Proctor Creek

Bulldozers, Hammers, and Hoes on Deck in English Ave

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Tis the season to be jolly if you’re on the Westside. English Avenue, a neighborhood located just northwest of downtown Atlanta, has seen decades of neglect. However, two projects, within paces of each other along James P. Brawley Dr. NW, may be signals of a community on the come-up.

At 484 and 469 James P. Brawley Dr. NW, Quest Community Development Organization is building  affordable new construction single family homes. The move brings more homeowner occupied dwellings to a community with nearly 90% renters.

 

At the southern edge of this block, at the intersection of Jett St NW, is another planned  project, a community organic farm. Your Community Organic Garden is looking for volunteers and sponsors to help get garden hoes on deck.

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Just across the street, bulldozers are clearing a previously blighted parcel for construction of new affordable housing.

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2018 looks promising for the area. Quest Development has been actively improving and adding to the quality housing stock in Vine City English Avenue.  Blocks away, over on Cameron Alexander Boulevard, QCDO rehabbed an old 8-plex and created Quest Enclave, eight garden style apartments for previously homeless veterans.

QCDO’s $30 million plan, Quest West 2020, is to transform the intersection of Lowery and Boone into an intersection opportunity to “live-work-play-serve.”

QUEST WEST COMMONS & QUEST NONPROFIT CENTER FOR CHANGE

Quest Nonprofit Center for Change & Quest West Commons

 

Multi-Million Dollar Mixed-Use Development Headed to Bankhead

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Development of the Proctor Creek Greenway has been an on-going discussion for nearly a decade, but it has taken a major step forward with the recent announcement of a new 28 acre mixed-use development project, located on the industrial land right next to the Bankhead MARTA Station.

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The Emerald Corridor Foundation, founded in 2014 by a group of landscape architects and landowners, inspired by the beauty of the area surrounding Proctor Creek, the neighborhoods’ remarkable transit connectivity, and the opportunity for revitalization,  is one of the organizations behind a the multi-million dollar project.

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The land has been vacant for about 20 years, according to a member of the ECF’s board.

The site, along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, would have a hotel, residences and commercial space, but the core of the development will be the Proctor Creek Greenway that runs through it. The greenway will be a seven mile system of trails totaling 400 acres of public green space that will cover a site near Proctor Creek and connect the Atlanta Beltline to the Chattahoochee River.

Mark Teixeira, a former Atlanta Braves player and major backer of this project, told the Atlanta Business Chronicle that “We are very high on density and affordable housing.

The project will require rezoning; Atlanta City Council final approval is expected before Christmas.