FILM BeltLine secures $300 million to complete trail by 2030

By Collin Kelley

The Atlanta BeltLine has secured $300 million in local, federal, and philanthropic funds to complete the trail by 2030.

The funding will be used for real estate acquisition, design, and construction of the 22-mile paved multi-use trail.

In a statement, BeltLine officials said the $300 million mark was crossed less than one year after the Atlanta City Council, approved legislation creating a Special Service District (SSD) to tax commercial properties and apartment complexes along including affordable housing, transit, parks, art, and equitable economic development.”

Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (ABP) also secured an $80 million contribution from The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to help fund the completion of the trail and the Legacy Resident Retention Program, which mitigates displacement by assisting homeowners with property tax increases through 2030.

In November, the City of Atlanta and ABI also received a $16.46 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for construction of the