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BeltLine Timeline
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| BeltLine Calendar | BeltLine Timeline
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Mid-20th Century:
- "Belt Line" coined for a loop of railroad tracks that encircle Atlanta.
1999:
- Georgia Tech graduate student Ryan Gravel proposes linking multiple city neighborhoods with a new transit system along the BeltLine.
2002:
- Under the leadership of Ryan Gravel and Cathy Woolard, Friends of the BeltLine begins to build grassroots support.
2004:
- The Trust for Public Land’s Emerald Necklace Study by Alexander Garvin outlines an achievable, connected, park, trail and transit system along the BeltLine.
2005:
- A study determines the financial feasibility of the project, finding that revenue generated by creating a Tax Allocation District (TAD) surrounding the BeltLine right-of-way would provide the primary local funding source, estimated at 60 percent of estimated project costs, without requiring a tax increase.
- Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin creates the BeltLine Partnership to galvanize private sector and citizen support for the Atlanta Development Authority’s BeltLine efforts.
- The BeltLine Redevelopment Plan and the BeltLine TAD are approved by the Atlanta City Council, Fulton County Board of Commissioners, and the Atlanta Public School Board of Education following a 6-month process of community input.
- The Trust for Public Land begins purchasing land that will make up the core of future BeltLine parks.
2006:
- A BeltLine Work Plan outlining priorities, goals, organizational structure, and $427 million budget for the first five years of the BeltLine project is approved by Atlanta City Council following considerable community input including feedback from more than 10,000 surveys.
- The 138-acre Bellwood Quarry is acquired to become a drinking water reservoir and centerpiece of what will be one of the largest parks in Atlanta.
- To oversee implementation of the BeltLine, including coordination with City of Atlanta departments and ongoing community engagement, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. is created.
- The BeltLine Partnership begins its focus on securing private funding for the BeltLine, raising general awareness and broad-based support for the project, and mobilizing resources to address social concerns raised by new development.
- BeltLine Transit is awarded $1 million in Federal Transit Authority funding to support initial design and engineering.
- Additional BeltLine park land is acquired to expand Peoplestown Park and the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry.
- The BeltLine Network, an alliance of organizations with an interest in the planning, development and maintenance of the BeltLine, is formed.
2007:
- The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) approves the 22-mile loop of the BeltLine and a light rail mode of transit as its Locally Preferred Alternative, a critical early step in securing federal funding.
- Master planning and community engagement commence, consistent with the Citizen Participation Framework adopted by City Council .
- BeltLine Transit is awarded $300 thousand in Federal Transit Authority funding to support initial design and engineering.
- The northeast corridor becomes the first segment of the BeltLine transit corridor to be acquired by Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
- Twenty-one acres is assembled in Southeast Atlanta for development of a new BeltLine park located at Boulevard Crossing.
2008:
- Led by the PATH Foundation, the first segment of BeltLine trail, in the West End, opens – enhanced by the first segment of BeltLine aroboretum, led by Trees Atlanta.
- Ground is broken for the first BeltLine park, Historic Fourth Ward Park.
- Including gifts from many of Atlanta’s leading corporations and foundations, The BeltLine Partnership’s $60M capital campaign is 50 percent complete.
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