Maintaining BeltLine's Greenway
BNC monitors current proposals by consultants

Formed by concerned citizens, the BeltLine Neighbors Coalition is carefully monitoring current proposals for development and funding generated by consultants to the Atlanta Development Authority on its BeltLine initiative. The BNC is working to ensure that plans effectively incorporate the original green vision of the BeltLine as transit system connecting the city’s parks and neighborhoods while adequately protecting existing and historic neighborhoods. (Read the history of the BeltLine vision at Friends of the BeltLine to see how Ryan Gravel’s visionary plan sketches an attractive transit system that would enhance Atlanta neighborhoods and parks.)

In contrast, developers’ plans (Northeast BeltLine Group, composed of Wayne Mason and Trammell Crow Residential), do NOT incorporate enough width for a transit line, nor do they include pedestrian and bike paths within some parcels.

Large-scale buildings along the park would overshadow existing historic neighborhoods. Such buildings would limit access to the park and residents’ views of the park. Adding such high density in already congested areas without adding transit concurrently would exacerbate traffic problems.

See related news:

• “Residents Form BeltLine Neighbors Coalition,” by Michelle Mendieta Mitchell, The Story, 7/7/05
• “High Rises Raise Questions,” by Julie Hairston, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 6/27/05
• “Officials Told BeltLine Offer Insufficient,” by Julie Hairston, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 7/4/05