Beltline mayoral candidate forum on Tuesday
September 28, 2009 at 9:48 am by Thomas Wheatley in News
Atlanta mayoral candidates Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed and Jesse Spikes will sit down on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at All Saints Episcopal Church on West Peachtree Street to give their views on the Beltline, the $2.8 billion 22-mile loop of parks, trails and (hopefully) transit.
The Beltline, which has made considerable traction in the last year, also faces difficult hurdles. Its main funding source, a tax allocation district, relies on increased development along the loop. As we all know, there’s not a whole lot of that going on at the moment. There are also neighborhood-level debates over density and concerns about equitable funding and transparency. The next mayor will sit on the Beltline board and have to weigh in on those discussions.
The forum, which is sponsored by the Atlanta Preservation Center, BeltLine Network, Citizens for Progressive Transit, Park Pride and PEDS, will be moderated by former Atlanta City Council President Cathy Woolard. Woolard, who’s now with humanitarian organization CARE, was the public-works project’s biggest cheerleader while at City Hall.
The two-hour event begins at 6 p.m. For directions to All Saints Episcopal Church, go here.
(Courtesy Atlanta Beltline Inc.)
September 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Atlanta Unfiltered (www.atlantaunfiltered.com)reports that the Beltline Citizen Advisory Committee has asked whether the Beltline management is trying to shortchange the Affordable Housing Trust Fund by $9.5 million. What do the mayoral candidates think about the issue? What do the City Council members (and candidates) think about the issue?