Pyramids Really Exist: Adron on the Beltline
Atlanta-based musician Adron has made a name for herself through her lilting, sunny and fleet-fingered pop songs. Right now, she’s adding “public art” to her repertoire by building a pyramid on the...
View ArticleAtlanta Police Step Up Patrols After BeltLine Robberies
Since the October opening of the BeltLine’s Eastside trail, it’s been a popular destination for runners, bikers and walkers. But the trail is also attracting some crime. Since mid-November there have...
View ArticleBeltline finance director resigns
The finance director of the Atlanta Beltline has resigned.Richard Lutch had been the Beltline’s finance director since January 2008. Replying to a text message from WABE, Beltline spokesman Ethan...
View ArticleReed on Obama re-election impact on Atlanta and Georgia
With President Obama re-elected, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, an Obama surrogate, today predicted what the win means for Georgia and talked about Atlanta’s immediate future. Reed made his comments during...
View ArticleNew Edgewood Bridge Aims to Improve Beltline Access
For more than a century the Edgewood Avenue bridge has connected Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park neighborhoods.This past week, the city and the Atlanta BeltLine began tearing it down to build...
View ArticleNew Head of Atlanta Streetcar Sees Project as Transformative
Tim Borchers begins this week as Atlanta's deputy commissioner of public works and the streetcar project's executive director.He steps in with more than 30 years of transit experience and the belief...
View ArticleBeltLine Gets Brownfield Bump
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Atlanta BeltLine $600,000 to clean up so-called “brownfields.” (A brownfield could be a former industrial or commercial site that is...
View ArticleReporter's Notebook: The BeltLine Then and Now
A national conference kicked off Wednesday here in Atlanta, bringing together stakeholders from all over interested in redeveloping so-called “brownfields.” [A brownfield is land once occupied by...
View ArticleHistoric 4th Ward Park Opens Along BeltLine
Atlanta, GA – Originally slated as a storm water detention pond, the massive park solves the area's flooding problem while providing green space to the neighborhood.
View ArticlePlanning Complete, Beltline Project Looks Ahead
The Atlanta City Council recently signed off on the last major planning document for the Beltline. The project’s developers are now looking at a new set of priorities. The 16,000 acre redevelopment...
View ArticleAudit Questions Some Beltline Expenses: A Conversation with AJC Reporter Greg...
A recent audit by the City of Atlanta, and an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, showed questionable expenditures of tax dollars by officials of the Atlanta Beltline, the big...
View ArticleAtlanta Beltline Leader Ousted Following Questions over Spending
Amid increased scrutiny over the organization’s spending, the board of the Atlanta Beltline redevelopment project has voted unanimously to remove its leader.The board will terminate the contract of...
View ArticleState of Atlanta's Environment on Earth Day
On this Earth Day, Atlanta is taking steps towards improving its environment, but we still have challenges, according to Gil Rogers, Senior Attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center.Rogers...
View ArticleAtlanta Police Increasing Presence on BeltLine
Expect to see more police officers throughout the city of Atlanta, including Buckhead and the Atlanta BeltLine.
View ArticleBeltLine Approves $5 Million for Streetcar Expansion Planning
The Atlanta Streetcar is still about a year from completion, but it’s not stopping the Atlanta BeltLine from planning for expansion.The BeltLine’s board recently approved nearly $5 million to do...
View ArticleAtlanta's Streetcar Project Making Progress
The Atlanta Streetcar earlier this year began laying down its first set of tracks in downtown Atlanta. Just last week, the Atlanta Beltline approved millions to study expanding the Streetcar.
View ArticleOne Reporter's BeltLine Revelation
Atlanta is seen around the country as an innovator in the practice of reclaiming and repurposing abandoned land known as “brownfields.” The site of the former steel mill which is now home to Atlantic...
View ArticleGeorgia Supreme Court Tax Ruling an Atlanta BeltLine Victory
The Supreme Court of Georgia has turned back the latest attempt to stop school tax revenue from being used on non-school projects, and that ruling is a major victory for the Atlanta BeltLine.In 2008,...
View ArticleNew Path Force Unit Begins Patrol on BeltLine
Expect to see more police officers on the BeltLine starting this week. The new Path Force Unit of the Atlanta Police Department begins its patrol this week, said Lt. Jeff Baxter, unit commander of the...
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