From the Northside Trail to the South, the BeltLine’s impact and future

(From left to right) Ryan Gravel, BeltLine visionary; Randy Gibbs, resident and past president of Adair Park Today, Inc.; Kyle Lamont, President of the Oakland City Community Organization; Jenne Shepherd, President of the Adair ParkToday Inc.; and Clyde Higgs, BeltLine CEO.

Grace Walker (far left and right photos)Candace Wheeler (middle photo) / WABE

Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look with Rose Scott” takes place at three locations on the Atlanta BeltLine trail, from the far Northside to the Southwest.

As the “Gridlocked: What’s Moving Atlanta?” series continues, we hear conversations with BeltLine leadership, BeltLine visionary Ryan Gravel and residents, about the future of the BeltLine, and its current impact on transit and affordable housing.


Eastside Trail

It’s been 20 years since then-Georgia Tech student Ryan Gravel created the vision of the Atlanta BeltLine as part of his graduate thesis. Rose Scott recently met with Gravel on the Eastside Trail, the first finished section of the BeltLine, for a conversation about the BeltLine’s origins, progress, and his hopes for the transit portion of the trail in the future.

Ryan Gravel