U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams

Why Midtown Connector Park would be less than half the size it was originally envisioned to be

"The [Midtown Connector] has the ability to transform this city and region like no other project I’ve seen"

Officials: Funding will help Midtown Connector project reach design and engineering goal in 2023

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

Early renderings for Midtown Connector's towering events space also revealed

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

Funding is part of RAISE Grants for infrastructure projects just announced by U.S. Department of Transportation

Optimism for federal funding, interest among “Atlanta’s leadership circles” abounds, per Midtown Connector project’s spearhead

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

Atlanta City Council hopes federal funds can kickstart planning efforts