Atlanta City Council Monday approved the purchase of a 3-acre area at Piedmont and Monroe Avenues to expand Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, according to Saporta Report.
The Midtown land will cost $20.4 million which is expected to generate revenue for the City initially through the commercial businesses situated on that corner—until the entire south corner is acquired by the City.
Funding for the purchase will come from TSPLOST, the Beltline, and “impact fees.”
Expanding Piedmont Park and Atlanta Botanical Garden—announced in 2017 by then-Mayor Kasim Reed—is expected to cost $100 million total, $80 million of which will be paid through philanthropies and businesses.
The idea of a Piedmont Park and Atlanta Botanical Garden expansion was announced by then-Mayor Kasim Reed in late 2017. He said that the total cost of the expansion would be $100 million and that philanthropies and businesses would pay $80 million of that.
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Beautiful renderings of an inaccessible park. With no main thoroughfare or public transit to get there and from what I can see no parking structures/lots it seems like an incredible waste of money. There are a lot of actual needs in atlanta that $25million could help. Homeless shelters come to mind, fixing the roads that continue to tear up all our vehicles or even a transit system that goes somewhere other than Buckhead, the airport and midtown. Love the idea of the green space but not very practical.
Also, this is not the best part of town. Will need to be policed constantly.
The Bankhead Marta will be the main mass transit connection to the Quarry Park. The park ties into the Quarry Yards development, and will connect to the under construction Proctor Creek Greenway Trail. There will be multiple access points into the park, with on main entry point on Marietta St/Marietta Pkwy. You’re missing out on a bunch of facts in your statement.
Excellent. Looks good and I bet it only gets better as you continue to sort out the details. We as a people are desparate for green space and parks, so much so that most get grumpy when you even think about taking away the cement and horrible current conditions. This is very good for our growing city. You seriously might want to visit Seattle to see how the homeless have large tent sites laid out. It’s better to just provide space for them since we are already at very low unemployment rates. Also, they can work. Austin set a great example on hiring homeless to pick up trash and it is working out very nicely. Even with out those two comments, I am very excited for your development. Thanks for bringing fresh positive changes to our area.
It won’t be “not the best part of town” for long as this progresses. People are already renovating the houses in the area and any neighborhood nearby will look a lot nicer as this gets underway. Can’t wait to see the progress and a strong police presence is always a plus in my book.