TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI PLAN SEPTEMBER 2016 TIM KEANE, COMMISSIONER Department of Planning and Community Development CHARLETTA WILSON JACKS, DIRECTOR Office of Planning PLAN SPONSORS II TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI III America is at its best when it recognizes the right moment in history to fix what’s broken. Resurfacing roads and strengthening our bridges is critical. But it is equally important to rethink placement, and focus on design to maximize opportunity and interconnectedness. In that sense, every project is potentially a bridge to real opportunity, and, if designed with care, will create home runs in every neighborhood. — ANTHONY FOXX, U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION IV TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI V Birdseye view illustrating the development potential of the core area. Artistic illustration of planning recommendations. TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI VII THE PLANNING TEAM PROJECT ORGANIZATION PERKINS+WILL, BLEAKLEY ADVISORY GROUP, URBAN DESIGN LEAD HOUSING CITY OF ATLANTA, THE CLIENT Jeffrey Williams, Associate Principal Ken Bleakly, Founder & President DPCD, DWM, DPW, DPR, AWDA John Skach, Senior Associate Geoff Koski, Senior Consultant Jessica Florez, Urban Designer III Cassie Branum, Senior Associate HR&A ADVISORS, Hannah Palmer, Urban Designer / Storyteller MARKET & ECONOMICS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM Chad Stacy, Senior Project Designer Jee Mee Kim, Principal Kevin Bacon, Senior Urban Designer Bill Calabrese, Senior Analyst Audrey Plummer, Urban Designer II CORE TEAM Lauren Fraley, Landscape Architect II NEIGHBORLAND, Yigong Zhang, Urban Designer II DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT PROJECT LEAD / DESIGN LEAD Christian Fraser, Architect I Dan Parham, Co-Founder Blake Reeves, Urban Design Intern Tee Parham, Co-Founder CONTENTE CONSULTING, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AMERICAN RIVERS, Contente Terry, Principle In Charge STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (SPONSORED BY THE TURNER FIELD Trinderlyn Stroud, Relationship Manager COMMUNITY MARKET + BENEFITS COALITION) TRANSPORTATION ENGAGEMENT ECONOMICS HOUSING Bryan McDaniel, Photographer/Videographer Jenny Hoffner, VP for Conservation Strategies Jeremy Diner, Clean Water Supply Associate KIMLEY-HORN, ASSOC., TRANSPORTATION DESIGN DISTILL, Eric Bosman, Lead Public Sector Planner VISUALIZATION Jeffrey Smith, Lead Transportation Planner Andrew Hartness, Principal VISUALIZATION ONLINE COMMUNITY STORMWATER Cody Zanni, Planning Analyst ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT Alex Hogrefe, Principal Rob Ross, Transportation Planner * Mallory Scates, Transportation Analyst *Sponsored by the Turner Field Benefits Coalition VIII TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI IX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE CORE TEAM This historic LCI plan was made possible through This plan was directed and informed by a Project the efforts of the following champions: Management Team and the contributions of a committed Core Team of representatives. They are: PLAN SPONSORS THE CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY Alvin Dodson, Department of Parks and Recreation Jonathan Lewis, Assistant Director, Transportation DEVELOPMENT The Honorable Mayor Kasim Reed Amy Goodwin, Atlanta Regional Commission Planning, City of Atlanta OOP Tim Keane, Commissioner Barbara Washington, City of Atlanta Council District 4 Joyce Sheperd, City of Atlanta Council District 12, Councilmember CITY COUNCIL OFFICE OF PLANNING Carla Smith, City of Atlanta Council District 1, Ceasar C. Mitchell, Council President Councilmember Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Charletta Wilson Jacks, Director Authority Carla Smith, Council District 1 Jessica Lavandier, Assistant Director, Strategic Planning Charima C. Young, AARP Keith Hicks, Department of Parks and Recreation Kwanza Hall, Council District 2 (LCI’s Project Manager) Charletta Wilson Jacks, City of Atlanta DPCD Office of Ivory Lee Young, Jr., Council District 3 Planning, Director Kelsi Coleman, Annie E Casey Foundation Jonathan Lewis, Assistant Director, Transportation Planning Cleta Winslow, Council District 4 Kent Spencer, Invest Atlanta Rodney Milton, Principal Planner Chris Faulkner, Atlanta Regional Commission Natalyn Mosby Archibong, Council District 5 Kerry Hughes, AARP Pattie Walden, Public Information Officer Cleta Winslow, City of Atlanta Council District 4, Alex Wan, Council District 6 Councilmember Ketisha J. Kinnebrew, MBA Atlanta Public Schools Howard Shook, Council District 7 INVEST ATLANTA Columbus Ward, Peoplestown Neighborhood Laura Beall, Peoplestown Neighborhood Yolanda Adrean, Council District 8 Ernestine Garey, Executive VP & COO David Holder, Mechanicsville Neighborhood Marisa Ghani, Atlanta Regional Commission Flor Velarde, Planning Specialist Felicia A. Moore, Council District 9 David Lively, Grant Park Neighborhood Association Michael T. Sterling, Workforce Development C.T. Martin, Council District 10 THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION Flor Velarde, Invest Atlanta Moki Macias, Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition Keisha Bottoms, Council District 11 Natallie Keiser, Senior Associate Forest Rose, City of Atlanta DPCD Office of Planning- Natalie Keiser, Annie E. Casey Foundation Joyce Sheperd, Council District 12 Transportation Patricia Walden, City of Atlanta DPCD Michael Julian Bond, Post 1 At Large ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION Greg Floyd, MARTA Rick Hudson, Grant Park Neighborhood Mary Norwood, Post 2 At Large Dan Reuter, Manager of Community Development James Collins, Peoplestown Neighborhood Association Rodney M. Milton, City of Atlanta DPCD Office of Andre Dickens, Post 3 At Large Amy Goodwin, Principal Planner Jane Ridley, Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition Planning-Strategic Planning Jared Lombard, Senior Principal Planner Janean Lewis, Atlanta Public Schools Shelley Peart, Department of Public Works Jennifer Ball Central, Atlanta Progress Sheryl Bennett, City of Atlanta Council District 1 Jenny Hoffner, American Rivers Spencer Stoleson, MARTA Jeremy Diner, American Rivers Stephanie Flowers, NPU- V Jessica Lavandier, City of Atlanta DPCD Office of Suzanne Mitchell, Summerhill Neighborhood Planning-Strategic Planning, Assistant Director Tarnace Watkins, Invest Atlanta Jimmy Jones, Fulton County Government Tim Keane, City of Atlanta DPCD, Commissioner Jocelyn Bivens, City of Atlanta Council District 12 Todd Hill, Department of Watershed Management Jonathan Barhite, NPU-W X TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI XI RESTORING THE CORE ONE LCI COMMUNITY APPENDIX 02 Defining Success 04 Enhanced Mobility 06 • Site’s DNA Green Infrastructure and Open Space • Market Reality New Development • Community’s Vision Commercial Opportunities Designing the Vision Housing Opportunities • Finding Consensus • Design Parameters • Design Concepts Establishing a New Framework • Enhanced Mobility • Green Infrastructure • Additional Development The LCI Story AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FIVE STADIUM ACTION PLAN 01 Not Your Typical LCI 03 NEIGHBORHOODS 05 Implementation Matrix An Historic Opportunity Redefining Success 100-Day Action Plan The LCI Process Revisiting the Neighborhood Plans Future Land Use / Development Districts Neighborhood Identity Issues, Assets and Opportunities XII TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI XIII 01 An Historic Opportunity Not Your Typical LCI An Historic Opportunity The LCI Process TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI TURNER FIELD STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS LCI 1 01. AN Historic Opportunity 01. AN Historic Opportunity “The neighborhoods have been living for years with things that were put on them, I believe it’s time for the neighborhoods to have a say in what comes next.” — CARLA SMITH, COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 1 01 I 01 NOT YOUR TYPICAL LCI The Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) is a program by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), a regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the 10-county metro area in Atlanta. The LCI program awards planning and implementation grants on a competitive basis to local governments and nonprofit organizations for the enhancement of communities by reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality by better connecting homes, shops and offices. The Turner Field Stadium Neighborhoods LCI is not your typical LCI project. The Turner Field LCI is located at the bullseye of the Atlanta Region and is at the intersection of some of Atlanta’s most ambitious plans. Noting this importance, the ARC awarded this LCI the most funding for a single project since its The Study Area, located southeast of beginning 20 years ago. Downtown Atlanta, is approximately 1,340 acres encompassing all or portions With the Braves playing their final season downtown of the Summerhill, Peoplestown, and the City actively negotiating the sale of the Mechanicsville, Pittsburgh, and Grant Park property, this is a highly anticipated community neighborhoods. In addition, it includes plan with the potential to reshape the south side of all of the Stadium Tax Allocation District Atlanta. The LCI public engagement process reached (TAD). The Study Area is home to an over 1600 community residents and stakeholders and estimated 13,604 residents and 5,693 provided the critical feedback needed to build a bold households, this represents 3% of the plan that benefits everyone. overall population and households in the Not only does the LCI study area include Turner city of Atlanta.* Field and the 1996 Centennial Olympic Stadium, *Resident and household estimates from it encompasses