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Atlanta council seeks federal funds for Downtown’s ‘The Stitch’ – Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown
Atlanta Metropolis Councilmember Amir Farokhi launched laws Sept. 6 that may search federal funding for preliminary engineering for The Sew, the lengthy talked about imaginative and prescient to cap the Downtown Connector.
The laws, backed by all the council, would authorize Mayor Andre Dickens to use for a fiscal yr 2022 U.S. Division of Transportation Reconnecting Communities Pilot discretionary grant within the quantity to not exceed $10.5 million utilizing Eastside Tax Allocation District funds or different relevant funding. It now goes to the Transportation Committee for dialogue.
Farokhi defined in his September publication that The Sew is a proposed cap over a bit of Interstate 75/85 in Atlanta’s central enterprise district between the Civic Middle MARTA rail station and Piedmont Avenue. The practically 1-mile platform would create a 14-acre park “on the coronary heart of Atlanta” to assist reconnect a divided portion of Downtown, he mentioned.
“Certainly, it will start to restore the hurt executed via the displacement of largely Black neighborhoods when the highways have been initially constructed,” Farokhi mentioned. “It would additionally create wanted greenspace and spur growth, together with housing. It’s estimated that the venture will result in 13.6 million sq. toes of recent growth, 6.1 million of which might be residential.”
“It is a transformative effort that I absolutely again,” Farokhi mentioned within the publication. “Hopefully, town, working with GDOT, MARTA, and federal companions, can proceed the progress in the direction of its completion.”
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot is the first-ever federal program devoted to reconnecting communities that have been beforehand minimize off from financial alternatives by transportation infrastructure, comparable to Candy Auburn in Downtown Atlanta.
Funding helps planning grants and capital building grants, in addition to technical help, to revive neighborhood connectivity via the removing, retrofit, mitigation, or alternative of eligible transportation infrastructure amenities, in accordance with the DOT.
Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Growth District have been pushing for The Sew to change into a actuality for years. Final yr, The Sew obtained a $900,000 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Fairness (RAISE) grant from the U.S. Division of Transportation.
The Atlanta Downtown Enchancment District put out a Request for {Qualifications} earlier this yr for companies or organizations to offer consulting providers for planning and engineering design providers for The Sew from Baker Road/Piedmont Avenue bridge to the Ted Turner Drive bridge. The RFQs are due by Sept. 13, in accordance with data on ADID’s web site.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta police are seeking the public’s help looking for two people involved in a shootout at convenience store on Campbellton Road.
Police said officers responded to the Big H Food Mart at 2900 Campbellton Road SW around 9 p.m. on Dec. 19 after an argument escalated into gunfire. No one was injured, but there was property damage to the store.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477 or Atlanta police at 470-707-4338. There is a reward of up to $2,000.
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We are nearing the opening of the International Free Agency signing period, on January 15th. The Braves are reportedly set to sign one of the top prospects in the class, but the biggest story of the signing period is that Roki Sasaki will be able to sign with a team formally. Reportedly he has not made a decision yet, which will pose problems for teams hoping to sign him, as they will need to hold open space in their bonus pool for him. If the Braves are involved, look for them to delay finalizing deals with the free agents they are expected to sign until Sasaki informs them they are out of the running or makes a final decision. While there hasn’t been any reporting to the point, there are some reasons to believe that Atlanta could be desirable for Sasaki. Sasaki’s agent has indicated some interest in having a friendlier and less invasive media market, a team set up for short and long term success, and having a team with a good pitching development reputation, all of which fit Atlanta. Furthermore, Atlanta’s extensive history of handing out extensions to their young players must be appealing to a player in Sasaki’s financial situation, as his short term income is dramatically limited by the international free agency process, and Atlanta has been polled among the most desirable teams to play for among MLB players. I will be interested to see if Atlanta is involved in the Sasaki sweepstakes.
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We are really at the bottom of the barrel here, with no moves of note and not to the point of Spring Training news either.
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Players like Anthony Santander and Jack Flaherty are reportedly at the point of considering more short term, high AAV deals, which could be of interest to an Atlanta front office that has been fond of that type of deal.
Garrett Crochet has talked with the Red Sox about signing an extension, after the star lefty was traded to Boston from Sox to Sox earlier this offseason.
International Amateur Free Agent Darell Morel has flipped to sign with the Pirates, after initially agreeing on a deal with the Dodgers, as the Dodgers are holding open space in hopes of signing Roki Sasaki and Morel gets nearly double the bonus he was set to receive.
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