The board of Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development arm, is voting on the BeltLine’s 2017 budget Thursday morning. The $69 million budget includes plans for trail construction and affordable housing.
“Everything from Westside trail, to extension of the Eastside trail, to really some important additional things. As an example, we’ve been able to allocate additional dollars to affordable housing,” said John Somerholder, chairman of the board of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
The Great Recession set the BeltLine’s plans back; the downturn meant the tax allocation district created for the BeltLine didn’t generate as much money as expected.
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