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Atlanta BeltLine Basics
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| BeltLine Basics | Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum
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Arboretum (noun, plural is –retums or –reta): a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific tand educational purposes. A living “Tree Museum” where tree specimens or collections are arranged according to some definite method – it may be by systematic or commercial uses, or perhaps to show ecological adaptations.
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Vision
The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum will be a twenty-two mile long arboretum, unusual in its linear expanse, neighborhood connectivity and relationship to the proposed BeltLine. The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum will be a success when everyone in Atlanta can identify their neighborhood by the trees that surround them, and therefore understand the value of trees in an urban environment. The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum will be built over the next two decades (The exact number of trees planted will depend on space available, but the conceptual plan proposes several thousand trees.)
Goals
- Establish and implement the systematic planting and care of arboretum collections (using the “right tree, right place” guideline) based on the idea of “Natural Neighborhoods.”
- Provide educational programming to all neighborhoods and constituents (residents and visitors) – teaching, “Trees are for health, trees are for community, trees are for life” and providing a continuous twenty two mile indoor/outdoor classroom.
- Promote the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum as more than a “tree museum” – it is a corridor of scientific research and education.
- Enhance neighborhoods and community parks and open space, improving access, quality of life and the image of the City.
Background
For more than twenty years Trees Atlanta, a non-profit citizen’s group dedicated to protecting and improving our urban environment by planting and conserving trees, has worked to protect and expand Atlanta’s urban forest. Spearheaded by Trees Atlanta, the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum will:
- preserve and expand the City’s urban forest while increasing canopy cover and shade;
- provide opportunities for educational programming;
- create an attraction of city-, region- and nation-wide interest;
- improve neighborhood identity; and
- enhance the function, connectivity, and appeal of Atlanta BeltLine light rail and trail facilities.
The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum visionary qualities, making it unique among the nation’s urban green spaces, include its:
- diversity and extent of planting and greening opportunities,
- variety of trails, transit links and crossings,
- looped linkage of multiple inner city neighborhoods, and
- potential for generating initiatives – ecological, environmental, scientific, educational and economic – within and beyond the twenty-two mile long Atlanta BeltLine Corridor.
Opportunity
Residents and developers have the opportunity to be connected to the Atlanta BeltLine today by planting particular trees that define and support the arboretum's individual collections, which are called Natural Neighborhoods. The landscape of homes, parks, and developments may also include plants, art, and environmental demonstration to further strengthen the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum's development.
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Benefits
- Visual unity and connectivity (sense of place) for the entire Atlanta BeltLine
- Unique attraction for Atlanta residents and visitors to enjoy
- Cleaner air and better water quality for all Atlantans
- Removal of up to 13-pounds of carbon dioxide from the air per tree
- Added shade for bicyclists, pedestrians, commuters and others
- Bird and wildlife corridor – a place to attract, view and provide habitat for wildlife
- Educational opportunities for people young and old
- Stewardship and conservation of soil, water and biological resources
- Improved richness of biological and ecological diversity
- Additional greenspace for the City of Atlanta
- Demonstrations of environmentally responsible design
- Additional buy-in for property owners adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine/more reason to get involved and support the entire Atlanta BeltLine project
- Likely creating the”longest linear arboretum” in the country
- Restoration of degraded landscapes
- Attract interest in the Atlanta BeltLine among not yet engaged citizens and partners
- Increased enthusiasm among citizens about the creation of the Atlanta BeltLine
- Fosters volunteer involvement and maintenance funding for Atlanta BeltLine as a whole
 
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| Natural Neighborhood Brochures
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| The Quarry | What is so Unique about the natural neighborhood known as The Quarry?
The Quarry natural neighborhood includes the Bellwood Quarry, a large granite surface mine, which is the largest proposed addition to the City of Atlanta’s park system. Plant collectio | 4/21/2011 |
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| The Gap | What is so Unique about the natural neighborhood called The Gap?
Railroads created Atlanta and have transformed the city and its landscape. In an effort to interpret our history, trees in this natural neighborhood represent species used for railroad mate | 4/21/2011 |
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| Southern Way | What is Unique About
the Southern Way Natural Neighborhood?
The Southern Way natural neighborhood includes many historic resources and includes important Atlanta neighborhoods like Peopletown, Summerhill, Grant Park, Englewood Manor, Chosewood, South A | 10/20/2009 |
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| Urban Forrest Corridor | What is so Unique about the Urban Forrest Corridor neighborhood?
The Urban Forest Corridor natural neighborhood is a celebration of the role that urban trees play in revitalizing neighborhoods and is the home of the Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center. The Urba | 4/21/2011 |
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| West Connection | What is Unique About
the West Connection Natural Neighborhood ?
The West Connection natural neighborhood is situated near numerous colleges, universities and schools—Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Spellman and Washington High School— | 10/20/2009 |
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| Water Works | What is so Unique about the Water Works natural neighborhood?
The Water Works natural neighborhood includes the areas of Underwood Hills, Loring Heights, Home Park and Bland Town. Trees in this natural neighborhood feature plants of exotic shapes and tex | 4/21/2011 |
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| Warehouse Row | What is Unique About
the Warehouse Row Natural Neighborhood?
The Warehouse Row natural neighborhood is a narrow right-of-way segment between rows of warehouses and the stretch of trail that follows the road. Neighborhoods in the Warehouse Row area inclu | 10/20/2009 |
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| Entrenchment Creek | What is Unique About
the Entrenchment Creek Natural Neighborhood ?
The Entrenchment Creek natural neighborhood is defined by the two upstream headwaters of Entrenchment Creek, which eventually flows southeast to the Atlantic coastal plain. Neighborhoods | 10/20/2009 |
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| Confluence | What is Unique About
the Confluence Natural Neighborhood ?The Confluence natural neighborhood is a haven for wildlife and birds. | 10/20/2009 |
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| Clear Creek | What is Unique about the Clear Creek Natural Neighborhood?
The Clear Creek is a refuge for birds and wildlife. Trees in this natural neighborhood demonstrate the role and importance of plants in managing rainwater in an urban environment. | 4/19/2011 |
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| Hulsey Yard | What is so Unique about the Hulsey Yard Natural Neighborhood?
Due to the long history of development and industry on these areas, their landscapes feature tree species that remove soil toxins and add important nitrogen to the soil. | 4/19/2011 |
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| Piedmont Park | What is Unique About
the Piedmont Park Natural Neighborhood?
The Piedmont Park natural neighborhood is not only rich with history, but a haven for birds and wildlife. Neighborhoods in this area include Ansley Park, Midtown, Virginia Highland and Morning | 10/20/2009 |
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| New South | What is Unique About
the New South Natural Neighborhood ?
Perhaps the most historically significant area in Atlanta, the New South natural neighborhood is home of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical District and Center, the Carter Center, Fre | 10/20/2009 |
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| Murphy's Crossing | What is Unique about the Murphy's Crossing Natural Neighborhood?
The Murphy’s Crossing natural neighborhood plantings build on Atlanta’s regional identity and agriculture heritage. The tree collections are focused on the redevelopment of the farmer’s mar | 4/19/2011 |
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Trees Atlanta is a nationally recognized citizens group dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban environment by planting, conserving and educating. Since 1985, Trees Atlanta has planted and distributed more than 72,000 trees with the help of 3,500 volunteers.Trees Atlanta worked with The Portico Group (Seattle, WA) and Atlanta BeltLine stakeholders to create a world class conceptual plan for The Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum.
Additional details are available at www.treesatlanta.org and by contacting Greg Levine, 404-681-4903. |
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