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Three Transformational Projects in Atlanta's Proctor Creek - WR

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This document summarizes the Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin Vision plan. It provides an overview of the study area, outlines the steering committee and public engagement process used to develop the plan from 2010 to 2011, and summarizes some of the key elements of the conceptual plan including: - Creating 20% of the study area as new public greenspace - Developing "green streets" to reduce flooding and beautify the neighborhoods - Renovating Boone Park East/Mims Park and Boone Park West/Proctor Village - Next steps such as implementing catalyst projects, hiring a Proctor Creek coordinator, and developing workforce training programs.

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Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin: A Green Infrastructure Vision a.k.a – PNA Vision by: Walt Ray, RLA, ASLA Director of Park Visioning Park Pride
Vine City English Avenue Atlanta University Center PNA Study Area (Proctor Creek’s North Avenue Sub-Basin) Georgia Dome GWCC EPA Phillips Arena Castleberry Hill Georgia Tech
PNA Sub-Basins
Three Transformational Projects in Atlanta's Proctor Creek - WR
Topography
The PNA Study Area Has:
•Fewest Acres of Planned Greenspace (NPU-L) •A Declining Population (2000 to 2010 = 40%) •Highest Crime Rates in City of Atlanta •Lowest Occupancy Rates in City of Atlanta •22% Home Ownership •Family of Four - $22,000 Median Income •5Most Depressed Neighborhoods in America
Unparalleled Opportunities
Study Area Potential
The PNA Coalition: • National Non-Profits: American Rivers, The Conservation Fund • Local Non-Profits: Park Pride, The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA), The Metro Atlanta Urban Watershed Institute (MAUWI), The Community Improvement Association Inc. (CIA), ECO-Action, The English Avenue Neighborhood Association, The Vine City Health and Housing Ministry, Inc. • Professional Consultants: MacTech – Atlanta BeltLine planners for sub-area 10, Perkins+Will - national planning consultants, Eberly & Associates - local environmental engineers • Governmental Agencies: City of Atlanta – Office of Mayor, Invest Atlanta The Department of Parks and Recreation and Cultural Affairs (DPRCA), The RCRA Division of the EPA, The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, The City of Atlanta Department of Planning & Community Development, Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) L, Councilman Ivory Lee Young, The Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness Non-Profits Pro-Bono Consultants Governmental Agencies Steering Committee
2010 • Wednesday April 7, 6PM -Kick-Off Meeting Steering Committee (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday April 20, 6PM - Second Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, May 5, 6PM - Third Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, May 18 - Fourth Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, June 1 - Fifth Steering Committee Meeting (Tour) • Thursday, June 3 – Park Pride Met with City Planning and EPA – Project Briefing • Tuesday, June 15, 6PM - Sixth Steering Committee Meeting (Neighborhood Union Health Center) • Wednesday, July 6, 6PM - Seventh Steering Committee Meeting (Neighborhood Union Health Center) • Friday, July 9, 10:30 to 1:00 PM – ARC Meeting Regarding Proctor Creek (Community Improvement Association Regarding Proctor Creek) • Friday, July 16, 10:30 AM – Park Pride met with English Avenue Neighborhood Association to discuss public outreach options/strategy • Tuesday, July 20, 6PM, Eighth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, July 31, 10:00 AM – First Public Meeting (NUHC) • Wednesday, August 4, 6PM – Ninth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, August 7, 10AM – Second Public Meeting (English Avenue Neighborhood Association) • Thursday, August 12 and Friday, August 13, Park Pride Staff Reaches out to Churches in Study Area(packets with letter) • Wednesday, September 1, 6PM – Ninth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Monday, September 13, Mable Thomas at English Avenue School – Meeting About Park/Building • Friday, September 17, Peg Kohring from Conservation Fund Tours Study Area • Saturday, September 18, 10AM – Third Public Meeting (Design Workshop) at C.I.A. Office • Wednesday, October 6, 6PM – Tenth Steering Committee Meeting • Thursday, October 7, 6PM – Fourth Public Meeting/‘Visioning Dinner (English Avenue Neighborhood Association) • Saturday, October 23, 10AM – Fifth Public Meeting/Prelim Design Review (NUHC) • Wednesday, November 3, Eleventh Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, November 20, Sixth Public Meeting (Plan Review) in conjunction with Town Hall Meeting. • Wednesday, December 8, Twelfth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • End of December – Committee to Review Draft Report 2011 • Mid-January – Comments due to Design Team • Late-January – Publish Document PNA G.I. Vision Public Engagement Plan: May, 09 to January, 10 Project Scoping January, 10 to December, 10 12 Steering Committee Meetings 7 Public Meetings 9 Briefings
An Engaged Public A Flexible Strategy
Overarching Guidelines Developed at First Public Meeting 7/31 Reviewed/Expanded at Meetings: 8/4, 8/7 & 9/1 Through a series of public meetings, community members developed their Overarching Goals for the PNA Study Area. Those goals are: 1. Mitigate and/or eliminate flooding in the PNA study area. 2. Displace as few residents as possible and provide those displaced with equal property in neighborhood, preferably within 1 or 2 blocks of their current residence. 3. Utilize previous studies as basis for this study. 4. Create aesthetically pleasing and useable green space for the community by acquiring 20% of the study area as public green space. 5. Create green jobs and community ownership as a means of engaging residents in future efforts. 6. Promote the economic vitality of the PNA Study Area. 7. Promote pedestrian connectivity within the neighborhoods that make up the PNA study area and to adjacent attractions such as Downtown and the Atlanta BeltLine. 8. Provide a broader spectrum of housing options for neighbors and new residents. 9. Reinforce and enhance the cultural and historic integrity and physical fabric of the neighborhoods and the larger PNA 10. community. 11. The restoration of as much of a natural hydrologic system to Proctor Creek as reasonably possible. 12. The creation of a state-of-the-art, green technology, global community center at the historic English Avenue School site. Mitigate Flooding Retain Existing Neighbors 20% Parks/Greenspace Green Jobs Housing Options Strengthen Neighborhood Fabric
Property Status, June 2010
Conceptual Plan
Conceptual Plan
Green Street Project Conceptual Approach to Streetscape Projects
Boone Park East/ Mims Park
Boone Park West/ Proctor Village
What’s Next •Catalyst Sites Moving Forward •Boone Street Green Street •Urban Ecology Center •Workforce Training •Mims/Boone Park East •Proctor Creek Coordinator
Contact: Walt Ray, RLA, ASLA Director of Park Visioning Park Pride walt@parkpride.org

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Three Transformational Projects in Atlanta's Proctor Creek - WR

  • 1. Proctor Creek North Avenue Watershed Basin: A Green Infrastructure Vision a.k.a – PNA Vision by: Walt Ray, RLA, ASLA Director of Park Visioning Park Pride
  • 2. Vine City English Avenue Atlanta University Center PNA Study Area (Proctor Creek’s North Avenue Sub-Basin) Georgia Dome GWCC EPA Phillips Arena Castleberry Hill Georgia Tech
  • 6. The PNA Study Area Has:
  • 7. •Fewest Acres of Planned Greenspace (NPU-L) •A Declining Population (2000 to 2010 = 40%) •Highest Crime Rates in City of Atlanta •Lowest Occupancy Rates in City of Atlanta •22% Home Ownership •Family of Four - $22,000 Median Income •5Most Depressed Neighborhoods in America
  • 10. The PNA Coalition: • National Non-Profits: American Rivers, The Conservation Fund • Local Non-Profits: Park Pride, The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA), The Metro Atlanta Urban Watershed Institute (MAUWI), The Community Improvement Association Inc. (CIA), ECO-Action, The English Avenue Neighborhood Association, The Vine City Health and Housing Ministry, Inc. • Professional Consultants: MacTech – Atlanta BeltLine planners for sub-area 10, Perkins+Will - national planning consultants, Eberly & Associates - local environmental engineers • Governmental Agencies: City of Atlanta – Office of Mayor, Invest Atlanta The Department of Parks and Recreation and Cultural Affairs (DPRCA), The RCRA Division of the EPA, The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, The City of Atlanta Department of Planning & Community Development, Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) L, Councilman Ivory Lee Young, The Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness Non-Profits Pro-Bono Consultants Governmental Agencies Steering Committee
  • 11. 2010 • Wednesday April 7, 6PM -Kick-Off Meeting Steering Committee (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday April 20, 6PM - Second Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, May 5, 6PM - Third Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, May 18 - Fourth Steering Committee Meeting (Mable Thomas Office) • Tuesday, June 1 - Fifth Steering Committee Meeting (Tour) • Thursday, June 3 – Park Pride Met with City Planning and EPA – Project Briefing • Tuesday, June 15, 6PM - Sixth Steering Committee Meeting (Neighborhood Union Health Center) • Wednesday, July 6, 6PM - Seventh Steering Committee Meeting (Neighborhood Union Health Center) • Friday, July 9, 10:30 to 1:00 PM – ARC Meeting Regarding Proctor Creek (Community Improvement Association Regarding Proctor Creek) • Friday, July 16, 10:30 AM – Park Pride met with English Avenue Neighborhood Association to discuss public outreach options/strategy • Tuesday, July 20, 6PM, Eighth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, July 31, 10:00 AM – First Public Meeting (NUHC) • Wednesday, August 4, 6PM – Ninth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, August 7, 10AM – Second Public Meeting (English Avenue Neighborhood Association) • Thursday, August 12 and Friday, August 13, Park Pride Staff Reaches out to Churches in Study Area(packets with letter) • Wednesday, September 1, 6PM – Ninth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Monday, September 13, Mable Thomas at English Avenue School – Meeting About Park/Building • Friday, September 17, Peg Kohring from Conservation Fund Tours Study Area • Saturday, September 18, 10AM – Third Public Meeting (Design Workshop) at C.I.A. Office • Wednesday, October 6, 6PM – Tenth Steering Committee Meeting • Thursday, October 7, 6PM – Fourth Public Meeting/‘Visioning Dinner (English Avenue Neighborhood Association) • Saturday, October 23, 10AM – Fifth Public Meeting/Prelim Design Review (NUHC) • Wednesday, November 3, Eleventh Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • Saturday, November 20, Sixth Public Meeting (Plan Review) in conjunction with Town Hall Meeting. • Wednesday, December 8, Twelfth Steering Committee Meeting (NUHC) • End of December – Committee to Review Draft Report 2011 • Mid-January – Comments due to Design Team • Late-January – Publish Document PNA G.I. Vision Public Engagement Plan: May, 09 to January, 10 Project Scoping January, 10 to December, 10 12 Steering Committee Meetings 7 Public Meetings 9 Briefings
  • 12. An Engaged Public A Flexible Strategy
  • 13. Overarching Guidelines Developed at First Public Meeting 7/31 Reviewed/Expanded at Meetings: 8/4, 8/7 & 9/1 Through a series of public meetings, community members developed their Overarching Goals for the PNA Study Area. Those goals are: 1. Mitigate and/or eliminate flooding in the PNA study area. 2. Displace as few residents as possible and provide those displaced with equal property in neighborhood, preferably within 1 or 2 blocks of their current residence. 3. Utilize previous studies as basis for this study. 4. Create aesthetically pleasing and useable green space for the community by acquiring 20% of the study area as public green space. 5. Create green jobs and community ownership as a means of engaging residents in future efforts. 6. Promote the economic vitality of the PNA Study Area. 7. Promote pedestrian connectivity within the neighborhoods that make up the PNA study area and to adjacent attractions such as Downtown and the Atlanta BeltLine. 8. Provide a broader spectrum of housing options for neighbors and new residents. 9. Reinforce and enhance the cultural and historic integrity and physical fabric of the neighborhoods and the larger PNA 10. community. 11. The restoration of as much of a natural hydrologic system to Proctor Creek as reasonably possible. 12. The creation of a state-of-the-art, green technology, global community center at the historic English Avenue School site. Mitigate Flooding Retain Existing Neighbors 20% Parks/Greenspace Green Jobs Housing Options Strengthen Neighborhood Fabric
  • 17. Green Street Project Conceptual Approach to Streetscape Projects
  • 20. What’s Next •Catalyst Sites Moving Forward •Boone Street Green Street •Urban Ecology Center •Workforce Training •Mims/Boone Park East •Proctor Creek Coordinator
  • 21. Contact: Walt Ray, RLA, ASLA Director of Park Visioning Park Pride walt@parkpride.org