Topic – Atlanta
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Atlanta’s businesses impacted by streetcar construction
Small businesses affected
Streetcar construction leads to a newer list of H Street tenants
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Streetcars returning to Atlanta
2.6-mile rail line
A $72-million project, largely funded by US DOT, is expected to bring streetcars back to Atlanta for the first time in more than six decades.
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H-GAC: The Power of Transit: Learning from Peer Regions
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Huge urban parks making comeback
Bigger than Central Park
Recognizing the benefits of greenspace, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Orange County (CA), and Staten Island are building parks larger than Central Park.
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Atlanta voters could approve local transportation taxes
Legislature to consider bill
The lack of local transportation taxes, which have so far been prohibited by the Georgia legislature, has hindered Atlanta's transportation system for years.
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Democratic and Republican mayors join forces in creating megaregion alliance
Centered on Atlanta, Charlotte
Shirley Franklin, Atlanta's Democratic mayor, and Pat McCrory, Charlotte's Republican mayor, joined other mayors in launching a Piedmont Megaregion Alliance.
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Jay Bookman
Sprawl has passed into history
The growth phenomenon, sprawl, is not going to spring back to life.
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Atlanta newspaper: transit is key to prosperity
Paper says rail is the future
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that if Georgia does not build rail systems, it will fall behind other states in terms of economic development.
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Atlanta’s proposed Beltline may be threatened by real estate bust
Tax projections decrease
The 22-mile loop of transit, trails, and parks may face a funding shortfall as the real estate downturn has cut into projected tax revenues.
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