Comprehensive Planning
Municipal comprehensive plans enable communities to take stock of the present and consider both the direction and quality of its tomorrow. Successful comprehensive plans protect and improve residential neighborhoods, open spaces, and natural resources, while supporting economic development where it is most appropriate.
Atlanta BeltLine Master Plan Updates
City of Atlanta, GA
In Spring 2020, the Collaborative completed master plan updates for Subareas 9 and 10. The BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in Atlanta, ultimately connecting 45 neighborhoods via a new transit network, multi-use trails, and parks.
Making use of an abandoned railroad corridor that encircles Atlanta’s urban core, the BeltLine will consist of 22 miles of rail transit, 33 miles of multi-use trails, 1,300 acres of parks, 5,600 units of affordable housing, and the remediation and redevelopment of 1,100 acres of brownfields. Already beginning to transform Atlanta, the project’s economic impact is estimated to be $20 billion.
The Collaborative led a team of consultants in the development of plans for two subareas on Atlanta’s west side. Key areas of focus include the creation of affordable workforce housing, economic development, job creation, public health, streetscapes, public art, environmental clean-up, and historic preservation.
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