Janet T. Hart on behalf of Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc. In honour of our human and animal friends who benefit from protection of our neighborhoods’ natural resources.
AMLI Bets On Old Fourth Ward Date: July, 2010 Reprinted from Biznow Newsletter July 19, 2010 (newsletter@biznow.com)
Yesterday, we snapped the 337-unit apartment complex once known as Alta Old Fourth Ward. AMLI Residential Properties Trust bought it this month for $45.5M, roughly $135K per unit, according to Databank. The complex had been foreclosed on in January by CSE Mortgage. The Old Fourth Ward is experiencing a bit of renaissance, with new restaurants and retail, as well as a number of multifamily projects coming online in recent years.
Doing our best to visually represent such rebirth, we show you the new sign, which AMLI has installed since the deal closed July 1. (And perhaps those flowers are perennials re-blooming. Too much?) AMLI is based in Chicago and focuses on the development, acquisition, and management of luxury apartment communities. It now has 13 properties in Atlanta. Others include AMLI at Barrett Walk, AMLI Lindbergh, and AMLI Atlantic Square. AMLI’s other markets are Austin, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, New Jersey, Seattle, South Florida, and Southern California.
Art on the BeltLine Date: July, 2010
As you may have heard, the Art on the BeltLine project is in full swing. We have several gorgeous pieces installed on the BeltLine overlooking Historic Fourth Ward Park, including a mosaic mural (the Global Garden Project) and the interactive SonoScape. If you haven't taken a walk up there in awhile, grab the family or some friends and check it out.
There is so much to see all around the BeltLine corridor. Click here for a map of art locations and artist and project information.
If you're looking for performance art, look no further. Throughout the summer, Art on the BeltLine will be showcasing fabulous talent with many types of performances. Click here for a schedule.
We hope you will take some time to enjoy the art (and the BeltLine) this summer!
Sale of City Hall East Moves One Step Closer to Fruition Date: June 21, 2010
Legislation introduced by City Councilmember Kwanza Hall will facilitate the redevelopment of the former Sears site. Read Press Release (PDF)
Park History Article added 1-20-10: HISTORIC FOURTH WARD PARK TO BE BUILT ON SITE OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMUSEMENT PARK
By Sarah Toton (Emory University)
Skate Park an Amazing Addition to H4WP! Date: January 20, 2010 From: Alisa Chambers
Construction documents for Atlanta's first in-town skatepark are approaching 90% complete. Construction of the 15,000 square-foot facility is currently anticipated to start in early spring with substantial completion in October 2010.
Conservancy Design Review Committee members have had a chance to peek at the preliminary drawings and are very impressed. Local skaters were able to provide their comments and suggestions to Brad Siedlecki of Pillar Design Studios located in Tempe, AZ. Brad is a veteran skate park designer. As a skater himself, Brad understands the need for a safe, legal place to skate and has incorporated his expertise and knowledge of landscape architecture to design a first-class skate park for Atlanta.
Essay: Vale
of Amusements: Modernity, Technology, and Atlanta's Ponce de Leon
Park, 1870-1920 by
Sara Toton, Emory University Link
to article at Southern Spaces.org
8-22-09
Article: Blighted
Land Reborn as Beltline's First Park; Project Carries Hope for
the Renaissance of a Long-Depressed Area by
Leon Stafford Link
to article at Atlanta Journal Constitution
Historic
Fourth Ward Park Conservancy's First Annual Summer Fling Benefit
Concert!Saturday, July 11, 2009 at the Masquerade (695 North Ave NE), from 5-10pm,
doors open at 4pm.
If you are a member of the H4WPC, you can attend
the concert for free! Non-members will be charged $10.00 at the
door or $20.00 if they are interested in sampling food and beverages.
You can also become a member at the door!
Live music by Uptown
ENT Band, StratoGeezer, Lindsay Rakers Band and YERMOMANEMS,
plus special guest appearances by jazz singer Kathleen Bertrand
and Future Shock youth dance group. Sample free food and beverages
from local restaurants 4th & Swift and Repast, Whole Foods
and Smart Water. Purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win
two tickets from AirTran valued at $1,000! Join your friends,
neighbors, and fellow members for a night of entertainment and
support for your favorite park Conservancy! Please let us know
if you plan to attend at alisa@newaboa.com
or call 404-659-0919 for more information. more
information...
EPA
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to Visit Atlanta and Announce $1
Million for Contaminated Land Cleanup, Support BeltLine Redevelopment of sites creates local jobs and greenspace Date: May 29, 2009 From: Adora Andy, 202-564-2715 / 4355 / andy.adora@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C. – May 29, 2009) On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce
$1 million in funding to the City of Atlanta, Ga., to support
the clean up of sites known as brownfields along the Atlanta BeltLine
and other redevelopment corridors. The funds will be used to turn
10 local sites, contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants,
into productive properties. This move will help spur redevelopment,
secure jobs and create greenspace.
Atlanta's Newest Park Gets Its Own Board Date:
Feb 20, 2009 From: Maria Saporta - Atlanta Business Chronicle File:abc_2-20-09_maria_saporta.pdf
Notes: Atlanta's newest up-and-coming park now has its own conservancy
with an official board.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy
Announces 2009 Board Members: Area Developers, Neighborhood Activists
and City Leaders Form Board File: 2009_board_announcement_h4wpc.pdf
Contact: Alisa Chambers / ABOA for H4WP Conservancy
404-659-0919 alisa@newaboa.com www.newaboa.com
Join
the Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy Date: February, 2009 From: Ponce Press File:ponce_press_2-09.jpg Notes:"The Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy's
Membership Committee has been formed to establish founding members
for the newly formed Conservancy."
Real
Estate Brief Date: Oct, 2008 From: Atlanta Intown Magazine File:atlanta_intown_oct_08_real_estate_briefs.jpg Notes:"The Atlanta City Council unveiled
images for a new 35-acre park, which would be located just off
North Avenue just behind City Hall East. It's curently used as
a parking lot for The Masquerade. Atlanta City Councilmember Kwanza
hall introduced legislation in August to name the site Historic
Fourth Ward Park. Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward..."
More...
Beltline
to Break Ground Today Date: October 15, 2008 From: Atlanta Journal Constitution - Donna Williams
Lewis File:ajc_wed_10-15-08_donna_williams_lewis_h4wpc.pdf Notes:"The Atlanta Beltline project is
about to become more real to a lot more people. Today, ground
will be broken for the first park to be built in the Beltline,
a planned system of transit, trails, and green space along a 22-mile
loop of historic rail lines circling Atlanta's core." More...
Historic
Fourth Ward Park On Its Way Date: October 15, 2008 From: Atlanta Business Chronicle - Maria Saporta File:abc_10-15-08_maria_saporta.pdf Notes:"Atlanta leaders broke ground Wednesday
on their newest park - the Historic Fourth Ward Park just south
of City Hall East. It took the vision and work of dozens of people
to launch the $50 million park, many of whom stood on the podium
under an unseasonably warm fall day."
From Sewer Problem to Greenspace Date:
Nov 7, 2008 From: Atlanta Journal Constitution - Markham Smith File:ajc_11-7-08_markham_smith.jpg Notes:"This park's unlikely story is an
object lesson of creative collaboration, which communities throughout
the region must learn in order to optimize what is now possible
in the new climate and context of the developing Beltline."
A
Facelift for the Old Fourth Ward Date:
Nov. 4, 2007 From: The Sunday Paper - Gillian Boyce File:sunday_paper_11-4-07_gillian-boyce.jpg
Notes:"Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood
has an important place in black history. It is the birthplace
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and home to the famous Ebenezer
Baptist Church where Dr. King preached his message of social change.
It's one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.
Yesterday, we snapped the 337-unit apartment complex once known as Alta Old Fourth Ward. AMLI Residential Properties Trust bought it this month for $45.5M, roughly $135K per unit, according to Databank. The complex had been forec
losed on in January by CSE Mortgage. The Old Fourth Ward is experiencing a bit of renaissance, with new restaurants and retail, as well as a number of multifamily projects coming online in recent years.
8-22-09
Article: 
Historic
Fourth Ward Park Breaks Ground
Date:
Nov. 4, 2007
