At Atlanta’s inaugural “Downtown Day” on Oct. 22, local leaders unveiled a new, reworked plan for phase one of the highway-capping park project called “The Stitch.” Central Atlanta Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to downtown development, released renderings for the park that show a 5.7-acre greenspace with a playground, perennial garden, shade pavilion and interactive water […]
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View from Downtown: The Polls are Open!
By Amir Farokhi, Atlanta City Council, District 2 In the months to come, the view from Peachtree, Marietta, Edgewood, and many other Downtown streets will change. Exactly how it will change is up to you. That’s because this Monday we opened voting for the City’s first-ever participatory budgeting process: “Downtown Decides!” Over a year ago, […]
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View from Peachtree: Doubling down on the crises our community faces
By A.J. Robinson, CAP/ADID President In the wake of this unprecedented pandemic, Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District have been focusing on four major courses of action: 1) disseminating information, 2) sharing advice, 3) assisting safety net organizations, and 4) connecting people. Each day we are fielding questions, bridging the gaps between […]
