Most days at the port of Savannah, about 20 trains arrive to drop a load of goods for export, reload with imports, and depart a few hours later. The state plans to grow this business with a network of transport hubs in five surrounding states.
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Turner Field neighbors to Mayor Reed: Defer any deal until after ARC-funded study is complete
A coalition of organizations around Turner Field intend to ask Mayor Kasim Reed on Tuesday to defer any deal to redevelop the ballpark and its parking lots until after a $275,000 visioning plan is complete.
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Georgia was a magnet for lower income folks over the past 20 years
A new study from Georgia State University reveals that Georgia generally attracted lower income taxpayers during the boom of the 1990s and through the Great Recession, to 2011.
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Ga. Supreme Court ruling casts pall over Cobb County funding of Braves stadium
In a ruling Monday that validated the sale of bonds for the Braves stadium, the Georgia Supreme Court said the deal “may push the law as far as it can go.” The order also raised the question of political ramifications of the transaction.
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Metro Atlanta ranked 4th in green buildings as certification rates dip nationwide: CBRE report
Metro Atlanta ranks fourth nationally on a green building adoption index, according to a new report by CBRE that also revealed a slump in the national growth rate of certification for sustainability or energy efficiency in office buildings.
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I-285/Ga. 400 reconstruction to improve mobility, is part of GRTA’s expansion plans
Priced at about $1 billion, the reconstruction of the interchange of I-285 and Ga. 400 is to cost almost a third of some estimates for building the $3.6 billion transit system envisioned for the Atlanta Streetcar and Atlanta BeltLine.
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Atlanta poised to adopt $3.65 billion transit plan for BeltLine, Streetcar
Atlanta’s $3.65 billion proposal for transit along the Atlanta BeltLine and Atlanta Streetcar could soon be adopted into the city’s comprehensive transportation plan, following a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday at Atlanta City Hall.
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Atlanta’s planning department outlines initiatives in new report
A new report by Atlanta’s planning department promises the city will monitor the city’s tree canopy and update the tree ordinance, address blight and promote affordable housing, and make sure the planned bike share program starts this year.
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Atlanta BeltLine negotiating sale of 1.5 acres near Piedmont Park with up to five entities
The Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. is continuing negotiations, with perhaps up to five experienced real estate developers or practioners, to sell 1.5 acres of land that’s adjacent to Piedmont Park and now is a parking lot next to Park Tavern.
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Visioning plan for Atlanta’s first black suburb reveals anxiety about Falcons stadium, hope for BeltLine
A new visioning plan intends to guide the revitalization Atlanta’s first suburb developed for African Americans, a neighborhood where two thirds of residents who took a survey think the new Falcons stadium will have a negative impact on their community.
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Local initiative to address foreclosure crisis receives national Housing Visionary Award
Piece by Piece, a regional initiative to address metro Atlanta’s foreclosure crisis, received a national award Thursday for its comprehensive approach that brings together 155 public and private partners.
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State likely to continue transit funding, as it plans to dispense $75 million for transit hardware
Georgia is likely to provide money in the future to support transit, in addition to the $75 million the Legislature provided this year, Jay Roberts, the governor’s recently appointed transportation planning director, said Wednesday.
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Atlanta steps up to help Georgia Tech promote pedestrian-friendly Eco Commons
A committee of the Atlanta City Council voted Tuesday to help Georgia Tech advance its plans to improve the pedestrian nature of the central campus, while ensuring vehicles can still traverse the campus, as Tech pursues plans to create an Eco Commons that is to speak to Tech’s social and environmental ambitions.
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Metro Atlanta’s new economic development plan evokes ties to mythical phoenix
Given that Atlanta’s symbol is the phoenix, it’s only natural that the region’s latest economic development plan begins by emphasizing the worst. Implicitly, the plan calls on the “can do” attitude of locals to fight back from wrack and ruin.
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Atlanta’s new planning commissioner should be allowed to plan
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced May 28 that he has selected Tim Keane of Charleston, South Carolina, as his new commissioner of planning and community development.
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Atlanta advances plan to retool MLK into complete street, with sidewalk, bike lane, linear park
Atlanta is moving forward with plans to create a pleasant place to walk and cycle along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, all the way from the future Falcons stadium to Fulton Industrial Boulevard. A new linear park is to be built.
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Atlanta budget predicts development cycle to expand over next 12 months
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 predicts the construction cycle will expand in the upcoming 12 months. A similarly rosy outlook on development also is evident in a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.
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Final four appointees to Atlanta BeltLine Design Review Committee to be confirmed Monday
The Atlanta City Council on Monday is slated to confirm the final four members of the committee that is to review all construction and major renovation proposed along the Atlanta BeltLine.
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Midtown to benefit from $314 million bond deal Atlanta provided NCR to build, equip campus
Midtown took a major step Thursday in its evolution into a hub of high tech business when Atlanta’s development arm approved the issuance of up to $314 million in bonds to help fund the construction and equipping of the future global headquarters of NCR Corp.
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Atlanta BeltLine plans bike lanes, sidewalks, park near Ponce City Market
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. proposes to upgrade the area near Ponce City Market with a new park, the addition or improvement of amenities for bicyclists and pedestrians along Ponce de Leon Avenue, and five new traffic signals along North Avenue.
