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Atlanta's Emerald Necklace

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Alex Pearlstein
20 December 2004 - 12:00pm

What seemed like a pipe dream is now being touted by a nationally respected conservation group as the next great vision for the city of Atlanta.

A report by the Trust for Public Land knits together a nascent proposal for a 22-mile transit loop through 46 historic Atlanta neighborhoods with an ambitious blueprint for a 23-mile bike trail, 1,400 acres of new parks and billions of dollars' worth of development reaching into the city's most economically starved areas.

Full Story: A vision in green
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 19, 2004
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