The city of Brookhaven officially opened the first mile of the Peachtree Creek Greenway on Thursday. It’s the initial piece of what’s intended to be a 12-mile paved trail, linking Doraville, Chamblee and Brookhaven to Atlanta and the BeltLine.
The idea for the trail goes back 20 years, to a DeKalb County and PATH Foundation plan for a network of paths.
After all that time, Betsy Eggers, board chair of Peachtree Creek Greenway Inc., a group that advocates for the trail, said she’s excited to see the first mile completed.
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