Parks and Recreation | Urbanize Atlanta

Grant Park survey: Seriously, Atlanta, what should go here?

Five years later, landmark Grant Park Gateway building still sits empty...

February 17, 2026 by Josh Green

City of Atlanta purchases lake-filled site to create public park, preserve

Tatum Lakes Nature Preserve planned for one of "city’s most ecologically significant landscapes"

February 9, 2026 by Josh Green

Groundbreaking set for Atlanta Opera’s Beltline-adjacent, $45M project

Buckhead cultural destination officially christened “Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts”

February 4, 2026 by Josh Green

Readers ask: Will accessing Atlanta's largest park ever get easier?

A tunnel into Shirley C. Franklin Park? Bridge from the Beltline? Real bike lanes? The latest on all possibilities

January 30, 2026 by Josh Green

Highway-capping Stitch installs prominent leaders in push for construction

Formation of Atlanta Downtown Stitch Inc. called “pivotal milestone” for decade-old concept

January 27, 2026 by Josh Green

Beltline sets groundbreaking, construction schedule for first bike park

$8M donation making multifaceted phase one possible at Atlanta’s largest greenspace

January 15, 2026 by Josh Green

City steps up push to finally fill Gateway-topping retail building

Will second time be a charm for unique, vacant Grant Park space?

February 15, 2024 by Josh Green

Whittier Mill Village

Monumental memorial park project in NW Atlanta moves forward

Community input process for former Chattahoochee Brick Company site launches this week

February 12, 2024 by Josh Green

Images: Construction on BeltLine ‘jewel’ park to finally begin soon

Westview's multifaceted Enota Park expansion has been in pipeline for well over a decade

January 4, 2024 by Josh Green

Fresh visuals, details emerge for Atlanta Botanical Garden expansion

The most detailed glimpses to date at 9-acre section bordering fresh BeltLine segment

November 29, 2023 by Josh Green

Phase one components of downtown’s Stitch start to emerge

Officials: Highway-capping park project has tallied $42M; public visioning session planned soon

October 26, 2023 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

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

Sculptural BeltLine performance area targets ribbon-cutting soon

Scaled-back Reynoldstown Community Space taking shape north of Memorial Drive

July 25, 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

Rare splash pad fed by natural spring debuts in time for summer

Downtown Hapeville is "thrilled to add this brand new state-of-the-art facility" on former municipal pool site

June 7, 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