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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. President & CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders pictured breaking ground on Northwest Trail—Segment 1 in Buckhead on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Erin Sintos

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Atlanta Beltline breaks ground for Buckhead expansion

On Oct. 31, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline Inc. president and CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders gathered to break ground on Northwest Trail Segment 1, the first expansion in that area of Buckhead.

November 07, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
The Atlanta City Council passed legislation to ban data centers along the Atlanta Beltline to prioritize space for residential use. Atlanta Beltline/Facebook

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Atlanta City Council bans data centers along BeltLine

The Atlanta City Council voted Tuesday, Sept. 3, to ban data centers along and near the Atlanta BeltLine and within a half-mile of MARTA stations.

September 04, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
A rendering of The Stitch over the Downtown Connector.

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The Stitch and BeltLine projects score $207 million in new federal funding

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams announced on Tuesday that $207,645,161 in new federal funding has been secured for The Stitch project in downtown Atlanta and to connect the Atlanta BeltLine to the Fint River Trail.

March 12, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Amsterdam Walk is a retail district located on the border of the Virginia-Highland and Morningside neighborhoods

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Portman looks to reshape Amsterdam Walk along Atlanta BeltLine

Hundreds of apartments, retail and office space are in the future for Amsterdam Walk, a commercial district that sits along the Atlanta BeltLine in the Virginia-Highland and Morningside neighborhoods.

September 18, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
A conceptual illustration of a bridge that is planned as part of a new spur trail to connect neighborhoods in the Upper Westside to the Atlanta Beltline’s Westside Beltline Connector Trail. (Upper Westside Improvement District)

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Spur trail to link Atlanta’s ‘Upper Westside’ to Downtown

The route for a planned new trail is less than a mile, but it is expected to create a critical link between Downtown Atlanta to historic neighborhoods in the rapidly developing area now called the Upper Westside.

August 21, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Dan Immergluck is the author of "Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First-Century Atlanta"

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How did Atlanta accelerate gentrification and displacement? Local author counts the ways

Over the past few decades, the cost of owning a home in the Atlanta metro area has risen dramatically, and that has pushed some low income residents out of the area. In his new book, Dan Immergluck, professor of urban studies at Georgia State University, says the city of Atlanta failed to protect Atlanta's poorest residents from being displaced by gentrification.

November 17, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Rendering of Atlanta Beltline

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Atlanta BeltLine chooses route for final segment of Northwest Trail

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) and PATH Foundation have selected a route for the final segment of the Northwest Trail. The trail will run alongside Peachtree Park Drive and Bennett Street, known as Corridor 6 in the Northwest Trail Feasibility Study, in Buckhead.

September 01, 2022
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  • Collin Kelley
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Beltline Marketplace on July 13th, 2022.

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Atlanta BeltLine launches marketplace for small business owners

The Atlanta BeltLine is launching a program to support small business owners, with six storefronts opening next to the trail.

July 14, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
Officials Believe Ultra High-Speed Internet Along the Beltline Could Drive Development

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Atlanta BeltLine reaches funding goal to complete loop

Boosters say a $30 million donation from the James M. Cox Foundation will help close the loop on all 22 miles of the Atlanta BeltLine by 2030.

May 06, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
Kevin Gillese and Amber Nash are writer/performers living in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta with their pitbull, Carol, and their adopted stray cat, Rubby Chuthers.

Need A Laugh? Here's A Humorous Rubric For Social Distancing

All Things Considered on Georgia Public Broadcasting is launching a new series featuring people reflecting on what this time of the coronavirus and...

June 03, 2020
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  • Rickey Bevington
Nelson "Nels" Guzman is being remembered as an iconic Atlanta street artist by his collaborator Chris Veal.

Street Artist Behind Baby Yoda Mural Remembered By His Collaborator

Chris Veal met Nelson "Nels" Guzman met by accident at an Atlanta paint store six years ago. That meeting would lead to a collaborative partnership that...

May 26, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose

What You Need To Know: Staying Safe Outdoors

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

March 29, 2020
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  • Rickey Bevington
Despite calls for "social distancing" to slow the spread of coronavirus, the BeltLine was full of visitors Tuesday.

Business As Usual On The BeltLine, Despite Coronavirus Warnings

While bars and restaurants around the city have begun closing down, something else around the city has remained conspicuously open — the Atlanta BeltLine.

March 17, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Chris Veal paints Baby Yoda along the Atlanta BeltLine.

GDOT, BeltLine Won't Remove 'Baby Yoda' Mural

The BeltLine and the Georgia Department of Transportation have told GPB they have no plans to remove the Baby Yoda mural from the BeltLine. “While Baby...

January 15, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Even prior to his "Baby Yoda" mural on the Atlanta BeltLine, Chris Veal has been making commentary through his art and graffiti across Atlanta.

Artist Behind Atlanta BeltLine's Baby Yoda Mural Already Has A Legacy Of Art In City

Chris Veal recently made news headlines for his Atlanta BeltLine mural of Baby Yoda, a character from the new Star Wars series The Mandalorian . But his...

January 10, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
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