Atlanta Parks | Urbanize Atlanta

Four years later, has Atlanta's largest park lived up to expectations?

How the city got here, what the greenspace means today, and what the future could hold

July 3, 2025 by Faith Mbadugha

Photos: Suwanee's new city park dazzles at night

North Gwinnett city's Town Center on Main includes sweeping, centerpiece bridge

July 2, 2025 by Josh Green

Roswell inks deal to create 50-acre city park from family estate

Fulton County city envisions site as future “cornerstone of recreation and community engagement”

June 26, 2025 by Josh Green

Land buy spares Kennesaw Mountain property threatened with development

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to grow by 21 acres, per Trust for Public Land

June 24, 2025 by Josh Green

Could ambitious Trails ATL plan make Atlanta the top U.S. greenway city?

PATH Foundation outlines first steps for putting sweeping, finalized trail-network vision into action

June 20, 2025 by Josh Green

Avondale Estates

Photos: How Avondale Estates' new downtown section is turning out

The Dale aims to be vibrant retail, restaurant row neighboring Town Green

June 18, 2025 by Josh Green

City's stunning, empty Gateway building heads back to drawing board

Grant Park structure in prime location was built for restaurant occupancy, but filling it hasn't been easy

October 17, 2023 by Josh Green

Chamblee snags woodsy acreage to help cure ‘park desert’

Goal is to help “close gaps” in greenspace access for all residents, city leaders say

October 5, 2023 by Josh Green

Avondale Estates

In Avondale Estates, parkside retail, restaurant row to break ground

Mixed-use node called The Dale will overlook award-winning Town Green

September 20, 2023 by Josh Green

Avondale Estates

Avondale Estates cracks top 15 in national cities ranking

Opendoor’s Family-Friendly Cities list cites Avondale residents’ access to parks as major plus

September 12, 2023 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Q&A: Noted NYC architect waxes on Atlanta's potential, value of design

Morris Adjmi Architects designed Old Fourth Ward’s eye-catching Overline Residences and forthcoming hotel

August 8, 2023 by Josh Green

Coming to Atlanta's largest greenspace: world-class mountain bike park

Donor-funded mountain biking trails, pump track at Westside Park to rival any in country, per BeltLine officials

August 2, 2023 by Josh Green

$10M awarded for Stitch project as timeline comes into focus

Funding from Eastside TAD would go toward "preliminary engineering activities"

July 21, 2023 by Josh Green

Old Fourth Ward

Plans for new phase at massive Fourth Ward project move forward

German architecture firm hired for “incredibly special” residential building along Ralph McGill Boulevard, per developer New City Properties

July 7, 2023 by Josh Green

Images: Decatur approves first downtown overhaul in 40 years

Town Center Plan 2.0 includes full performance stage, greenspace, enhanced pedestrian accessibility

June 21, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: How West End's 'Great Lawn' turned out

BeltLine-fronting greenspace includes stage, seating at Lee + White district

June 19, 2023 by Josh Green

New promo emerges for downtown's highway-capping Stitch project

Atlanta mayor to Washington, D.C. congregation: "Now is the time for change”

June 1, 2023 by Josh Green

Despite park additions, Atlanta slips in national ParkScore ranking

On the bright side, research finds 77 percent of Atlantans now live within 10-minute walk of a park

May 30, 2023 by Josh Green