What could become of Murphy Crossing, the 20-acre Southwest Atlanta property neighboring the Beltline’s Westside Trail, is anyone’s guess. But neighbors of the potential redevelopment site—residents of Oakland City, Adair Park, and Capitol View—want to ensure whatever happens there gels with the surrounding culture and doesn’t spur mass displacement.
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Blocks from Beltline’s Westside Trail, affordable housing complex soon to debut
By Sean Keenan Just a stone’s throw from the northern reaches of the Beltline’s Westside Trail, a 47-unit affordable housing complex is a just few months from completion. This modest investment won’t fix all the affordability issues in a city oft-considered the U.S. capital of income inequality, but it at least moves the needle in […]
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BeltLine recruits new COO from HUD
Reuben Brooks, previously a U.S. Department of House and Urban Development leader in the southeast, is joining the BeltLine as COO.
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“New Atlanta”
What’s been brewing online and in real life for black Atlanta has finally gone mainstream – Old Atlanta versus New Atlanta.
This debate reached critical mass and mainstream media attention recently thanks to Atlanta influencer Isaac Hayes III.
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A conversation with Nathaniel Smith of the Partnership for Southern Equity
In 2019, Metro Atlanta is prospering, but that prosperity has come with an increase in inequality for many. Depending on what zip code you are born into, you have a 4.5% chance of escaping poverty, according to the Equality of Opportunity Project.
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At BeltLine quarterly briefing, affordability dominates
Even as housing affordability gets a lot of attention, the market forces that have been bearing down on the westside for years already are mighty.
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MARTA board OKs spending plan for new light rail, rapid bus
Now MARTA shifts to zooming in on each individual project: turning those thick lines on maps into detailed designs of where exactly to lay a rail, where to build a bus lane, where to set up stations and stops.
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Atlanta shouldn’t settle for mediocre ‘More MARTA’ plan
The proposed investment priorities of More MARTA in the city of Atlanta feels as though we’re coming up short.In gauging the response of the proposed priorities and timeline of the More MARTA plan, it appears few are satisfied or comfortable with the plan as it stands.
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Some Atlanta new rapid bus projects expected by 2025; new light rail will take a while
MARTA has come up with a draft calendar of when it’ll spend some new tax money on a list of major light rail construction, rapid bus routes, station works and other improvements.
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Nipsey Hussle, new developers Ryan Gravel, Donray Von and transforming The Mall West End
By King Williams “When we speak of place-making, we assume that the place being made was devoid of life, culture and context. Place-making indicates that nothing exists. It is inherently colonialist. Place-keeping uplifts an area’s culture, provides resources and enriches.” – Miranda Kyle, Atlanta Beltline Arts and Culture Program Manager On the afternoon of Sunday, […]
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Data center planned near BeltLine may exceed size allowed under pending rules
Plans are advancing to enable the expansion of a data center in the vicinity of the Atlanta BeltLine near the Bellwood Quarry. The new facility would be larger than allowed under pending restrictions on the size of data centers near the BeltLine, though it’s not immediately clear if this site would be in the restricted area.
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Let’s start talking highway removals in Atlanta
By: King Williams What started as an initial tweet on my Twitter timeline concerning freeway removals has led to a great online conversation on what to do concerning our highways. So hear me out before you say “we don’t have money for X, Y, and Z.” The city and state are willing to spend money […]
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Atlanta’s home prices are soaring. Can a new model keep some affordable forever?
As Atlanta loses affordable homes every year, land trusts could help—if they can scale.
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Atlanta Housing, BeltLine, private partners joining on eastside building
A development of below-market-rate housing may start rising on the eastside BeltLine as early as this summer.
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Breaking through the Perimeter: PATH400 to link BeltLine, areas north of I-285
A huge hurdle has been cleared that is to enable PATH400 to connect Atlanta’s BeltLine with Sandy Springs and, possibly if not eventually, the growing trails system north of I-285. As PATH Foundation noted of this first step: “Federal dollars are involved so it won’t happen overnight, but it’s coming.”
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Metro Atlanta also wants ‘More MARTA’ – as transit gains favor
More MARTA started out as a vehicle to bring more transit to the City of Atlanta.
Now it’s turned in to a cry for More MARTA in metro Atlanta.
Although the More MARTA $11.5 billion project list was tied to voters in the City of Atlanta passing an additional half-penny MARTA sales tax to be invested within the city, the last two MARTA board meetings were filled with people who wanted “More MARTA” in their jurisdictions.
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MARTA to seek its own lanes for streetcar expansion
In a car-loving city, MARTA planners are looking to get light rail its own lane as much as possible, as they plan a system across the city.
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New “More MARTA” plan involves public-private partnerships, possibly other funds
A revised MARTA expansion proposal now includes more light rail than originally envisioned. It leans on other sources of money besides a sales tax to complete those big-dollar projects.
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BeltLine publishes affordable housing road map
About halfway to its 2030 deadline, the BeltLine has just published a road map meant to help catch the agency up to its promise to build housing that’s affordable for working folks. The agency’s leader says they’ll need help getting there.
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Atlanta transit boosters need to unite for more MARTA
A tug-of-war has emerged over how to invest the $2.5 billion More MARTA funding in the City of Atlanta.
Sadly, a divided mindset has developed on how to invest those dollars – pitting one group against another.
