Midtown Connector Transportation Improvement Project

Project meant to weave Connector-divided downtown back together lands one of first Reconnecting Communities program grants

New Stitch info source provides cost updates, breakdown of park sections, history

But $1.2M is drop in the bucket for greenspace project described as transformative

But Central Atlanta Progress estimates the highway-capping park wouldn't be complete for a decade—at the earliest

With World Cup on horizon, encouraging signs for Atlanta's "front yard"—including federal funding—abound. But is it too ambitious?

As with the BeltLine's Southside Trail, U.S. DOT grant will aim to help fuse neighborhoods back together