit plans are cooking: the city of Atlanta. A new streetcar line is under construction and likely to open in 2014. The planned rail component of the Beltline, far from sinking to oblivion ...
Beltline experiencing crime
The hugely popular eastern stretch of the Beltline not only is drawing walkers, runners and bikers, but also a criminal element that finds easy targets in people who are more focused on their cellphones or MP3 players than on their surroundings. It’s a problem not seen on other sections that ...
Woodruff Foundation donates $3 million to Atlanta Beltline
A $3 million donation from the Woodruff Foundation will help connect the Historic Fourth Ward Park to the Eastside Trail. The money will also help extend the Beltline over a big hurdle: I-20.“It’s a missing link…and it’s there because we didn’t have the money to begin with,” Charlie Shufeldt of ...
Top Beltline executive resigns
Another top Beltline executive is leaving the redevelopment project after an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation revealed spending that raised questions about the agency’s use of taxpayer dollars. Richard Lutch, the Beltline’s chief financial officer, announced his resignation in a letter on Friday. Beltline spokesman Ethan Davidson said it was a “personnel ...
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