Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.
Love is in the air, so I figured it is a perfect day for me to talk about the love of my life…PATH400. Shhhh!!! – please don’t share this with my husband and son!
Let’s talk a little about the parts and people of PATH400 that I love…
Four years ago today we officially opened the first phase of PATH400. Today we are more than half way finished with the entire project with plans to extend to Sandy Springs.
Go Play In The Dirt!
The beginning of construction of the phase from Miami Circle to the Gordon Bynum pedestrian bridge means construction tours!
PATH400 Delivers!
Yet again PATH400 delivers on our promises – we are under construction! Crews are underway with final surveying and clearing to get some serious trail building going from the Gordon Bynum bridge at the back of Lenox Square all the way down to Miami Circle.
ATLANTA — The PATH400 trail won the Socrata People’s Choice Award and a $10,000 prize on September 23 at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The Socrata People’s Choice Award is awarded to the America’s Transportation Award project that receives the most online votes by the general public, and is presented with a $10,000 cash prize to be donated to a transportation charity or scholarship of the winner’s choosing. The PATH400 trail was one of just 12 projects from across the country that was vying for the national award.
PATH400 received the Quality of Life/Community Development, Small Category Award Tuesday at the 2018 SASHTO Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. Livable Buckhead partnered with the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Buckhead Community Improvement District and the PATH Foundation to develop the 5.2-mile bikeable and walkable greenway through the heart of Atlanta’s north side. The partnership resulted in cost efficiencies and design innovations.
Construction Report – Well, the theme here is baby steps or maybe pushing a wet noodle – take your pick. As I mentioned in my last communication, we had to write up a report to tell the railroad folks EXACTLY how we are going to build the part behind Lenox Square that goes under their main freight line. We put the finishing touches on that approach and got it all submitted to the railroad a few weeks ago. So now we wait and politely play the squeaky wheel routine. I asked the Magic 8-Ball (used to make all of my major decisions) if we would get approval in June and its prediction was “concentrate and try again…” so I guess I will be in touch later.
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Innovative greenway is one of four Buckhead projects honored for contributions to Atlanta’s cityscape
ATLANTA – May 18, 2018 – During a public ceremony last night, the Atlanta Urban Design Commission announced the winners of the 41st Awards of Excellence. Fourteen projects were honored in categories ranging from public art to historic preservation. PATH400 was named an Award of Excellence winner in the parks, landscape design and connectivity category, and three additional Buckhead projects took home honors as well. Read more
Get fit, win prizes by putting in as many steps as possible during May
ATLANTA – April 12, 2018 – If your Fitbit is a greater source of guilt than pride these days, give your fitness routine a boost with BuckheadWALKS! This month-long competition challenges people to take as many steps as they can during the month of May, and gives extra credit for commuting on foot or for attending a BuckheadWALKS! event. Registration is now open on the Livable Buckhead website.
“This is the perfect time of year to get outside and become more active,” said Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead. “BuckheadWALKS! provides a little extra incentive to do that. We want people to discover just how walkable Buckhead is by getting out on two feet and giving it a try.”