Atlanta, GA
Plans for bike park on Beltline move ahead
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A new bike park will soon be built in Atlanta’s Westside Park.
This can be credited to an $8 million donation from the Chestnut Family Foundation. This allows the Atlanta Beltline to pedal forward with plans to transform a grassy area into a new bike park.
When it’s finished, it’ll feature 2.25 miles of mountain bike trails, a pump track, bicycle playground and many more attractions. The executive director of the Atlanta Beltline partnership, Rob Brawner, says this bike park will be unlike anything else the city has ever seen.
“It is going to allow us to build the very first bike park in Atlanta. It is going to be a destination for people not only in the city and surrounding communities here. But really from all over the region and I’d probably say all over the country,” Brawner said.
The first phase of construction is expected to break ground at the end of 2025. The Beltline says an additional $6 million is needed to bring this project to life.
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