ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. President & CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders recently broke ground on Northwest Trail - Segment 1, marking the Beltline's first expansion into this area of Buckhead.
The trail plays a vital role in bringing the Beltline's vision of equitable access to greenspace to life in Buckhead. This Northwest Trail segment will feature a suspension bridge over Peachtree Creek, creating a unique natural experience for people as the trail extends north. The 0.8-mile segment will start at Peachtree Park Drive at the entrance to Peachtree Park apartments, cross over Peachtree Creek via a suspension bridge, and then end at the Kinsey Court cul-de-sac.
"The Beltline is crucial in our mission to create safe, healthy, and connected neighborhoods across Atlanta, and it's one of the nation's most transformative infrastructure projects, supporting economic, social, and recreational needs for our residents and visitors," Dickens said. "This acquisition and expansion will help us continue to make Atlanta the best place in the nation to raise a family and to start a business."
Segment 1 of the Northwest Trail will also traverse through the Peachtree Park Apartments community, after extensive coordination with the property owner to minimize impacts to current residents.
In collaboration with the Dickens administration, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. also acquired roughly one acre of land at 2110 Peachtree Road, which included three parcels needed to complete Segment 2 of the Northwest Trail, marking the first acquisition along Atlanta's Peachtree corridor. While much of the Beltline is being built on former freight railroad right of way, there are a few portions of trail where the Beltline needs to buy land to complete and connect the 22-mile loop. The Beltline engineering, real estate, and economic development teams collaborated with the PATH Foundation on the alignment for the Northwest Trail. The background on the prioritized alignments can be researched in the Northwest Trail Feasibility Study Addendum.
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"This property purchase brings the Beltline closer to realizing its vision of a fully connected, accessible, and vibrant infrastructure, further enhancing the economic, recreational, and environmental benefits for Atlanta's residents and visitors," said Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of Atlanta Beltline, Inc.
This area of the trail is located near Piedmont Atlanta Hospital — the largest employer in the Beltline Planning Area — as well as other job centers including the Shepherd Center, nearby office buildings, and retail shops.
The entire 22-mile Beltline trail loop is on track to be completed by 2030. Earlier this year, the Mayor and the Beltline announced that by spring 2026, 16.3 miles of continuous trail will be completed, in time for Atlanta to host the FIFA World Cup games, in addition to 1.6 miles of spur trails.
Building on progress in Segments 1 and 2, construction of Northwest Trail - Segment 3 and 5 (NWT-3 & 5) are underway. NWT-3 is a 1.2-mile section of trail beginning at Trabert Avenue near Monday Night Brewing and ends after crossing under I-75 at Tanyard Creek. NWT-5 is a 0.8-mile segment, whose construction began earlier this year, will link Marietta Boulevard and Huff Road, connecting with the Westside Trail and several Westside neighborhoods.
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Once completed, the entire Northwest Trail will extend 4.3 miles from Blandtown to the Lindbergh/Morosgo neighborhoods, linking neighborhoods and landmarks including Ardmore Park, Brookwood, Brookwood Hills, Collier Hills, Lindbergh, Lindbergh City Center, Lindridge Martin Manor, Peachtree Hills, and Underwood Hills. The trail also goes along Tanyard Creek, the Atlanta Memorial Trail, and Bobby Jones Golf Course and connects to the Northeast Trail at the Armour-Ottley commercial district and the Lindbergh Center MARTA station.
The majority of funding for the Beltline comes from public sources, specifically through the Beltline Tax Allocation District, supported by Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton County, the City of Atlanta, and Beltline Special Service District investors. Lead philanthropic support to complete the full Beltline trail corridor comes from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. and The James M. Cox Foundation.
Other collaborators critical to these trail efforts include City of Atlanta Department of Transportation, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, City of Atlanta Department of City Planning, Georgia Department of Transportation, Invest Atlanta, PATH Foundation, Special Service District Investors, and Trees Atlanta.
