Letter to the Editor | Urbanize Atlanta

Reader writes: Why isn’t this trailside Cobb County corridor thriving?

“If this sounds like a Cobb County counterpart to the Atlanta Beltline, it’s because it is”

March 31, 2026 by Josh Green

Op-Ed: The good, quiet force behind some of Atlanta’s biggest projects

City shines when it comes to big-time philanthropy, writes National Philanthropic Foundation founder

March 30, 2026 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Westside deserves 'transformative, transit-oriented investment'

Author: Beltline proposal with 1,600 homes, massive commercial pieces would have helped correct "decades of systemic underinvestment"

February 23, 2026 by Josh Green

Op-Ed: State rep airs ideas for solving Atlanta, statewide housing crisis

"The reality we face is, we need hundreds of thousands of homes in Georgia—we need them yesterday"

December 5, 2025 by Josh Green

Letter to the Editor

Essay: MARTA trains, buses made life better for Midwest transplant

“I am fortunate to have options. I own a car, but it often sits untouched for weeks”

October 6, 2025 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Hands off Portman's iconic downtown skybridges

Professor, writer responds to architect's proposal to redevelop elevated walkways as mixed-use notes

October 1, 2025 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Why Atlanta should pull for Interstate 14 to be built

Primer on a possible traffic bypass for Atlanta—and economic engine for middle Georgia

April 13, 2023 by Frank Lumpkin

Opinion: The case for pedestrianizing downtown Athens

How opening a college town’s thriving commercial center could change a city, a university, and beyond

February 20, 2023 by Matthew Wages Johnson

Georgia Tech students blast auto-focused plan for Northside Drive remake

Letter to Editor: “Prioritizing Northside for freight trucks comes at the expense of those living and moving” west of downtown, Midtown

January 26, 2023 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Atlanta's poor bike infrastructure puts kids at risk

Midtown resident: "Having the safest biking infrastructure in the world is useless if our most vulnerable cannot access it"

December 27, 2022 by Josh Green

Reader: Atlanta's growth is killing too many great 'view corridors'

"The loss ... makes me sick"

December 20, 2022 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: How ‘affordable housing success’ came to ATL’s southside

The revival story of two dangerous, dilapidated apartment complexes between downtown Atlanta and the airport

August 24, 2022 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Why Atlanta Streets Alive is crucial for a vibrant city

Underground Atlanta official makes case for frequently closing Peachtree Street

May 13, 2022 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Is there still room in Atlanta for a growing auto biz?

Midtown auto shop grapples with cost of success in a changing urban landscape

November 17, 2021 by Josh Green

BeltLine tour guide: Why Murphy Crossing redevelopment is crucial

Deadline for developers to submit vision for 20 acres bordering Westside Trail is this week

August 2, 2021 by Sundiata Rush