The third annual Atlanta BeltLine Northside 5K kicked off our 2013 race series on a cool, sunny spring day with a run on the Northside Trail and in the neighborhoods surrounding Tanyard Creek Park. With nearly 600 enthusiastic registered runners, incredible prizes from our generous sponsors, terrific running weather, an awesome spirit of competitiveness between runners [...] Read more

The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership recently led the charge on submitting the Atlanta BeltLine for a national award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. While many of the long-standing categories revolve around engineering projects in design, planning, environmental sustainability, and research, a category started in 2012 recognizes the communications efforts around such complex [...] Read more

Atlanta BeltLine to be Featured Prominently in Upcoming National Brownfields Conference ATLANTA – With approximately 1,100 acres of former industrial sites along the Atlanta BeltLine corridor, brownfield remediation is a significant component of this 22-mile urban redevelopment project. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes the significance of the Atlanta BeltLine and, on May 8 awarded [...] Read more

An Atlanta native, Evan Ziegler took an early interest in architecture and transportation. He explored neighborhood developments as a kid and took drafting courses in high school. His first internship as an accounting student at the University of Georgia led him to discover that accounting might not be the career for him, so he decided [...] Read more

Keep Atlanta Beautiful, Trees Atlanta, the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, and Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. spearheaded this year’s successful Earth Day on the Atlanta BeltLine. With additional support from Park Pride, the Atlanta Community ToolBank, District 2 City Council Member Kwanza Hall, and neighborhood partners, over 300 volunteers tirelessly planted 1.5 acres of native grasses (roughly 20,000 individual grass plugs), [...] Read more

As the replacement of the Edgewood Avenue bridge over the Eastside Trail is now underway, more people are asking about the extension of the Atlanta BeltLine through Reynoldstown to Glenwood Park. The next two years will see a dramatic transformation to this segment with trail construction and bike / pedestrian improvements. Simultaneously, corridor design is now underway [...] Read more

We wanted to remind everyone that despite the construction happening on the Edgewood Ave Bridge, the businesses on both the east and west sides of the bridge are accessible and OPEN FOR BUSINESS! These are the businesses in the immediate vicinity- please consider stopping by and patronizing them during construction. Ammazza Pizza, 591 Edgewood Ave SE  Atlanta, [...] Read more

Every year, the Atlanta BeltLine kicks off the festival season with a fun event for volunteers to come out and meet one another and learn more about opportunities for getting involved with the project. Held at an establishment along the corridor, the event takes place after work, usually accompanied by light appetizers and a cash [...] Read more

The expansion of Piedmont Park, led by the Piedmont Park Conservancy, is an exciting project that will make Atlanta’s signature greenspace even better. Due to its adjacency to the Atlanta BeltLine, sometimes their work requires the use of some of the Atlanta BeltLine interim hiking trail abutting the park. Currently,  Piedmont Park Conservancy work crews are [...] Read more

By Atlanta BeltLine Blog contributor Melanie Lasoff Levs, reported in March 2013. If you have visited the Eastside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine even once, you have noticed its diversity – the scenery, the bikes and dogs (and other animals on and off leashes), and, most obviously, the people. Every day, people of all ages, [...] Read more