Historic Westside News

Westside Trail Construction

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAtlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Community, neighborhood, Westside Trail0 comment

By John Becker, Communications Coordinator, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership Later this year, something very special will happen on Atlanta’s Westside: the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail will open to the public. Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. began construction of the Westside Trail in the Fall of 2014. This new trail is the next phase of shared-use trails, greenspaces, and preservation for the future streetcar transit corridor on the 22-mile loop of the Atlanta BeltLine. When complete, the new segment will be a 3-mile bicycle and pedestrian-safe transportation corridor – running from Washington Park and…

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership: Working Together to Deliver the Atlanta BeltLine Vision

March 4, 2017April 29, 2017 adminAdair Park, Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Community, neighborhood, Washington Park, Westside Trail0 comment

By John Becker, Communications Coordinator, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in Atlanta. It is among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment projects currently underway in the United States. The project will ultimately connect 45 intown neighborhoods via a 22-mile loop of multi-use trails, light rail transit, and parks using railroad corridors that formerly encircled Atlanta. The newest section of the Atlanta BeltLine – the Westside Trail which will run between Washington Park and Lena Ave. to the north…