WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities 57d ago

Once an abandoned freight rail️, 2025–2026 WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities finalist 🏆 Atlanta Beltline is now a 22-mile (35.4km) network of vibrant trails, parks, affordable housing and local businesses throughout Atlanta, 🇺🇸. Drawing from the Beltline’s 21 years of urban transformation, Director of Design Kevin Burke & Chief Operating Officer Ruben Brooks offer two 🔑 pieces of advice for other #cities: 🤝 Continuously adapt projects to better serve communities 🪙 Maintain a dedicated funding stream “We tell cities all the time that you don’t have to mimic exactly what we did, but you should mimic our principles: being comprehensive in community development and making sure that every part of your community can see themselves in the project,” 💬 Atlanta Beltline, Inc. president & CEO Clyde Higgs. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4cwkVXm